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Isaac White
White with Stanford in 2019
No. 4 – Tasmania JackJumpers
PositionPoint guard
LeagueNBL
Personal information
Born (1998-06-22) 22 June 1998 (age 26)
Adelaide, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
Listed height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
High schoolSacred Heart College
(Adelaide, South Australia)
CollegeStanford (2017–2020)
NBA draft2021: undrafted
Playing career2020–present
Career history
2020–2022Illawarra Hawks
2022–presentTasmania JackJumpers
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Australia
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Italy Team

Isaac Lewis White (born 22 June 1998) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Tasmania JackJumpers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal for three seasons, before graduating and signing to play basketball in Australia professionally.[1]

Early life

White was born in Adelaide, South Australia, as the youngest of two siblings. He played for the Sturt Sabres of Australia’s Premier League and scored 65 points in a game against West Adelaide.[2] In February 2017, White committed to play college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal.[3]

College career

On 20 November 2017, he scored a career-high 20 points in a loss to the North Carolina Tar Heels.[4] As a freshman, White averaged 5.5 points and 1.2 rebounds per game, starting nine of the team's 33 contests. He averaged 3.1 points and 1.0 rebound per game as a sophomore.[2] White was named to the 2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Team.[5] As a junior, he averaged 4.2 points per game. White graduated from Stanford after three seasons and initially decided to graduate transfer to California Baptist.[6] However, he instead decided to pursue professional opportunities.[5]

Professional career

Illawarra Hawks (2020–2022)

On 24 July 2020, White signed a one-year deal with the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League (NBL).[5] On 13 July 2021, White re-signed with the Illawarra Hawks for the 2021–22 NBL season.[7]

Tasmania JackJumpers (2022–present)

On 4 August 2022, White signed with the Tasmania JackJumpers ahead of the 2022–23 NBL season as an injury replacement for Clint Steindl.[8] His deal was converted to a development player contract on 28 September 2022.[9]

National team career

At the 2016 FIBA U18 Oceania Tournament, White averaged 14.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game.[10] White led South Australia to win the 2017 Australian U20 National Championship and led the tournament in scoring with 20.9 points per game.[5] In 2019, he helped Australia win bronze at the Summer Universiade in Italy.[11]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 Stanford 33 9 16.7 .368 .339 .750 1.2 .8 .2 .0 5.5
2018–19 Stanford 30 4 8.6 .426 .393 .667 1.0 .3 .2 .0 3.1
2019–20 Stanford 31 0 14.5 .442 .408 .762 1.7 .7 .3 .0 4.2
Career 94 13 13.4 .403 .372 .734 1.3 .6 .2 .0 4.3

References

  1. ^ "Isaac White Bio". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b Abeytia, R.J. (20 August 2019). "Stanford Men's Basketball Summer Evals: Isaac White". 247 Sports. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Isaac White Announces Commitment to Play Men's Basketball at Stanford University". Field Level. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Berry scores 29 points as No. 9 UNC beats Stanford 96-72". ESPN. Associated Press. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d Logue, Matt (24 July 2020). "NBL 2020/21: Hawks sign gifted guard Isaac White to one-year deal". The Australian. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. ^ Avalon, Grant (23 March 2020). "Isaac White transfers to Cal Baptist". Rule of Tree. SB Nation. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Isaac White Re-signs with Illawarra". NBL.com.au. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Former Hawk the White fit to replace Steindl". jackjumpers.com.au. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Isaac White Extends Tassie Stay". NBL.com.au. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Isaac Lewis White". FIBA. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  11. ^ Arsenis, Damian (12 July 2019). "Dejan Vasiljevic powers Emerging Boomers to Universiade bronze". Pickandroll.com.au. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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