WPCNR PRESS BOX. April 26, 2006: At a special ceremony in the White Plains High School Guidance and Career Center yesterday, Danica Covington of the  2006 WPHS New York State Runnerup Girls Basketball Team, joined her teammate, Elise Bronzo, in the Scholarship Circle as Ms. Covington inked a Letter of Intent to attend Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut,  on a four year "full-ride" Scholarship. Ms. Covington is the fifth WPHS athlete to earn a 4-year athletic scholarship this school year, the most athletic scholarships ever achieved in WPHS annals, and perhaps the most scholarships in the state, though we're checking on that claim.

Covington is a 6-1 forward who led the Tigers in scoring with 12.6 points per game. She was also names League I-A Player of the Year. She'll be playing for a developing Blue Devils team and expected to lend scoring and rebounding punch to a club poised to move into the elite of the North East Conference.

Covington joins fellow WPHS  seniors Elise Bronzo, Whitney Ford, Kelsey Kulk, and Conor Gilmartin-Donahue as members of the Class 0f 2006 earning four year rides to the college of their choice, and the fourth young woman to win an athletic scholarship this year through the efforts of the WPHS Guidance and coaching staff efforts.