Contact CU Independent Assistant Sports Editor Alissa Noe at alissa.noe@colorado.edu.
Four years ago, college basketball teams across the country barely batted an eye at the University of Colorado’s newest transfer guard Derrick White. Although he ended up committing to Division II University of Colorado at Colorado Springs straight out of high school, Derrick never gave up on his dream of playing at a D-I school.
The road to CU wasn’t easy for Derrick, who began his basketball journey 17 years ago when he was just four years old.
“I played with my dad, some guys around the neighborhood, so I started pretty young,” he said.