2008 Woodie Awards
Five seniors say goodbye to Fieldhouse
Kathleen Radebaugh ’08
Issue date: 2/21/07 Section: Sports
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It is really not goodbye.
Goodbye is just too strong of a word for five seniors leaving the basketball court on Hawk Hill.
Yet, leaving is too strong of a word as well.
Five seniors, Ayahna Cornish, Whitney Ffrench, Zoya Pavlovskaya, Erica Pollock, and Anna Jobe will graduate from Saint Joseph's University and the women's basketball program.
The unique experience of being a part of the women's basketball program on Hawk Hill will never leave these five seniors, nor will they ever say goodbye to the memories and treasures they created together.
"It is definitely nights like this that I am glad that I stayed close to home," said Cornish after the team's home win against St. Bonaventure, 76-67. "My parents can come and watch me play, but this is the last time on Hawk Hill. It means a lot. We have grown so much since freshman year."
Due to her consecutive career highs in scoring, Cornish recently received Atlantic 10 and Big 5 Weekly Honors. At home against St. Bonaventure, Cornish tallied a career-high 29 points, highlighted by 11 straight points in the second half.
Away at Dayton, Cornish became the first Hawk in nearly five years to score more than 30 points. Cornish scored 35 points, the highest since former Hawk basketball player and now current assistant coach Susan Moran scored 38 points against the same team in 2002.
Already the program's 16th highest scorer all time with 1,135 points, Cornish established a Saint Joseph's single game record for free throws and attempts, making 21 of 71 from the charity stripe.
Current roomming with Cornish, senior co-captain Whitney Ffrench is more aggressive and more vocal during these last couple of games as the A-10 tourney quickly approaches.
A tremendously skilled point guard, Ffrench always led by example by ranking fifth in the A-10 in free throws and averaging a career best 7.7 points and 2.2 assists per game.
"Ffrench knows the game very well and helps the girls on the team refocus," said Griffin. "She sets up the girls well and is very consistent on the free throw line."
Goodbye is just too strong of a word for five seniors leaving the basketball court on Hawk Hill.
Yet, leaving is too strong of a word as well.
Five seniors, Ayahna Cornish, Whitney Ffrench, Zoya Pavlovskaya, Erica Pollock, and Anna Jobe will graduate from Saint Joseph's University and the women's basketball program.
The unique experience of being a part of the women's basketball program on Hawk Hill will never leave these five seniors, nor will they ever say goodbye to the memories and treasures they created together.
"It is definitely nights like this that I am glad that I stayed close to home," said Cornish after the team's home win against St. Bonaventure, 76-67. "My parents can come and watch me play, but this is the last time on Hawk Hill. It means a lot. We have grown so much since freshman year."
Due to her consecutive career highs in scoring, Cornish recently received Atlantic 10 and Big 5 Weekly Honors. At home against St. Bonaventure, Cornish tallied a career-high 29 points, highlighted by 11 straight points in the second half.
Away at Dayton, Cornish became the first Hawk in nearly five years to score more than 30 points. Cornish scored 35 points, the highest since former Hawk basketball player and now current assistant coach Susan Moran scored 38 points against the same team in 2002.
Already the program's 16th highest scorer all time with 1,135 points, Cornish established a Saint Joseph's single game record for free throws and attempts, making 21 of 71 from the charity stripe.
Current roomming with Cornish, senior co-captain Whitney Ffrench is more aggressive and more vocal during these last couple of games as the A-10 tourney quickly approaches.
A tremendously skilled point guard, Ffrench always led by example by ranking fifth in the A-10 in free throws and averaging a career best 7.7 points and 2.2 assists per game.
"Ffrench knows the game very well and helps the girls on the team refocus," said Griffin. "She sets up the girls well and is very consistent on the free throw line."
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