Ryne White   •  First Base-Outfield  •  Purdue •  Sophomore

2006 FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN Collegiate Baseball

2006 ALL-BIG TEN CONFERENCE Oufield ~ Second Team

SUMMER 2006: Played for the DuPage County Dragons of the Central Illinois Collegiate League ... one of three players honored with the Mike Schmidt MVP Award, bestowed upon the CICL's top player ... named to the league's midseason all-star game and was a member of the postseason all-star team ... played in and started 43 games ... led the Dragons with a .329 batting average, collecting 52 hits in 158 at-bats ... had 11 doubles and four home runs ... scored 29 runs and drove home 28 ... made three appearances on the mound.

FRESHMAN/2006: Earned second team All-Big Ten honors, one of three true freshmen to be named to the conference's first and second teams ... named to Collegiate Baseball's Freshman All-America team ... played in and started 56 of team's 58 games ... second on the squad with a .352 batting average, the top average by a Purdue freshman dating back to 1964 ... tied for the team lead in home runs with six ... second on the team in hits (69), RBI (42) and total bases (105) ... started all 32 Big Ten contests ... led the Boilermakers in conference play with a .376 average, a .541 slugging percentage and a .441 on-base percentage ... had 23 multiple-hit and 12 multiple-RBI games ... made his collegiate debut with a 2-3 performance against North Carolina (3/3) ... went 3-5 with a double and two runs scored vs. Saint Louis (3/17) ... drove in four runs with three hits, including a home run, against Chicago State (3/25) ... connected for a walk-off opposite-field home run against Illinois State (4/12) ... hit two home runs and was 4-5 at the plate in Purdue's 25-8 win over Indiana (4/16) ... went 3-5 with two doubles and two RBI vs. Penn State (5/6) ... was a perfect 3-3 at the dish with an RBI against Iowa (5/13) ... reached base safely in 26 of the final 29 games of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at St. Rita of Cascia High School ... was a two-time first-team all-state selection, garnering the honors as a junior and senior ... batted .509 as a senior, with seven home runs and 42 RBI ... hit at a .519 clip during his junior season, connecting on 14 home runs and driving in 47 runs ... earned two letters in football.