2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 12
Hannah Nihill
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Drexel Hill, Pa.
- High School:
- Cardinal O'Hara
Bio
* CAA Defensive Player of the Year (2020-21)
* Dean Ehlers Leadership Award Recipient (2020-21)
* CAA All-Tournament Team (2021)
* CAA All-First Team (2020-21)
* CAA Second Team (2021-22)
* CAA All-Defensive Team (2021-22)
* All-Philly Defensive Player of the Year (2020-21)
* 2x All-Philly First Team (2020-21, 2021-22)
* CAA Rookie of the Year (2017-18)
* 4x CAA Rookie of the Week
2021-22 / Fifth Year
All-CAA Second Team…CAA All-Defensive Team…First Team All-Philly…All-City 6…started all 34 games for Drexel…One of only two players in program history with 1,000 points, 500 assists, and 300 steals (Barbara Yost – 1985-88)…part of a Dragons team that won a program best 28 games and the CAA Regular Season Championship…Broke the CAA record for career games played with her appearance against Hofstra (Mar. 11) in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament and ended her career with 153 games…graduated 14th on Drexel’s all-time scoring list (1,434), second in steals (313), third in assists (527), and eighth in three-pointers (164)…tied for second on DU with 13.9 points per game and led the team while ranking fourth in the CAA with 4.8 assists a contest…improved her numbers to 14,8 points and 5.5 assists per game during CAA play…was 27th in NCAA Division I with 164 total assists…scored in double figures in 28 games, topping 20 on five occasions, including 23 twice against Longwood (Dec. 11) and at James Madison (Mar. 3)…Reached the 1,000 point mark for her career with 15 points at Maryland-Eastern Shore (Nov. 20)…tied a career-high with nine assists against Delaware (Jan. 23).
2020-21 / Senior
The only Dragon to get the start in all 23 games…the first-ever Dragon to earn CAA Defensive Player of the Year…received the prestigious Dean Ehlers Leadership Award…named to the All-CAA First Team, CAA All-Tournament Team, All-Philly Defensive Player of the Year and All-Philly First-Team…was CAA Player of the Week (Feb. 2) and a 4x Drexel School of Education Athlete of the Week… led the team in four separate categories including points per game (16.3), three point shooting percentage (.368), assists per game (3.8) and steals (65)… shot 39.8% from the floor, 36.8% from three and 75.4% from the free throw line…held top rank in the CAA in several categories…ranked fourth in the CAA in scoring (16.3), fifth in assists per game (3.8), first in steals per game (2.8), fifth in three point FG percentage (.371) and three point FG average (2.0) and third in average minutes played (37.3)…opened her senior season with a then career-high 22 points against Rider (Nov. 28)… topped her career-high with 32 points against Delaware (Feb. 12)…scored double-digit points in all but three contests…nailed 20 or more points in seven different games…sank the game winner in the Dragons sweep of Northeastern…became the first Dragon ever to score 20 or more points in an NCAA Tournament game…moved within 39 points of joining Drexel’s 1,000-point club…earned a spot in the record book in career three point FGs attempted (352, 10th all-time), career assists (359, ninth all-time) and career steals (238, fifth all time)…received the MVP Award, the Lil Haas Coaches Award, the Defensive Award and the Iron Dragon Award at the team’s season-end awards.
2019-20 / Junior
One of six Dragons to play in all 30 games…Made 27 starts on the campaign…part of the team that earned the No. 1 seed in the CAA Championship and a share of the regular-season conference title…the conference and NCAA tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic…averaged 5.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.7 steals, 0.2 blocks and 30.5 minutes in her 30 appearances…ranked second on the team and sixth in the CAA in assists…shot 39.4% (67-of-170) from the field, 28.6% (16-of-56) from three-point range and 57.4% (27-of-47) from the free-throw line for 177 points…started all 13 games in the team’s 13 game winning-streak during the conference slate from Jan. 5 to Feb. 23 for the third-longest winning streak in program history…had her best all-around game on the season came with 10 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 4 steals in a 72-60 win over Charleston (March 7) in the regular-season finale…had five games with at least five points, five rebounds and five assists…named the team’s Defensive Award winner for the team’s season-end awards…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
2018-19 / Sophomore
Appeared in 32 games, making 29 starts...her 1.8 steals per game finished sixth in the CAA...a Preseason Honorable Mention All-CAA choice...scored a season-high 15 points, all after halftime, against Wright State (12/8)...reached another season high against Gardner-Webb with 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting (12/16)...came off the bench to score 12 in the win at Hofstra (1/20)...dished out career high eight assists, along with 10 points, against C. of C. (1/25)...upped that career high to nine assists against Hofstra (2/15)...scored 13 with six steals at Charleston (2/24).
