Willie White (basketball)

Willie White

Personal information
Born	(1962-08-20) August 20, 1962 (age 61) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school	Carver (Memphis, Tennessee)
College	Chattanooga (1980–1984)
NBA draft	1984: 2nd round, 42nd overall pick
Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Position	Shooting guard
Number	10
Career history
1984–1986	Denver Nuggets
Career highlights and awards
SoCon Player of the Year (1982) 3× First-team All-SoCon (1982–1984)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Willie White (born August 20, 1962) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. After graduating from Carver High in Memphis, White attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). In his freshman season, he averaged 11.8 points per game. UTC also won the Southern Conference championship and made their first NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament appearance. In Willie's sophomore season at UTC, he averaged 15.8 points per game, leading UTC to a second consecutive Southern Conference championship. Willie averaged 18.4 points per game his junior season, also leading UTC to a third straight Southern Conference championship. This was good enough for Willie to be named the Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. He averaged 18 points a game his senior season, but lost in the Southern Conference Championship game in double overtime to Marshall.^[1] White was invited to the U.S. Olympic team trials in Bloomington, Indiana in 1984. Willie was drafted with eighteenth pick in the second round of the 1984 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets. In Willie's two seasons with the Nuggets, he averaged 3.7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist per game.^[2]

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