University of the Pacific

Janet Whitney was the second Pacific women's basketball player of the modern era to be inducted into the Pacific Athletics Hall of Fame.

During her four-year career at Pacific from 1982 to 1986, Janet amassed impressive marks in career scoring, rebounds, steals and blocks. She ranks second on Pacific's all-time scoring list with 1,698 points and third all-time with 849 rebounds. She also ranks fifth in school history with 146 career steals and ninth with 28 career blocks.

Whitney scored 32 points in an 84-79 victory over the University of Arizona during the 1983-84 season and tallied 31 points against Sonoma State in the Tigers 110-43 victory in 1984-85.

Whitney logged six games of 28 points or more as a senior, averaging 18.5 points per game over the course of the 1985-86 season. She led Pacific in total points from 1984 to 1986 and was among the top 20 scorers in the nation in 1984-85 before being slowed by an ankle injury.

Inducted into the Fresno Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991, Whitney was honored with an All-Conference selection as a junior and earned First Team All-PCAA honors as a senior. She also received All-America consideration as a senior. 

Whitney graduated from Pacific with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1986 before serving as a graduate assistant for the program from 1986 to 1988.