The state’s three-time returning Gatorade Player of the Year as a former student at Desert Vista High, the 5-foot-10 senior raced to the Division 4 individual state championship this past season with a time of 17:53.2, leading the Trojans to fourth place as a team. Ping also won the Fountain Hills Invitational, finished eighth at the Desert Twilight Festival and took 19th at the Champs Sports West Regional Championships.
Ping has maintained a 3.44 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at Oklahoma State University this fall.
Ping has volunteered locally at Project Gold Running Camp and also participated in a school service project in which students volunteer at local churches.
