INDIANAPOLIS – The regular season is officially over and postseason is coming quick as Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week honors were announced for the 16th week in 2018-19. 
 
Findlay retained its status as the top seed and back-to-back regular-season champion going into this year’s Great Midwest Championship bracket. The Oilers are still ranked eighth nationally in the NABC Poll and have been slotted at third for two straight weeks in the Midwest Region rankings. 
 
Seven other teams are in the mix as qualifiers in the conference tournament, which gets underway on Tuesday with quarterfinal action on campus sites.
 
Walsh, Hillsdale and Cedarville, are also first-round site hosts in the conference tournament. 
 
The final four will gather at the higher remaining seed to decide who cuts down the nets and earns an NCAA Championship bid into March Madness. 
 
Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week
Alex White
Findlay
Forward
Senior
West Chester, OH (Lakota East HS)
 
White joins Walsh’s JT Shumate as three-time conference athletes of the week for the current season as Findlay roars into the playoffs as winners of 11 straight. 
 
The senior big man was a matchup nightmare and unstoppable once again as he dominated the post against Trevecca Nazarene and Kentucky Wesleyan to close the regular season in style. 
 
White averaged 26.5 points and seven rebounds while shooting just under 69 percent from the field. He also helped with four assists, four steals and three blocks while playing a total of 58 minutes. 
 
White carved out 22 points, six boards and blocked three shots in Croy Gymnasium vs. KWC  while playing 33 minutes. He was an efficient 9-for-16 on his attempts from the floor and was credited with a pair of steals. 
 
In eight fewer minutes, his production was that much more notable in the regular-season finale versus TNU. White had a game-high 31 and misfired on only three of his 16 shots overall.
 
He showed range from deep, knocking down four three-pointers, pulled down eight more rebounds and handed out three assists.
 
White has led the Oilers in scoring in seven of the past nine games.