As a Junior in 2012: Batted .282 at the plate as a junior while starting in 43 of the Broncos' 49 games... Ranked third on the team in doubles with 10 and second in homeruns with five... Tallied 21 walks to help maintain a .391 on-base percentage... In a series opener at home against UC San Diego, he went 3-for-5 with four runs batted in... During the season's final game, a road contest at Cal State East Bay, he collected four hits in five at-bats while totaling four RBI... Finished with 10 multi-RBI games.
As a Sophomore in 2011: Made a hugely successful transition from pitcher to outfielder, helping the Broncos reach the West Region championship game... Earned a spot on the All-CCAA Tournament Team after going 9-for-20 (.450) that week at the plate with three doubles and three homeruns, slugging at a 1.050 clip... Received All-CCAA Honorable Mention accolades... Finished second on the team in batting average for the season at .332, totaling the third-most runs (46), the second-most doubles (17) and the second-most steals (8)... His hit total of 75 ranked third in the conference... Committed just two errors while serving as the starting rightfielder, good for a .986 fielding percentage...
Put together a 19-game hitting streak in the heart of the regular season, batting .421 with 19 runs during that span.
As a Freshman in 2010: Totaled 7.1 innings as a freshman while making five relief appearances... Walked just one batter through those outings... Finished with a 4.91 earned run average while holding the opposition to a .250 average... Threw scoreless innings against Cal State L.A. (April 1) and Cal State San Bernardino (April 9).
High School: A 2008 graduate of Cypress High School, where he was a three-year letterwinner on the baseball team... Earned All-Empire League First Team honors as a senior and selected as the squad's Most Valuable Player... Maintained an overall grade-point average of 3.0.
Personal: Born June 18, 1990... Son of Troy and Dayna Whitman... Has two siblings named Garrett and Hailey... Business Administration major and Marketing minor... Related to Nick Tanos, who played for Cal Poly Pomona in 2009 and 2009, and Brett Tanos, who is playing in the Colorado Rockies' minor league system... Aspires to help CPP win a national title... Favorite pro teams are the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and favorite athlete is Derek Jeter.
