Ellie White

Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-5
Letters:
2
Hometown:
Lutherville, Md.
High School:
Notre Dame Prep

Honors: All-ACC Academic Team (2024, 2025, 2026) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2025) ... College Sport Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District (2026) … Inside Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention (2026) … USA Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention (2026) … IWLCA All-South Region First Team (2026) … All-ACC First Team (2026)

2026: Started all 17 games … Led the team with 167 draw controls … Ranked first in the ACC and sixth in the NCAA in total draw controls and draw control average (9.82) … Posted eight games with double-digit draw controls … Nabbed a career-high 16 draw controls against East Carolina (2/25) and matched that total again at Florida State (3/29) … Had 15 draw controls at Elon (3/23), 14 versus Johns Hopkins (2/15) and Boston College (3/4), 11 at High Point (2/6) and 10 at Richmond (2/21) and Virginia Tech (3/21) … Dished an assist at Clemson (4/11) … Eclipsed 200 career draw controls, becoming just the fifth Duke player all-time to achieve the feat … Ranks third all-time on the Duke charts with 267 career draw controls … Added three ground balls and two caused turnovers … College Sport Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District … All-ACC Academic Team … Inside Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention … USA Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention … IWLCA All-South Region First Team … All-ACC First Team

2025: Started two of the 20 contests she appeared in … Was the second-best draw taker on the team with 76 draws … Earned five or more draws in eight games … Dominated the circle in the first round of the NCAA Championship against James Madison (5/9) with a career-high 11 draws … Dished out her first career assist against Xavier (3/2) … Picked up a ground ball against Elon (2/7) ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team

2024: Saw action in 10 contests as a freshman and made four starts before suffering an injury after the fourth game of the season … Returned against Boston College (3/23) in a limited capacity the rest of the season … Collected 24 draw controls and one ground ball … Saw a career-high nine draw controls against Winthrop (2/18) … Added six against High point (2/11) … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll

High School: Ellie White comes to Durham from Baltimore, Md., and attended Notre Dame Prep in Towson, Md ... Despite suffering a season-ending injury as a senior, she was recognized in the Inside Lacrosse Power 100 Incoming Freshman rankings list and was listed as one of 10 standouts in the Best in Class event last winter ... During her senior year, she was a Cum Laude graduate and a National Merit Scholar ... As a midfielder and draw specialist, she lettered three years under coach Mac Ford ... Selected the starting center midfielder for the Sky Walker's Blue Team, which is ranked third among the best women's club lacrosse teams in the nation ... The starting center midfielder for Nation United, a minority lacrosse team that promotes diversity in the sport and was selected as the team's MVP at the Nation United Summit ... Earned a spot on the Under Armour All-America Baltimore Command Team and was awarded tournament honors in addition to being selected for the All-Star Award and as a Lacrosse Magazine National Watchlist Player

Personal: Daughter of Emily and Drew White ... Born June 24, 2004 ... Has two siblings, Jack and Cabot ... White comes from an athletic family as four of her cousins played college lacrosse at Notre Dame, Navy, UMBC and Dickinson