The 5-foot-7 sophomore won the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland state meet this past season with a time of 19:08.58, breaking the tape 1:29.78 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Sailors to a third-place finish as a team. Whittaker also won the Maryland/DC Private School Championships in 18:59. After finishing seventh at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional championships, she earned All-American status by taking 13th at the national Foot Locker Cross Country Championships.
Whittaker has maintained a weighted 4.29 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.
The president of the Mount de Sales sophomore class, Whittaker has volunteered locally at a soup kitchen and as a peer tutor.