Rene White Earns CoSIDA Academic All-District Recognition
NJIT senior forward Rene White has been named as a First-Team selection on the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District 2 Men's Soccer Team the organization announced on Thursday.
White, named to the Dean's List for seven semesters, graduated in Fall '20 Cum Laude with a BS in Business Concentration in Financial Technology, boasting a 3.668 GPA. He is currently in the MS Business program.
The Highlanders 6-foot forward was selected to the 2021 United Soccer Coaches (USC) Scholar All-Region team, America East first-team and America East All-Academic team.
He appeared in five matches this season, starting three while posting four goals for eight points.
His four goals and eight points rank fourth in the America East. He scored a pair of goals in the Highlanders 4-2 victory over Binghamton on March 23.
For his career, White is the NJIT Division I career leader in goals (38) and points (82) and is the NCAA Division I active career leader in goals and ranks second in points.
NJIT men's basketball alums Reilly Walsh '20 is a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District team honoree (2017-18; 2019-20) and Shyquan Gibbs '20 earned the recognition in 2018-19.
NJIT women's volleyball alumnae Sabrina Baby '09 became the first Highlander student-athlete in any sport at the Division I level selected to the CoSIDA All-District team in 2009 and went on to receive Academic All-America laurels.
The Academic All-District™ teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. In order to be eligible, student-athletes must be significant contributors to their teams and maintain at least a 3.30 grade point average (GPA).
First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot. First, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in early July.