University of Maine Athletics

HEADING INTO 2013: Expected to split time behind the plate, in the outfield and on the mound. 

2012: Named to the America East All-Tournament Team... saw action in 53 games for the Black Bears, starting 51 for the Black Bears, mostly as Maine’s designated hitter... hit .290 with 33 runs scored and 32 RBI... had 11 doubles, three home runs and one triple... hit a grand slam in Maine’s 8-3 win over Albany in the America East Tournament... also had a home run and three RBI the previous day against Stony Brook in the America East Tournament... appeared in 15 games on the mound... finished 2-4 with a 7.67 ERA... earned wins against Husson (4/4) and Colby (4/10)... struck out 30 batters, including six in the victory against Husson.

2011: Appeared in 45 games last year, starting 39 of them…batted .244 with 33 hits... belted five home runs... hit home runs in back to back games (3/5-3/6)... went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a pair of doubles against Penn (3/7)... recorded a six-game hit streak (3/9-3/19), blasting a home run in the last game of that streak against Rider…hit a three-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning against Northeastern (5/10)... Also belted a home run in Maine’s next games against Hartford (5/14)... finished the game against the Hawks batting 2-for-2 with four runs scored and two RBI. 

2010: Sat out the season as a redshirt. 

BEFORE MAINE: Played baseball at Westborough High School for coach Scott Kittridge... team captain in 2008 and 2009... hit a school-record 10 home runs... two-time team MVP... league MVP in 2009... team was league champions twice... named  a Metro West Daily News All-Star in 2009... named to the Worcester Telegram and Gazette All-Star team in 2009... also played soccer and basketball in high school... born Dec. 1, 1990... son of Francis and Susan Whitten... a mechanical engineering major.