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2009 (FRESHMAN)
Set Baylor single-season records for innings pitched (291.1), games stared (46), complete games (37) and strikeouts (415) ... Set program record for most 10-plus strikeout games (12) ... Finished third nationally in strikeouts ... Named Big 12 Pitcher and Freshman of the Year, the first BU player to do so ... First-team All-Big 12 ... First-team all-region .. Four-time Big 12 Pitcher of the Week ... 2009 Fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Picked up first career win at No. 1 Florida (2/8), pitching a complete-game shutout with 10 strikeouts ... Threw a complete-game shutout with 12 strikeouts against New Mexico (2/13) ... Had 11 strikeouts in another complete-game shutout versus Stephen F. Austin (2/15) ... Combined to pitch 9.2 innings, collecting 15 strikeouts, in a doubleheader at Houston (2/18) ... Struck out a career-high 16 batters, giving up just one run in a 10.0 inning effort against Sam Houston State (2/20) ... Finished up the series with Sam Houston (2/22) by throwing 7.0 innings and striking out 10 ... Threw a no-hitter in 5.0 innings, striking out eight against Rutgers (2/28) ... Struck out 15 in 7.2 innings against No. 1 Washington (3/6), giving up no earned runs ... Struck out 10 at No. 20 LSU (3/11) ... Got 12 strikeouts in 5.0 innings at Northwestern State (3/12) ... Threw another no-hitter with 13 strikeouts in 5.0 innings against Prairie View A&M (3/17) ... Also went -2-for-4 with a run scored ... Opened conference play with eight strikeouts and no earned runs at Texas Tech (3/21) ... Threw another complete game the next day against the Red Raiders, striking out nine ... Struck out 10 against No. 13 Missouri (3/28) ... Shut out No. 12 Oklahoma (4/1) with eight strikeouts ... Struck out 15 batters and gave up no earned runs in 9.0 innings against Oklahoma State (4/4) ... Struck out 10 in a complete-game effort at Iowa State (4/10) ... Threw a one-hit shutout against the Cyclones (4/11), striking out 12 ... Struck out 11 at Texas A&M (4/15) ... Tied a career high with 16 strikeouts against Nebraska (4/18), giving up no earned runs in 10.0 innings ... Followed that up with 11 strikeouts in another complete game against the Huskers (4/19) ... Struck out 11 in a victory over No. 20 Texas (4/22) ... Struck out 12 at Kansas (4/26) ... Fanned 10 Aggies in a complete game (5/3) ... Gave up just one earned run and struck out nine in the Big 12 semifinals against No. 14 Missouri (5/9) ... Defeated Louisiana-Lafayette with nine strikeouts in the opening game of the NCAA Regional ... Guided Baylor to a regional title, giving up just one earned run in the championship game against No. 21 Louisiana-Lafayette (5/17).
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Aledo (Texas) High School ... Lettered for four seasons in softball ... Named 2008 Texas Gatorade Player of Year following her senior year ... As a senior, went 31-0 with an 0.07 ERA, 382 strikeouts with three perfect games , seven no hitters and 14 shutouts ... Helped lead Aledo High School to their first 4A State Championship, pitching 15 innings with 22 strikeouts and setting the new 4A State Championship strikeout record ... 2008 4A State Tournament MVP ... Named the 2008 TGCA 4A MVP ... 2007 and 2008 TGCA All-State Academic. Texas Sports Writers Association Player of the year 2008 ...Three-time conference MVP ... Named conference pitcher of the year her freshman year ... Totaled 1,238 strikeouts during high school ... Named to the Fort Worth Star Telegram Super Teams her sophomore and junior year ... Named Fort Worth Star Telegram Softball Player of the Year in 2008 ... Played club softball with Texas Glory Gold and the Fort Worth Batbusters.
PERSONAL
Full name is Whitney Lee Canion ... Born on Dec. 21, 1989, in North Richland Hills, Texas ... Parents are Ron and Lisa Canion ... Has one older brother, Kyle ... Majoring in business.
