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Jersey Number 15
Joshua Whritenour
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- A3 Academy
2026 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp
2026 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List
2025 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2026 (Redshirt Freshman):
2025 (Freshman):
A3 ACADEMY / FIVAY HS:
PERSONAL:
2026 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List
2025 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2026 (Redshirt Freshman):
- Made 25 relief appearances as Florida’s primary closer in his first collegiate season
- Logged seven saves while working to a 4-4 record and 1.23 WHIP
- Held opposing hitters to a .223 batting average
- Struck out 49 batters and walked just 14 in 36 2/3 innings
- Registered a 12.0 K/9, 3.4 BB/9 and 3.5 K-to-BB ratio
- Ranked sixth in the SEC in saves (seven) including tied-for-sixth in league play (four)
- Did not surrender a run in his first-eight appearances
- Opened his career with 11 1/3-consecutive scoreless innings to go with a 0.88 WHIP, .108 batting average against and 18-to-six strikeout-to-walk ratio
- Tossed a scoreless ninth inning with one strikeout in his collegiate debut to secure the win over UAB on Feb. 14
- Pitched two shutout, no-hit frames with three strikeouts in the victory against FIU on Feb. 25
- Earned his first-career save with 1 1/3 scoreless, no-hit innings with two strikeouts vs. Florida A&M on March 4
- Awarded his first-career victory after pitching 1 2/3 scoreless innings with two strikeouts vs. High Point on March 8
- Secured the save against Florida State on March 10 behind 1 2/3 perfect frames, striking out all five batters he faced
- Recorded the win with 2 1/3 shutout, no-hit innings and three strikeouts vs. South Carolina on March 13
- Nailed down the save with two scoreless frames at Arkansas on March 28
- Fired 1 2/3 shutout innings and four strikeouts to log the save at Florida State on April 7
- Threw a scoreless ninth inning for the save vs. Auburn on April 16
- Pitched a season-high 3 2/3 frames of one-run ball with two strikeouts against Texas A&M on April 26
- Picked up the win with one scoreless inning, zero hits allowed and one strikeout in the series-opening victory over Kentucky on May 8
- Chucked one shutout frame with two strikeouts in the win at LSU on May 14
2025 (Freshman):
- Did not appear in any games due to injury in a redshirt season
A3 ACADEMY / FIVAY HS:
- Lettered under Head Coach Shane Rowland
- Attended the 2024 MLB Draft Combine in Phoenix, Ariz.
- 2024 A3 Pitcher of the Year
- Excelled in the 2024 Perfect Game National Academic Association, fanning 55 batters against 16 walks in 40 innings
- Registered a 12.4 K/9 and 3.6 BB/9 in the PGNAA
- Pitched his sophomore campaign at Fivay High School, where he went 2-1 with a 4.06 ERA and 61 strikeouts across 48 1/3 frames
- Slashed .390/.520/.584 with two home runs his sophomore year at Fivay
- Also competed for Canes National and the Mets Scout Team
- 2023 & 2024 Perfect Game Preseason First Team All-Region
- Ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 12 player and No. 4 right-handed pitcher in Florida while holding status as the No. 85 recruit and No. 27 right-hander nationally
PERSONAL:
- Son of Heather and Paul Whritenour
- Has six siblings: Luke, Victoria, Kailey and Payton Whritenour; Zach and Christian Bordeaux
- Majoring in sport management at the University of Florida
- Hobbies include fishing and going to the beach
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