Amber White
Amber White

In 88 appearances including 74 starts over three seasons with the Bridgewater State softball team from 2012 to 2014, Amber White went 56-18 (.757) in the circle with a 0.98 earned run average, 64 complete games and 29 shutouts as well as six saves. She also fanned 427 batters in 527 innings of work. White is BSU's all-time leader in shutouts and earned run average. She is also tied for second all-time with three no-hitters and ranks third in program history in wins, strikeouts, and innings pitched. Arguably the top pitcher in BSU softball history, White hurled the Bears to back-to-back MASCAC regular season and tournament championships in 2013 and 2014 as well as consecutive NCAA Division III Tournament appearances. The 2014 squad captured the NCAA Division III Wellesley Regional title and competed in an NCAA Division III Super Regional against eventual National Champion Tufts University. As a senior in 2014, White was nothing but spectacular. In 32 appearances including 28 starts, she posted a record of 25-5 (.833) with 25 complete games and a school single-season record 15 shutouts. White also recorded an impressive 0.73 earned run average with 158 strikeouts in 202 2/3 innings of work and opponents batted just .168 against her. On a national level, White ranked second in all of Division III in ERA and shutouts, and eighth in both wins and fewest hits allowed per seven innings (4.11). White accumulated numerous honors both on the field and in the classroom. She was named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III First Team All-American as well as a CoSIDA Division III First Team Academic All-American in 2014, and was a CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District One selection in both 2013 and 2014. White was also a three-time MASCAC Pitcher of the Year, three-time All-MASCAC First Team selection, 12-time MASCAC Pitcher of the Week, four-time MASCAC Player of the Week, five-time ECAC Division III New England Pitcher of the Week, two-time ECAC Division III New England All-Star (2013, 2014), and two-time MASCAC Tournament MVP (2013, 2014). She was also selected as the MVP of the Wellesley Regional in 2014 and was named the MASCAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and BSU Dr. Adrian Tinsley Scholar-Athlete of the Year also in 2014. White graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a concentration in Ecological Biology and a minor in Chemistry. She wrapped up a brilliant academic career with a 3.63 grade point average. White was named to the Dean's List in each of her six semesters at Bridgewater State and was a member of the both the National Biological Honor Society (Beta Beta Beta) and the National College Athlete Honor Society (Chi Alpha Sigma). She also graduated from Northeastern University with a Masters in sports leadership in 2018. Amber presently resides in Middleboro with her fiancé, Adam. She currently works for the Town of Wareham as an assistant to the municipal maintenance director and is entering her sixth season as a pitching coach for the Babson College softball team. Amber also previously coached at Brandeis University for one season.