Justin White Class: Junior Hometown: Traverse City, MI Height / Weight: 6-0 / 195 Position: Center Birthdate: 04/23/1985 Lst Team: Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)

Hard-working junior who earned his first monogram in 2006-07 ... became a key contributor during the second half of the season, developing into one of the team's top two-way forwards ... strong, tenacious skater with good hockey instincts ... became a key contributor as he quarterbacked Notre Dame's second power-play unit ... has a great attitude and a driving desire to improve all aspects of his game ... should see action in all roles as a junior ... played at both left wing and center during the season ... physical player who is strong with the puck and makes good decisions ... played in 29 games as a sophomore, scoring two goals with 13 assists for 15 points ... has played in 38 career games with two goals and 13 assists for 15 points to his credit ... played his junior hockey for three teams in the United States Hockey League - the Sioux Falls Stampede, the St. Louis Heartland Eagles and the Topeka Scarecrows ... one of 20 Notre Dame players to see action in the USHL ... one of eight Michigan natives on the Notre Dame roster along with senior Evan Rankin (Portage), junior Erik Condra (Livonia), sophomores Brett Blatchford (Temperance) and Kyle Lawson (New Hudson) and freshmen Ian Cole (Ann Arbor), Brad Phillips (Farmington Hills) and Ben Ryan (Brighton) ... joined the Irish in the late-signing period (spring of `05) along with Garrett Regan and Tom Sawatske.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 29 games for Notre Dame, scoring a pair of goals while adding 13 assists for 15 points ... had one power-play goal ... whistled for nine penalties resulting in 18 minutes ... had 39 shots on goal and was +9 for the year ... saw limited action early in the season ... had a three-game point streak (0g, 3a) from Oct. 28 to Nov. 4 ... set up Christian Hanson's game-winning goal in 2-0 win over Air Force in Lightning College Hockey Classic title game ... followed with assists in each game of Ohio State series (Nov. 3-4) ... set up another Hanson goal in 4-2 win over Buckeyes and then assisted on Josh Sciba goal in 1-1 tie at Columbus ... scored first career goal against Michigan State on Nov. 17 ... goal came at 10:49 of the second period and gave Notre Dame a 3-0 lead ... recorded first multiple-point game of career, setting up two goals in 3-0 shutout win at Western Michigan on Jan. 20 ... scored second goal of the season and first power-play marker at 11:02 of the third period versus Nebraska-Omaha on Feb. 9 ... goal sparked three-goal third period and tied the game at 2-2 in eventual 4-2 Irish win ... had second multiple-point and assist game in 3-2 overtime win at Alaska on Feb. 17, setting up two Garrett Regan goals, including game winner in overtime ... set career high for assists and points in a game with three helpers in 7-1 win over Alaska in game one of CCHA quarterfinal series ... added one assist in game two, 3-1 victory ... in six postseason games had no goals and four assists for four points.

AS A FRESHMAN: Saw action in nine games without scoring a point ... had nine shots on goal and was -2 on the season ... first collegiate action came on Oct. 29 in 2-0 win versus Princeton ... played in both games of series versus Minnesota State and Lake Superior ... did not play in CCHA playoffs against Alaska Fairbanks.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Traverse City West Senior High School in Traverse City, Mich. ... also attended Marquette Senior High School in Marquette, Mich., and Washburn Rural in Topeka, Kan. ... earned letters in hockey, tennis and soccer at Traverse City ... was team MVP, all-conference and all-city in hockey as a sophomore ... also selected to all-Region Dream Team and was Big North leading scorer ... played Midget AAA hockey for the Marquette Electricians where he led team in scoring with 18 goals and 36 assists for 54 points ... helped team to Michigan state finals where they lost to Honeybaked after knocking Compuware out in the semifinals ... played on Michigan Select 15, 16 and 17 teams ... won gold medal with Under-16 team and silver with Under-17 team ... got start in junior hockey in 2002-03 with the Topeka Scarecrows where he had a goal and five assists in 30 games ... started `03-'04 season with St. Louis and led team in scoring after 16 games with nine goals and seven assists ... traded to Sioux Falls in Nov., `03 and had nine goals and 17 assists for 26 points in remainder of season ... in final season at Sioux Falls (`04-'05) was seventh in team scoring with 14 goals and 14 assists for 28 points ... full name is Justin Matthew White ... son of Brian and Lisa White ... has two sisters and one brother ... born on April 23, 1985, in Traverse City ... finance major in the Mendoza College of Business.

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