Luke Whitten

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Position:
Left-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-2
Weight:
180
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Dallas, Texas
High School:
Woodrow Wilson

2017 (Stats): Posted a 4.40 ERA in 12 relief appearances ... Went 1-0 with 16 strikeouts over 14.1 innings ... Allowed seven earned runs on six hits ... Limited opponents to a .130 batting average ... Struck out a career-high five batters Feb. 27 against Southern California ... Pitched two scoreless innings in relief to earn the win April 12 at Campbell.

2016 (Stats): Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Made seven relief appearances ... Allowed seven earned runs over 6.0 innings ... Struck out five batters and recorded one save ... Earned the save Feb. 23 at Campbell, pitching a season-high 2.0 scoreless innings.

2015 (Stats): Played in 19 games with two starts on the mound … Went 1-1 with a 4.83 ERA … Totaled the second-most innings among Duke's freshmen pitchers (31.2) … Struck out 17 batters and issued 20 walks … Allowed 17 earned runs on 30 hits … Made his collegiate debut Feb. 25 against N.C. Central … Earned his first career start March 24 at Liberty … Collected the first win of his career April 8 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park after tossing three hitless innings versus Richmond … Struck out a season-high three batters twice, first against Richmond and again at Clemson April 18.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Texas … Named 2013 District Pitcher of the Year … Tabbed District 12-4A MVP as a senior … Named all-area in 2014 … Pitched 49.2 innings senior year with a 7-2 record and 73 strikeouts … Also hit .500 with 42 RBI and 30 runs scored … Graduated as class valedictorian … Served a class president sophomore, junior and senior years … Member of the National Honor Society … National Merit Commended Scholar … AP Scholar … IB Diploma candidate.

Personal: Born Luke Pace Whitten on Aug. 28, 1995 in Dallas, Texas … The son of Jon and Lisa Whitten … Has one younger brother (Jake) ... Double majoring in history with a law and governance concentration and polictical science with a security, peace and conflict concentration.

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