The Duke Blue Devils have added Aussie, Jack White to their 2016 class. White is a 6-6, 220 pound wing player who has until this point played his basketball career in Australia.
The White family informed Duke Coach Mike Krzzyewski of his decision on Thursday. White will now learn future skills at the highest level of college basketball.
White played for his Australia National team in the FIBA U19 World Championship last year, averaging 8.3 points and 3.9 rebounds.
White is currently enrolled at the Basketball Australia Center of Excellence in Canberra where he is expected to remain until he matriculates to Duke in June.
During his visit to Duke, White was able to meet the players and staff, see the campus and check out the Blue Devils state of the art basketball facilities. He also started to form what will become key relationships in his future basketball endeavors.
Very happy to announce that I have verbally committed to Duke University! Excited to be a Blue Devil! 😈
— Jack White (@5jackwhite) March 4, 2016
He joins a recruiting class that features Harry Giles, Jayson Tatum, Javin DeLaurier and Franks Jackson. Duke is still recruiting Marques Bolden as well. Bolden recently said he would be making his decision within a month.
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