Stephanie White - Senior Associate Athletics Director/Student-Athlete Academic Services - Staff Directory

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Stephanie White

Title:
Senior Associate Athletics Director/Student-Athlete Academic Services
Email:
Phone:
(252) 737-4552

Stephanie White joined the East Carolina University staff as director of athletics student development Dec. 1, 2021.

The office serves ECU student-athletes by providing academic advising and counseling to foster academic achievement, leadership skills and personal growth. In addition, the office ensures compliance with all NCAA and university regulations.

"I am pleased to have Stephanie White join the East Carolina University Student Development team," ECU Associate Vice Chancellor, Chief Academic Success Officer and University Registrar Angela R. Anderson said at the time of the hire. "As its leader, she brings integrity and a team-oriented leadership style, while also providing ECU with the momentum to take our student-athlete's academic development to the next level.

White came to ECU from West Virginia University, where she was assistant athletics director for student-athlete development. At WVU, she had administrative responsibility for the academic performance center, serving more than 350 Olympic sport student-athletes across 17 teams. She helped create and implement the Office of Student-Athlete Enhancement and served in various WVU academic services positions since 2008.

White is a member of the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals and Women Leaders in College Sports.

A former teacher in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, White earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in secondary education, both from WVU. She also worked as a graduate teaching assistant, student-athlete mentor and educational counselor at WVU.

She and her husband, Jason, have a daughter, Aubrey.