The Colorado Buffaloes star guard from the 2016-17 season Derrick White has been drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 2017 NBA Draft with pick No. 29
White was honored as an All-American at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs where he led the Mountain Lions to their first RMAC Tournament championship averaging 25.8 points, 7.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists per contest.
He moved up the road to Boulder, where in one season with the Buffaloes he became All Pac-12 First Team averaging 18.1 points, 4.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 51 percent from the field and 81 percent from the free throw line, all of those stats led the Buffs.