Epiphanny Prince, a female basketball star for Rutgers college, has officially ended her college playing career by signing with an agent in pursuit of a professional basketball career overseas.

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Prince, a junior, is skipping her final season at the New Jersey university. Instead of finishing out her senior year, she’ll spend the 2009-2010 season playing professionally, and earning money, in a European country to be determined.

By signing up with the Wasserman Media Group to help manage her career, Prince automatically forgoes her amateur status and can no longer compete in the NCAA.

“There’s no turning back now,” Prince said. “If I have any second thoughts, it’s too late.”

Prince’s agent is Lindsay Kagawa, a former volleyball player at Stanford and reknowned sports agent for American female basketball players including WNBA superstars Diana Taurasi, Seimone Augustus, and Sylvia Fowles.

Like the NBA, the WNBA has age requiremnts before players are allowed to enter their names in the NBA draft.  But unlike the NBA, many of the WNBA stars play in Europe during their offseason anyways.  Just this past season, Spartak Moscow won the Women’s Euroleague with Lauren Jackson, Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles, and Diana Taurasi on their roster.

Once she signs with a club, Prince, who actually made her decision in June, will be the first woman to forgo her college playing career to play overseas.

“I’m not really concerned with being the first person to do this,” Prince said in an interview. “This is the right decision for me and my family.”

Epiphanny  joins a list of high profile men that set their sites on Europe instead of taking the path that professional hoopsters traditionally take.  That list includes Josh Childress, Brandon Jennings, and Jeremy Tyler.

Prince averaged 19.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 2.5 steals for Rutgers last season.

Prince scored 113 points in high school game
The 5-9 guard is used to setting records and making waves.  Back in high school, Prince scored a national record 113 points in a high school game while at Murry Bergtraum High School in Manhattan.   Her point total in 2006 game broke Hall-of-Famer Cheryl Miller’s record of 105 points.

Prince hit 54 of 60 shots, which included four three-pointers, and had only one free throw.  Unfortuntely, her record was overshadowed by calls of bad sportsmanship as Bergtraum High destroyed Brandeis High School, 137-32.

Three years later, Prince is considering playing with professional leagues in Turkey, Russia, Poland, and Israel – the countries with the top women’s basketball leagues.  She plans on playing one season in Europe and returning for the 2010 WNBA Draft.