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{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1977)}}
{{for|the neuroscientist|Stephanie A. White}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Stephanie White
| image = Stephanie White 2024 (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = White with the [[Connecticut Sun]] in 2024
| position = Head coach
| height_ft = 5 
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 155
| league  = [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]
| team  = Indiana Fever
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|06|20}}
| birth_place = [[Danville, Illinois]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Seeger Memorial Junior-Senior High School|Seeger]] ([[West Lebanon, Indiana]])
| college = [[Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball|Purdue]] (1995–1999)
| draft_year = 1999
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 21
| draft_team = [[Charlotte Sting]]
| draft_league = WNBA
| career_start = 1999
| career_end = 2003
| career_position = [[Shooting guard]] / [[small forward]]
| career_number = 22
| coach_start = 2003
| coach_end = 
| years1 = [[1999 WNBA season|1999]]
| team1= [[Charlotte Sting]]
| years2 = [[2000 WNBA season|2000]]–[[2004 WNBA season|2004]]
| team2 = [[Indiana Fever]]
| cyears1 = 2003–2004
| cteam1 = [[Ball State Cardinals|Ball State]] (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2004–2005
| cteam2 = [[Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball|Kansas State]] (assistant)
| cyears3 = 2005–2007
| cteam3 = [[Toledo Rockets|Toledo]] (assistant)
| cyears4 = [[2007 WNBA season|2007]]–[[2010 WNBA season|2010]]
| cteam4 = [[Chicago Sky]] (assistant)
| cyears5 = [[2011 WNBA season|2011]]–[[2014 WNBA season|2014]]
| cteam5 = [[Indiana Fever]] (assistant)
| cyears6 = [[2015 WNBA season|2015]]–[[2016 WNBA season|2016]]
| cteam6 = Indiana Fever
| cyears7 = 2016–2021
| cteam7 = [[Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball|Vanderbilt]]
| cyears8 = [[2023 WNBA season|2023]]–[[2024 WNBA season|2024]]
| cteam8 = [[Connecticut Sun]]
| cyears9 = [[2025 WNBA season|2025]]–present
| cteam9 = Indiana Fever
| highlights = 
'''As head coach:'''
* [[WNBA Coach of the Year Award|WNBA Coach of the Year]] ({{WNBA Year|2023}})
* [[WNBA All-Star Game]] head coach ([[2023 WNBA All-Star Game|2023]])
'''As assistant coach:'''
* [[List of WNBA champions|WNBA champion]] ([[2012 WNBA Finals|2012]])
'''As player:'''
* [[1999 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament champion]] (1999)
* [[Wade Trophy]] (1999)
* [[Honda Sports Award]] (1999)
* [[NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans|Consensus All-American]] (1999)
* [[Big Ten Athlete of the Year]] (1999)
* [[Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year|Big Ten Player of the Year]] (1999)
* [[Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball|''Chicago Tribune'' Silver Basketball]] (1999)
* [[List of Women's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year|Women's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year]] (1999)
* [[Big Ten women's basketball tournament|Big Ten Tournament MOP]] (1999)
* 2x First-team All-Big Ten (1998, 1999)
* [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|WBCA]] All-Star Game MVP (1995)
* [[USA Today|USA Today Player of the Year]] (1995)
* [[Gatorade|Gatorade Player of the Year]] (1995)
* [[Indiana Miss Basketball]] (1995)
| medaltemplates ={{MedalSport | Women's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[USA Women's R. William Jones Cup Team|Jones Cup]]| Team Competition}}
{{MedalSilver|[[USA Women's R. William Jones Cup Team|1997 Taipei]]| Team Competition}}
}}
'''Stephanie Joanne White''' (formerly '''Stephanie White-McCarty'''; born June 20, 1977) is an American professional [[basketball]] coach and former player who is the head coach of the [[Indiana Fever]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indiana Fever Hire Stephanie White as Head Coach |url=https://fever.wnba.com/news/indiana-fever-hire-stephanie-white-as-head-coach |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=fever.wnba.com |language=en}}</ref> She was previously head coach of the WNBA [[Connecticut Sun]] in the 2023 and 2024 seasons and [[Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball|Vanderbilt Commodores]] women's basketball team from 2016 to 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/vanderbilt/2016/05/23/vanderbilt-hires-coach-stephanie-white-associate-carolyn-peck/84524780/|title=Vanderbilt confirms hiring of coach Stephanie White|work=The Tennessean|access-date=2017-09-17|language=en}}</ref> Before Vanderbilt, she was the head coach of the WNBA Indiana Fever for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stephanie White and Fever Issue Statement on Indiana Coaching Position|url=https://fever.wnba.com/news/stephanie-white-fever-issue-statement-indiana-coaching-position/|access-date=2021-11-23|website=Indiana Fever|language=en}}</ref> As an intercollegiate athlete, she was named the winner of the [[Wade Trophy]] in 1999, which recognizes the top female basketball player in the nation.<ref name="Wade Trophy"/>

