2014-15 (Junior): Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll ...  Recognized Dec. 1 as the Southland Conference Player of the Week after being named MVP of the UMKC Plaza Lights Classic ... Scored 39 points in two games vs. George Mason and the host Roos, going 14-for-29 from the floor (7-15 3-point range) with four rebounds, four assists, a steal and career high three blocks ... Credited with a game-ending block on final play of George Mason contest, preserving two-point victory ... Scored career high 24 points at UMKC on career high 21 field-goal attempts ... Ranked among the Southland Conference leaders in scoring (10.4 ppg), assists (2.4), blocks (0.3), steals (1.9) ... 3-point field goals per game (2.0) and percentage (.292) ... Started all 29 games and averaged 30.0 minutes per game ... Recorded 15 games in double figures and had 20+ points vs. UMKC, Sam Houston State (23) and Southwest Christian (21) ... Tied for team lead with four games of five or more assists, including a career high seven vs. Southwest Christian ... Stole a career high seven passes at Kansas State ... Both totals were team season highs ... Buried five 3-pointers for the fourth time in her career at home vs. SHSU ... Led team in scoring five times and in assists on seven occasions ... Finished year with 301 points, 69 rebounds (2.4), 69 assists, nine blocks and 55 steals.  

2013-14 (Sophomore): Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Started 29 games, missing just one (Jan. 30 at Stephen F. Austin) \ due to illness that snapped a streak of 48 consecutive starts … Averaged 11.8 points, 3.1 assists, 1.9 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game … Scored 342 points with a 38.5 percent field goal percentage and shot 32.2 percent from 3-point range (69-214) … Finished ranked among the Southland Conference leaders with 2.4 3-pointers made per game and set the school’s season record for most 3-point field goal attempts with 214 … Made three or more 3-pointers in 16 games … Reached a double-digit scoring total in 19 games and recorded the first two 20-point games of her collegiate career (vs. Jacksonville and Wayland Baptist) … Second on the team this season with six games of five or more assists … Dished out a career high seven assists in blowout win over Arlington Baptist … Buried four treys during televised comeback win at Incarnate Word, which pushed her past 500 career points … Helped Wildcats defeat Jacksonville at Texas Tech with four 3-pointers and an 8-for-8 night at the free-throw line … Finished game vs. Jacksonville with 20 points … Blocked a season-high three shots and added 19 points at UT-Arlington, which was the Wildcats’ first win over a NCAA DI program in 20 years … Credited with a career high four steals against Oral Roberts … Finished year with 90 assists, 17 blocks and 40 steals.
 
2012-13 (Freshman): Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year … Appeared in all 28 games with 14 starts … Averaged 7.9 points and 2.6 rebounds per game … Ranked second in the LSC with a .418 3-point field goal percentage (41-98) and sixth with 1.5 3-point field goals made per game … Credited with 58 assist (2.1), eight blocks and 24 steals … Reached double figures in scoring on seven occasions, including a season-high 19 points at Texas A&M-Commerce … Hit 5-of-7 treys vs. Lions and added a pair of free throws … Pulled down a season-best six rebounds against Arkansas-Fort Smith and had five rebounds in games vs. Texas Woman’s and Commerce … Made four 3-pointers in games vs. Southwestern Adventist, Eastern New Mexico and Cameron … Finished a perfect 7-for-7 from the free-throw line at Tarleton State … Dished out five assists vs. Texas A&M-International and Midwestern State … Stole three passes at Kingsville.
 
High School: Graduated in 2012 from Gregory-Portland High School where she was a four-year varsity letterwinner and point guard for head coach Vincent Stark … Two-year team captain and part of a team that finished 27-10 in 2012 … Appeared in 38 games as a senior and averaged 17.7 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 4.0 steals per game … Three-year first-team all-district and two-time all-region … Made all-South Texas squad following her junior year … Four-time Academic All-District honoree … Member of National Honor Society … Placed first on Texas Math League test … Newcomer of the Year who helped team qualify for regional tournament.
 
Personal: Given name is Whitney Dianne West … Born 18 August 1994 in Corpus Christi … Resides in Portland, Texas … Daughter of Greg and Holli West … Father, Greg, holds Texas A&M’s school record in the pole vault and competed professionally for the Reebok Track Team … Family studies major … Hobbies include water and snow skiing and crossfit ... Married Tanner Swinford in August of 2015.