JACKSON TWP — Brandon White is one of those “do it all” type of kids.

Seneca Valley’s senior midfielder is versatile enough on the soccer field, where he is second on the team in assists, takes all of the set kicks and serves as an emotional leader on the squad.

“Brandon is a laid-back kid, but shows creativity in everything he does,” SV boys soccer coach George Williams said. “He can beat players with his dribble because he can do so many different things with the ball.”

White takes all of the Raiders’ corner kicks and penalty kicks “because of his accuracy,” Williams said.

“He knows how to place the ball where he wants,” the coach added.

White had ordinary looking statistics of one goal and six assists for Seneca Valley through 17 games, but played a key role in the Raiders (14-5-1) finishing second to Pine-Richland in Section 2-AAA.

He assisted on the winning goal in overtime against North Hills and set up the game-tying goal in a 1-1 draw with North Allegheny. White played more varsity minutes than any other Raider player this season.

“He’s just one of those kids you can depend on,” Williams said.

White has been a behind-the-scenes type of player. He’s been playing soccer since age 11, but has scored only 13 goals in his high school career, including junior varsity.

Yet he referees cup soccer games on weekends in Cranberry and founded the first Seneca Valley High School bowling team, which begins competition in the WPIBL in December.

White also ranks sixth in his graduating class with a 4.52 grade point average.

Johns Hopkins, Case Western, Yale and Penn are among his college options.

“I want to major in bio-medical engineering, then get a graduate degree in medicine,” White said. “Ultimately, I’d like to become an orthopedic surgeon.”

But first thing’s first.

“Doing well in the playoffs is important to us,” White said of the Raiders, before the team earned a 2-1 victory over Mt. Lebanon on White’s game-winning penalty kick.

Seneca Valley’s soccer season ended with a 2-1 loss to Peters Township in the WPIAL Class AAAA quarterfinals last week.

White never began bowling regularly until last year. His average is 150, but he rolled a career-best 268 during practice recently.

“There had been talk of starting a bowling team at Seneca Valley for a couple of years now, but no one ever took the initiative to see it through,” he said.

“I knew other schools around here had teams. I went in and talked to the athletic director about it, got a bunch of kids together and we got it going. I’m excited about it.”

Butler, Mars, Knoch and Karns City are other Butler County schools with teams competing in the WPIBL.

The Raider bowling team has 15 members this year and will bowl out of Freeway Lanes. White knows the team’s stronger seasons will occur after he has graduated.

“But I think we can do pretty decent this year, too,” he said.

“It was important to me to do this,” White said of organizing the bowling team. “It was something I wanted to step up and do. I guess I wanted to leave a legacy here in some way.”

Williams isn’t surprised.

“Brandon is the type of kid to get the ball rolling — pun intended,” the coach said, smiling.