Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame
Steve White - Athletics Administrator - (1970-98)
A fixture surrounding Catamount Athletics for over 50 years, White served Western Carolina during four decades as sports information director, executive director of Big Cat Club - now the Catamount Club - and the Catamount Sports Network, and was an associate athletic director in 1998. He wrote millions of words publicizing WCU's student-athletes and teams, helping 35 football, basketball, and baseball players to attain All-America honors, hundreds to become All-Southern Conference and several football and baseball teams to achieve national rankings. He also served on USA Olympic Festival and NCAA championship media staffs and received numerous national and regional publication awards. Following his retirement, White remained active with the Catamount Sports Network, the WCU Atheltics Hall of Fame committee, and served as the unofficial resident historian for Catamount Athletics. He has also been nominated numerous times for the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Hall of Fame.
