2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster
Derrick White
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Parker, Colo.
- High School:
- Legend
2016-17 (Senior): Led Colorado at 18.1 points, 4.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 51 percent from the field and 81 percent from the free throw line. He was named to the Pac-12's 2017 All-Conference First Team, All-Defensive Team and All-Tournament Team. He was also selected to the USBWA All-District VIII First Team and NABC All-District 20 Second Team. On the overall Pac-12 charts, White ranked third in scoring, fifth in free throw percentage, sixth in assists, seventh in blocks (1.4 bpg), 10th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.8), 14th in 3-point percentage (.396) and steals and 15th in field goal percentage. He was one of two players, joining Washington’s Markelle Fultz, to rank in the Pac-12 Top 10 in scoring, assists and blocked shots. White was the league's second-leading scorer during the conference season at 18.5 points an outing. He had 14 games with at least 20 points, 11 of those coming against Pac-12 competiton and included in that were three of his four 30-point outings. He's the ninth player with four or more 30 point games in a CU career and first with four in one season since Chauncey Billups in 1995-96. His team season-high 35 points at Arizona State (1/5) tied for the seventh best by a Buffalo in a true road game. White scored 31 points against Arizona in the Pac-12 Tournament (3/9), ranking as the second most in a CU conference tournament game and tied for fourth in any CU postseason game. He followed up that performance with a 30-point effort at UCF in the first round of the NIT (3/19), becoming the second Buffalo to score 30 points twice in a single postseason (Shaun Vandiver, 1991 NIT). One of his most notable "all-around" games came in the win at Stanford (2/2) where he filled up the box score with 19 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 blocks and 2 steals. White was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Dec. 12, after averaging 22 points, 4 rebounds, 2.5 assists while shooting 55 percent vs. No. 13/14 ranked Xavier & BYU. Against Xavier (12/7), White scored a game-high 23 points while grabbing six rebounds and dishing out four assists. He hit a then team season-high nine field goals, including three from 3-point range. White scored 18 of those points in the second half and had a key blocked shot in the closing seconds that helped ice the win. White scored a team-best 21 points on 7-of-12 from the field against BYU (12/10). He was 3-of-6 from the 3-point arc for the second straight game and hit all four of his free throw attempts. White was named to the Legends Classic All-Tournament team averaging 18.0 points, 5.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds, shooting 54 percent. He had a team season high nine assists vs. Notre Dame (11/21), CU’s most since Askia Booker had 12 at UCLA on Feb. 13, 2014. He had a team season-best string of 21 straight made free throws (ended vs. UCLA). During that span, hit 12 of 12 at Arizona State, tied for the fifth best mark in team history. White finished the season with 615 points, ranking seventh at Colorado in a single season, and second best by a transfer. He also ranks eighth in assists (148), 10th in field goals (205) and 11th in bocks. His 49 blocks are the most by a guard in a season in team history. White was named the Chauncey Billups Award winner as the team's MVP and earned co-Male Athlete of the Year honor's at CU's annual CUSPY Awards. Finished his four-year collegiate career with 2,527 points (20.9 ppg). Reached 2,000 vs. Colorado State (11/30). White was invited to participate at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament for graduating seniors in April 2017 and averaged 15 points (tied for 13th best in the tournament) to go with 3.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, earning honorable mention to the all-tournament team. White received, and accepted, an invitation to the 2017 NBA Combine.
2015-16 (Redshirt): Sat out the season per NCAA rules after transferring from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs where he had a storied career at the Division II level. Helped UCCS to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances (2014 & '15). White tied the school career scoring average record with 22.0 points per game while averaging 5.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.6 steals and shooting 48.8 percent from the field during his three years. He holds UCCS career records with 1,912 points and 343 assists while ranking fourth in rebounds (513). During his sophomore and juniors years he helped the Mountain Lions to a 48-15 (.762) and 33-11 RMAC (.750) record. White had 15 career double-doubles at UCCS, three of the points-assists variety.
2014-15 (Junior at UCCS): White earned All-America honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), Division II Bulletin (second team) and Daktronics (second team). He became the first UCCS player to be so honored by the NABC. White was an NABC and Daktronics All-Region First Team pick, All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, MVP of the RMAC Tournament an a member of the NCAA All-South Central Tournament team. He averaged 25.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, 5.2 assists leading the Mountain Lions to their first RMAC Tournament championship and to the second round of the 2015 NCAA Division II National Tournament. Helped UCCS finish with a program best 27-6 record, its deepest postseason run in its history, and a national ranking of No. 2 in the NABC national poll. Started the season with a program-record 14-game winning streak and set a program record with 27 wins. Shot 52.9 percent from the field, in addition averaging 2.4 steals and 2.1 blocks per game. His 25.8 points per game average broke his own season scoring average record by more than three points per game set previously set during his sophomore year (22.2 ppg). Set the RMAC single-season scoring record (851 points) and the UCCS single-game scoring record with 50 points against the Colorado School of Mines (3/14) in the NCAA Tournament. The win was also the Mountain Lions' first NCAA tournament game win in program history. Finished the season as the Division II statistical champion with 851 points and 274 made free throws. Second nationally in points per game (25.8 ppg), third in field goals made (265), and 12th in blocked shots (68). He set the RMAC single-season assists record (171). White recorded 12 doubles, three of them points-assists. His 244 rebounds rank fifth in school history. Two-time national player of the week and eight-time conference player of the week.
2013-14 (Sophomore at UCCS): The first All-American in program history with a Daktronics Third Team selection while earning honorable mention to the Division II Bulletin squad. Named to the NABC and Daktronics All-South Central Region First Teams, All-RMAC First Team and All-RMAC Shootout Team. Named the RMAC Offensive Player of the Week three times. Led region with program-record 22.2 points per game. He also set a program single-season record with 621 points; the UCCS sophomore record by more than 150 points. He led Division II with a program-record 251 made free throw and set UCCS' career record for made free throws (451). Went 18-of-18 at the free throw line against Metro State (3/8), in the RMAC Shootout Championship Game, the best single-game free throw performance in Division II, and the fourth best among all divisions. Broke UCCS single-game record with six blocked shots against Colorado State-Pueblo (1/4). Scored 38 points against CSU-Pueblo (2/8) in the Second Annual Downtown Classic for the most in a conference game in program history. He had three double-doubles, including the first of his college career, 12 points and 10 rebounds at Northwest Nazarene (11/23). Third in the RMAC with 42 blocked shots and led UCCS with 32 steals. Named to the All-RMAC Preseason Team.
2012-13 (Freshman at UCCS): Named the RMAC Freshman of the Year averaging 16.9 points per game. He was an All-RMAC Third Team selection while also being tabbed to the Division II Bulletin All-Freshman Team. Set the UCCS single-season record with 164 made free throws and broke the Mountain Lions' single-season scoring record for freshmen (440 points). His 440 points were eighth for most points in a season and ninth in scoring average (16.9 ppg). He was fourth in the RMAC in scoring, second in free throws made per game, and ninth in blocked shots.
High School: A 2012 graduate of Legend High School. All-state honorable mention and All-Centennial League First Team for the Titans. Led team to state playoffs in junior and senior seasons. Averaged 19 points, five assists and four rebounds. Also a member of the Titan baseball team.
Academics: Graduated from Colorado in May 2017 with his degree in Business Management. He earned honorable mention to the 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic team.
Personal: Born July 2, 1994. Son of Richard and Colleen White. Has an older sister, Brianna. Aunt, Jennifer Smiley, was a track and field student-athlete at Florida State. Selected CU because, “great opportunity to further my academic/athletics.”
