2023 Baseball Roster
Bobby Whalen
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Camp Hill, Pa.
- High School:
- Cedar Cliff
2023 (Junior Season)
Season: Appeared in all 63 games with 62 starts in center field ... Reached base safely in 51 of 63 games with at least one hit in 45 games ... On-base multiple times in 35 games ... Walked in 29 games ... Scored a run in 35 games, including a streak of 10 straight games with a run scored from April 11-April 25 ... Posted a season-long 12-game reached base streak from April 8 -April 25 ... Posted a pair of 11-game hitting streak, one that ran from March 16-April 4 and one from April 9-April 25 ... Posted 21 multi-hit, nine multi-RBI and 16 multi-run scored games ... Homered against Ohio (4/22), versus Evansville (5/16) and in the Big Ten Tournament versus Michigan (5/26).
2022 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Started all 59 games … Started games in center field (57) and at designated hitter (2) … Reached base safely in 50 of 59 games with at least one hit in 42 games … Scored a run in 36 games, including eight straight from May 7-19 … Hit first career home run against Xavier (3/20) in the first game of a doubleheader … Owned a season-best eight-game hitting streak from April 12-24 … Posted a season-long 15-game reached base streak April 27-21 … Posted 19 multi-hit games, nine multi-RBI games and 11 multi-run scored games … Stole multiple bases in four games … Homered against Xavier (3/20) and at Evansville (4/5) … One of two IU position players to start all 59 games … Led the team in stolen bases (22), triples (4) and tied for the lead in hit-by-pitch … Ranked No. 2 on the team in runs scored (54) and hits (70) and tied in doubles (13) … Hit .300 or better in seven of 14 weekend series.
Rankings: Ended the season tied for No. 68 nationally in triples (4) ... Was No. 72 among NCAA Division I hitters in stolen bases (22).
2021 (Redshirt-Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in eight games with four starts … Started games at designated hitter (3) and in left field (1) … Made collegiate debut in a start at Minnesota (3/7).
2020 (Freshman Season – Louisville)
Did not appear during his initial collegiate season.
Prep/Personal
Played for head coach Scott Lackey at Cedar Cliff High School, where he was a four-year letterwinner … Rated the No. 95 outfielder nationally by Perfect Game … Tabbed the No. 16 prospect and No. 5 outfielder in Pennsylvania by Perfect Game … Guided CCHS to a pair of district championships … Selected high honorable mention All-America as a senior … Tabbed high honorable mention All-America as a sophomore and junior by Perfect Game … Tabbed all-state as a senior … Earned all-division as a sophomore and junior … First player in CCHS with 100 career hits … First Colts player with 100 career runs scored … Also lettered once in basketball, twice in wrestling and four times in football … Named all-state three times in football … Son of Mandy and Bob Whalen … Born on September 18, 2000 … Has one older brother, Cole, and two older sisters, Ashton and Brett … Father, Bob, lettered in wrestling at Cornell … Sister, Ashton, lettered in field hockey at Villanova … Sister, Brett, lettered in track and field at Notre Dame … Brother, Cole, lettered in baseball at Lafayette College … Helped raise $300,000 for ALS research in honor of his uncle, who passed away from the disease … Is a sport marketing & management major.
