Eafton Hill Named ACC Rookie of the Week
12/4/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 4, 2000
Greensboro, NC - Wake Forest women's basketball freshman Eafton Hill was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Week, as announced by the league office on Monday afternoon., In the team's three wins last week, the forward from Boone, NC helped to lift the Deacons to a 4-1 start for the first time in eight seasons by averaging 14.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks while shooting over 44 percent from the field and over 71 percent from the free throw line.
Her top performance of the week came on the road against Richmond where she scored 22 points, shooting .500 from the floor (8 for 16) as well as grabbing five defensive rebounds and three blocked shots.
She followed up her Richmond performance with a strong showing against Coppin State, scoring a team-high 14 points, nearly notching a double-double with nine rebounds. Again, she shot 50% from the field (5-of-10) and was a perfect 4-of-4 from the line. She also dished four assists and blocked two more shots, bringing her total to six blocked shots for the week.
Through Wake Forest's first five games, Hill is the leading scorer and rebounder with 13.0 points and 5.6 rebounds. She also has a team high seven blocks. She ranks 17th in the conference in scoring and 15th in rebounding.
Hill's Rookie of the Week honor was Wake's first in two seasons. WFU's last ACC Rookie of the Week was current junior LaChina Robinson, who garnered the honor in the 1998-99 season.