This need to help people in her life is made evident by her role on the team, which White said is to look out for other people. Leading by example White's leadership ability was one of the reasons she was selected as one of the team captains this Fall. Along with Melanie Freeman and Danielle Fotopoulos, she was chosen by her teammates to lead the Gators into their second season. UF coach Becky Burleigh said White's experience is one of the biggest reasons her teammates selected her. She's a very vocal leader, but not to the point where you don't listen to her.
Some people just talk so much that it just goes in one ear and out the other.
After graduating from Davidson High School in Mobile, Ala., White enrolled at Indiana University and played soccer for the Hoosiers in their first season. She played defense for IU, where she started 12 of the Hoosiers' first 16 matches and scored the first goal in Indiana women's soccer history. White said that playing soccer for Indiana, a basketball school, and playing soccer for UF, a football school, was a lot alike. In her junior year at UF, White played several different positions for the Gators, starting 15 matches while compiling 1,141 minutes, sixth most on the team. This season, White is playing solely defense and has had to deal with limited playing time.