2016 Softball Roster
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Whitney, Micaela
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Jersey Number 5
Micaela Whitney
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
- High School:
- Papillion-La Vista South
Bio
2015 (Junior at Creighton)
Made 25 pitching appearances, including 21 starts during her first season as a Bluejay ... Posted a 9-10 record and 3.71 ERA in a team-high 132.0 innings ... Led the squad with 16 complete games ... Earned a no-hitter against Pacific (Feb. 5) in first career start at Creighton ... Captured BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honors on Feb. 9 after allowing only one earned run and striking out 20 batters during three complete games ... Earned second BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week recognition on Feb. 23 after a 10-strikeout performance in the first game of a doubleheader against Northern Colorado on Feb. 20 ... Pitched three consecutive games without an earned run at the Rebel Spring Games from March 9-12 ... Opened career with an 8-2 record and a 0.86 ERA during 65 innings of work.
2013-14 (Iowa)
Started four games in the circle and made 14 appearances with one complete game as a sophomore ... Posted a 2-3 record and a 5.39 ERA in 36.1 innings of work ... Recorded wins over Presbyterian and No. 13 Missouri... Earned second career save and the first of the season against Texas on March 16... Attained a season-high six strikeouts on Feb. 22 at Mississippi State and again on March 29 at Wisconsin … Appeared in 17 games with three starts as a freshman ... Compiled a team-best 2.89 ERA in 46.0 innings pitched, notching 29 strikeouts and a 4-2 record ... Made 14 relief appearances, ranking fifth in the Big Ten ... Fourth in the conference in games finished (12) ... Earned first career save March 2 in win over CSU Bakersfield ... Started first career game on Feb. 23 vs. Winthrop in the ‘Bama Bash, allowing one run and striking out six in first career complete game victory.
Papillion-La Vista South High School
Nebraska Coaches Association All Star First Team and Nebraska All-State Class A selection as a senior ... Also was a Lincoln Journal Star Second Team Super State honoree after going 20-9 with a 1.42 ERA over 182.2 innings pitched, while posting 217 strikeouts and allowing 69 runs ... Two-time All-Metro Conference First Team and All-District First Team selection ... Class A All-State Second Team honoree as a junior and earned Honorable Mention All-District recognition as a sophomore. … Posted a 1.54 ERA in 104.2 innings with 96 strikeouts as a sophomore ... Went 25-5 with a 1.56 ERA over 180 innings as a junior, finishing with 200 strikeouts ... Holds the school record, drawing 22 walks in 2011 ... Led team to two district championships and two state tournament appearances (2010, 2011) and a 2010 Metro title ... Played club ball for the 2012 Wichita Mustangs and 2011 Froze Ropes, leading team to a metro championship and a second place finish at the state tournament … USSSA Nationals game MVP in 2010 … Competed internationally at the Canada Cup in 2013 in Surrey, British Columbia, helping team to a top-eight finish.
Personal
The daughter of Michelle and Paul Whitney ... Has two brothers, Dylan Whitney and Derrick Osmundson ... Volunteered with the Ronald McDonald House and Habitat for Humanity … Psychology major.
Made 25 pitching appearances, including 21 starts during her first season as a Bluejay ... Posted a 9-10 record and 3.71 ERA in a team-high 132.0 innings ... Led the squad with 16 complete games ... Earned a no-hitter against Pacific (Feb. 5) in first career start at Creighton ... Captured BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honors on Feb. 9 after allowing only one earned run and striking out 20 batters during three complete games ... Earned second BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week recognition on Feb. 23 after a 10-strikeout performance in the first game of a doubleheader against Northern Colorado on Feb. 20 ... Pitched three consecutive games without an earned run at the Rebel Spring Games from March 9-12 ... Opened career with an 8-2 record and a 0.86 ERA during 65 innings of work.
2013-14 (Iowa)
Started four games in the circle and made 14 appearances with one complete game as a sophomore ... Posted a 2-3 record and a 5.39 ERA in 36.1 innings of work ... Recorded wins over Presbyterian and No. 13 Missouri... Earned second career save and the first of the season against Texas on March 16... Attained a season-high six strikeouts on Feb. 22 at Mississippi State and again on March 29 at Wisconsin … Appeared in 17 games with three starts as a freshman ... Compiled a team-best 2.89 ERA in 46.0 innings pitched, notching 29 strikeouts and a 4-2 record ... Made 14 relief appearances, ranking fifth in the Big Ten ... Fourth in the conference in games finished (12) ... Earned first career save March 2 in win over CSU Bakersfield ... Started first career game on Feb. 23 vs. Winthrop in the ‘Bama Bash, allowing one run and striking out six in first career complete game victory.
Papillion-La Vista South High School
Nebraska Coaches Association All Star First Team and Nebraska All-State Class A selection as a senior ... Also was a Lincoln Journal Star Second Team Super State honoree after going 20-9 with a 1.42 ERA over 182.2 innings pitched, while posting 217 strikeouts and allowing 69 runs ... Two-time All-Metro Conference First Team and All-District First Team selection ... Class A All-State Second Team honoree as a junior and earned Honorable Mention All-District recognition as a sophomore. … Posted a 1.54 ERA in 104.2 innings with 96 strikeouts as a sophomore ... Went 25-5 with a 1.56 ERA over 180 innings as a junior, finishing with 200 strikeouts ... Holds the school record, drawing 22 walks in 2011 ... Led team to two district championships and two state tournament appearances (2010, 2011) and a 2010 Metro title ... Played club ball for the 2012 Wichita Mustangs and 2011 Froze Ropes, leading team to a metro championship and a second place finish at the state tournament … USSSA Nationals game MVP in 2010 … Competed internationally at the Canada Cup in 2013 in Surrey, British Columbia, helping team to a top-eight finish.
Personal
The daughter of Michelle and Paul Whitney ... Has two brothers, Dylan Whitney and Derrick Osmundson ... Volunteered with the Ronald McDonald House and Habitat for Humanity … Psychology major.
Creighton Softball Hit-A-Thon 2025
Thursday, August 21
Creighton Baseball & Softball Fields Groundbreaking - 6/11/25
Wednesday, June 11
Creighton BET Postgame vs. St John's, 5/8/25
Thursday, May 08
Creighton Softball Highlights vs. Seton Hall, 5/4/25
Sunday, May 04
