Name: Stephanie White-McCarty #22 Class/Position/Height: Sr./G/F/5-11 Hometown: West Lebanon, Indiana High School: Seeger Memorial

Thumbnail Sketch - One of the nation's elite players ... team co-captain (with Ukari Figgs) and heart and soul ... quite simply can do it all: score, rebound, pass and defend.

Moment To Remember - Scored 27 points and added five rebounds, four assists and four steals in Purdue's 78-68 win over No. 4 Stanford on Nov. 23, 1997.

1997-98 Season - First team All-American by Women's Basketball Journal and Women's Basketball News Service and honorable mention by the Associated Press and Kodak ... third team Academic All-American ... unanimous first team All-Big Ten by coaches and media ... Academic All-Big Ten and All-District V for second straight year ... started all 33 games and averaged team-leading 37.8 minutes ... averaged 20.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game with 79 steals (all team highs) ... recorded six double-doubles ... set school records with 168 free throws made and 199 attempts ... Big Ten's leading scorer at 21.2 points in conference games ... scored career-high 30 points vs. Illinois at home ... picked off career-high six steals on three occasions ... played 117 of possible 120 minutes in three Big Ten Tournament games ... named to Big Ten All-Tournament team ... matched career high of 30 points and cleared 10 rebounds vs. Washington (NCAA) ... named to NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional All-Tournament team ... Purdue's Female Athlete-of-the-Year.

As A Sophomore - Second team All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten and All-District V ... received team's Coaches' Award (tremendous character, heart and work ethic).

As A Freshman - Honorable mention All-Big Ten ... named to SportsChannel's Big Ten All-Freshman team ... received team's Vision Award (for having the most assists), Best Free Throw Shooter Award and Academic Award.

Did You Know? - Stephanie worked in the Purdue sports information office during the summer of 1997.

High School - National Prep Player-of-the-Year by Gatorade, Parade magazine and USA Today as a senior at Seeger Memorial High School after averaging 36.9 points, 13.1 rebounds, 8.2 assists, 7.0 steals and 2.2 blocked shots per game ... Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-American ... Indiana's Miss Basketball ... rated No. 1 player in the country in 1995 by Blue Star Index ... state's career scoring leader with 2,869 points ... averaged 29.0 points, 11.2 rebounds, 6.9 assists, 6.5 steals and 1.5 blocks for her career ... scored in double figures in 98 of 99 games ... graduated the holder of 29 school records ... led team to four-year record of 92-7 ... career highs included 66 points (second in state history), 30 rebounds, 17 assists, 17 steals and six blocks ... also played softball and volleyball ... high school basketball coach was Tom Polf.

Personal - Given name Stephanie Joanne White ... born June 20, 1977 ... communication (public relations) major ... parents' names are Jennie and Kevin ... has two younger sisters, Shanda and Stacey ... married Brent McCarty on May 30, 1998, before some 800 family members, friends and fans ... enjoys hiking, camping, horseback riding, flying and bowling ... has earned her pilot's license.

White-McCarty's Bests
PTS: 30 twice, last vs. Washington, 3/14/98
FG: 12 at Rice, 12/21/96
FGA: 23 four times, last vs. Louisiana Tech, 3/23/98
FG%: .769 (10-13) at Penn State, 1/18/98
3P: 5 vs. Florida, 12/12/97
3PA: 9 at Vanderbilt, 1/6/96
3P%: .750 (3-4) five times, last vs. Iowa, 3/3/96
FT: 13 vs. Washington, 3/14/98
FTA: 14 twice, last vs. Washington, 3/14/98
FT%: 1.000 (8-8) three times, last vs. Minnesota, 1/30/98
REB: 11 three times, last at Michigan State, 2/13/98
AST: 11 twice, last vs. Indiana State, 11/16/97
BLK: 3 twice, last vs. Penn State, 3/2/98
STL: 6 three times, last vs. Notre Dame, 3/21/98
MIN: 47 at Wisconsin, 1/26/96

White-McCarty's Purdue Statistics

Season     GP-ST    MTS    FG-FGA-%        3P-3PA-%          FTM-FTA-%    PTS-AVG      REB-AVG     PF-D    AST    TO    BL    ST
1995-96    31-31    902    110-270-.407    44-118-.373      72-94-.766    336-10.8     134-4.3     61-3    138    92    11    62
1996-97    28-28    992    147-338-.435    32-102-.314    134-171-.784    460-16.4    145-5 .2     76-2    124    96    11    58
1997-98    33-33   1246    233-521-.447    45-139-.324    168-199-.844    679-20.6    200- 6.1     71-3    160   139    16    79
Career     92-92   3140   490-1129-.434   121-359-.337    374-464-.806   1475-16.0    47 9-5.2    208-8    422   327    38   199

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