A four year letterman in baseball who was named to the Georgetown University Athletic Hall of Fame for his skills as a pitcher, Russ White was a two year walk-on to the basketball team.

Statistics from this era are incomplete, listing him with 12 games in 1929-30 and no apperances in 1930-31.

Following graduation, White spent three years in the minor leagues, reaching the AA level with the Jersey City Skeeters, an farm club of the Brooklyn Dodgers.