Lahaina Zoller ’11 White possessed a lethal combination of speed and stamina, and during her four years of high school played soccer, sprinted in track and field, and ran cross country. She earned 11 varsity letters and contributed to nine state championship teams, winning titles in all three sports during each of her sophomore, junior, and senior years.
White started playing soccer in the American Youth Soccer Organization as a four-year-old. In middle school, she made the Punahou intermediate roster and joined the Lē‘ahi Soccer Club. She earned a spot at right wing on the Punahou varsity as a 9th grader, and her quickness and scoring instincts allowed her to thrive in first-year head coach Matt Martinson ’79’s aggressive offensive game strategy.
In White’s freshman campaign in 2008, Punahou reached the final of the state tournament where they were beaten by two-time defending champion Kamehameha. A year later Punahou avenged that loss by defeating the Warriors in the 2009 final, the School’s first of three consecutive state titles. In 2010, she led the ILH in scoring with 13 goals en route to a first-team All-State nod.
White’s speed would also bring her success in track and field. During her varsity career as a sprinter, she won a 400-meter state championship, a pair of state golds in the 4×400-meter relay and another in the 4×100-meter. The Punahou girls won three consecutive state team titles during White’s tenure.
During the fall, White ran cross country to help build her endurance, enhancing her soccer play and track stamina. Punahou won state championships all three years she received varsity letters in the sport.
White attended Northeastern University on a soccer scholarship, scoring a goal in her very first game as a freshman and helping the team win conference championships her junior and senior seasons. Today, she lives in Hawai‘i with her family and is in her third year of an OB/GYN surgical residency.