Willie White (basketball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Willie White (basketball)

basketball player

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1962

Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Profession: basketball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Willie White (born August 20, 1962) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player.
After graduating from Carver High in Memphis, White attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC).
In his freshman season, he 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.
White was invited to the U.S.
Olympic team trials in Bloomington, Ind., in 1984.
Willie was drafted with eighteenth pick in the second round of the 1984 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.
In Willie's two seasons with the Nuggets, he averaged 3.7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist per game.