Syracuse basketball target Michai White is taking his game to one of the biggest stages in high school hoops.
The 2028 five-star point guard from New Jersey, who visited the Orange last summer, is transferring to Prolific Prep in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for the 2026-27 season, according to a post from national analyst Sam Kayser. White most recently played at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H.
White has already built a strong profile on the AAU circuit this summer. Competing for the Albany-based City Rocks on Nike’s EYBL circuit, he has been one of the top scorers in the 17U division.
The move puts White on a Prolific Prep roster that was already loaded with elite talent. In 2025-26, the program went 38-4 and earned a spot in Chipotle Nationals. ESPN and MaxPreps both had Prolific Prep inside their final top 10 national rankings.
Prolific Prep announced the addition of White on July 7, 2026, and the school already has two other standouts who have landed scholarship offers from Syracuse’s new staff under first-year head coach Gerry McNamara: five-star point guard Nasir Anderson and five-star center Lewis Uvwo.
White’s connection to Syracuse goes back to last August, when he took an unofficial visit to the Hill to compete in the program’s annual Elite Camp. Once the 2028 contact period opened on June 15, the Orange staff got back in touch with him.
Per the 247Sports Composite, White is the No. 19 national prospect and the No. 2 point guard in his class. His offer sheet is already deep, with schools such as Auburn, Indiana, Louisville, Maryland, Oklahoma State, Penn State, Stanford, Virginia, Northwestern, UNLV, Villanova, VCU, Providence and Florida State among those listed by recruiting services.
He’s also hearing from Houston, Boston College, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Kansas State and Ohio State, among others.
On the floor, White has been putting up big numbers for City Rocks while playing up a division. He’s averaging 21.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game, while shooting 46.0 percent from the field, 31.1 percent from three and 75.5 percent at the line. He ranks No. 5 in the Nike league’s 17U scoring race.
With the next EYBL session set for July 8 through July 12 and the live period running from July 9 through July 12, college coaches - including Syracuse’s staff - are expected to be watching closely ahead of Peach Jam later this month.
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