2026 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 41
Evan Whiteaker
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- West Chester, Ohio
- High School:
- Lakota East HS
2025 (at Xavier)
- Appeared in one game against Stanford (2/28)
- In his outing, had one strikeout and a total of 25 pitches
- Appeared in eight games as a sophomore – all in relief
- Threw 11 complete innings on the season
- Longest outing of the season (three innings) came vs. Illinois State (3/13)
- Punched out 11 batters compared to just two walks
- Final appearance came at Ball State (4/24)...Academic All-Big Ten selection.
- Appeared in 13 games with two starts on the mound
- Earned victories over Bellarmine (3/12) and versus Illinois (5/23) at the Big Ten Tournament
- Holds have come versus Miami (Ohio) (2/21) and Kent State (3/28)
- Allowed three-or-fewer earned runs in 12 of 13 outings, with eight scoreless outings
- Walked two-or-fewer batters in 12 appearances, with zero walks in six outings
- Played for head coach Ray Hamilton at Lakota East High School, where he was a three-year letterwinner
- Tabbed the No. 15 prospect and No. 3 right-handed pitcher in Ohio by Perfect Game
- Second-team All-Central Region from Perfect Game as a senior
- Honorable mention All-Central Region as a sophomore and junior by Perfect Game
- First-team All-Greater Miami Conference as a senior
- Owned lowest career WHIP in program history
- Played hockey
- Son of David and Anne Whiteaker
- Has one brother, Andrew Whiteaker
- Majoring in Kinesiology, on Pre-Occupational Therapy track
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