Margaret Whitley

Photo by: Ken Shepherd

Photo by: Southern Miss Athletics

2021-22 (Covid Junior)

Played and started all 31 games
Seventh in C-USA with 56 3-pointers
Fifth in C-USA with 1,038 minutes played
20 double-figure games
Season-high 23 points against Old Dominion
21 points and tied career-high 13 free throws made at Southern Miss
Season-high seven FG and a perfect 4-for-4 from 3-point range for 19 points vs. UTEP
Tied career-high with eight rebounds at Mercer and vs. WKU
Season-high six assists vs. Mississippi Valley State
Scored 1,000^th career point vs. LA Tech in Conference USA quarterfinals

2020-21 (Junior)

Named to the C-USA All-Conference Second Team
Played and started all 23 games
Led C-USA in 3-point field goals made (72), second in free-throw percentage (85.9%), fourth in scoring (19.39 PPG)
Had team-high 19.39 PPG, free-throw percentage (85.9%), assists (78), steals (20)
13 20-point games, second-most of any player in the league
Two 30-point performances: 34 vs. Chattanooga (Dec. 6) and 35 vs. North Texas (Jan. 1)
Named C-USA Player of the Week on Dec. 7, the first weekly honor of her career
Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll

2019-20 (Sophomore)

Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
Played in 30 games averaging 12.8 minutes per game as a sophomore
Recorded a career high 19 points with a career high six triples and three steals against UAH (Nov. 27)
Scored double-figures in three games: 19 against UAH (Nov. 27), 13 against Tuskegee (Dec. 30), 10 against Southern Miss (March 7)
Recorded 30 3-pointers, the most of any UAB non-starter, while shooting 33.3% from beyond the arc
Helped UAB set a single-season school record for 3-point FG percentage (38.1%)
Averaged 4.5 points off the bench for the Blazers with 23 assists and 14 steals

2018-19 (Freshman)

Appeared in 27 games, the second most by a freshman on the squad
Netted a career high 12 points against Coppin State (Dec. 20) and UAH (Dec. 30)
Finished with three double figure scoring games
Led the Blazers in assists against UAH (Dec. 30)
Recorded a career-best four made 3-pointers against Coppin State Dec. 20), helping the Blazer set the program record for 3-pointers made in a game (18)
Helped UAB to setting the program record for 3-pointers in a season (291), 3-point field goals attempted (811), the third best field goal percentage from long range (35.9 percent) and fifth best free throw percentage (72.0 percent)
Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll

High School

Illinois Class 4A State Champion in 2017 and 2018
Named the Upstate Eight Co-Player of the Year as a junior and senior
Named IBCA First Team All-State in her final two seasons
Named First Team All-Area all four years
2018 Illinois Queen of the Hill
Montini Christmas Tournament MVP in 2017
Had a career record of 115-16
Shot over 40 percent from long range and over 80 percent from the charity stripe in her career
Broke the 1,000-point mark her junior season, finishing her career with over 1,500 points
Holds the school record for most 3-pointers made and highest career free throw percentage

Personal

Daughter of Cindy and Jim Whitley
Has three sisters, Caty, Taylor and Kelly
Sister Taylor played basketball at Indiana State, while her other sister, Kelly, ran cross and country/track at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Her father, Jim, played golf at Miami (Ohio)
Born on Dec. 7, 1999