Whitney Haller Class: Junior Hometown: Marietta, Ga. High School: Harrison Height: 5-11 Position: 1B B/T: R/R

Is only the second Tech player (Laura Williams - 1994, '95) to earn All-ACC honors in her freshman and sophomore seasons ... Ranks third all-time in ACC history in home runs (45), five shy of record ... Only second Tech player to garner all-region first team honors (Jessica Sallinger, 2004-05) in consecutive seasons

As a Junior (2008) Had two hits and two RBI at the Georgia State First Pitch Classic (Feb. 9-10) ... Was on base four times via three walks and a single against Alabama (Feb. 16) ... Went 3-for-11 with two doubles and two RBI at the USF Louisville Slugger Tournament (Feb. 22-24) ... Had a home run and two RBI at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 29-March 2) as well as in the Virginia series (March 9) ... Went 2-3 with a two-run home run and solo home run in game one versus Kennesaw State (March 12) ... Hit a home run off all-American Angela Tincher in game one of the Virginia Tech series (March 15) ... Had an RBI double in game two against Winthrop (March 20) ... In game one against Western Carolina went 2-3 with a home run (April 3) ... Had a three-run double in game one against Georgia (April 9) ... Went 6-7 in the doubleheader at Georgia Southern with six RBI, two doubles and a home run (April 16) ... Had four hits and two RBI in the weekend series against Boston College (April 19-20) ... Earned ACC Player of the Week honors for the week of April 14-21 batting .667 (10-15) with eight RBI over that stretch.

As a Sophomore (2007) Started in all 70 games for Tech at first base ... Garnered All-ACC and NFCA All-Southeast Region first team honors for the second consecutive season ... Named second team Academic All-America ... Selected to the first team Academic All-District III squad ... Earned ACC All-Tounrament honors after helping the Jackets make the ACC Championship Game ... Finished second on the team, fifth in the ACC, with a .372 batting average ... Ranked fourth in the ACC with 15 home runs ... Drove in 62 runs, third most in the league ... Ended the season third in the ACC with 67 runs scored ... Tallied the fourth-best on-base percentage with a mark of .454 ... Led the Jackets by only committing three errors all season long, posting a team-best .993 fielding percentage.

As a Freshman (2006): Had the most outstanding season in ACC and Tech history ... Started in all 70 games for the Yellow Jackets (66 at 1B, 3 at P, 1 at DP) ... Set ACC single-season records in home runs (24), RBI (72), total bases (171) and saves (6) ... Finished second in the nation in saves, third in home runs, fourth in RBI, eighth in runs scored (63) and 10th in slugging percentage ... Named Easton All-America second team, NFCA Southeast All-Region first team, All-ACC first team and ACC Freshman of the Year ... Also broke the Tech single-season record in runs scored and putouts ... Tallied the fourth-best batting average in school history with a .393 mark ... In the circle, performed as Tech's closer for most of the season ... Made 25 appearances, going 2-1 with a 5.06 ERA ... Struck out 22 batters in 45.2 innings pitched ... Named ACC Player of the Week on April 17 ... Tied single-game Tech records with six runs batted in and two home runs against Chattanooga (4/5) ... Second two home run game came against Austin Peay (3/4) at the Buzz Classic ... Had a season-high 10-game hitting streak ... Tallied 25 multi-hit and 19 multi-RBI games ... Ended the season on a four-game hitting streak ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Softball Team ... Also earned ACC Academic Honor Roll honors.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in softball ... Helped lead team to three area championships in freshman, sophomore and senior seasons ... Named team's Most Valuable Player as a senior ... Earned all-state honors in final three seasons and all-area honors in all four seasons ... Elected team captain in senior season ... Hit .336, drove in 24 runs and went 18-6 in the circle as a senior ... Played basketball for two seasons as a forward ... Was named Class Valedictorian ... President of National Honor Society, Secretary of Spanish National Honor Society, President of Math Honor Society, member of Beta and Spanish clubs.

Personal: Born Whitney Leigh Haller on March 24, 1987, in Parkersburg, W. Va. ... Parents are Jerry and Wanda Haller ... Has an older sister, Amy Johnston, and two older brothers, Lance Wilson and David Haller ... Enjoys reading and water skiing ... Majoring in industrial engineering.