Ferris High School Chooses Lilac Princess

Emily Ireland, a senior at Ferris High, was dubbed the school’s Lilac Festival princess Monday night.

Classmates chose the 17-year-old to represent Ferris in the 1995 Lilac Festival. Emily is the daughter of Patrick and Teresa Ireland of Spokane.

She is captain of the varsity basketball team and a member of Distributive Education Clubs of America and the varsity cheerleading squad. She also plays for basketball for a community league, the Spokane Stars.

Emily plans to attend a four-year university on a basketball scholarship. She hopes to study accounting and business.

One of the Lilac princesses representing 12 Spokane-area schools will be chosen as queen April 22 at 7 p.m. at Ferris.