White was the 1995 [[Indiana Miss Basketball award|Indiana Miss Basketball]] and was also named 1995 [[Gatorade]] National Player of the Year and the [[USA Today]] National Player of the Year. White attended [[Seeger High School]] in West Lebanon, Indiana, where she was named a High School All-American by the [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|WBCA]]. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1995, scoring seventeen points, and earning MVP honors.<ref name="WBCA Box Scores"/><ref name="WBCA HS MVP"/> She led [[Purdue University]] to the [[1999 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|1999]] [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|Women's National Championship]] in basketball. She played five years in the WNBA, one with the [[Charlotte Sting]] and four with the [[Indiana Fever]]. She retired in 2004.

White began her coaching career with several assistant coaching positions at [[Ball State]], [[Kansas State]], and the [[University of Toledo]] before joining the [[Chicago Sky]] as an assistant coach in 2007. After serving as assistant coach for four years, she became head coach of the Indiana Fever in 2014, leading the team to the WNBA Finals in her first season. White then served as head coach of the [[Vanderbilt Commodores]] from 2016 to 2021. Following a brief hiatus, she returned to the WNBA in 2023 to coach the Connecticut Sun, leading them to consecutive playoff appearances. She rejoined the Fever as head coach in 2024.

==College career==
White attended [[Purdue University]], where she was named National College Player of the Year, Indiana NCAA Woman of the Year, and [[Big Ten Conference]] Player of the Year on the way to leading Purdue to the NCAA National Championship in 1999.

==Professional career==
White began her five-year WNBA career with the [[Charlotte Sting]] in 1999 under her married name, Stephanie White-McCarty. She was acquired a year later in an expansion draft by the [[Indiana Fever]] to lead the team's inaugural season roster. After four years with the Fever, she ranked third in games played (112) and three point field goals (92), and fourth in scoring (684). She averaged 5.9 points and 2.0 assists per game.

==National team career==
White competed with [[USA Basketball]] as a member of the 1997 [[United States women's national basketball team#William Jones Cup|Jones Cup Team]] that won the silver medal in [[Taipei]]. Several of the games were close, with the USA team winning four games by six points or fewer, including an overtime game in the semifinal match against Japan. The gold medal game against South Korea was also close, but the USA fell 76–71 to claim the silver medal for the event. White was the second leading scorer for the team, averaging 10.3 points per game.<ref name="1997 Jones Cup"/>

==Post-playing career==
She retired from the WNBA after the 2004 season<ref>{{cite news |title=Fever to honor team's first star - Indiana basketball great to be celebrated at tonight's game with Stephanie White Night |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/127411303/ |access-date=13 February 2025 |work=The Indianapolis Star |publisher=Gannett |date=June 10, 2005 |pages=D1, D2 |quote=White, 27, announced her retirement Apil 21 after five WNBA seasons." "Injuries plagued her as a pro - she sat out the 2002 season after knee and ankle surgeries.}}</ref> and went on to become the assistant coach at [[Ball State]] (2003–04), [[Kansas State]] (2004–05), and the [[University of Toledo]] (2005–07),<ref name=award /> before going to the [[Chicago Sky]] as an assistant coach.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beas |first1=Mike |title=She's back with the Fever - Former prep, Purdue standout to help coach WNBA team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/146070434/ |access-date=13 February 2025 |work=Daily Journal |publisher=AIM Media Indiana |date=May 20, 2011 |location=Johnson County, Indiana |pages=B1, B3}}</ref>

A 1999 general communications major graduate,<ref name=award /> White sat out the 2002 season with an injury and worked as a television color commentator and sideline reporter during Fever Games.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morwick |first1=Rick |title=Majority of WNBA players not set for life financially |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/146005982 |access-date=13 February 2025 |work=Daily Journal |publisher=AIM Media Indiana |date=July 15, 2004 |location=Franklin Indiana |pages=B1, B4}}</ref> Since 2007, White has also served as a college basketball analyst for [[ESPN]] and the [[Big Ten Network]], including studio work and co-hosting the network's coverage of the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament. White has also worked as an Indiana Pacers Reporter for FOX Sports Indiana.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephanie White |url=https://www.usab.com/staff-members/stephanie-white |website=USA Basketball |access-date=14 February 2025}}</ref>

