2025-26: One of just three players to see action in all 32 games on the season ... made 15 starts and averaged 4.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game ... recorded 72 assists and an assist/turnover ratio of 2.25 ... earned the start and chipped in 11 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists in the exhibition against Parkside Oct. 25 ... also started the season opener against Hampton Nov. 3, adding 3 assists, 2 steals, and a pair of rebounds ... finished with 8 points against Wofford Nov. 8, setting a new MKE-high (previous was 6 at IU Indy 2/5/25) ... reset his MKE-high with 13 points against Little Rock, making 5-8 from the floor, including 3-5 from deep in a season-high 22 minutes ... chipped in 8 points at #11/11 Texas Tech Nov. 14, playing a season-high 28 minutes ... had 6 points and set NCAA-bests with 6 assists and 4 rebounds against Dominican Nov. 25 ... one of five players in double-figures at Green Bay Jan. 5, finishing with 10 points in 27 minutes ... went 2-3 from downtown against the Phoenix and added 3 rebounds and 3 assists ... tied his MKE-high with 13 points at Robert Morris Jan. 22 (also against LR, 11/10/25), going 3-6 from three-point range ... scored 8 points and grabbed 4 boards in the win over IU Indy Feb. 10, including a big 3-pointer and then a steal and dunk to put MKE in the lead for the first time in the second half ... recorded 7 points and a season-high 7 assists (just 1 TO) in the win over Green Bay Feb. 15, playing a season-best 31 minutes ... handed out a career-high 13 assists against Oakland Feb. 22, breaking his former best of 7 vs. Green Bay Feb. 15 ... added 6 points and 4 boards in a career-high 34 minutes of action ... assist total was the first game of 10+ helpers for a Panther in just over a calendar year (366 days) and marked a tie for the third-most in a game in program history ... chipped in 11 points (5-7 FG), 4 assists, and a season-high 5 rebounds in the win over Youngstown State Feb. 25 ... named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.
• 2025-26 game-by-game in PDF Format
2024-25: Played in 26 games off the bench in his first season with the Panthers ... scored 34 points and added 12 assists and nine rebounds ... made a three-pointer and added a rebound and a steal in 11 minutes against Lakeland in the opener Nov. 4 ... chipped in 4 points, grabbed a rebound, and had an assist at UCF Nov. 27 ... hit a pair of key 3-pointers for a season-best 6 points in the victory at IU Indy Feb. 5.
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Prior to MKE: Joins the program after most recently playing at Odessa College in Odessa, Texas … averaged 10.1 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game in 2023-24, helping lead the team to a 26-9 overall record and all the way to the quarterfinals of the 2024 NJCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship … capped the season by picking up Western Junior College Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year accolades … appeared in all 35 games as a true freshman, scoring in double figures on 17 occasions, including a season-best 27-point outburst against Adams State … shot 74.2 percent (98-of-132) from the free-throw line and finished third on the team in scoring … named to the all-academic team.
High School: Was a four-year starter at Gresham High school, averaging 24.6 points a game as a senior while earning Second Team Class 6A All-State accolades … tabbed with First-Team Mt. Hood Conference postseason honors multiple times, as well as league Player of the Year as a sophomore … set the school career scoring record with 1,703 points … played club basketball for Elite 24 and Dream Vision.
Personal: Son of Clifford White and Jenny Pippa … dad played professionally overseas and was also a member of the Harlem Globetrotters … a business major … chose Milwaukee because of the great coaching staff and a great group of guys on the team around him that all want the same goal … career goal is to play professionally and get paid for playing the game that he loves … most memorable sports experience was breaking his high school record for career points while leading his team to the state playoffs for the first time in 30 years … lists hobbies as working out, playing video games, and watching movies … has done volunteer work helping feed the homeless … nickname is ‘Light Skin Mamba’ … born November 9, 2003.
Pronunciation: Esyah … Ee-SY-ah
Career Highs
Highs 2025-26 NCAA Career (JUCO)
Points 13, 2 times ... Same (27)
Rebounds 5 vs. YSU, 2/25/26 ... Same (6)
Assists 13 at OU, 2/22/26 ... Same (6)
Steals 2 vs. HAMP, 11/3/25 ... Same (4)
Blocks 1 at UDM, 2/20/26 ... -- (1)
Field Goals 5, 2 times ... Same (9)
Three’s 3, 2 times ... Same (5)
Free Throws 4 vs. GB, 2/15/26 ... Same (8)
Minutes 34 at OU, 2/22/26 ... Same, 2 times (36)
