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Jersey Number 25
Janell Wheaton
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- San Dimas, Calif.
- High School:
- San Dimas
Career Statistics
Major: Sport Management
Career Honors:
UF Career Ranks:
As a Junior (2017):
As a Sophomore (2016):
As a Freshman (2015):
High School / Travel Ball:
Major: Sport Management
Career Honors:
- 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2015 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- 2015 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
UF Career Ranks:
- Fielding Percentage – .999 (Third)
- Lowest Stolen Base Against Percentage – .600 (T-10th)
- Putouts – 855 (10th)
- Passed Balls – 4 (10th)
As a Junior (2017):
- Honors:
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- SEC Ranks:
- Fielding Percentage – 1.000 (T-First)
- Putouts – 588 (First)
- Chances – 626 (First)
- Caught Stealing By – 14 (Third)
- Steal Attempts Against – 33 (Ninth)
- Sac Bunts – 6 (T-Ninth)
- UF Single Season Ranks:
- Fielding Percentage – 1.000 (T-First)
- Chances – 626 (First)
- Putouts – 588 (First)
- Caught Stealing By – 14 (T-Eighth)
- UF Junior Ranks:
- Putouts – 588 (First)
- Fielding Percentage – 1.000 (T-First)
As a Sophomore (2016):
- Honors:
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Stats:
- Recorded a .300 batting average (42-for-140), including five doubles, two triples, six home runs, 38 RBI and 23 runs scored. She also tallied 31 walks and notched a .329 on-base percentage.
- Tallied a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 191 chances at first base and catcher.
- Recorded a .300 batting average (42-for-140), including five doubles, two triples, six home runs, 38 RBI and 23 runs scored. She also tallied 31 walks and notched a .329 on-base percentage.
- UF Single Season Ranks:
- Fielding Percentage – 1.000 (182-9-0, T-1st)
- UF Sophomore Records:
- Triples – 2 (T-6th)
- Walks – 31 (T-9th)
- Notables:
- Hit her sixth home run of the season and her first since March 5 against USA in the second inning of game one of Florida’s doubleheader against ULL.
- Notched her first two RBI performance in SEC play at Ole Miss
- Recorded the second triple of her career at Auburn
- Mashed two solo homers against No. 8 Washington to propel the Gators to their 3-1 win
- Came through with an RBI single to right field against Utah, which turned out to be the only run of the game
As a Freshman (2015):
- Honors:
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- Stats:
- 38 Games / 19 Starts
- Ranked fifth on the team in doubles with six
- Committed just one error in 96 chances as she had a stellar .990 fielding percentage
- Led the team with a .571 average (4-for-7) with the bases loaded, as she had 11 RBI with two doubles and one grand slam
- Hit .276 with runners in scoring positon
- Notables:
- Hit two doubles and drove in four runs in her Gator debut (2/6 vs. Hampton)
- Recorded a grand slam against Mercer on Feb. 22 in Game 1 of a doubleheader
- Drove in the game-winning run with a walk off double in the eighth inning vs. UNF (4/1)
- Notched her second career multi-hit game against Hofstra during the NCAA Regional (5/16)
High School / Travel Ball:
- 2014 graduate of San Dimas High School
- Played travel ball with the OC Batbusters Powered by Team Mizuno, coached by Mike Stith
- The No. 15 player on the Hot 100 Seniors on StudentSports.com’s 2014 list
- Led Team Mizuno to Premier Girls Fastpitch national championships in 2012 (16U) and 2014 (18U), along with a runner-up finish (18U) in 2013
- Team Mizuno won back-to-back titles at the 18U New Jersey Showcase Tournament (2013-14) and the Colorado Independence Tournament (2012-13)
- Played for coach Don Pollard at San Dimas
- Batted above .600 during each of her final three prep seasons, and finished her high-school career with 12 home runs and 150 RBI
- Two-time team captain at San Dimas (2013-14)
- Three-time team MVP (2011-13)
- 2014 First Team All-State
- Two-time First Team All-CIF (2013-14)
- Four-time All-Valley Vista League honoree (2011-14)
- Three-time All-Valley Vista League MVP (2012-14)
- Two-time San Gabriel Valley All-Area Team selection (2013-14)
- 2014 San Gabriel Valley Player of the Year
- Played basketball for San Dimas as a freshman, starting as a guard/forward
- Three-time Scholar-Athlete
- Member of the class honor guard, designating her in the top 20 students in the Class of 2014
- 2014 San Dimas Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- 2014 Foothill Citrus Athletic Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Award
- Named to the 2014 Valley Vista Five
- Two-time First Team All-Academic honoree (2012-13)
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