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| Height: | 5-5 |
| Year: | Sr. |
| Hometown: | Hope Mills, N.C. |
| High School: | South View |
| Position: | C |
2010 team captain
Junior season (2009)
Was a team captain ... appeared in 45 games with 35 starts ... hit
.228 on the season with four doubles and a triple, all career highs
... had nine RBI ... scored a career-best 10 runs ... drew seven
walks ... turned in a .984 fielding percentage with just four
errors in a team-high 243 chances ... threw out 11 runners trying
to steal, matching her career high ... hit .294 in 16 Southern
Conference games, tied for the third-best average on the team in
league play ... had four multi-hit games on the season ... went
3-for-4 against Western Carolina on March 8 with a double, an RBI
and a run scored ... was 2-for-3 with a sacrifice fly and two RBI
in game two of a doubleheader against Samford on April 11 ... was
2-for-2 with a run against Florida Gulf Coast on Feb. 7 ... went
2-for-4 with a run against Army on Feb. 14 ... was 1-for-3 with an
RBI triple against Furman in game two of a doubleheader on March 21
... earned a pair of walks in the season opener against North
Florida on Feb. 6 ...was 1-for-1 with a pair of runs scored in a
win over Virginia Tech on April 30 ... at the SoCon tournament on
May 7, threw out College of Charleston's Amber Shifflett trying to
steal, snapping Shifflett's streak of 40 consecutive stolen bases
... earned a spot on the Academic All-Southern Conference Team.
Sophomore season (2008)
Played in 54 games with 51 starts ... turned in an impressive .994
fielding percentage, recording just two errors in a team-high 329
chances ... logged a team-best 302 putouts ... caught 11 would-be
base stealers ... hit .226 on the season with nine multi-hit games,
tied for second-most on the team ... had two doubles and eight RBI
... scored four runs ... drew eight walks and had three sacrifice
hits ... had a trio of three-hit games ... was 3-for-3 with a
double and a run against James Madison on Feb. 15 ... went 3-for-3
with a pair of runs scored against Fordham on Feb. 29 ... was also
3-for-3 against College of Charleston on April 19 ... had a stretch
from April 13-19 in which she was 7-for-16 (.438) ... was 6-for-8
in a three-game stretch from Feb. 29-March 1 ... caught speedster
Caitlin Lowe stealing in an exhibition against Team USA on April 10
... earned a spot on the Academic All-Southern Conference Team.
Freshman season (2007)
Saw action in 36 games as catcher ... recorded a .173 batting
average ... tallied three runs on 13 hits ... had two doubles and
nine RBI on the season ... recorded 101 putouts and nine assists
... had two multi-hit games during her freshman campaign ... also
had three games in which she tallied multiple RBI ... earned a spot
on the Dean's List for the spring semester.
High school
Four-year catcher for coach Eddie Dees at South View High School
... named all-region and All-Two Rivers Conference in 2005 and 2006
... selected honorable mention all-state in 2006 ... the Tigers won
the Two Rivers Conference each of her four years and were Eastern
Regional champs in 2005 ... played with the Carolina Cougars for
three years under coach Trae Farthing.
Personal
Whitney Leanne Sirois ... born June 7, 1988, in Fort Irwin, Calif.
... daughter of Tim Sirois and Dawn Collins ... majoring in nursing
... member of the Association of Nursing Students.

