White Wins Offensive Award Again

Junior Nets Award for Fourth Time

October 16, 2007

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Soon, they might start calling it the O’Brian White Award.

White, a junior forward on the top-ranked University of Connecticut men's soccer team, was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week for the fourth time this season and second consecutive week.

White tallied eight points in UConn’s two conference games this past week. He notched his second-straight hat trick in a 3-0 win over Providence on Oct. 10. He became the first player in UConn history to achieve that feat and became just the second to post more than one three-goal performance in a career, let alone a single season.

He followed that performance with the game’s first goal in a 3-3 tie at third-ranked Notre Dame on Oct. 13. White now has an NCAA-leading 15 goals on the season.

White is the only player to be recognized four times for any of the four BIG EAST weekly honors this season.

Meanwhile, on the women’s side, UConn junior Brittany Taylor was named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week.

Taylor anchored a defense that did not allow a goal in a 2-0-0 week. The Huskies knocked off Pittsburgh 4-0 on Oct. 12 and defeated West Virginia 2-0 on Oct. 14. The Panthers were held to five shots, none of which were on goal. The Mountaineers had just three shots on goal. This is the first BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honor for Taylor.

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