White returned to the Indiana Fever as an assistant coach in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=She's back with the Fever |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Daily Journal |date=2011-05-20 |last=Beas |first=Mike |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-journal-shes-back-with-the-fe/158289488/ |access-date=2024-11-02}}</ref> When [[Lin Dunn]] retired as head coach of the Fever after the 2014 season, White became head coach.<ref>{{cite news |title=She's right at home |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Indianapolis Star |date=2014-09-24 |last=Allison |first=Autumn |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-shes-right-at-hom/158289778/ |access-date=2024-11-02}}</ref> In her first season as head coach, Indiana went 20–14 overall and made their second [[2015 WNBA Finals|WNBA Finals]] appearance, losing the best-of-five series to the [[2015 Minnesota Lynx season|Minnesota Lynx]]. White was the first rookie coach in WNBA history to lead a team to the WNBA Finals.<ref name=CoSIDA>{{cite web |title=Stephanie White (2017) - Academic All-America |url=https://academicallamerica.com/hof.aspx?hof=146 |website=Academic All-America |date=May 25, 2016 |access-date=June 24, 2025}}</ref>  In 2016, her second season with the Fever, the team made it to the [[2016 WNBA playoffs|playoffs]] for the [[List of WNBA franchise post-season streaks#WNBA_Playoffs_appearance_streaks_2|12th consecutive time]], finished the season with a 17–17 record and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the [[Phoenix Mercury]].

On May 23, 2016, White accepted the head coaching job for the [[Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball]] team. She completed the 2016 season with the Fever, finishing her time there with a 37–31 overall record and a 6–6 record in the postseason.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Doyel |first1=Gregg |title=2 jobs, 1 Stephanie White? No problem |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1049488596 |access-date=18 February 2025 |work=Journal and Courier |publisher=Journal & Courier Media Group.; Gannett |date=June 15, 2016 |location=Lafaette, Indiana |page=5D |quote=Krauscopf never considered making a change.  She wasn't happy, but she wasn't worried that the Fever's 2016 season would be compromised.}}</ref> Through her [[Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball#Year_by_year_results|five seasons]] at Vanderbilt, White compiled a 46–83 overall record and went 13-55 against Southeastern Conference competition. Her fifth season at Vanderbilt was shortened in January 2021, due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19]] concerns, injuries, and a depleted roster.<ref>{{cite web |last=Feinberg |first=Adam |title=Vanderbilt women's basketball season discontinued over COVID-19, depleted roster |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/vanderbilt/2021/01/18/vanderbilt-women-basketball-season-discontinued-covid-19/4205321001/ |work=The Tennessean |access-date=January 19, 2021 |language=English |date=January 18, 2021}}</ref> The school announced that White would not be returning as coach on April 6, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vucommodores.com/vanderbilt-parts-ways-with-stephanie-white/|title=Vanderbilt Parts Ways with Stephanie White|website=vucommodores.com|date=April 6, 2021|accessdate=April 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sparks |first1=Adam |title=Vandy fires basketball coach Stephanie White |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/762023087/ |access-date=19 February 2025 |work=Knoxville News Sentinel |issue=14, Vol 9 |publisher=Gannett |date=April 7, 2021 |location=Knoxville, Tennessee |page=B2 |quote=White was fired Tuesday after five seasons, compiling a 46-83 overall record and 13-54 SEC mark.}}</ref>

White returned to coaching in the WNBA in 2023 as head coach of the [[Connecticut Sun]].<ref name=CSunHeadCoach>{{cite web |title=Stephanie White Named Connecticut Sun Head Coach |url=https://sun.wnba.com/news/stephanie-white-named-connecticut-sun-head-coach |website=Connecticut Sun |date=November 21, 2022 |access-date=June 24, 2025}}</ref> The team had 27–13 and 28–12 records in 2023 and 2024, respectively, losing in the second round of the playoffs each time. White was named [[WNBA Coach of the Year Award|WNBA Coach of the Year]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.wnba.com/news/stephanie-white-coach-of-year-wnba-2023 |title=Connecticut Sun's Stephanie White Named 2023 WNBA Coach of the Year |publisher=WNBA |date=September 17, 2023 |access-date=February 13, 2025}}</ref> White and the Sun parted ways on October 28, 2024, following two consecutive playoff semifinals appearances.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-28 |title=White out as Sun head coach after two seasons |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/42057067/stephanie-white-sun-head-coach-two-seasons |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

