Whitney Berry
7  Whitney Berry
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Wichita, Kan.

High School:
Goddard HS

Height:
5-5

Position:
Forward/Midfielder

Experience:
2L

Honors and Awards

  • 2011 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring)
  • 2011 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring)
  • 2010 All Big 12 Second Team
  • 2010 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall)
  • 2010 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall)
  • 2009 All-Big 12 Second Team
  • 2009 All-Newcomer Team

2010 (Sophomore

  • Followed up a standout freshman season by being named All-Big 12 Second Team for the second straight year
  • Played in, and started, all 19 matches seeing time at midfield and forward
  • Scored three goals and assisted on three, tying Kortney Clifton for the team lead in points (nine)... Her three assists was also a team-high mark
  • Currently ranks No. 12 all-time on KU's all-time assist list with 12
  • Paced the Jayhawks offensively with 65 shotsincluding on goal, which ranked seventh in the Big 12
  • Scored her first goal in the season-opener against Eastern Kentucky (Aug. 27) and closed out the season with one on a free kick against SIU-Edwardsville (Oct. 29)
  • Went 1-for-2 on penalty kicks, netting one at Nebraska to give the Jayhawks their only goal against the Cornhuskers (Oct. 22)
  • Assisted on Emily's Cressy's game-winner against Oregon in the UNLV Rebel Classic (Sept. 12)... One week prior, assisted on another Cressy goal at Illinois State (Sept. 5)
  • Also assisted on a Kortney Clifton goal against Missouri State in KU's 2-0 win (Sept. 19)

2009 (Freshman)

  • Named All-Big 12 second team, as well as to the Big 12's All-Newcomer team
  • Started all 22 matches at forward ... Scored six goals and added nine assists
  • Ranked third in the Big 12 in assists (nine) and fourth in assists per game (0.41) ... Her nine assists were the most by a KU freshman, while her 21 pointswere tied for the second-most by a first-year Jayhawk
  • Scored first career goal in season opener at Drake (Aug. 23)
  • Tallied KU's final goal in the 3-1 triumph over Long Beach State (Sept. 4)
  • Recorded first collegiate assist on Emily Cressy's game-winning goal against No. 18 San Diego (Sept. 18)
  • Scored first multi-point match with two assists against South Dakota State (Sept. 20)
  • Tallied assists in four-straight matches: at Oral Robers (Sept. 27), at No. 15 Texas A&M (Oct. 2), at Texas (Oct. 4) and vs. Texas Tech (Oct. 9)
  • Scored career-high five points (two goals, one assist) against Texas Tech (Oct. 9)
  • Her five-point match tied for the most by a Jayhawk during the 2010 season
  • Collected two assists against Nebraska (Oct. 23)
  • Scored KU's lone goal in Big 12 Championship play-in match against Texas Tech (Nov. 2)

Goddard High School

  • Lettered four years for head coach Scott Harder
  • Scored 166 goals with 40 assists with the Lions
  • Selected NSCAA All-Region following her senior year
  • Named all-league, all-region and All-6A State four times
  • A four-time Wichita Eagle All-Metro First Team selection (First athlete to be selected all four years in any sport)
  • Named a NSCAA/adidas High School All-American following her junior season
  • Tabbed team MVP
  • Honor Roll, Quill and Scroll

Club (River City Lady Tigers)

  • Played five years for the River City Lady Tigers and one for the River City Fire
  • Coached by Sammy Lane and Jeff Cole
  • Helped Lady Tigers to a first-place finish in the High School A Division three-straight years
  • Team placed third at state tournament in 2007 and second in 2006

ODP

  • Played four years for the Kansas ODP team
  • Also participated three years for the Region II Team
  • A Region II pool player in 2008
  • Coached by Rob Herringer, Lewis Theobald, Phil Neilson and former KU head coach Lori Walker

Personal

  • Whitney Lee Berry was born in Wichita, Kan.
  • Daughter of Shari Berry and Richard Berry
  • Has one younger sister, Taylor
  • A community health major
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