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  Trent Whitehead

Trent Whitehead

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Washington, N.C.

High School:
Washington

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 189

Position:
OF

Birthdate:
07/14/1989

Experience:
2L

B/T:
L/L

Three-year starter that will patrol center field once again ... Hard-nosed baseball guy with good all-around baseball ability ... Left-handed bat that will once again be the leadoff hitter ... Strong and reliable outfielder that is fearless and can cover a lot of ground ... Preseason first-team All Conference USA selection by the league's head coaches ... Named preseason All-America by National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (second-team) and Ping!Baseball (third-team) ... 2009: Started 63 games (61/CF & 2/RF) ... Named Greenville Regional Most Outstanding Player where he batted .381 (8-for-21) with a home run, two doubles, five RBI and five runs scored ... Set ECU single-season records in hits (105) and at-bats (279) ... Batted .376 (105-for-279) with seven home runs, 47 RBI, 78 runs, 24 doubles and two triples ... Finished sophomore season ranked among the national leaders in hits, (4th), runs (12th), doubles (17th), total bases (47th) ... Named second-team All C-USA and C-USA All Tournament Team ... Led the team with 31 multi-hit games, while recording 10 multi-RBI contests ... Recorded career-best 16-game hitting streak from May 2-31 ... Also had a 10-game hit streak from Feb. 26-Mar. 13 ... Had six four-hit games (Oklahoma State, Le Moyne, UCLA, UCF, Campbell, Memphis) - career-high ... Drove in a career best five runs against N.C. State (4/1) after going 3-for-6 from the plate with a pair of home runs ... Collected three game-winning RBI (ODU, Louisiana-Lafayette, Binghamton) ... Named ECU Williams' Jungle Offensive MVP ... Swiped 10 of 15 bases (Monmouth, Le Moyne, UCLA (two), Richmond, Norfolk State, Elon, UAB (two), UNC Wilmington, Southern Miss, Memphis (three) and Binghamton ... When in the starting lineup, the Pirates posted a 43 20 record ... Smacked HRs against N.C. State (three), Southern Miss, Elon, Memphis and Binghamton ... Led the team with a .455 (5-for-11) batting average in the C-USA Tournament ... Posted a .994 fielding percentage committing one error, with 155 putouts in 160 chances ... In league play batted .353 (36-for-102) with two home runs, 12 RBI, 32 runs and four stolen bases ... Ranked among league leaders in hits (1st), doubles (1st), at-bats (1st), runs (2nd), average (3rd), total bases (4th), fielding pct. (6th), on-base pct. (9th) ... Registered 29 hits against lefties (.397) and 76 versus right-handers (.369) ... Two of seven homers were against lefties ... Led the team in batting when hitting in the fourth (.458) and sixth (.520) frames ... Also batted over .400 in the seventh (.432) and eighth (.440) innings ... Started all 10 post-season contests hitting a team-best .375 (15-for-40) with a home run, six RBI, four doubles and nine runs scored ... Experienced greater success inside Clark-LeClair Stadium (.399/65-for-163) than on the road (.303/30-for-99) ... Had equal success when playing day games (.374/55-for0147) and night contests (.379/50-for-132) ... Against nationally-ranked opponents batted .283 with three doubles, five RBI and 10 runs in 13 games ... Month-by-month analysis includes February (.500, 0 HR, 5 RBI), March (.411, 0 HR, 11 RBI), April (.341, 5 HR, 16 RBI), May (.368, 2 HR, 14 RBI) and June (.182, 0 HR, 1 RBI) ... 2009 Summer: Played in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) for the Hyannis Mets alongside fellow Pirates Kevin Brandt and Dustin Harrington, where he batted .264 (34-for-129) with 16 RBI, seven doubles, two triples, 10 runs and 12 stolen bases ... 2008: Played in 51 games with 22 starts ... Batted .273 (24-for-88) with three home runs, 15 RBI and 22 runs scored ... Swiped 5 of 7 bases (Georgia Southern, VCU, Rhode Island, Rice and UNC Wilmington) ... Collected seven multi-hit and four multi-RBI games ... Had a then personal-best six game hitting streak from 3/29-4/8 where he batted .368 (7-for-19) with 2 HRs and 8 RBI ... First collegiate home run (2-run) came against No. 15 Michigan in the seventh inning knotting the game at five ... Smacked first career grand slam against Campbell (3/26) ... Third home run came against No. 20 Southern Miss (4/5) ... Recorded a pair of 4-RBI games (Campbell and Southern Miss) ... Then career-high three hits came against Rice (4/20) ... Lone game-winning RBI came at No. 20 Southern Miss (4/6) on a single ... Sixteen of 22 starts were in left field with the other six in right ... Two-time Wachovia Securities Player-of-the-Game ... Made collegiate debut against No. 2 South Carolina (2/23) as a pinch runner scoring a run ... Against Monmouth (3/1) made first collegiate start ... Posted a .978 fielding percentage committing one error, with 45 putouts in 46 chances ... In league play recorded eight starts in 17 appearances with a .257 average, one home run, six RBI and six runs scored ... As a starter, the Pirates posted a 19-3 overall record ... Mainstay in the bottom third of the lineup (seventh - ninth) ... Batted 120 points higher as a starter (.296/21-for-71) ... Tied for the team lead with two sac flies in a single game (Houston 3/22) ... Registered six hits against lefties (.333 avg.) and 18 versus right-handers (.257) ... All three home runs were against right-handers and were with runners on base ... Led the team with a 1.000 batting average when hitting in the first inning ... In the seventh frame batted .444 (4-for-9) with two home runs ... Played in three games in the Conway Regional (replacement) batting .500 (1-for-2) ... Also experienced game action in two C-USA Tournament games ... Experienced greater success on the road (.314/11-for-35) than in Clark-LeClair Stadium (.235/12-for-51) ... Against nationally-ranked opponents batted .400 (12-for-30) with two home runs, seven RBI and seven runs scored in 16 games ... Month-by-month analysis includes February (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI), March (.344, 1 HR, 7 RBI), April (.239, 2 HR, 8 RBI), May (.250, 0 HR, 0 RBI) and June (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI) ... High School: A four-year starter for the Pam Pack under head coach Darin Vaughn ... Named Eastern Coastal Conference Freshman-of-the-Year after batting .280 with 14 stolen bases ... Earned All Conference and Team MVP honors as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Two-time team captain and all-state selection (junior and senior) ... As a sophomore batted .375 with five home runs, 17 RBI and swiped 17 bases ... During junior season also batted .412 with five home runs, while driving in 14 runs and stealing 15 bases ... Batted .475 with two homers and stole 23 bases as a senior ... Two-time participant of the N.C. State Games (2005-06) ... Played for head coach Ricky Keith and the Carolina Cubs travel team ... Rated by Impact Baseball as one of the Top 20 players in North Carolina ... Personal: Full name is Trent Ashley Whitehead ... Born July 14, 1989 in Washington, N.C. ... Son of A.G. and Karen Whitehead ... Has one sibling (Kristen).

CAREER HIGHS - at-bats: 7 vs. Norfolk State (3/18/09); runs: 4 (twice, last vs. Houston 5/9/09); hits: 4 (six times, last vs. Memphis 5/14/09); RBI: 5 vs. N.C. State (4/1/09); home runs: 2 vs. N.C. State (4/1/09); stolen bases: 2 vs. Memphis (5/16/09).