The Samford women's basketball program held its annual banquet Thursday evening in the Hospitality Room in the Pete Hanna Center. The banquet honored the Bulldogs' historic 2010-11 season.
The recently completed season was the most successful in the history of the women's basketball program. The Bulldogs set a school record for wins with 25, and they earned the program's first Southern Conference championship and first NCAA Tournament bid.
During the banquet, each player was presented with a framed collage of items from the 2010-11 season. The collage included a poster commemorating the team's Southern Conference title, a piece of the net from the SoCon championship game, an individual action photo, a celebration photo, a ticket from the SoCon championship game, a ticket from the NCAA Tournament, an NCAA pin, an NCAA patch worn on the players' uniforms during the tournament and a wrist band the team wore during the SoCon Tournament with the word "ring" on it.
The wrist bands served as player-driven motivation to earn the Southern Conference championship ring. The players re-dedicated themselves to winning the championship after a midseason slump and they had the wrist bands made to remind themselves of their goal.
The team's two seniors, Emily London and Savannah Hill, were also honored at the banquet. They were both given basketballs honoring them for scoring over 1,000 points in their careers. London is Samford's all-time career scoring leader with 1,760 career points. Hill ranks third in school history with 1,539 points.
The seniors were also presented with framed jerseys. Hill and London delivered their Senior Speeches at the banquet, and a highlight video from the 2010-11 season was also shown.
In their four-year careers at Samford, Hill and London have re-written the program's record book.
London is first in school history in scoring (1,760), first in free throws (382), first in three-pointers (276), first in games started (113), second in steals (162), third in field goals made (551), fifth in assists (304) and fifth in games played (122).
Hill ranks first in school history in field goals made (595), second in rebounds (686), second in assists (376), second in blocked shots (99), second in games started (112), second in games played (127), third in scoring (1,539) and fifth in three-pointers (121).
With the team's 25 wins this season, Samford has now won at least 20 games in the last four-straight seasons and in five of the last six seasons. The Bulldogs have also earned national postseason bids in each of the last two seasons, as the team earned a WNIT bid in the 2009-10 season.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE 2010-11 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
--School record for wins with 25
--First Southern Conference championship
--First NCAA Tournament bid
--Defeated teams from the ACC (Clemson) and Big East (South Florida)
--Southern Conference Player of the Year (Emily London)
--Southern Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player (Savannah Hill)
--Southern Conference All-Conference team (Emily London and Savannah Hill)
--Southern Conference All-Freshman team (Shelby Campbell)
--Finished the season winning 13 of its last 15 games
--School record for points in a season by a player (Emily London, 535)
--School record for 3-pointers in a season by a player (Emily London, 84)
--School record for free throws made in a season by a player (Emily London, 117)
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