2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

Jersey Number 23
Whitney Sullivan
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-3
- Hometown:
- Orangeville, Ill.
- High School:
- Orangeville
CAREER NOTES: A one-year squad member at Tulsa.
2024-25: Played in one game.
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
2024-25: Played in one game.
- Made her first career appearance at Missouri State (11-10-24).
- Missed the rest of the season to recover from injury.
HIGH SCHOOL
- A four-year varsity starter at Orangeville High School in Orangeville, Ill.
- Averaged 13 points and 10 rebounds, while dishing out four assists and blocking three shots per game.
- Ranked the No. 9 girls basketball player in the state of Illinois by Prep Girls Hoops.
- A four-time first-team all-conference selection.
- A four-time Village Voices First-Team All-Area honoree.
- A two-time conference player of the year.
- A two-time Village Voices Player of the Year.
- A two-time Rockford Register Star All-Area Team choice.
- 2024 Illinois Basketball Coaches Association First Team Class 1A All-State selection.
- 2024 Peoria News Gazette First Team All-State selection.
- Helped her high school program reach winning seasons for the first time in 20 years.
- Led Orangeville to a program-record 30 wins in her senior year.
- Guided her team to back-to-back NUIC North titles and a combined 55-10 record in her junior and senior seasons.
- Named NUIC North Player of the Year as a sophomore.
- Also played for AAU team Rockford Elite.
- Helped Rockford Elite win the 2023 Nike Tournament of Champions Platinum Bracket.
PERSONAL
- Began playing basketball at age 12.
- Enjoys cooking and fishing.
- Grew up on a farm in northern Illinois.
- Has shown Oxford Sheep.
- Her high school graduation class was 18.
- Her favorite movie is “Divergent.”
- Her favorite sports movie is “The Longest Yard.”
- Lists The Twisted series as her favorite books.
- Her favorite sport to watch other than basketball is football.
- Lists volleyball as her second favorite sport to play.
- Her favorite dessert is strawberry pretzel salad.
- Has five siblings.
- Her father played soccer and ran track at New Mexico State.
- Parents are David Sullivan and Beth Cahoon.
- Stepmom is Cara Sullivan.
- Stepdad is Chris Cahoon.
- Majoring in elementary education.
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