2016 Baseball

5 Harrison White

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 170
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Laguna Niguel, Calif.
  • Highschool St. Margaret's

Biography

2016: One of three Bulldogs to earn second team All-Ivy honors… Appeared in 45 games and made 38 starts as the designated hitter, also saw time in right field… Led Yale with four home runs… Batted .293 with 41 hits, 27 runs, 23 RBI, eight doubles and three triples… Had an on base percentage of .369 and a career best .479 slugging percentage… Against conference opponents he hit a team best .328 with 19 hits, 16 RBI and 2 home runs for a slugging percentage of .569… Went 5-for-5 with a double against Quinnipiac on March 23… Went 2-for-4 with 7 RBI, one triple and one grand slam against Columbia on April 2. 

2015: Made 29 starts in 34 game appearances, mostly at designated hitter... Named to the Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll on April 28... Hit .302 (35-of-116) with his first-career home run, eight doubles, 12 RBI, 46 total bases, and 17 runs scored... Recorded a .397 slugging percentage and .372 on-base percentage... Led all of Division I in batting average and on-base percentage in the first week of the season... Hit .316 (18-of-57) in Ivy League play with four doubles and five RBI... Had team''s second-best slugging percentage of .439 in league play... 10 multi-hit games this season... Two five-game hitting streaks throughout the season... Went 4-for-5 with two RBI against Davidson on March 7... Was 3-for-4 with two doubles in a win over Princeton on March 30... Went 2-for-5 with a home run, double and two RBI against Brown on April 24.

2014: Made 28 game appearances, including 20 starts in his freshman season... Named to Ivy League Honor Roll for week of March 25, when he had a four-game hitting streak... Hit .266 on the season (17-of-64), good for seventh-best on the team... Hit two doubles and knocked in four RBI... On-base percentage of .356 and slugging percentage of .297... Perfect fielding percentage in 27 opportunities... Had two hits, two RBI, and one run scored in a win over Bucknell on March 10... Four multi-hit games for the season.

Off the Field:

  • Member of YUDI, the Yale Undergradurate Diversified Investment group
  • Vice President of Safe Rides, a group that provides taxi service to high school students unable to drive for any reason
  • Volunteer for the Martin Luther King day of service where Yalies performed community service in the New Haven area

Before Yale: A four-year varsity starter at shortstop and pitcher at St. Margaret’s High School, serving as the Tartans’ team captain in his final two seasons... Batted a stellar .498 over his four seasons with the Tartans... Recorded a school-record 33-game hitting streak... Led the Tartans to the CIF playoffs in 2012 and 2013, lifting the team into the semifinals in 2012... An All-Academy League selection in each of his four seasons, winning the Academy League’s MVP award in 2013... An All-CIF selection in each of his final two seasons, winning the 2012 Coaches Award, which is given to the player who best represents the heart and soul of Tartan Baseball... The Orange County Register’s 2012-13 “Player to Watch”... The 2013 recipient of the California Scholar-Athlete Award... Won the 2013 recipient of the John Balak Award, given to one male and one female athlete at St. Margaret’s that best displays integrity, leadership, and work ethic... A 2013 Kiwanis Club Orange County All Star... A Quality At-Bat Champion from 2011-2013 and participated in the Quakes Baseball Academy for three years... Also played varsity football for four years as a slot receiver, defensive cornerback, and a kick holder, earning an All-Academy League selection in 2011 and 2012 while helping to lead the Tartans to four consecutive CIF championships... Member of the Cum Laude Society... An AP Scholar with Distinction and a National Merit Scholar... Recipient of the 2012 Williams College Book Award, the 2013 Principal’s Cup, the 2013 Spanish Department Excellence Award and the 2013 Music Excellence Award... Made the Headmaster’s Honor Roll in each of his eight high school semesters.

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Historical Player Information

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    2014First Year

    IF
    5'9" 170 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2015Sophomore

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    5'9" 170 lbs
    5
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    2016Junior

    IF
    5'9" 170 lbs
    5