Hall of Fame
Willie White was a three-time All-Southern Conference guard for the Mocs from 1981-84. The 1982 SoCon Player of the Year led UTC to three trips to the NCAA Tournament and was the 1983 SoCon Tournament MVP. White was named Honorable Mention All-America by the Associated Press in 1982 and 1984.
White is the Mocs’ all-time scoring leader in the NCAA Division I era with 1,969 career points. He was honored by the league for his play all four years, making the SoCon All-Freshman team in 1980-81.
As a sophomore, White led the Mocs in scoring with 15.8 ppg while earning SoCon Player of the Year honors from the league’s media. He led the SoCon in scoring in 1982-83 at 18.4 pgg and posted a team-best 18.5 ppg as a senior in 1983-84.
A consistent scoring threat, White finished with 107 games in double-figures. His streak of 30-straight from December 1981 to January 1983 is still a school record. Part of his consistency came at the free throw line where he made 83.2% of his career attempts. He led the SoCon in FT% at 86.7% as a senior, making 30 in a row at one point in January of 1984.
He was more than just a scorer, grabbing 499 rebounds in his career to go with a then-school-record 193 steals. Those numbers helped him earn a school-record five SoCon Player of the Week honors in his career.
White started all 122 games he played, the second-most starts in school history. He also owns the most career minutes played with 4,112.
He was invited to the 1984 Olympic Team Trials after his senior year. Selected with the 18th pick in the second round of the 1984 NBA Draft by Denver, White played for two seasons with the Nuggets.
