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Player Profiles – Returning Lettermen
#35 Jalen White Guard • 6’5” 200 Sr. • Wichita Falls, TX • Burkburnett HS
CAREER HONORS
2020-2021:
Honorable Mention All-Lone Star Conference 2019-2020:
D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award
Spring Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2020-2021 (JUNIOR)
Started all 22 games ... Set new career-highs in eight categories including minutes per game (30.3), points (202), points per game (9.2), rebounds (122), rebounds per game (5.5), field goals (72), three-point field goals (42), and steals (28) ... Was one of the top defenders in the Lone Star Conference ranking eighth in LSC in defensive rebounds (105), ninth in blocked shots (12), 10th in steals (28) and was tied for 15th in steals per game (1.3) ... Finished the season with the 10th-most rebounds (122) in the LSC ... His 42 three-pointers were the 11th-most in the conference and his 1.9 three-pointers per game was tied for 17th ... Registered his second career double-double with 10 points and a career-best 12 rebounds in a dramatic comeback win at No. 3 West Texas A&M (1/9) ... Connected on a career-high five three-pointers going 5-for-12 from beyond the arc against Oklahoma Christian (1/16) ... Scored the game-winning points on an alley-oop pass at the rim from Carson Hughes with 0.3 seconds remaining on the clock in a victory over Midwestern State (1/23) ... Registered a career-high 23 points in a win at A&M-Commerce (2/4).
2019-2020 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in 27 games ... Averaged 4.7 points per game and shot 68 percent from the field (48-for-71) ... Helped lift DBU to a triple overtime win at Lubbock Christian (12/5) with a season-high 11 points, including a career-best three field goals from beyond the arc ... Matched his season-high scoring mark with 11 points against Dallas Christian (12/10) ... Grabbed 10 rebounds for the second time in his career in a win over Western New Mexico (1/16) ... Set a career-high in assists (6) versus Cameron (2/6).
2018-2019 (FRESHMAN)
Played in 32 games and made one start during his freshman season ... Scored six points and grabbed five rebounds in the season opener against Colorado Mesa (11/9) ... Registered his first career double- double against Howard Payne (11/13), scoring 11 points and pulling down a season-high 10 rebounds ... Posted a season-best 18 points in a win over Southwestern Adventist (12/4) ... Blocked a season-high three shots against Randall (2/16).
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterman at Burkburnett High School ... Coached by Danny Nix ... Garnered First Team All- Region honors and was named the District’s Offensive Player of the Year as a senior ... Helped lead Burkburnett to the Class 4A Regional Semifinals in 2018
... Earned Second Team All-District accolades following his junior year ... Tabbed an Academic All- State selection during his prep career ... Competed in the summers for Timberwolves Burk Elite.
PERSONAL
Born on March 29, 2000 ... Parents are Harold and Tiffany White ... Majoring in Kinesiology ... Favorite Bible verse is Jeremiah 29:11.
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