2008: Started all 12 games at free safety for the Wildcats, recording 37 tackles with three interceptions and four pass breakups...named to the NSIC South Division All-Conference honorable mention team...had 26 solo tackles with 11 assisted stops...had season-high six tackles at Upper Iowa on 10-4-08...had two interceptions for 69 return yards and three tackles vs. Concordia, St. Paul on 11-1-08...also had an interception vs. Winona State on 10-18-08...one of eight WSC players named to the 2008 NSIC Fall All-Academic Team.
2007: Led the Wildcats in 2007 with four interceptions and tied for the team lead in pass breakups with seven...Tied for eighth on the team in tackles with 40 to go with one fumble recovery...Had 18 solo and 22 assisted stops...Appeared in 11 games with seven starts...Recorded career high 10 tackles vs. UNK on 9-8-07...Had two interceptions and 37 return yards vs. Southwest Minnesota State on 10-20-07...Also had interceptions at Upper Iowa and at Bemidji State.
2006: Appeared in nine games as special teams player and backup defensive back.....made three assisted tackles in games against Minn.-Crookston, Concordia-St. Paul and Winona State.
2005: Played in eight games as a freshman and had 6 solo tackles and two assisted tackles...Had season-high three solo tackles against Nebraska-Kearney on 9-3-05.
2004: Sat out season as a redshirt.
High School: Three sport athlete at Vermillion HS, lettering in football, baseball and track...Earned All Conference honors as a junior and senior...Scored 11 touchdowns to go with 873 yards of total offense while recording 50 tackles, eight pass breakups and two interceptions as a senior.
Personal: Son of Lori Whitman...Born on January 6, 1986...Major is applied human sport and physiology.
