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Whitney Cloer Season 2008-09

PositionC
Height5-8
ClassSr.
HometownEdmond, Okla.
B/TR/R
Whitney Cloer
Whitney Cloer

2008: Cloer played in 55 games during the season, which included 50 starts behind the plate. She finished the season third on the team with a .289 batting average. Cloer posted nine multi-hit games, six multi-RBI efforts and had an 11-game hitting streak during her junior season. In a doubleheader against Northern Colorado, she registered a home run, four hits, three runs and six RBI. Cloer tied a season high with three hits against No. 8 Tennessee in the Razorbacks’ 5-2 victory. In the regular season’s final series, she collected a hit in each game against No. 23 Mississippi State. In Arkansas’ 7-5 win over Tulsa in NCAA Regional play, Cloer started the sixth-inning rally with her fifth home run of the season, a shot to left field. She finished the year with 26 runs batted in, 22 runs scored and 46 hits. For her work away from the field and in the classroom, Cloer was named to the 2008 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.


2007: Cloer broke the single-game record for most hits in a game with five against Kentucky on March 31. Cloer was 5-for-5 with four RBI, two runs scored, two doubles and a home run. The Razorbacks’ starting catcher as a sophomore, Cloer had 25 RBI, seven doubles and six home runs. She hit two homers against Nebraska. Cloer tallied 13 multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games. She had the best slugging percentage on the team (.438) and was second with a .273 batting average.


2006: Cloer contributed as catcher during her first year. She started 42 games, drove in 13 runs, and collected six extra-base hits. In multiple games Cloer was 2-for-3 with a run scored. Against Centenary on Feb. 17, she launched her first career home run, a three-run shot. Cloer finished the year with three home runs.


HIGH SCHOOL: Cloer joined the Razorbacks as an Oklahoma all-state catcher at Bishop McGuinness High School. She was a Little All-City selection as a senior. Her sophomore season, Cloer led the Fighting Irish to their first state tournament appearance in school history. She was a member of the Oklahoma Jitterbugs club team and was a Jim Thorpe Oklahoman Scholar Athlete recipient.


PERSONAL: Born June 21, 1987, she is the daughter of Ray Cloer and Sandy Nedbalek. Cloer has an older brother, Ryan. She is majoring in kinesiology.

Whitney Cloer

Jr.
2007-08

C
5-8 / -
Whitney Cloer

So.
2006-07

C
5-8 / -
Whitney Cloer

Fr.
2005-06

C
5-8 / -