2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
AWARDS AND HONORS
- NABC All-American – 2025
- PSAC West Athlete of the Year – 2025
- NABC First-Team All-District – 2025
- D2CCA First-Team All-Region – 2025
- All-PSAC West First-Team – 2025
- PSAC West Athlete of the Week – 2.10.25
- AD Honor Roll – Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
2024-25 | JUNIOR
- Tabbed NABC All-American
- Voted PSAC West Athlete of the Year
- Received NABC First-Team All-District honors
- Collected D2CCA First-Team All-Region laurels
- Selected to All-PSAC West First-Team
- Started 26 games
- Averaged 19.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.1 steals in 36.8 minutes per game
- Led team in scoring, assists and minutes per game
- Ranked fourth in PSAC in scoring and third in assists
- Finished second in league in three-point percentage (.386) and third with 2.81 three-pointers per game
- Ranked second in PSAC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.19)
- Led league and ranked No. 18 in NCAA Division II in minutes
- Named PSAC West Athlete of the Week (Week #12 / Feb. 10)
- Finished with 27 points, three assists, five assists and three steals versus Slippery Rock
- Totaled 33 points and six assists at Slippery Rock
- Collected 17 points, three rebounds and seven assists against Seton Hill in quarterfinals of PSAC Tournament
2023-24 | SOPHOMORE
- Appeared in 27 games with 20 starts
- Averaged 10.9 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 31.0 minutes per game
- Posted 17 points and four assists versus Edinboro
- Registered 17 points and four rebounds against Clarion
- Finished with 12 points, five rebounds and four assists versus Slippery Rock in quarterfinals of PSAC Tournament
- Tallied 19 points and three assists against West Virginia State in first round of NCAA Tournament
2022-23 | REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
- Appeared in 22 games as a reserve
- Averaged 13.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.3 steals in 30.4 minutes per game
- Led team in assists
- Recorded 25 points, two rebounds, five assists and two steals versus Mercyhurst
- Totaled 15 points, two rebounds and seven assists against Slippery Rock
- Posted 15 points, three rebounds and three assists versus Seton Hill in first round of PSAC Tournament
2021-22 | FRESHMAN
2020-21 | FRESHMAN*
- Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The asterisk next to the 2020-21 season indicates the NCAA’s decision to grant an extra year of eligibility for student-athletes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic; the student-athlete’s year of eligibility did not “advance” from 2020-21 to 2021-22 due to this NCAA ruling.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Graduated from Hickory in 2020
- Was coached by Chris Mele
- Finished second in school history and among top 10 in county history with 1,837 career points
- Selected Class 4A first-team all-state as a senior
- Named Pennsylvania Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Year
- Tabbed Class 4A second-team all-state in 2019
- Chosen first-team all-district three times
- Received Erie Times News first-team all-district honors twice
- Named Region Player of the Year as a senior and Co-Player of the Year as a junior
- Member of two district championship and state quarterfinalist teams
PERSONAL
- Son of Donald Whitehead, Sr. and Jeanette Whitehead
- Has one sister
- Sister Neely played basketball at Clarion from 2017-22 and served as assistant coach at Gannon from 2022-24
- Majoring in criminal justice
HIGH SCHOOL
NCAA CAREER STATISTICS
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Historical Player Information
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2020-21Freshman
Guard
5'10"
145 lbs
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2021-22Freshman
Guard
5'10"
155 lbs
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2022-23Redshirt Freshman
Guard
5'10"
155 lbs
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2023-24Sophomore
Guard
5'10"
155 lbs
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2024-25Junior
Guard
5'10"
155 lbs
