NEWARK, NJ—Redshirt junior Rene White took home his fourth ASUN Conference Player of the Week award this season after leading the NJIT men's soccer program to its first-ever ASUN Conference regular season title, scoring a hat trick in the Highlanders 5-0 shutout victory over Jacksonville.

White scored his second career hat-trick, raising his season-goal total to 16, which ties the NJIT single season record with Mamadou Guirassy (2017) and sits in second in the nation behind the leader - UCLA's Milan Iloski. 

White scored the first-ever hat trick in the Division I era for the men's soccer program against Saint Francis U September 5, 2018. 

His 16 goals, 34 points and 44 shots this season tops the ASUN Conference.

For his career, White, the NJIT career goal and points leader in the Division I era, sits with 33 goals and 70 points.

White and the Highlanders will be the No. 1 seed and host the 2019 ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Postseason Tournament on November 8-10.  NJIT will play the winner of No. 4 Stetson and No. 5 Lipscomb on Sunday, November 10 at 3pm.