Personal
High School: American Fork High ... Major: Anthropology ... Parents are Layne and Susan Whittaker ... she is the youngest of two children ... older sister Heather played on the BYU volleyball team (1994-97).
At BYU
2000 - Junior: Natalie played in 66 of 114 games as BYU?s top reserve ... averaged 2.02 digs and 0.52 kills while hitting .204 in mostly a defensive role ... tied a career high with six kills and had a career-best 3 assists to help BYU come from behind to defeat No. 2 LBSU in five games ... had a season-best 11 digs vs. Wyoming ... had three double-digit dig matches ... set or tied career highs last year in kills, hitting percentage, blocks, assists and aces. 1999 - Sophomore: Played 107 games for the Cougars, spending much of the time on the back row ... finished the season with 181 digs, averaging 1.69 digs/game ... set a career-high 12 digs on two different occasions (vs. Toledo and at Arizona St.) ... had double digit digs in five matches in 1999. 1998 - Freshman: Played in eight matches ... played in three games against UMass and had career-high 6 kills ... registered 5 kills on 7 attempts against Siena College for a .714 hitting percentage. 1997 - Redshirt.
Before BYU
Club/National: Second Team all-region in 1994, First Team all-region in 1996, region MVP in 1995 and 1997... Gatorade Circle of Champions in 1995, Student Sport magazine First Team All-America ... Volleyball magazine "Fab 50" recruit list ... member of the USA Youth National Team. High School: American Fork High School MVP in 1994 and 1995 and most inspirational player in 1996 ... First Team All-Region IV in 1994 and Region IV MVP in 1995 and 1996 ... First Team 5A All-State in 1994, 5A Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune MVP in 1995, UHSAA 5A Player of the Year in 1996 ... led team to 1995 Utah 5A state championship and the state finals in 1996.
HIGH SCHOOL -- (1993-1996): American Fork High School MVP in 1994 and 1995 and most inspirational player in 1996 ... First Team All-Region IV in 1994 and Region IV MVP in 1995 and 1996 ... First Team 5A All-State in 1994, 5A Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune MVP in 1995, UHSAA 5A Player of the Year in 1996 ... led team to 1995 Utah 5A state championship and the state finals in
1996.
Stats
CAREER MATCH HIGHSKills: 14 (twice)Pct.: .520 (14-1-25) at UNLV, 11/9/01Digs: 21 vs. Utah State, 11/29/01Blocks: 6 at Cal Poly, 11/23/01Assists: 5 vs. Texas, 9/1/01Aces: 5 at Air Force, 10/26/01CAREER AVERAGES.201 hitting percentage2.25 digs per game0.89 kills per game0.25 assists per game0.22 blocks per game0.18 service aces per game