Women's Basketball Release (2004-05) - All-ODAC - Guilford College
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ODAC Announces All-Conference Women's Basketball Honors
RMC's Megan Silva Repeats as Player of the Year
SALEM, VA (2/23/05) -- The Old Dominion Athletic Conference announced its
2005 postseason women's basketball awards Wednesday evening at a pre-tournament
banquet held at the Salem Civic Center.
League-leading Randolph-Macon College garnered
three of the top four post-season awards including Megan Silva as Player of the
Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Carroll LaHaye as Coach of the Year.
Third-seeded Roanoke College received one of the top awards with Erin Hanson
winning the Freshman of the Year honor.
RMC junior guard Megan Silva put on a repeat
performance in 2005 after being named the conference's top player in 2004 as
well. Silva finished the season leading the league in scoring with a 19.9 points
per game average and finding herself ranked tenth or better in six ODAC
statistical categories, including a league-leading 5.5 assists per contest. The
Glen Allen, Va., native also accepted the league's Scholar-Athlete of the Year
award in women's hoops. She was a key component in the Yellow Jacket's perfect
20-0 run through the ODAC regular season. In the classroom, Silva posts a 3.71
GPA double majoring in Business and Economics. On campus she serves as the
co-manager of the student campus newspaper.
Yellow Jacket head coach Carroll LaHaye was
tabbed by her peers as the league's top mentor. A veteran of 22 years at the
Ashland, Va., college, LaHaye did what no other coach has done in the ODAC -
leading her team to a 20-0 record. Roanoke College has posted three previous
perfect seasons at 18-0, but no one had won 20 conference games in a season.
This marks the fourth Coach of the Year award LaHaye has received - her most
recent coming in 1999, following a 19-1 ODAC regular season.
Roanoke's Erin Hanson was named the conference's
Freshman of the Year. Hanson helped lead the Maroons to a third seed in the
tournament after starting the season 0-4 prior to holiday break. The Blacksburg,
Va., native is the only Roanoke player averaging in double figures with 13.2 ppg.
She averages 22 minutes and has posted 6.4 rebounds per contest.
2004-05 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Women's Basketball All-Conference
Awards
First Team
Megan Silva (Randolph-Macon)
Amanda Renalds (Eastern Mennonite)
Courtney Hill (Guilford)
Brandi Cochran (Hollins)
Stephanie Mathews (Eastern Mennonite)
Second Team
Kate Childress (Emory and Henry)
Salem Shaffer (Randolph-Macon)
Michelle Orton (Randolph-Macon)
Jessica Hunsinger (Washington and Lee)
Jennifer King (Guilford)
Honorable Mention
Erin Hanson (Roanoke)
Louisa Feve (Washington and Lee)
Katy Herr (Bridgewater)
Shannon Scales (Bridgewater)
Michelle Dove (Virginia Wesleyan)
Sara Rechnitzer (Randolph-Macon Woman's)
Caroline Wesley (Lynchburg)
Brooke Barker (Emory and Henry)
Player of the Year: Megan Silva, Guard, Randolph-Macon
Coach of the Year: Carroll LaHaye, Randolph-Macon
Freshman of the Year: Erin Hanson, Forward, Roanoke
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Megan Silva, Randolph-Macon