ODAC Basketball Players Honored by VaSID
Call, Silva Named Players of the Year
Emory & Henry College All-American Justin Call has been selected as Player of the Year, and Virginia Union
University head coach Dave Robbins is the Coach of the Year, in voting by the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association (VaSID) for the
2004 College Division All-State Men's Basketball Team.
Call, a 6-3 senior guard from Ronda, N.C., averaged 24.8 points and 4.9 rebounds while shooting 49% from the field,
including 44% on three-point field goals (73), and 87% at the free throw line. He led E&H to a 17-10 record while being named NABC Division
III 1st-Team All-America. Call was also awarded the Jostens Trophy Division III Player of the Year, was named the ODAC Player of the Year and
Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, as well as earning Academic All-America College Division 1st-Team honors.
Robbins led Virginia Union to a 25-4 record and into the Division II National Tournament after the Panthers won the
CIAA Tournament championship. He has complied a career record of 609-168 through 26 years at Union, a winning percentage of .784 percent.
Joining Call on the VaSID 1st-Team were Division III Bridgewater junior Ricky Easterling, Division III Hampden-Sydney
senior Jeff Monroe, Division III Shenandoah junior Chris Rhone, and Division III Randolph-Macon sophomore Justin Wansley. Easterling averaged
19.3 points and 3.6 rebounds for the Eagles (13-13). Monroe scored 17.6 points along with 4.2 rebounds for the Tigers (25-5). Rhone
averaged 19.9 points and 5.1 rebounds for the Hornets (16-10). Wansley posted 15.3 points and 7.8 rebounds for the Yellow Jackets (23-5).
Call was a first-team pick last year, while Easterling and Monroe were each second-team selections in 2003.
The VaSID 2nd-Team includes Division III Virginia Wesleyan senior David Doino, Division III Christopher Newport junior
Otho Hampton, Division II Virginia Union sophomore Darius Hargrove, Division II Virginia Union junior Luqman Jaaber, and USCAA Apprentice School
senior Maze Toomer.
2004 VaSID College Division All-State Men's Basketball 1st-Team
Justin Call, Emory & Henry
Ricky Easterling, Bridgewater
Jeff Monroe, Hampden-Sydney
Chris Rhone, Shenandoah
Justin Wansley, Randolph-Macon
2004 VaSID College Division All-State Men's Basketball 2nd-Team
David Doino, Virginia Wesleyan
Otho Hampton, Christopher Newport
Darius Hargrove, Virginia Union
Luqman Jaaber, Virginia Union
Maze Toomer, Apprentice School.
2004 VaSID College Division All-State Men's Basketball Honorable Mention
Ralph Brown, Virginia Union
Evan Fowler, Mary Washington
Michael Jefferson, Longwood
Carlton Phelps, Marymount
Brandon Randall, Hampden-Sydney.
Player of the Year:
Justin Call, Emory & Henry College
Coach of the Year:
Dave Robbins, Virginia Union University
Randolph-Macon College sophomore Megan Silva has been selected as Player of the Year, and Eastern Mennonite
University head coach Richard McElwee is the Coach of the Year, in voting by the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association for the 2004
College Division All-State Women's Basketball Team.
Silva, a 5-6 guard from Glen Allen, averaged 19.4 points, 5.8 assists, and 4.7 rebounds while shooting 43% from the
field and 67% at the free throw line. She led the Yellow Jackets to a 20-8 record and the squad's second-straight trip to the ODAC Tournament
finals. For her efforts, Silva earned ODAC Player of the Year and All-ODAC 1st-Team honors. She was also named to the D3hoops.com
All-South Region and the ODAC Championships All-Tournament teams. Silva has already surpassed 1,000 career points in just two seasons at
Randolph-Macon.
McElwee led Eastern Mennonite to a 25-4 mark and into the sectional semifinals of the NCAA Division III National
Tournament. The Royals were this year's ODAC regular season champions and the league's tournament champions, marking the first time a head coach
has won the tournament in his first season at the helm.
Joining Silva on the VaSID 1st-Team were Division III Christopher Newport senior Amber Hallman, NAIA Virginia-Wise
freshman Sarah Helton, Division III Eastern Mennonite sophomore Laura Ludholtz, and Division II Longwood junior Marita Meldere. Hallman averaged
a double-double of 16.0 points along with 10.0 rebounds for the Captains (21-9). Helton, the AAC freshman of the year, averaged 18.0 points and
8.7 rebounds for the Highland Cavaliers (15-15). Ludholtz scored 16.0 points and grabbed 8.2 rebounds a game for the Royals. Meldere, the
2003 VaSID player of the year, averaged a double-double of 16.6 points and 12.3 rebounds for the Lancers (17-9). Silva and Meldere are repeat
1st-Team VaSID selections from a year ago.
The VaSID 2nd-Team includes USCAA Apprentice School senior Anita Allen, Eastern Mennonite sophomore Carrie Grandstaff, Division II Virginia Union senior Danielle Hoggard, Christopher Newport senior Tomorrow Lofton, and Division III Lynchburg senior Abby Pyzik. Hoggard is a repeat 2nd-Team selection, while Allen earned 1st-Team honors last season.
Megan Silva, Randolph-Macon
Amber Hallman, Christopher Newport
Sarah Helton, Virginia-Wise
Laura Ludholtz, Eastern Mennonite
Marita Meldere, Longwood University
2004 VaSID College Division All-State Women's Basketball 2nd-Team
Anita Allen, Apprentice School
Carrie Grandstaff, Eastern Mennonite
Danielle Hoggard, Virginia Union
T
omorrow Lofton, Christopher Newport
Abby Pyzik, Lynchburg.
2004 VaSID College Division All-State Women's Basketball Honorable Mention
Annetta Benjamin, Marymount
Brandi Cochran, Hollins
Emily Crider, Randolph-Macon
Maneisha Hardy, Mary Baldwin
Pria Stellmacher, Virginia Union.
Player of the Year
: Megan Silva, Randolph-Macon College
Coach of the Year
: Richard McElwee, Eastern Mennonite University