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Softball Welcomes Back Micaela Whitney As Assistant Coach
10/10/2017 3:00:00 PM | Softball
Whitney played at Creighton from 2015-16 and has three years of coaching experience
OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton softball head coach Brent Vigness announced the hiring of former pitcher Micaela Whitney as an assistant coach for Bluejay softball program.
Whitney will primarily work with Bluejay pitchers, while helping in other areas as needed.
"I'm excited to be back in the program by giving back and helping develop pitchers the way the program helped develop me," Whitney said. "And I'm looking forward to working towards a BIG EAST championship."
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The former Creighton right-hander (2015-16) served as an assistant coach and pitching coach for the varsity softball team at Lewis Central High School (Council Bluffs, Iowa) for three seasons (2014-16), and helped guide the Titans to a 2.12 team-ERA during the summer of 2016.
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She also assisted as the pitching coach at Papillion-La Vista South High School during the fall of 2016, and has given private pitching lessons in the Omaha area for the past year and a half.Â
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Whitney spent this past summer playing professionally for Terrasvogels in Haarlem, Netherlands, and helped the team finish runner-up at the European Cup.Â
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The Omaha, Neb., native, led the BIG EAST in strikeouts with 86 during league play as a senior at Creighton in 2016. She ended her two-year Bluejay career with a 3.24 ERA in 257.0 innings of work with 234 strikeouts, 17 victories, seven shutouts and two saves. Whitney also recorded two no-hitters during 41 starts, including one during her first start as a Bluejay on Feb. 5, 2015.Â
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Prior to playing at Creighton, Whitney spent two seasons with the Hawkeyes at the University of Iowa and led the squad with a 2.89 ERA during her freshman year (2013).
"For someone who is a young assistant coach, she brings a lot of experience from pitching at Iowa in the Big Ten to her two years playing for us in the BIG EAST, coaching at local high schools, giving lessons, and pitching overseas professionally," Vigness said. "I'm really excited about the experience she brings, and I think she will do a great job representing Creighton and our program."Â
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Whitney graduated from Creighton with a bachelor's degree in psychology in December of 2016.
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Whitney will primarily work with Bluejay pitchers, while helping in other areas as needed.
"I'm excited to be back in the program by giving back and helping develop pitchers the way the program helped develop me," Whitney said. "And I'm looking forward to working towards a BIG EAST championship."
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The former Creighton right-hander (2015-16) served as an assistant coach and pitching coach for the varsity softball team at Lewis Central High School (Council Bluffs, Iowa) for three seasons (2014-16), and helped guide the Titans to a 2.12 team-ERA during the summer of 2016.
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She also assisted as the pitching coach at Papillion-La Vista South High School during the fall of 2016, and has given private pitching lessons in the Omaha area for the past year and a half.Â
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Whitney spent this past summer playing professionally for Terrasvogels in Haarlem, Netherlands, and helped the team finish runner-up at the European Cup.Â
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The Omaha, Neb., native, led the BIG EAST in strikeouts with 86 during league play as a senior at Creighton in 2016. She ended her two-year Bluejay career with a 3.24 ERA in 257.0 innings of work with 234 strikeouts, 17 victories, seven shutouts and two saves. Whitney also recorded two no-hitters during 41 starts, including one during her first start as a Bluejay on Feb. 5, 2015.Â
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Prior to playing at Creighton, Whitney spent two seasons with the Hawkeyes at the University of Iowa and led the squad with a 2.89 ERA during her freshman year (2013).
"For someone who is a young assistant coach, she brings a lot of experience from pitching at Iowa in the Big Ten to her two years playing for us in the BIG EAST, coaching at local high schools, giving lessons, and pitching overseas professionally," Vigness said. "I'm really excited about the experience she brings, and I think she will do a great job representing Creighton and our program."Â
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Whitney graduated from Creighton with a bachelor's degree in psychology in December of 2016.
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