The Lady Deacs will be much improved next Fall when Wesleyan shooting guard Erin Hall heads to Winston Salem. Hall chose Wake forest over Ga. Tech, Princeton, Virginia, Vanderbilt and Tulane.
"My parents and I sat down and went through what I wanted in a college." Said Hall. "I didn't want to go to a huge school with 100 people in a class. I wanted a smaller school, but one that was still Division I and good with athletics and academically strong, too."
Hall was a stellar three point shooter, averaging 365 from beyond the arc and 71.4% from the charity stripe. She played in the shadow of Wesleyan Point Guard and Miss Georgia Basketball Anne Marie Armstrong, who will be playing for Georgia this Fall.
The Lady Deacs went 21-11 last year and made it to the Womens NIT for the second time in the last five years. Hopefully, if Hall can translate her performance in high school on to the college court, perhaps Wake Forest will be playing in that other 4 letter tournament next March.
One big reason Hall chose Wake Forest is its strong academic reputation. Hall graduated from Wesleyan with a 3.5 GPA and scored 1,110 on the SAT. Wesleyan Head Coach Jan Azar believes that Wake is an excellent fit for Hall: "I think it says a lot about her. I've not seen to many players - boys or girls - who are as good a shooter as she is. Wake's been on her from the beginning. They've gotten know her, and she knows them well. I think it's an excellent fit." Said Coach Azar.
Erin Hall is yet another example of the tons of talent coming out of Gwinnett County, GA, a county of a population of 750,000 and boasting the nation's largest school system. for more information on this story, the reader can go to www.gwinnettdailypost.com.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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