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Holy Cross Class of 2025

Jena Whipple

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lake Worth, Fla.
  • High School Oxbridge Academy
  • Instagram jenawhipple

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS:
  • Team captain (2025)
  • Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2022 & 2025)

CAREER:

  • Served as a captain her senior year
  • Appeared in 90 games with 42 starts
  • Slashed .162/.193/.223
  • Scored 21 runs on 21 hits, three doubles, one triple and one home run
  • Batted in 10 runners, stole seven bases and took five walks
  • Made six appearances on the mound over 4.0 innings pitched
  • Picked up two strikeouts and owned a 13.50 ERA
  • Made 67 putouts and three assists for a .959 fielding percentage

AS A SENIOR IN 2025:

  • Served as team captain
  • Appeared in 35 games, making 34 starts in return from injury
  • Batted .192 with an OBP of .216 and OPS of .479
  • Stole seven bases compared to zero times caught stealing
  • Tallied two hits, one RBI, and one run in season opener (Feb. 21)
  • Went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a run in victory over Saint Peter’s (Mar. 1)
  • Hit home run against Stonehill (Mar. 26)
  • Went 2-for-3 with triple and RBI against Army West Point (Apr. 14)
  • Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

AS A JUNIOR IN 2024:

  • Missed the season due to injury

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023:

  • Appeared in 20 games for the Crusaders earning four starts
  • Totaled one run, one RBI and one walk
  • Made her season debut at USC Upstate (Feb. 19) and recorded an RBI
  • Appeared in the circle once tossing 0.1 innings
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022:
  • Appeared in 35 games for the Crusaders including four starts with five appearances and one game started coming in the circle
  • Hit .154 (2-for-13) with a double and RBI
  • Recorded an 11.45 ERA in 3.2 innings with two strikeouts
  • Struck out her first career batter against Western Michigan (Mar. 11)
  • Tallied her first career hit, a single versus Saint Peter's (Mar. 20)
  • Was 1-for-3 with an RBI double and two runs scored at Dartmouth (Mar. 30)
  • Had a run scored in her final six straight appearances (at Hartford, Apr. 5 - vs. Lafayette, May 7)
BEFORE HOLY CROSS:
  • Played four years of varsity softball under head coach Kevin Drake
  • Team captain during senior year
  • 2021 State of Florida 4A First Team
  • 2018/2019 State of Florida 4A Second Team
  • First Team Palm Beach County and Sun Sentinel (2017-2021)
  • Had a career 2.35 ERA across 139.2 innings pitched and 132 strikeouts. Hit .383 at the plate
  • Was the ESPN Player of the Week freshman year and pitched three no-hitters
  • Was the CBS 12 Player of the Week senior year
  • Played for the Diamond Dusters club team (freshman-sophomore year) and the Palm Beach Gardens Lady Gators (junior-senior year)
  • President of the National Honors Society from junior to senior year and the Cancer Awareness Club
PERSONAL:
  • Graduated with a degree in biology with a minor in American Sign Language and Deaf Studies
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