CLINTON, S.C. - Presbyterian College women's basketball has added its fourth student-athlete in the spring period for the recruiting class of 2010.  Chelsea Apke, a guard from Pittsburgh, Pa., is a championship caliber player who will strengthen PC's guard corps as the Blue Hose enter their final transitional season.

Apke, a product of Pittsburgh's Mt. Lebanon H.S., committed to join the Blue Hose on Monday and will enroll with the rest of her class in the fall.  She is joined by previous signees; Karlee Taylor (Asheville, N.C.), Akysia Resper (Harrisburg, N.C.), Sherice Smith (Clemson, S.C.) and Megan Schaaf (Elicott City, Md.).

The guard averaged 10 points per game last season at Mt. Lebanon en route to the school's second consecutive Pennsylvania Class 3-A state title.  The Blue Devils also finished the season ranked seventh in the final 2010 USA Today High School Girl's Basketball Poll.  Apke earned her league's Defensive Player of the Year award to go with  her all-section 4-AAA selection. 

"Chelsea played on one of the top teams in the country for Coach Dori Oldaker at Mt. Lebanon High School in Pennsylvania," said head coach Ronny Fisher.  "Chelsea is a competitor who understands the game and does all of the little things that it takes to win.  I love her toughness and we are excited that she will be joining our program at Presbyterian College."