Stephanie White joined the Department of Athletics & Recreational Services as Director of Athletics in May of 2022.
White joins the Lancers from Western University, where she spent two years as the Director of Sport. With the Mustangs, White played a key role providing leadership and management for Western’s 46 sports programs, while directing and overseeing the development, implementation and monitoring of activities aimed at enhancing the student-athletes academic and athletic experience.
Prior to her time at Western, White was the Director, High Performance Sports, Recreation & Physical Literacy at Vancouver Island University. She was responsible for enhancing the impact of high-performance sports while driving student recruitment, wellness, engagement, community well-being, and institutional effectiveness. White also acted as spokesperson for the department and oversaw the VIU Athletics & Recreation brand by developing customer service expectations, enhancing the student experience, and managing alumni relations, sponsorships, philanthropic initiatives and cultivating long-term relationships with community partners.
“Stephanie is a champion for positive student-athlete experiences, performance excellence and for promoting a culture of belonging,” said Dr. Linda Rohr, Dean of the Faculty of Human Kinetics. “With considerable leadership experience within U SPORTS and other high performance programs, including Hockey Canada, Stephanie recognizes the commitment needed for sport excellence and is well prepared to lead our Lancer programs.”
Outside of university sport, White has an extensive background coaching women’s hockey for over 20 years, that includes experience at the international level with Hockey Canada. She has represented the red and white on numerous occasions and has captured both a gold and silver medal at the IIHF World Championships.
She also currently sits on the OUA women in sport committee, the U SPORTS STSC women’s hockey committee, while also serving as the chair on the Hockey Canada female policy committee and a member of the BC Hockey board of directors.
