Senior Spotlight: Anaya White, Penn State Lehigh Valley

Welcome to our Senior Spotlight series. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the PSUAC had to cancel its fall and winter sport seasons. This prevented several student-athletes from receiving a proper senior day and minimized opportunities for Player of the Week awards. In its place, we will highlight seniors from around the conference throughout the remainder of the semester. 

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Name: Anaya White

Campus: Lehigh Valley

Primary Sport: Women's Basketball

Primary Position(s): Power Forward

Hometown: Newark, NJ

High School: Stroudsburg High School

Major: RHS

How did your Penn State education prepare you for life after graduation? It taught me time management.

How do you hope to be remembered by teammates and coaches? A player that always gave her all, and that was genuinely passionate about this game.

What is your favorite memory from playing your sport at Penn State? Winning the 2018-2019 PSUAC Women’s Basketball Championship & going undefeated in conference play.

What is the best advice you ever received from a coach or teammate that you would share with other student-athletes? The way you succeed on the court is the same was you succeed in life, always do the right thing when no one is looking.

What are you most looking forward to post graduation? Or in your transition to University Park (or other campus) to finish your degree? Starting a real career

What are some of the tools or skills that you learned through all the years of playing your sport that you plan to instill once you enter the workforce? Leadership, Patience, Compromise

What impact did athletics have on your experience as a college student? What is your favorite memory outside of athletics during your time as a student-athlete? The majority of the people I met and got really close with where through athletics at Penn State Lehigh Valley.

Please use this answer to thank anyone you wish to acknowledge for their support during your academic and athletic career. I thank everyone that never gave up on me & stuck with me through thick and thin.