Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Lee Looks To Soar With The NCCU Eagles

Photo: North Carolina Central University incoming 5-10 recruit Whitney Lee, led the Class 4A Blue Streaks to a 19-8 regular season record, a district runner-up finish and a win in the state quarterfinals.

SEBRING, FL — When Whitney Lee was little, she often wore a shirt that said, "Forget the doll, give me the ball."

Years later, that mantra has paid off in the form of a Division-I college basketball scholarship, as the Sebring girls hoops standout and All-Heartland girls basketball player of the year inked a letter of intent on Tuesday to play basketball for North Carolina-Central University in Durham, N.C.

The hard-nosed, high-scoring guard and daughter of SHS head coach Mike Lee, was, perhaps not surprisingly, drawn to the school by the work ethic she saw displayed by her future teammates during a visit.

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