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Jersey Number 27
Ace Whitehead
- Position:
- Left-Handed Pitcher
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 195
- Hometown:
- Lampasas, Tex.
- High School:
- Lampasas HS/Texas
- Bats/Throws:
- L-L
2025/TEXAS
2024/TEXAS
2023/TEXAS
2022/TEXAS
HIGH SCHOOL/TRAVEL BALL
PERSONAL
- Redshirted to preserve eligibility
2024/TEXAS
- Made 15 appearances with 10 starts
- Posted a 4-2 record with a 4.16 ERA and one complete game
- Recorded 24 walks and 48 strikeouts over 67 innings
- Held opponents to a .237 batting average
- Struck out career-high seven batters to earn win vs. Texas Tech (3/8)
- Tossed first career complete game in 10-2 victory vs. Baylor (3/23)
- 2024 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
2023/TEXAS
- Served as a two-way player, appearing in 34 games
- Pitched in 16 games, drawing four starts on the mound
- Notched 4-0 record with a 4.10 ERA and one save
- Recorded 12 walks and 24 strikeouts over 26.1 innings
- Appeared in 18 games with three starts as an outfielder
- Hit .111 (2-for-18) average with 2 runs and 7 RBI
- Made debut on mound with 1.2 scoreless innings vs. Cal State Fullerton (3/5)
- Earned first career victory in relief vs. Mercer (3/8)
- Secured the win with a scoreless inning in the NCAA Super Regional vs. Stanford (6/10)
2022/TEXAS
- Appeared in 25 games with one start
- Hit .556 (10-for-18) with 8 runs, 2 doubles and 2 RBI
- Scored run in collegiate debut vs. Rice (2/19)
- Collected first career hit vs. Oklahoma (4/2)
HIGH SCHOOL/TRAVEL BALL
- Four-year letterwinner at Lampasas High School
- Served as captain during final three campaigns
- Earned All-State honors twice
- Named 2018 All-District Newcomer of the Year
- Pitched to a 0.95 career ERA in 95.1 innings
- Had a .432 career batting average
- All-State 4A pitcher and All-State outfielder in 2021
- Four-year letterman in football, earning 2019 4A Offensive Player of the Year and 2019 All-State QB first team honors
- In 2020, he was the Dave Campbell Texas Football 4A Coverboy, Central Texas Male Football POY, and Central Texas Male Athlete of the Year
PERSONAL
- Parents are Kenna and Kirk Whitehead
- Has one sister, Raegan Whitehead
- Majoring in Gerontology
- Favorites: Fried Catfish (food), The Goodfellas (movie), Game of Thrones (TV Show), Marty Robbins (musical artist), Man’s Search for Meaning By Viktor Frankl (book), Fishing and Hunting (hobby)
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