14   Whitney Owens
	Class: RS Junior Hometown: Pendleton, Ind. High School: Pendleton Heights Last College: Georgia Position: P B/T: R/R

2011: Pitched in 18 games, making 10 starts ... Third on the team in wins (five), strikeouts (36), and innings pitched (53.1) ... Struck out a season-high six batters versus Sacred Heart (3/6/11) and Eastern Michigan (4/1/11) ... Achieved Huskie Scholar status (3.0-3.49 G.P.A.) within NIU Academic Excellence program.

2010: Made 45 appearances, with 15 starts at pitcher ... Pitched 73 innings with 51 strike outs and a 4.51 ERA ... Struck out a season-high seven batters against Western Illinois (3/23/10) ... Fifth on the team in on base percentage (.351) ... Finished with 32 at bats, a .250 slugging percentage, and a career-high .250 batting percentage.

2009 (Georgia): Made one appearance, pitching two scoreless innings of relief versus UC Riverside ... Named to SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll and Fall 2008 Director's Honor Roll.

High School: Lettered one-year season at Pendleton Heights High School ... Led the team to a runner-up finish at state her freshman year, compiling a 20-1 record with a 0.20 school-record ERA ... Recorded a school-record 191 strikeouts and two no-hitters as a freshman en route to being named all-state, Indianapolis Star Player of the Year and Herald Bulletin Player of the Year ... Played travel softball with the Southern Illinois Force, who she helped guide to runner-up finishes at the Colorado Independence Day Tournament and ASA Nationals in 2007, going 8-0 from the circle and hitting .440 at ASA Nationals ... Ended 2007 season with Force with a 33-2 record.

Personal: Daughter of Becky and Jerry Owens. Major: Nursing. Birthday: Feb. 22, 1990.

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