Asu Awards A.D. White

The Arizona Board of Regents has approved a three-year contract for Kevin White, Arizona State University’s new athletic director.

The package calls for White to receive an annual base salary of $150,000 - $50,000 more than what his predecessor, Charles Harris, earned his final year. White, 45, was hired March 27 from Tulane, where he had been athletic director for the past five years.

U.S. national team assistant Nell Fortner was named women’s basketball coach at Purdue.