Loyola Marymount University Athletics

LMU
2017...WCC All-Academic honorable mention...appeared in 26 matches for the Lions...served up 17 aces and posted 155 digs, averaging 1.58 digs per set...posted a pair of three-ace matches on September 7 vs. Long Beach State and at Pacific on October 26...recorded 15 digs at Oregon on September 1...

2016...Played in 30 matches during the season...posted 188 digs at a rate of 1.71 per set...also contributed 35 assists and 25 service aces to place third on the squad in the category...collected nine kills on 16 attacks with a block vs. Youngstown State on 9/17...served up three aces at Dayton on 9/16...posted three assists, three aces and 10 digs at Pepperdine on 9/24...had three more aces at Saint Mary's on 9/29...tallied four assists and nine digs at Pacific on 10/1...16 digs vs. Pacific on 10/27...four aces vs. Saint Mary's on 10/29.

2015... started 20 matches and appeared in all 33 for LMU as a freshman... posted 291 digs at a rate of 2.33 per set... collected 48 assists and 24 service aces... aces mark was third on the squad... had an ace and 18 digs at Northern Arizona on 9/5... named Lumberjack Classic All-Tournament... recorded 19 digs and five assists against Long Beach State on 9/10... three aces and 14 digs at UC Santa Barbara on 9/18... two aces and 12 digs at Pepperdine on 9/26... had an ace and 13 digs at #15 BYU on 9/26... posted a pair of aces and nine digs vs. #12 BYU on 10/24... amassed four assists, two aces and 13 digs against Gonzaga on 11/7... two assists, an ace and four digs at San Diego on 11/24... two assists, an ace and eight digs at #6 Stanford on 12/4...

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2015 graduate of Sage High School in Costa Mesa, Calif... four-year varsity letterwinner playing for coach Dan Thomassen... served as team captain in her final year... All-Academy League selection in each of her four seasons... named All-CIF as a junior... CIF Division III MVP as a junior... helped guide her squad to League titles and the CIF Division III Championship in 2011, 2013 and 2014... CIF Southern Section State Runner-Ups in 2013 and 2014... named Sage Hill Female Athlete of the Year... also competed in soccer in high school... competed for Prime 16-1, Prime 17-1 and OCVBC 18-1 in club competition... her 16-1 squad finished as the runner-up qualifiers for Junior Nationals, while the 17-1 and 18-1 teams were gold medal qualifiers for Junior Nationals...

PERSONAL
Kekaimalu'okalani Logan Whitford... daughter of Cathleen Hedges and William Whitford... has a stepmother, Pua Whitford... father played football at Orange Coast College and Cerritos College... has three sisters, Kawai, Wailana and Kainoa... chose LMU because she loves the location and the student-athlete community that LMU builds within the already small class sizes... a humanities major.