Westlake's Kalpana Beach, a junior, has verbally accepted a full athletic scholarship from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, to play basketball and participate in track.

Kalpana, who averaged 15 points, eight rebounds and 2.5 steals per game as a sophomore, was named to the Southwestern Conference First Team.

In track, Kalpana was the SWC champion in the high jump the last two seasons. She even placed seventh in the state as a freshman and fourth as a sophomore. She holds the Westlake school record of 5-feet-10 inches in the high jump.

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