Zerilla named First Team Academic All-OAC

Balser and Hood named to Honorable Mention squad

[ACADEMIC TEAM]

March 9, 2005

Courtney Balser

TWINSBURG, Ohio — The Wilmington College Lady Quaker basketball team put three players on the Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference squad, led by senior forward Siobhan Zerilla (Cincinnati/Mercy), who was named first team.

The academic award winners are selected by the OAC faculty athletics representatives. To be eligible for Academic All-OAC, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.25 cumulative gpa, be a starter or key reserve and be in at least her second year of participation in the sport.

Zerilla, who has a 3.76 grade point average in sports management and administration, was one of four unanimous choices to the squad. She was also named to the ESPN The Magazine® Academic All-District team and was also named to the All-OAC First Team. She ended her four-year career as the school's all-time leading rebounder, with 1,330 career boards, while scoring 1,188 career points. Her 53.6 % field goal percentage is the highest career average in school history.

Sam Hood

Courtney Balser (Pleasant Plain/Little Miami) and Sam Hood (Lockbourne/Teays Valley) were each named to the Honorable Mention squad.

Balser averaged a team-high 12.2 points per game while pulling down 4.8 rebounds per game and blocking 13 shots. The junior has a 3.51 gpa in early childhood education.

Hood, a sophomore accounting and business major, has a 3.71 cumulative gpa. She averaged 6.0 points per game, while dishing out 120 assists, an average of 4.3 per game. Her 120 assists is the eighth highest single season total in school history, while her career total of 269 is the fifth highest in school history.

The Lady Quakers ended their 2004-05 season with a 23-5 record, was the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season Co-Champions and runners-up in the OAC Tournament.