“We go to her and talk to her about anything,” Fever forward Natasha Howard said about White.

White credits former Purdue coach Carolyn Peck for her ‘open-door’ policy.

White’s experience as a former WNBA player helps her relate to Fever players

INDIANAPOLIS — If Sophie Cunningham never knew Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White, it would take the guard little time to recognize White’s Midwestern roots.

“One, I’d know because of her accent and two, her hospitality,” said Cunningham, a Missouri native. “She definitely has that Midwestern hospitality, and I know I can spot that wherever I go.”

White’s hospitable nature has helped shape a culture in Indiana built on transparency. The West Lebanon, Ind., native has what Fever forward Natasha Howard called an “open-door policy,” in wh

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