Biography
2021: Concludes his collegiate career as a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America First-Team and All-District First-Team selectee. ...America East Conference first-team and All-Academic Team. ... ECAC Division I First Team. ... The NJIT forward was named to the Dean's List for six semesters, graduating in Fall 20 Cum Laude with a BS in Business Concentration in Financial Technology, boosting a 3.668 GPA. Enrolled in the MS Business program, White holds a 3.91 Grad GPA in Management. ...The Highlander co-captain from Bloomfield, NJ, ranks first in the NCAA among active players in career goals (49) and in points (108). He ranks tied for 21st in the nation in total goals (11) and tied for 25th in points (26). The America East first-team honoree, sits atop the America East in goals and points while ranking fourth in game-winning goals (3). Career at NJIT: 49G (NJIT DI Record), 67 GS (NJIT DI era record), 49G (NJIT DI era record; 3rd all-time), 10A (Third in the NJIT DI era record), 108 PTS (NJIT DI era record; 3rd all-time).
Spring 2021: CoSIDA Academic All-America first team and All-District team. ... USC Scholar All-Region team. ..America East first-team, America East All-Academic team. ... White, the Highlanders forward, played in five matches this season with three starting, posting four goals for eight points. His four goals and eight points rank fourth in the America East. ..He scored a pair of goals in the Highlanders 4-2 victory over Binghamton on March 23. ..For his career, White is the NJIT Division I career leader in goals (38) and points (82). White is the NCAA Division I active career leader in goals and ranks second in points. ..White, named to the Dean's List for six semesters, graduated in Fall 20 Cum Laude with a BS in Business Concentration in Financial Technology, boosting a 3.668 GPA. He is currently in the MS Business program.
2019: United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Second-Team, United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-East Region. ... First-team All-Atlantic Region, ASUN Player of the Year, ASUN first-team, ASUN All-Tournament team, ASUN All-Academic team and selected to the All-ECAC team. ... tops the records books as the NJIT Division I career goals (34) and points leader (74), NJIT D1 single season leader in goals (17) and ranks tied for fourth in the nation in goals. ...White netted 17 goals in 19 NJIT matches this season, netting his second career hat trick in the Highlanders 5-0 shutout victory over Jacksonville to clinch to ASUN Conference regular season title - the first-ever ASUN title for an NJIT team at the Division I level. ...The 6-foot striker scored a pair of goals in four matches, including a game-winner in overtime in NJIT's 1-0 victory at VCU, for the programs first all-time win over the Rams. ...He was selected ASUN Conference Player of the Week four times and College Soccer News National Team of the Week once.
2018: ASUN Conference second team and ASUN All-Academic team. ... White, who missed the 2017 season due to injury, bounced back in 2018, netting 11 goals which ranks third in the ASUN and tied for 23rd in the nation. His 24 points ranks fourth in the league. He scored the programs first hat trick in the Division I era, in a come-from-behind victory over Saint Francis U and scored at least one goal in nine of NJIT's 17 matches. In two seasons at NJIT, White has recorded 16 goals, four assists and 36 points.
2017: Missed the season due to injury.
2016: One of three Highlanders to appear in all 18 matches, with 13 starts. … ranked second in the team in points (14) and goals (6). … two of his six goals were game-winners. … first collegiate goal was the game-winner in NJIT’s 1-0 victory over Manhattan on 8/31). … tallied first and second collegiate assists in the Highlanders 4-0 win over Rutgers on 10/18, added a goal and became 12th NJIT DI player to post 4 points in a game. … NJIT Male Athlete of the Week (9/6). … named to ASUN Conference all-freshman team.
Prior to NJIT: Rene White, 2015 NorthJersey.com Player of the Year and all-time leading scorer at Hawthorne Christian Academy, set a single-season records for goals (31) and assists (14) during his senior campaign while, closing out his four-year career at Hawthorne Christian Academy with 127 career goals and 48 assists.
The 6-foot, 165-pound forward, helped Hawthorne Christian (15-4) win its first Passaic County Boys Soccer Tournament in 2015 and earn a State Sectional Championship in 2014. He helped the Defenders to the No. 8 spot in The Record final Top 25 rankings. ...White scored 28 goals and seven assists as a freshman, earning the first of his four all-NJIC Patriot Division honors. He scored 34 goals each of the next two seasons with 10 assists in 2013 and 17 in 2014. ...He played club for TSF Academy.
Personal: Rene Daniel White. ... son of Larry and Loretta White. ... business major w/ a minor in biology.
