UVA picks up commitment from NDSU’s White, another 3-point shooter

By Jerry Ratcliffe

Virginia has added another high-powered, 3-point shooter to its roster, the second in two days, as North Dakota State senior guard Jacari White announced his commitment to the Cavaliers.

On Saturday, Toledo’s Sam Lewis announced his UVA commitment after leading the MAC in 3-point shooting percentage (44.4).

White, originally from Orlando, Fla., is a 6-foot-3, 180-pound shooting guard, who was All-Summit League in 2024-25 and was considered one of the hottest shooting guards in the portal.

After visiting both Texas and Virginia Tech this past week, White committed to Virginia over the Hokies and Longhorns, along with Houston and West Virginia.

During his three seasons with North Dakota State, White appeared in 94 games, including 61 starts. He is a career 40-percent shooter from the arc and knows how to fill up a basket.

As a senior, White averaged a career-high 17.1 points per game to go along with 4.3 rebounds, and made 39.8 percent of his shots from the arc. He scored in double figures in all but eight games, plus had 14 games with 20 points or more, including a season-high 27 points against Butler when he lit up the 3-point line.

As a junior, making the Summit League’s All-Defensive Team, he started in 22 of 32 games and shot 45.5 percent from the arc (66 makes), while averaging 10.3 points per game.

During his sophomore year, he appeared in 31 of 33 games, including 10 starts, averaging 7.5 points per game and 42 made 3-pointers.

White’s career began in junior college at State College of Florida, where he averaged 13.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.

Virginia’s Ryan Odom now has four guards on his roster, including White and Lewis — a 6-6 sophomore who averaged 16.2 points per game for Toledo — to go along with freshman 4-star recruit Chance Mallory, who is also a standout 3-point shooter, and the only player returning on UVA’s roster, Elijah Gertrude, who is coming off a knee injury.

UVA also has a commitment from 6-8 Silas Barksdale, a top-100 prospect, who flipped his commitment from VCU to the Cavaliers.