Class: SR-1L Position: UT Height: 5-7 Previous School: Tullahoma HS [Motlow State CC] Hometown: Tullahoma, Tenn.
2007 (JUNIOR) Batted .331 in 59 contests, starting 50, with team-leading eight home runs and 38 RBIs ... Scored 29 runs and added 12 doubles, two triples and 19 stolen bases ... Collected 14 two-out RBIs and batted .292 with runners in scoring position ... Went hitless in first seven at-bats of the season before collecting two hits, including a two-run triple, versus Virginia in first game of Worth Wildcat Classic ... Had a solo homer in three at-bats at Arizona ... Posted career day against UVA in final game of same tournament, going 4-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored and five RBIs ... Recorded two hits, including a homer, two runs scored and two RBIs at Belmont ... Doubled and scored twice versus Ball State in MT Breast Cancer Strikeout Classic ... Doubled, scored a run and had two hits versus Georgia Tech at Buzz Classic ... Went 3-for-3 with a double, one RBI and two runs scored against Bradley ... Posted three hits, including a three-run homer, in second game of doubleheader versus South Alabama ... Collected two hits and scored twice in second game of twinbill against North Texas ... Recorded two hits in first game of doubleheader at Florida International ... Went 2-for-3 with a double, run scored and one RBI at Louisville ... Registered two more hits in first game of twinbill at Austin Peay ... Posted eight hits in three games at Tennessee State and doubleheader at Lipscomb ... Went 3-for-3 with a double, triple, RBI and run scored at TSU ... Doubled, homered, drove in three runs and collected two hits in first game at Lipscomb and had three hits, pair of homers and five RBIs in second game of twinbill ... Recorded just one hit in next nine games covering next 27 at-bats ... Went 3-for-4 with a run in final game of the season, versus Florida Atlantic.
BEFORE MIDDLE TENNESSEE Voted Second Team NJCAA All-American and first team NJCAA All-Region VII as sophomore at Motlow State CC ... Earned All-State honors as freshman and sophomore and First Team All-TJCCAA as sophomore ... Holds school record for triples in single-season (8) and career (12) and tied career stolen base record (82). HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for coach David Cardwell at Tullahoma HS ... Voted All-District as sophomore, junior and senior ... Holds single-season and career school records for batting average, home runs, hits, triples and steals ... Posted a career batting average of .513 ... Named Tullahoma News Athlete of the Year as senior ... Member of National Honor Society, Barrett-Browning and Class President as sophomore.
PERSONAL Whitney Blair Darlington ... Daughter of Scott and Dianne Darlington ... Born October 19, 1985 ... Brother, Ben, plays baseball at Middle Tennessee ... Father, Scott, played baseball at Mississippi State ... Brother, Dewon Brazelton, was an All-American in baseball at Middle Tennessee and currently is a member of the St. Louis Cardinals organization ... Majoring in Physical Education.