Junior | 2001
The former Danica Howlett started 64 of Arkansas’ 66 games behind the plate last year finishing the season fielding .987 and leading the team with a .312 batting average. White also led the team with 192 at bats, 60 hits and was tied for the lead with 18 runs. She led the team with 15 walks, a .367 on base percentage and was second with 336 putouts as a junior. Solid all season, White added a little something extra at the SEC Tournament where she hit .462 with six hits and a run scored earning her second SEC all-tournament team honor. She finished the year ranked 10th in the SEC in at bats (192), led the league in runners thrown out (22) and was ninth in putouts (336). In SEC-only games, White led the SEC in runners thrown out (13), was ninth in chances (177) and 10th in putouts (149) as a junior.White holds the single-game record for putouts with 16, a mark she reached twice and holds the single-season mark for walks with 28. She also ranks among the single-season leaders for fielding percentage finishing 1999 with a .995 mark and 2001 with a .987 average to hold two of the top spots. White’s name can be found in all of the top 10 single-season statistical categories as well as most of the career ones highlighted by the number one spot for fielding with a .988 career mark. She also finished 2001 ranked in the top five in the SEC for catcher’s fielding percentage.
Sophomore | 2000
White’s bat kept her in the lineup even when she was not behind the plate. White stepped up her play as the 2000 season went on and earned Southeastern Conference All-Tournament team honors after hitting better than .500 in the five-game series. White hit .295 on the year with 65 hits in 220 at bats. In addition to softball at Arkansas, White was active with the Australian national team and was a member of the travel team.
Freshman | 1999
Every coach thinks every new person is “an immediate impact player.” White lived up to that billing as a freshman. She played in all but one of Arkansas’ 75 contests seeing most of her time behind the plate for the Lady’Backs. White hit a respectable .222 and handled all three of the Lady’Backs’ pitchers. White enjoyed a solid year behind the plate with 389 putouts, 42 assists and just two errors for a .995 fielding percentage. White finished the year ranked seventh in fielding percent (.995) and eighth in putouts (389) in all games and was seventh in walks (28) in the SEC. In conference-only games, White ranked tied for third (13) in walks and first in fielding percent (1.000).
HIGH SCHOOL: White became the first international player to sign with the Arkansas softball program. From Illawong, Australia, where she began playing softball when she was just 4 1/2 years old, White represented the Georges River Softball Association from her t-ball days through Modball, junior and open women’s competition. She also represented New South Wales as a member of the junior women’s team winning the championship in 1994 and 1995. She moved up to the under-19 women’s team that won two titles (1996 and 1998) and finished as runner-up (1997). White was also a member of the New South Wales Institute of Sport from 1996-98, and played high school softball for seven years for Metropolitian East. During that time, she earned the New South Wales “Blue” – the highest merit award given at the high school level for sporting achievement in her chosen sport in 1996.
Personal: Born April 18, 1979, in Sydney to Lloyd and Helen Howlett, Danica Elizabeth Howlett White is an only child and is majoring in marketing management at Arkansas. She married Brandon White on Dec. 28, 2001. White is part-owner of L & L Metal Fabrication, Inc., and the couple reside in Fayetteville.
The former Danica Howlett started 64 of Arkansas’ 66 games behind the plate last year finishing the season fielding .987 and leading the team with a .312 batting average. White also led the team with 192 at bats, 60 hits and was tied for the lead with 18 runs. She led the team with 15 walks, a .367 on base percentage and was second with 336 putouts as a junior. Solid all season, White added a little something extra at the SEC Tournament where she hit .462 with six hits and a run scored earning her second SEC all-tournament team honor. She finished the year ranked 10th in the SEC in at bats (192), led the league in runners thrown out (22) and was ninth in putouts (336). In SEC-only games, White led the SEC in runners thrown out (13), was ninth in chances (177) and 10th in putouts (149) as a junior.White holds the single-game record for putouts with 16, a mark she reached twice and holds the single-season mark for walks with 28. She also ranks among the single-season leaders for fielding percentage finishing 1999 with a .995 mark and 2001 with a .987 average to hold two of the top spots. White’s name can be found in all of the top 10 single-season statistical categories as well as most of the career ones highlighted by the number one spot for fielding with a .988 career mark. She also finished 2001 ranked in the top five in the SEC for catcher’s fielding percentage.
Sophomore | 2000
White’s bat kept her in the lineup even when she was not behind the plate. White stepped up her play as the 2000 season went on and earned Southeastern Conference All-Tournament team honors after hitting better than .500 in the five-game series. White hit .295 on the year with 65 hits in 220 at bats. In addition to softball at Arkansas, White was active with the Australian national team and was a member of the travel team.
Freshman | 1999
Every coach thinks every new person is “an immediate impact player.” White lived up to that billing as a freshman. She played in all but one of Arkansas’ 75 contests seeing most of her time behind the plate for the Lady’Backs. White hit a respectable .222 and handled all three of the Lady’Backs’ pitchers. White enjoyed a solid year behind the plate with 389 putouts, 42 assists and just two errors for a .995 fielding percentage. White finished the year ranked seventh in fielding percent (.995) and eighth in putouts (389) in all games and was seventh in walks (28) in the SEC. In conference-only games, White ranked tied for third (13) in walks and first in fielding percent (1.000).
HIGH SCHOOL: White became the first international player to sign with the Arkansas softball program. From Illawong, Australia, where she began playing softball when she was just 4 1/2 years old, White represented the Georges River Softball Association from her t-ball days through Modball, junior and open women’s competition. She also represented New South Wales as a member of the junior women’s team winning the championship in 1994 and 1995. She moved up to the under-19 women’s team that won two titles (1996 and 1998) and finished as runner-up (1997). White was also a member of the New South Wales Institute of Sport from 1996-98, and played high school softball for seven years for Metropolitian East. During that time, she earned the New South Wales “Blue” – the highest merit award given at the high school level for sporting achievement in her chosen sport in 1996.
Personal: Born April 18, 1979, in Sydney to Lloyd and Helen Howlett, Danica Elizabeth Howlett White is an only child and is majoring in marketing management at Arkansas. She married Brandon White on Dec. 28, 2001. White is part-owner of L & L Metal Fabrication, Inc., and the couple reside in Fayetteville.