She was hired by the Indiana Fever for a second stint on November 1.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-01 |title=WNBA's Fever name White as new head coach |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/42131275/sources-wnba-fever-hire-stephanie-white-new-head-coach |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===WNBA===
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
{| class="wikitable"
|style="background:#ffcc00; width:3em;"|*
|Denotes season(s) in which White won an [[NCAA Championship]]
|}
====Regular season====
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA regular season statistics}}
|-
| align="left" | [[1999 WNBA season|1999]]
| align="left" | [[1999 Charlotte Sting season|Charlotte]]
|30||5||18.8||'''40.8'''||35.4||90.9||1.6||1.7||0.6||0.1||'''1.3'''||5.3	
|-
| align="left" | [[2000 WNBA season|2000]]
| align="left" | [[2000 Indiana Fever season|Indiana]]
|'''32'''||'''12'''||19.8||39.8||38.6||82.6||'''1.9'''||1.8||1.0||0.2||1.5||'''7.2'''	
|-
| align="left" | [[2001 WNBA season|2001]]
| align="left" | [[2001 Indiana Fever season|Indiana]]
|30||0||16.8||38.0||'''40.4'''||77.4||1.8||1.9||0.9||'''0.5'''||'''1.3'''||5.6	
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:left;"| ''2002''
| colspan=13 style="text-align:center;"| ''Did not play (injury)''
|-
| align="left" | [[2003 WNBA season|2003]]
| align="left" | [[2003 Indiana Fever season|Indiana]]
|28||10||'''20.6'''||34.7||34.5||'''93.8'''||1.5||2.1||'''1.2'''||0.2||'''1.3'''||6.9	
|-
| align="left" | [[2004 WNBA season|2004]]
| align="left" | [[2004 Indiana Fever season|Indiana]]
|22||'''12'''||20.5||37.5||33.3||70.6||1.3||'''2.4'''||1.1||0.2||1.4||4.1	
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="left" | '''Career'''
| align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams
|142||39||19.2||38.1||36.5||83.1||1.6||2.0||0.9||0.2||1.3||5.9	
{{S-end}}

====Playoffs====
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA playoff statistics}}
|-
| align="left" | [[List of WNBA playoff series#Charlotte Sting|1999]]
| align="left" | [[1999 Charlotte Sting season|Charlotte]]
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:left;"| '''Career'''
| style="text-align:left;"| 1 year, 1 team
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
{{S-end}}

===College===
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=NCAA statistics<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/stephanie-white-1.html|title=Stephanie White College Stats|publisher=[[Sports-Reference]]|access-date=November 7, 2024}}</ref>}}
|-
| width="10%" style="text-align:left;"| [[1995–96 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1995–96]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Purdue
| 31 || — || — || .407 || .373 || .766 || 4.3 || 4.5 || 2.0 || 0.4 || — || 10.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1996–97 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1996–97]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Purdue
| 28 || — || — || .435 || .314 || .784 || 5.2 || 4.4 || 2.1 || 0.4 || — || 16.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997–98 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1997–98]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Purdue
| 33 || — || — || .447 || .324 || '''.844''' || '''6.1''' || '''4.8''' || '''2.4''' || '''0.5''' || — || '''20.6'''
|-
| style="background:#ffcc00; width:3em; text-align:left;"| [[1998–99 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1998–99]]*
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team|Purdue]]
| '''35''' || — || — || '''.468''' || '''.437''' || .795 || 5.4 || 4.5 || 2.2 || '''0.5''' || — || 20.2
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|'''Career'''
|127||—||—||.445||.365||.803||5.3||4.6||2.2||0.4||—||17.2
{{S-end}}

