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Jersey Number 28
Ace Whitehead
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lampasas, Texas
- High School:
- Lampasas
Bio
Career Honors & Accolades
- 2025 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2024 All-Big 12, Honorable Mention
- 2024 Academic All-Big 12, Second Team
2025 (Senior)
- Redshirted to preserve eligibility
2024 (Junior)
- Made 15 appearances, including 10 starts
- Posted 4-2 ledger with 4.16 ERA and one complete game
- Recorded 24 walks and 48 strikeouts over 67 innings
- Held opponents to .237 batting average
- Struck out season-high seven batters to earn win at Texas Tech (3/8)
- Tallied seven shutout innings against Washington (3/16)
- Tossed first career complete game in 10-2 victory over Baylor (3/23)
- Threw six scoreless and punched out four in winning effort against TCU (4/20)
- Registered six strikeouts across 6.2 innings vs. Louisiana (6/2)
2023 (Sophomore)
- Served as two-way player, logging time in 34 total games
- Pitched in 16 contests, drawing four starts on mound
- Notched 4-0 mark with 4.10 ERA and one save
- Mounted 12 walks and 24 strikeouts across 26.1 innings
- Played in 18 contests and earned three starts as outfielder
- Totaled .111 (2-for-18) average with two runs and seven RBI
- Made debut on mound with 1.2 scoreless frames at Cal State Fullerton (3/5)
- Earned first career victory in relief at Mercer (3/8)
- Reached safely twice, delivering two-run single against Manhattan (3/12)
- Mounted co-season-long four frames of one-run baseball to log win vs. Air Force (4/4)
- Went four innings and struck out three against Texas State (4/11)
- Plated pair of runs in 18-3 victory over Texas Southern (4/25)
- Secured win with shutdown frame in NCAA Super Regional vs. Stanford (6/10)
2022 (Freshman)
- Appeared in 25 games, earning one start
- Hit .556 (10-for-18) with eight runs, two doubles and two RBI
- Scored run in collegiate debut against Rice (2/19)
- Collected first career hit vs. Oklahoma (4/2)
- Produced three-hit performance and drove in a run against Stephen F. Austin (4/12)
- Recorded three hits and plated tally vs. Houston Baptist (5/3)
High School
- Four-year letterwinner at Lampasas High School
- Served as captain during final three campaigns
- Garnered All-State honors twice
- Tabbed 2018 All-District Newcomer of the Year
- Went 2-0 with 0.97 ERA on mound, while batting .369 at plate
Personal
- Parents are Kirk and Kenna Whitehead
- Has older sister, Raegan
- Intends to major in human dimensions of organizations
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