Willie White

Who is Willie White?

Willie White is an American former National Basketball Association player. Willie attended University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. In his freshman season, Willie averaged 11.8 points per game. UTC also won the Southern Conference championship and made their first NCAA Men's Division I 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. Willie was drafted with eighteenth pick in the second round of the 1984 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets. In Willie's two NBA seasons with the Nuggets, he averaged 3.7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist per game.