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Ht/Wt
6'
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170 lbs.
Class
Junior
Hometown
South Jordan,
Utah
Last School
Salt Lake Community College
Roster Years
2015
Personal
- Born in Murray, Utah
- Parents are Dallas and Allison Whitney
- Brother Brock played baseball for BYU (2009-2013)
- Belonged to unicycle club in high school
- Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Guayaquil, Equador
- Married Cassidy Fraughton in June, 2014
- Majoring in history
Before BYU
- Prepped at Bingham High School under coach Joey Sato
- Transferred from Salt Lake Community College where he was coached by former Cougar D.G. Nelson
- First team all-state, 2010
- Lettered four years in baseball
- All-Region Honorable Mention in 2009
- 2010 Bingham HS Mr. Hustle
- First team All-Region 18 at SLCC and team won the Region 18 tournament
- Recruited by Utah, S. Mary's College (Calif.), Colorado Mesa University and Southeast Missouri State
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA 2011 # .260 40-21 77 13 20 3 0 1 13 26 3 10 3-3 2014 # .339 54-54 180 34 61 13 3 4 43 92 19 29 5-7 #SLCC
Mission
- Guayaquil
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
Sophmore Year
Junior Year
2015
- West Coast Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Senior Year
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
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Baseball | Jul, 27
Hodges heads list of eight receiving WCC academic honors
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ImageBaseball | May, 08
Kinser and Shaver lead Cougars to 17-1 victory
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ImageBaseball | Apr, 23
Cougars cruise past first-place San Francisco 14-4
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ImageBaseball | Mar, 13
Rucker seals BYU Baseball victory over Pepperdine
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ImageBaseball | Mar, 07
Five more RBI for Hayden Nielsen helps BYU sweep Hartford
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ImageBaseball | Mar, 07
Five more RBI for Hayden Nielsen helps BYU sweep Hartford
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ImageBaseball | Mar, 06
Hayden Nielsen's eight RBI day helps BYU sweep doubleheader