ODAC Announces 2007
Women's Hoops All-League Teams
RC’s
Hanson, EMU’s Griffin Highlight Postseason Awards
February 22, 2007
SALEM, Va. --- Roanoke College junior forward Erin Hanson and
Eastern Mennonite University head coach Kevin Griffin headlined the 2007
Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) women’s basketball postseason
honors, winning the league’s player and coach of the year awards.
Randolph-Macon center Molly Ariail was recognized as the conference’s
top rookie while Lynchburg senior post Caroline Wesley won the ODAC/Farm
Bureau Scholar-Athlete Award. Randolph College, founded as
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, was tabbed with the conference team
sportsmanship award.
Hanson led the league in scoring at 19.1 points per game while finishing
third in the ODAC at 9.3 rebounds per contest. She scored 30 points on
four different occasions, racking up a season-high 34 points to go with
11 rebounds against Emory & Henry in mid-January, good for one of her
league-high tying 13 double-doubles. She also surpassed the 1,000-point
mark in a victory over Hollins on January 26th. She earned
three ODAC player of the week honors, was named to the first team last
year, and was recognized as the conference’s top rookie in 2005.
Griffin led his Royals to a 17-7 overall record, 15-5 in the ODAC, and
has his team poised for a run at the league championship as the three
seed in the upcoming postseason tournament. EMU won five more
conference games than it did a season ago, and enjoyed winning streaks
of five and seven games. The Royals are third in the conference in
field goal percentage and three-point shooting, and they own the
league’s fourth toughest defense in allowing only 57.3 points per game.
Ariail led the Yellow Jackets in scoring at 14.5 points per game, the
third-best mark in the ODAC. She is also fourth in the conference in
rebounding at 8.6 boards a contest. She scored in double figures in 20
of 25 games played including the final six outings of the season. She
was a force in the paint, collecting 10 doubles and averaging 22.2
points over her final six games of the season. She earned one ODAC
Player of the Week award, scoring a career-high 30 points during that
span.
Wesley boasts a 3.93 grade point average while majoring in Athletic
Training. She was named to the 2005-06 CoSIDA Academic All-District
Team. She is in the Westover Honors Program, is a member of Phi Kappa
Phi, and volunteers at the Head Start Center. She is third on
Lynchburg’s all-time scoring chart with 1,215 points and is the Hornets
all-time leader in blocked shots with 158. This season, she ranks in
the conference top ten in eight different statistical categories.
For a look at the complete 2007 ODAC Women's Basketball All-Conference
Teams, view the entry below or visit the ODAC on the web at
www.odaconline.com.
2006-07 ODAC Women’s
Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team
Erin Hanson, Roanoke
Katy Herr Lovell, Bridgewater
Carolyn Riley, Eastern Mennonite
Lindsay Riesbeck, Randolph-Macon
Nicole Thurston, Virginia Wesleyan
Caroline Wesley, Lynchburg
Second Team
Molly Ariail, Randolph-Macon
Tracey Croner, Guilford
Jessica Hunsinger, Washington & Lee
Kristen Krouchick, Washington & Lee
Sara Rechnitzer, R-M Woman’s College
Shannon Scales, Bridgewater
Honorable Mention
Amy Childs, Bridgewater
Michelle Dove, Virginia Wesleyan
Amanda Hiltunen, Randolph-Macon
Jolene Kratz, Eastern Mennonite
Kristen Morgan, Randolph-Macon
Andrea Ushinski, Virginia Wesleyan
Player of the Year
Erin Hanson, Roanoke
Rookie of the Year
Molly Ariail, Randolph-Macon
Coach of the Year
Kevin Griffin, Eastern Mennonite
ODAC/Farm Bureau
Scholar-Athlete
Caroline Wesley, Lynchburg
Team Sportsmanship
Award
R-M Woman’s College
