Syracuse has officially jumped into the chase for one of the top young point guards in the country.
Michai White, a 2028 five-star prospect from Hackensack, N.J., said on his Instagram page Thursday that the Orange have extended him a scholarship offer. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound guard had been on Syracuse’s radar for a while, and the move came after the staff had been in contact with him since the 2028 contact period opened on June 15.
The timing fits with what was happening at Prolific Prep in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. On Thursday morning, Syracuse assistant Ben Lee was at White’s new school to watch several elite prospects during an open gym, including White, Syracuse 2027 priority target Nasir Anderson and 2028 five-star center Bamba Touray. The session came as the fall recruiting period began on September 9.
White now sits as a consensus top-30 national prospect in the 2028 class. According to the industry-generated 247Sports Composite, he is ranked No. 18 overall, No. 2 among point guards and No. 5 in Florida.
The Orange’s interest in White goes back more than a year. In late August 2025, he took an unofficial visit to Syracuse to compete in the program’s Elite Camp while Adrian Autry was still coaching the team.
Since Gerry McNamara took over in March, Syracuse has stayed engaged. Last month, Inside the Loud House reported that Syracuse coaches had already offered scholarships to more than a dozen prospects in the high school junior class.
Now the next step may be a visit. Syracuse and White are discussing an upcoming trip to campus, either official or unofficial, though nothing has been scheduled yet.
White was also on the road last weekend, taking an official visit to Providence. The Friars, under first-year head coach and Western New York native Bryan Hodgson, are pushing hard for several prospects in the 2027 and 2028 classes who are also on McNamara’s board.
White spent the 2025-26 season at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H., and this fall he’ll suit up at Prolific Prep, a program that high school hoops insiders view as a real national-title contender for the 2026-27 season.
On the grassroots circuit, White played up a division with the 17U Albany-based City Rocks in Nike’s EYBL league. He averaged 18.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.3 steals per game while shooting 44.1 percent from the field, 28.6 percent from 3-point range and 72.4 percent at the free-throw line.
White’s offer list already runs deep. It includes Providence, Auburn, Michigan, Florida State, Villanova, Virginia, Maryland, Indiana, Oklahoma State, Penn State, VCU, Stanford, Northwestern, UNLV and Louisville, among others.
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