==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type=coach | conference= |postseason=}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=[[Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball|Vanderbilt Commodores]]
|startyear=2016
|conference=[[Southeastern Conference]]
|endyear=2021
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2016–17]]
 | name         = [[2016–17 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team|Vanderbilt]]
 | overall      = 14–16
 | conference   = 4–12
 | confstanding = 13th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2017–18]]
 | name         = [[2017–18 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team|Vanderbilt]]
 | overall      = 7–24
 | conference   = 3–13
 | confstanding = T-11th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2018–19]]
 | name         = [[2018–19 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team|Vanderbilt]]
 | overall      = 7–23
 | conference   = 2–14
 | confstanding = 14th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2019–20]]
 | name         = [[2019–20 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team|Vanderbilt]]
 | overall      = 14–16
 | conference   = 4–12
 | confstanding = T-12th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2020–21]]
 | name         = [[2020–21 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team|Vanderbilt]]
 | overall      = 4–4
 | conference   = 0–3
 | confstanding = 14th
 | postseason   = Season ended early due to COVID-19
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Vanderbilt
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|46|83|record=y}}
 | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|13|54|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 |overall     = {{Winning percentage|46|83|record=y}}
}}

===WNBA===
{{NBA coach statistics legend}}
{{NBA coach statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" |[[2015 Indiana Fever season|IND]]
| align="left" |[[2015 WNBA season|2015]]
| 34|| 20|| 14||{{Winning percentage|20|14}}|| align="center" |3rd in East ||11||6||5||{{Winning percentage|6|5}}
| align="center" | Lost in [[2015 WNBA Playoffs|Finals]]
|-
| align="left" |[[2016 Indiana Fever season|IND]]
| align="left" |[[2016 WNBA season|2016]]
| 34|| 17|| 17||{{Winning percentage|17|17}}|| align="center" | 3rd in East||1||0||1||{{Winning percentage|0|1}}
| align="center" | Lost in [[2016 WNBA Playoffs|First Round]]
|-
| align="left" |[[2023 Connecticut Sun season|CON]]
| align="left" |[[2023 WNBA season|2023]]
| 40|| 27|| 13||{{Winning percentage|27|13}}|| align="center" | 2nd in East||7||3||4||{{Winning percentage|3|4}}
| align="center" | Lost in [[2023 WNBA Playoffs|Semifinals]]
|-
| align="left" |[[2024 Connecticut Sun season|CON]]
| align="left" |[[2024 WNBA season|2024]]
| 40|| 28|| 12||{{Winning percentage|28|12}}|| align="center" | 2nd in East||7||4||3||{{Winning percentage|4|3}}
| align="center" | Lost in [[2024 WNBA Playoffs|Semifinals]]

|-class="sortbottom"
| align="left" |'''Career'''
| ||148||92||56||{{Winning percentage|92|56}}|| ||26||13||13||{{Winning percentage|13|13}}||
{{s-end}}

==Personal life==
She married her high school sweetheart, Brent McCarty, in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1999/01/25/homegrown-hoosier-hero-stephanie-white-mccarty-leads-purdue-on-a-quest-to-win-an-ncaa-title|title=Homegrown Hoosier Hero Stephanie White-McCarty leads Purdue on a quest to win an NCAA title|first=Kelli|last=Anderson|website=Sports Illustrated Vault &#124; SI.com}}</ref> The couple divorced in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://a.espncdn.com/wnba/s/2003/0523/1558258.html|title=ESPN.com: WNBA - Fever's White makes healthy, happy return|website=a.espncdn.com}}</ref>

White earned a bachelor's degree in communications from [[Purdue University]] in 1999.<ref name="award">{{cite web |title=Stephanie White, Emerging Voice Award Recipient |url=https://www.cla.purdue.edu/alumni/awards/emerging-voice-awards-archive/2017/stephanie-white.html |website=Purdue University |access-date=14 February 2025 |location=West Lafayette, Indiana}}</ref> She also earned Academic All-American honors twice and was inducted in [[Phi Beta Kappa]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Joe |last=Rexrode |title=Vanderbilt's Stephanie White — worth the wait |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/vanderbilt/2016/05/25/joe-rexrode-vanderbilts-stephanie-white-worth-wait/84849894/ |work=The Tennessean |date=May 25, 2016 |access-date=June 24, 2025}}</ref> White was inducted into the Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006 and the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 2017.<ref name=CoSIDA>{{cite web |title=Stephanie White (2017) - Academic All-America |url=https://academicallamerica.com/hof.aspx?hof=146 |website=Academic All-America |date=May 25, 2016 |access-date=June 24, 2025}}</ref> 

