Syracuse University Athletics

Position: Defensive Midfield
Height: 6-2
Weight: 193
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Cortland, N.Y.
High School: Cortland HS

Sophomore Year (2009): USILA Honorable Mention All-American … Named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team … Played in 17 games as the team’s primary longstick midfielder … Also played the wing on faceoffs … Second on the team with 63 ground balls … Also contributed five goals and three assists … His five goals were most for an Orange longstick since Steve Panarelli had five in 2006 … His eight points were the most for an SU defender since 1998 (Marshall Abrams, 8) … Recorded the first multi-point game of his career with a goal and an assist versus Rutgers … Also scored goals against Virginia, Colgate, Siena (NCAA) and Duke (NCAA) … Had assists against Providence and Johns Hopkins … Collected a career-best 10 ground balls in the win at Loyola … Picked up at least four ground balls nine times, including six in the national championship game against Cornell … Eclipsed 100 ground balls for his career with four against the Big Red during the regular season.

Team USA (Summer 2008): Helped lead the U.S. U-19 National Team to the gold medal and a 7-0 record at the 2008 International Lacrosse Federation (ILF) World Championship in Coquitlam, British Columbia … White was part of a U.S. defense that held four of its seven opponents to fewer than 10 goals and three of its foes to five goals or less, including the first shutout in U.S. U-19 history as the Americans defeated Japan in pool play, 27-0.

Freshman Year (2008): Played in all 18 games as Syracuse’s top long-stick midfielder … Part of an Orange defense that posted a 7.62 team goals-against average, … Third on the team with 63 ground balls … He also scored three goals and had an assist … Notched his first career goal at Hobart … Also netted goals at Colgate and against Canisius in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … Tallied his first collegiate assist against Johns Hopkins in the national championship game … Established a season high with eight ground balls against Virginia in the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic … Scooped up at least five ground balls six times.

High School: Led the Tigers to a Section III Class B runner-up finish … Scored 103 points (55g, 48a) in his senior season … Cortland’s career scoring leader … 2007 Under Armour and U.S. Lacrosse All-American … 2007 Post-Standard All-CNY First Team … Named to the OHSL First Team three times … Two-time MVP and team captain … Member of the Central team that won gold at the 2006 Empire State Games … Also competed in soccer and basketball … Two-time OHSL first-team selection and All-CNY third-team pick in soccer … Tigers’ soccer career leader in goals and points … Two-time soccer MVP … 2006 and 2007 OHSL First Team in basketball … All-CNY Second Team in basketball as a senior … Career leader in steals … Averaged 19.1 points per game in 2006-07 … Two-time basketball MVP.

Personal: Joel Edward White … Born in July 1989 in Cortland, N.Y. … Son of Maureen and Harold White … One brother … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.