On National Signing Day, Virginia women’s basketball snagged a potential superstar in Chapel Hill, N.C. native Gabby White. While White announced her verbal commitment back in July, Coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton announced that White has officially signed with the Cavaliers on a financial aid agreement Wednesday. White will join the team starting next season.
“I’m super excited to announce Gabby as our new addition,” Agugua-Hamilton said. “Gabby is an extremely high-character kid who is serious about her craft. She is a big, athletic guard who can get downhill and create.”
White, a 5’10 combo guard, is ranked 96th in the class of 2025 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings — becoming the fourth top-100 recruit to join Virginia during coach Agugua-Hamilton’s two-and-a-half-year tenure at the team’s helm.
In White’s 2023-24 season at Seaforth High School, she averaged 17.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.8 steals per game en route to her second all-state selection.
Additionally, White has found success playing for the CP3 Flames on the AAU circuit, where she has been named a three-time Nike EYBL top performer. Last October, just after visiting Virginia, White competed in the Girls Super 60 Showdown, a national showcase of the top high school recruits. White was awarded the camp’s MVP title, putting on a show in front of college scouts.
“[White is] a three-level scorer who can fill up a stat sheet,” GetMeRecruited analyst Lamont Taylor said in his assessment of White. “In transition, she's like a freight train on the loose … [she] has the size and skill set to get to the paint at will and finishes extremely well.”
In addition to joining the Cavaliers, White joins a lineage of basketball players in her family, as her mother, JoAnne, and father, Fred, both played college basketball at Middle Tennessee State University.
“[White] has a high basketball IQ as she is a coach’s kid,” Agugua-Hamilton said. “Her selfless spirit and work ethic on and off the court will make her transition to U.Va. seamless. She is already family and will continue to enhance our culture when she gets here.”
Upon her arrival to Virginia next summer, White will be teamed up with fellow former four-star recruits, sophomore guards Olivia McGhee and Kymora Johnson, giving Agugua-Hamilton plenty of talent in her backcourt next season.
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