Biography
2015: Appeared in 12 games before utilizing a medical redshirt season … totaled 12 hits with three doubles, a triple, six runs scored and two runs scored.
2014: WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention … started all 52 games primarily at second base … hit .265 with team highs of four home runs, three triples, 13 doubles and 23 runs … finished the year with 12 career triples, ranking second all-time and is just two shy of matching the all-time UP program record … his six RBI’s at Oregon (April 8) tied for the fourth most in a game in program history and it’s the most RBI’s by a Pilot since 2009 … team-high 13 multi-hit games and he was second with five multi-RBI games … had a career-best 13-game hitting streak (March 28-April 13) … hit two home runs during 5-2 win over Kansas State (Feb. 20) … also homered at LMU (March 16) and at Oregon (April 8) … registered four games with three hits and two games with two doubles.
2013: WCC All-Academic Team … tied for team-high 53 appearances and he made 51 starts … ranked second in the WCC and 20th nationally with six triples, which was one shy of matching a program record for most triples in a season ... also hit .245 with seven doubles, a home run, 16 RBI’s and 20 runs scored … was six of eight on stolen bases and had 10 multi-hit games … had two three-hit games, including a 3-for-5 performance during 8-4 win at BYU (April 11); also knocked in three runs against the Cougars and was a HR shy of hitting for the cycle.
2012: Appeared in and started 51 games, both in the outfield and at third base … led the team with 27 runs scored, was tied for the team high with five home runs and three triples and was second with a .424 slugging percentage and 28 RBI’s … also had a .254 batting average and nine doubles … had 10 multi-hit games, four games with three hits and six multi-RBI games … also tied for the team’s longest hitting streak (12) of the season … first collegiate home run came during 10-5 win over Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 19) … had three hits, four RBI’s a double and a triple during 11-4 win over Concordia (Feb. 21) … belted a home run and knocked in three during 4-3 10-inning win at Pepperdine (Apr. 15).
UNION HS: Four-year letterwinner for UP Hall of Famer Tom Lampkin … named to the All-League First Team as a sophomore, junior and senior … named to the All-State First Team in 2010 after landing on the All-State Second Team in 2009 … was the Titans’ Team MVP as the team captain his senior year for the second consecutive season … led the Titans to a fifth -place finish at the 2010 State Championships and captured the 2011 Greater St. Helens League Championship … holds the school record for home runs in a season (7), hitting a total of 22 in his career… was a Scholar Athlete all four years … three-year letter winner in basketball, leading his team in points in their 2010 State Championship victory.
PERSONAL: Born on Oct. 19, 1992, in Vancouver, Wash. … parents are Shawn Whalen and Lisa Osborn … Whalen played for the Kansas City Royals Scout Team in 2009 and 2010 … also played for the Vancouver Cardinals club team in 2010 and 2011, hitting three home runs in the Brandy Pugh Tournament in 2011 … father, Shawn, played four seasons in the San Diego Padres organization … mother, Lisa, played college basketball and volleyball … graduated with a marketing degree in Spring of 2015; currently working towards a masters in education.
