Class: JR-JC
Position: IF
Height: 5-4
Previous School: Murray County HS [Motlow State CC]
Hometown: Chatsworth, Ga.

BEFORE MIDDLE TENNESSEE Played two seasons at Motlow State CC, earning TJCCAA All-Conference honors both seasons and Region VII All-Tournament accolades as sophomore ... Ranked 23rd nationally in home runs and 20th in RBIs as freshman and 21st in home runs and 45th in RBIs as sophomore.

HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner in softball and basketball at Murray County HS ... Named Honorable Mention All-Area as freshman ... Voted Area Player of the Year, Region 6-5A All-Region Tournament and All-Sectional Tournament as junior ... Earned Region 7-4A All-Area as senior ... Holds school record for career pitching wins with 51, once tossing 23 consecutive scoreless innings as junior ... Batted .333 as freshman, .387 with 0.84 ERA as junior and .328 with .484 slugging percentage as senior ... Played in Tennessee-Georgia All-Star game following senior season ... Named All-Area, AllTel Hoopfest All-Tournament, Northwest Georgia Tip-Off Player of the Month and played in Tennessee-Georgia All-Star game as senior in basketball.

PERSONAL Whittney Michale Padgett ... Daughter of Mike and Susan Padgett ... Born February 3, 1987 ... Father played baseball at Lincoln-Memorial University from 1981-84 ... Majoring in Animal Science.