Star guard Darian White enters transfer portal, will leave Montana State

BOZEMAN — Montana State star guard Darian White is getting into the switch portal, she introduced Tuesday on social media.

“Thanks Bobcat Nation for all the pieces you’ve got given me,” she wrote. “I am endlessly grateful for my coaches, teammates, and the neighborhood. None of this may have been potential with out each one in all you.”

White, a 5-foot-6 guard from Boise, Idaho, joined this system throughout the 2019-20 season and produced top-of-the-line freshman campaigns in Bobcat historical past.

She performed in all 31 video games her freshman yr recording 394 factors, 150 rebounds, 104 assists, and 76 steals. The hassle earned her Massive Sky Convention freshman of the yr honors becoming a member of Jennifer Curl (1998-99) and Katie Bussey (2008-09) as simply the third Bobcat to take action.

As White emerged as top-of-the-line gamers within the Massive Sky, the awards adopted all through her profession at Montana State.

In her sophomore yr, White was named the 2020-21 Massive Sky Convention defensive participant of the yr averaging 2.7 steals and a team-best 5.1 rebounds per recreation.

She garnered the identical honors in her junior marketing campaign after main the Massive Sky in steals (84) and steals per recreation (2.47) throughout the 2021-22 season. Moreover, White was named MVP of the Massive Sky match after averaging 18.3 factors, 5 assists, 2.7 rebounds, and two steals over the course of Montana State’s three video games to guide the Bobcats again to the NCAA match.

White earned All-Massive Sky Convention first-team honors throughout her closing three seasons with Montana State.

“I wish to discover the subsequent part of my basketball profession that Montana State has created for me,” White stated in her social media post.

White, who has another season of eligibility remaining, leaves Montana State ranked within the high ten of 9 totally different Bobcat girls’s basketball profession data classes:

• No. 1 in free throws made (493)
• No. 2 in factors (1,716)
• No. 2 in assists (449)
• No. 2 in free throws tried (639)
• No. 3 in steals (260)
• No. 4 in discipline objectives tried (1,421)
• No. 5 in discipline objectives made (580)
• No. 7 in scoring common (14.3)
• No. 10 in video games performed (120)

“I will inform you, whenever you speak about coachable youngsters and children that get you motivated each single day to come back in and go to work, I take into consideration that smile and I consider her effort like it’s a must to be your finest since you need the most effective for her,” Bobcats head coach Tricia Binford stated in a sitdown interview with MTN Sports activities.