Prince to Play in WBCA High School All-America Game
Feb 15 | Women's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, NJ - Rutgers signee Epiphanny Prince (New York, NY) will be one of 20 participants at the 2006 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) High School All-America Game Saturday, April 1.
The game will be contested at 4:30 p.m. at Northeastern’s Matthews Arena.
Prince, a 5-9 guard, averaged nearly 23 points and 12 assists per game as a junior at Murry Bergtraum High School. Named a 2005 All-American by Street & Smith’s (first team), Parade (second team) and EA Sports, she has helped lead her team, ranked third in the Student Sports Preseason Top 50 Poll, to three straight Public School Athletic League (PSAL) titles and two New York State Federation championships. Prince has been among the highest-rated players in the nation, picked third by Blue Star, fourth by Gameball Magazine, 13th by Full Court Press, and eighth overall and the second-best point guard by the All Star Girls Report. The 2004 Daily News Player of the Year, she is a two-time first-team all-state selection (2004-2005) and earned All-America honors from Street & Smith’s (fourth team, 2004; honorable mention, 2003), USA Today (2004-2005) and Student Sports (2004 Sophomore of the Year). Prince competed at the 2003 Nike All-America Camp.
She played club ball with the New York Exodus and current RU freshman Kia Vaughn (Bronx, NY). On Feb. 1, Prince established a new national record when she scored 113 points in a single game, making 54 of 60 (.900) field goals.
Prince will be the fifth recent Rutgers recruit to play in the WBCA All-America Game. Cappie Pondexter (Chicago, IL), the 2001 WBCA Player of the Year, competed at that year’s game, Matee Ajavon (Newark, NJ) and Essence Carson (Paterson, NJ) competed in 2004, and Vaughn played at the
2005 event.
