Salem, VA (2/21/02) -- Guilford freshman Courtney Hill (Kannapolis, NC/North Rowan) earned the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's (ODAC) Women's Basketball Rookie of the Year Award Wednesday night at the league's annual awards banquet at the Salem Civic Center.

Quakers' senior guard Erin Beacham (Atlanta, GA/Lovett School) received first-team all-league honors while Hill and senior Amy Evans (New Bern, NC/New Bern) were honorable mention All-ODAC selections. Washington and Lee senior Jessica Mentz received the league's Player of the Year Award.

Hill, a 5-7 forward, is Guilford's second ODAC Rookie of the Year, joining All-American Laura Haynes '95, who won the 1995 prize. Hill ranks second on the Quakers in scoring (10.7 ppg.) and leads Guilford in rebounding (5.8 rpg.) and field-goal percentage (.573). She picked up the league's Player of the Week Award for the week ending Jan. 20 after averaging 25.3 points and 8.7 rebounds in three Quakers' victories. Hill led the Quakers in scoring five times, including a career-high 30-point, 12-rebound effort in Guilford's Jan. 19 win over Virginia Wesleyan. She paced Guilford in rebounding 10 times and totalled 11 games with 10 or more points.

A second-team All-ODAC pick in 2001, Beacham is Guilford's first first-team All-ODAC honoree since Arden Miller '01 in 2000. Beacham leads Guilford in scoring (12.8 ppg.), assists (4.0 apg.) and three-point field goals (19). The ODAC Player of the Week for the week ending Feb. 10, she ranks third among the league's assists leaders, fifth in free-throw percentage (.750), 12th in scoring and second in assist/turnover ratio (1.41). The 5-6 captain stands second on the team in rebounding (5.6 rpg) and third in steals (1.54). Beacham led Guilford's offense 11 times this year (six times in the last eight games) and hit for a career-best 26 points in the season-opening win over Oglethorpe. She passed the 1,000 career-point plateau Jan. 12 at Eastern Mennonite and enters the ODAC Tournament ranked seventh among the Quakers' career scoring leaders with 1,157 points.

Evans repeats as an honorable mention All-ODAC performer after averaging 6.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 21 games. Her 2.85 assist/turnover ratio tops the ODAC and she stands fifth in assists. One of the Quakers' top defenders, Evans stands second on the team with 1.57 steals per game. She netted a season-high 14 points in Guilford's Jan. 23 win at Washington and Lee, one of four games with 10 or more points. The 2001 ODAC Women's Soccer Player of the Year, Evans ranks second among Guilford's career leaders in steals (235) and fourth in assists (327).

Guilford (21-3, 18-2 ODAC) begins defense of its 2001 ODAC Tournament title Thursday (02/21) as the top seed in the eight-team field. Coach Barb Bausch's Quakers open play at 12:30 p.m. against eighth-seeded Hollins (10-15, 6-14 ODAC) in the Salem (VA) Civic Center. Guilford is ranked fourth in this week's NCAA Division III South Region poll.