#9 -
Erik Whinery
Position: C
Year: Senior
Hometown: Parker, CO
College: Illinois-Chicago
Height: 6-0
Weight: 195
2007 (at Illinois-Chicago): Played in 48 games,
making 30 starts behind the plate... Hit .389 (7-for-18) down the
stretch of the regular season... Hit a two-run home run in the
Horizon League Championship-clinching win over Wright State on May
25.
2006 (at Barton County): Third-leading hitter
for the Cougars with a .344 (45-for-131) average in 51 games... Hit
16 doubles and drove home 32 runs... Earned All-Jayhawk West
Conference First Team honors and All-Region VI Second Team
selection.
2005 (at Barton County): Hit .284 with four
homers as a true freshman.
High School: Two-year letterwinner behind the
plate for Heritage... Earned All-Colorado and All-Continental
Conference accolades... Hit .446 as a senior for the Eagles...
Guided Heritage to a Continental title and a third-place finish in
the 5A state finals as a senior and they finished second his junior
year... Also earned one letter each in baseball and football.