Former Matoaca standout basketball player Whitfield transfers to father鈥檚 alma mater Virginia State
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (BVM) — Like father, like son. Like his father before him, Terrence Whitfield will soon make the Virginia State University basketball program home. On May 9, Whitfield announced his decision to transfer from Division II Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C. to Virginia State University in nearby Petersburg, Va.
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Whitfield was a standout player for Matoaca High School prior to joining the Indians.聽 The six-foot-four guard started three years for the Warriors where he earned first team All-Conference 12 honors and second team All-Region 5A South in his senior season. His play during that 2017 season earned him the inaugural Colonial Orthopaedics-Progress-Index Best of Preps Boys Basketball Regional Player of the Year after averaging 23 points and 10 rebounds.
After attending Massanutten Military Academy following his graduation from Matoaca, Whitfield would commit to Catawba where he would play for three seasons. Over 79 games, Whitfield would average 7.6 points per game including finishing second on the team in points with 228 and fifth in scoring average with 11.4 points per game during the 2020-21 campaign. This past season, Whitfield would also finish fourth in rebound average and assist average with 3.7 and 0.8, respectively.
Now, the younger Whitfield will take his talents to the Trojans where his father, Ricky, once played from 1991-1995. Though Virginia State had its 2021 season canceled due to the pandemic, the Trojans were quite successful the last time they took the court going 19-9 including a 12-3 record against fellow Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association opponents.
With the addition of the talented child of an alumni, Virginia State will look to improve from the last time they were on the court over a year ago. Terrance will now continue his success at the DII level during his senior campaign while attempting to build the Whitfield family legacy as a member of the Trojans.