White later began a relationship and married Michelle Fletcher.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vanderbilt hires Stephanie White, openly lesbian, as women's basketball coach |url=https://www.outsports.com/2016/5/26/11790442/vanderbilt-hires-stephanie-white-openly-lesbian-womens-basketball-coach/ |website=Out Sports |date=May 26, 2016 |access-date=June 24, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Zac |last=Ellis |title=WBB: All in the family |url=https://vucommodores.com/wbb-all-in-the-family/ |website=VUCommodores.com |date=January 8, 2018 |access-date=June 24, 2025}}</ref> Due to the then active [[Same-sex marriage in Indiana|same-sex marriage ban in Indiana]], the couple travelled to California to be legally married.<ref>{{cite web |title=IU Women's Basketball Pride Event |url=https://encompass.myiu.org/s/1377/m22/interior.aspx?sid=1377&gid=2&pgid=3957&cid=7851&ecid=7851&ciid=20226&crid=0 |website=My IU |date= |access-date=June 24, 2025 |quote=She and her longtime partner, Michelle, live in Indiana and they travelled to California to be legally married prior to Indiana’s ban being lifted.}}</ref> In 2011, White gave birth to their first child.<ref name=kiddos>{{cite web |title=Stephanie White - College of Liberal Arts|url=https://cla.purdue.edu/students/careers/scla-300/spring-2016/stephanie-white.html |website=Purdue University - College of Liberal Arts |access-date=June 24, 2025}}</ref> About 2 years later, the couple welcomed twin boys to their family.<ref name=kiddos/><ref>{{cite web |title=2016 Forty Under 40: Stephanie White  |url=https://www.ibj.com/articles/56974-forty-under-40-stephanie-white |website=Indianapolis Business Journal |date=February 2, 2016 |access-date=June 24, 2025}}</ref> White and Fletcher later separated.{{cn|date=June 2025}}

White resides in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] with her partner, [[Lisa Salters]], Salters' son, and her three sons.<ref name=CSunHeadCoach/><ref>{{cite news |first1=Scott |last1=Horner |first2=Chloe |last2=Peterson |title=Stephanie White, Lisa Salters away from Indiana Fever, ESPN; what we know |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/basketball/wnba/fever/2025/06/08/stephanie-white-lisa-salters-away-from-indiana-fever-espn-nba-finals-abc-personal-matter/84102655007/ |work=USA TODAY|date=June 8, 2025 |access-date=June 24, 2025}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
* 1995 — [[Indiana Miss Basketball]]
* 1999 — [[Wade Trophy]]
* 1999 — [[Honda Sports Award (basketball)|Honda Sports Award]] for basketball<ref name="Past Winners - basketball"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://purduesports.com/news/2019/12/24/stephanie-white-tabbed-to-ibhof-silver-anniversary-team.aspx|title=Stephanie White Tabbed to IBHOF Silver Anniversary Team|website=Purdue University Athletics|language=en|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref>
* 2006 — Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame
* 2017 — Purdue University Emerging Voice Award <ref name=award />
* 2017 — CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame
* 2022 — Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web |title=White Inducted into Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame... |url=https://purduesports.com/news/2022/4/30/womens-basketball-white-inducted-into-indiana-basketball-hall-of-fame-douglas-to-silver-anniversary-team |website=Purdue Sports |publisher=Purdue University Athletics |access-date=14 February 2025 |date=April 30, 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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<ref name="Wade Trophy">{{cite web|title=The Wade Trophy|url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_wade-trophy|publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association|access-date=30 Jun 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="WBCA Box Scores">{{cite web|title=WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores |url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_high_school_all-america_game_box_scores |publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association |access-date=29 Jun 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715064856/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_high_school_all-america_game_box_scores |archive-date=July 15, 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="WBCA HS MVP">{{cite web|title=WBCA High School All-America Game Team MVP's |url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_high_school_all-america_game_past_mvps |publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association |access-date=29 Jun 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715083757/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_high_school_all-america_game_past_mvps |archive-date=July 15, 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="1997 Jones Cup">{{cite web|date=June 10, 2010|title=1997 Women's R. William Jones Cup|url=http://www.usab.com/history/additional-usa-basketball-history/r-williams-jones-cup-team/1997-womens-r-william-jones-cup.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906234942/http://www.usab.com/history/additional-usa-basketball-history/r-williams-jones-cup-team/1997-womens-r-william-jones-cup.aspx|archive-date=6 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Past Winners - basketball">{{cite journal|title=PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR BASKETBALL|url=http://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/basketball|journal=THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards Program|access-date=8 May 2014}}</ref>
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