PHILADELPHIA - West Chester University senior running back Rondell White, the school's all-time leading rusher and a member of the first team AP Little All-America squad, will be honored as the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's Amateur Athlete of the Year at the PSWA's 110th annual Awards Dinner, January 27 at the Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill, N.J.
White is the second Golden Rams football player to be honored by the Philadelphia Sports Writer's Assocation. Former WR Mike Washington was named the amateur athlete of the year in 2008. Tickets are $95, and are available to the public. CLICK
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White concluded a senior year which saw him become the school's all-time leader in rushing and all-purpose yards. White amassed 4,336 rushing yards, 41 rushing TDs and rushed for 100 yards in a game 19 times, including seven games over 200 yards.
He totaled more than 4,000 yards rushing, 2,000 yards receiving and 1,000 yards in returns to become just the second player ever in NCAA history at any level to do that (the first was Eagles and Villanova great Brian Westbrook). His 2013 campaign totals: 1,989 rushing yards, 843 receiving yards and 275 return yards, totaling 3,107 all-purpose yards. That total is the second most in a single season in Division II history, behind only Danny Woodhead's 3,159 all-purpose yards in 2006 with Chadron State.
White is the latest addition to a growing list of sports figures honored at this year's dinner, including Eagles wide receiver Jason Avant; former Philadelphia Flyers' player and coach Bill Barber (Living Legend); Denise Dillon, Drexel University's women's basketball coach (Special Achievement); Navy quarterback and MVP of the 2013 Army/Navy game Keenan Reynolds; members of the Philadelphia Flyers 1973-74 Stanley Cup-winning team; former Eagles General Manager and Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House Founder Jim Murray; Wisconsin basketball coach Bo Ryan from Chester, Pa.; Temple legend and College Football Hall-of-Famer Wayne Hardin; and dozens more. Phillies General Manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. and Manager Ryne Sandberg will attend and will be seated on the dais.
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This year, the Association has partnered with the Philadelphia branch of Coaches vs. Cancer, who will have a presence at this year's dinner. Coaches vs. Cancer of Philadelphia is part of the national program created in 1993 by the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and leverages the strength, community leadership and popularity of our country's college basketball coaches to fight cancer. Since its inception, the Coaches vs. Cancer program has raised more than $87 million nationwide to support the Society's lifesaving cancer research, education, advocacy, and community service efforts.
