The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2022 Softball Roster
Roster
Jordyn Whitaker
- Position:
- DP/OF
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Jacksonville
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, Texas
- Major:
- Youth & Community Studies
Career Accolades
- 2x Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2022, 2024)
- 1x All-Big 12 Conference Freshman Team (2021)
2024, Senior
Appeared in 16 games throughout her senior season ... was credited with two hits and two runs batted in (RBI) in 14 official plate appearances ... also drew a pair of walks, was hit by pitch and credited with a sacrifice fly throughout the campaign ... in her first trip to the plate on the season, drove in Joley Mitchell from third on a sacrifice fly to center field during a two-run top of the third in Texas' 19-0 win against San Diego (2/9) ... scored Mitchell, again, with a single up the middle to spark a six-run bottom of the third in the Longhorns' 13-0 victory over Hofstra (3/2) ... drew walks at Houston (3/9) and Florida (6/1) ... was hit by a pitch against Iowa State (4/27) ... recorded a base hit against Stanford (2/16) in Clearwater, Fla. ...
2023, Junior
Slashed .212/.316/.333 in 33 official plate appearances during 27 games on the season ... recorded three multiple runs batted in (RBI) games as well as a four-game on-base streak (5/3 - 5/26) ... opened the season with back-to-back run-scoring hits against Missouri (2/10) and Northwestern (2/10), respectively ... hit a two-run home run against Stephen F. Austin (3/22) ... had a two-run double in the bottom of the fifth against Loyola Chicago (2/18) to push the Longhorns ahead of the Ramblers ... also had run-scoring plate appearances against Lamar (2/15) and Omaha (2/18) ... drew a walk in her first two plate appearances of the postseason: Texas A&M (5/21) and at Tennessee (5/26) ...
2022, Sophomore
Registered 11 hits, including three doubles and two home runs, scored four times and knocked in six over 43 games (20 starts) ... drew a vital, fifth-inning leadoff walk off All-American pitcher Kelly Maxwell to kick-start a Texas rally from 5-3 down to lead 6-5 in an eventual win over No. 6 Oklahoma State (5/6) during the decisive game of the Women's College World Series (WCWS) semifinals ... drilled a double to center in the 6-0 shutout of Weber State (5/20) at the NCAA Seattle Regional ... went 1-for-3 with a double during an 11-1 five-inning victory at Texas Tech (4/30) ... posted a 2-for-3 effort in a loss at No. 6 Oklahoma State (4/24) ... came off the bench to blast a solo shot to left that completed a stretch of back-to-back-to-back Texas HR’s in a 14-3 rout of Miami (OH) in five innings at the T-Mobile Crimson Classic ... went 1-for-2 with a double and a run batted in during the 5-2 victory over Texas State (2/28) ... posted a perfect 2-for-2 effort with a run batted in during a 8-4 triumph over McNeese State (2/16) ... hammered a two-run, pinch-hit home run as part of the 10-2 rout of FGCU (2/12) in six innings ...
2021, Freshman
Played in 42 games with 26 starts, rating fourth on the team with a .358 average (24-for-67) on her way to earning a Big 12 Conference All-Freshman Team selection ... managed 24 hits, including four home runs, 15 walks, 16 runs batted in (RBI) and a 1.046 on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) ... registered four multi-hit and three multi-RBI efforts ... started her career on a five-game hitting streak (2/21 - 2/27) ... batted at a .429 clip during the NCAA Stillwater Super Regional ... blasted a huge sixth-inning solo home run to break a 1-1 tie during an eventual 4-2 victory over then-No. 7 Oklahoma State in game two of the NCAA Stillwater Super Regional ... knocked in the winning run on a clutch, two-out fourth-inning run-scoring single that led Texas past No. 10 Oregon (5/23) in the deciding game of the NCAA Austin Regional, 1-0 ... hit a key solo home run during a 5-4 triumph over Texas State (4/21) ... blasted a check-swing grand slam to help power the Horns past Texas Tech, 10-1, in five innings ... managed her first career double during a 5-2 win over Ole Miss (2/28) ... posted multi-hit efforts against Tarleton State (3/13), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3/10) and Lamar (2/26) ... went 2-for-4 while blasting her initial career home run in a 9-3 rout of Sam Houston State (2/26) ... came off the bench to register her first career hit and run batted in during the 5-1 win over North Texas (2/21) ...
Travel Ball
A 2018 TCS Power Pool All-Star and a 2016 TCS All-Star and All-American with the Texas Bombers-NTX, Whitaker hit .357 with seven home runs and 18 runs batted in for her travel ball squad during fall 2019 ...
High School
Another “Lone Star State” native and No. 61 in the Extra Elite 100 Class of 2020 player rankings, Whitaker made a strong impression as a junior at Jacksonville (TX) High School by hitting .444 with 36 hits, 33 runs scored, 10 doubles, 14 home runs and 49 runs batted in (RBI) on her way to reaping 2019 Collin Street Bakery/Texas Sports Writers Association Honorable Mention All-State, Tyler Morning Telegraph All-East Texas First Team, Cherokee County Offensive Player of the Year and District 16-5A Most Valuable Player honors ... as a sophomore, she also received honorable mention all-state and all-east Texas accolades as well as district offensive player of the year and an all-district nod for posting a .421 average with 12 extra-base hits and 28 runs batted in ...
Personal
Daughter of Reginald Paul and Michelle Anderson Whitaker ... has two siblings, Joseph (football at Tyler Junior College) and Taylor ... had three cousins play collegiate athletics: Richard Whitaker (football at Texas A&M, 2000-01), Aaron Whitaker (football at Blinn College) and LaShunda Robertson (volleyball at Lon Morris College) ... cites being named a TCS All-American as her greatest personal athletic achievement entering college ...