2017-18 / Freshman
CAA Rookie of the Year and a four-time CAA Rookie of the Week (12/4, 1/2, 1/28, 2/5)…the third Dragon ever to be named CAA Rookie of the Year (Catherine Scanlon 2003, Gabriela Marginean 2007)…joins those two as the only Dragons to earn CAA Rookie of the Week four or more times…missed the season opener at Penn State (11/12) after donating bone marrow to her sister, Sydney, who was battling leukemia at the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania…was back on the court just seven days after the procedure, scoring 12 with five assists and three steals in her collegiate debut against La Salle (11/16)…started 32 of the 34 games in which she appeared…averaged 6.3 points per game and 2.3 assists a contest…hit the go-ahead three-pointer against Elon with 3:19 to go after the Dragons had trailed by 10 in the fourth quarter (1/26)…posted season highs in points (13), rebounds (8) and assists (6) vs. Towson (2/2)…set a new season high with 14 points in the CAA Championship Game against Elon (3/10)…averaged 38.5 minutes per game in the Dragons’ two WNIT contests, scoring 8.5 a contest to go along with 2.0 assists and 2.5 rebounds a game…a CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
Background
A four-year letterwinner at Cardinal O'Hara where she led the team to the Philadelphia Catholic League title...a First Team All-PCL player as a junior and senior...named the Delaware County Player of the Year each of those two seasons...the O'Hara overall Athlete of the Year as a senior in 2016-17...also a standout field hockey forward, helping O'Hara to a PCL title in that sport as well...a First Team All-Delaware County performer three times in field hockey, and a First Team All-State selection last year...a four-year member of the Honor Roll.
Personal
Daughter of Jen and Brian...father played baseball at West Chester University...communication major.
* Dean Ehlers Leadership Award Recipient (2020-21)
* CAA All-Tournament Team (2021)
* CAA All-First Team (2020-21)
* CAA Second Team (2021-22)
* CAA All-Defensive Team (2021-22)
* All-Philly Defensive Player of the Year (2020-21)
* 2x All-Philly First Team (2020-21, 2021-22)
* CAA Rookie of the Year (2017-18)
* 4x CAA Rookie of the Week
2021-22 / Fifth Year
All-CAA Second Team…CAA All-Defensive Team…First Team All-Philly…All-City 6…started all 34 games for Drexel…One of only two players in program history with 1,000 points, 500 assists, and 300 steals (Barbara Yost – 1985-88)…part of a Dragons team that won a program best 28 games and the CAA Regular Season Championship…Broke the CAA record for career games played with her appearance against Hofstra (Mar. 11) in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament and ended her career with 153 games…graduated 14th on Drexel’s all-time scoring list (1,434), second in steals (313), third in assists (527), and eighth in three-pointers (164)…tied for second on DU with 13.9 points per game and led the team while ranking fourth in the CAA with 4.8 assists a contest…improved her numbers to 14,8 points and 5.5 assists per game during CAA play…was 27th in NCAA Division I with 164 total assists…scored in double figures in 28 games, topping 20 on five occasions, including 23 twice against Longwood (Dec. 11) and at James Madison (Mar. 3)…Reached the 1,000 point mark for her career with 15 points at Maryland-Eastern Shore (Nov. 20)…tied a career-high with nine assists against Delaware (Jan. 23).
2020-21 / Senior
The only Dragon to get the start in all 23 games…the first-ever Dragon to earn CAA Defensive Player of the Year…received the prestigious Dean Ehlers Leadership Award…named to the All-CAA First Team, CAA All-Tournament Team, All-Philly Defensive Player of the Year and All-Philly First-Team…was CAA Player of the Week (Feb. 2) and a 4x Drexel School of Education Athlete of the Week… led the team in four separate categories including points per game (16.3), three point shooting percentage (.368), assists per game (3.8) and steals (65)… shot 39.8% from the floor, 36.8% from three and 75.4% from the free throw line…held top rank in the CAA in several categories…ranked fourth in the CAA in scoring (16.3), fifth in assists per game (3.8), first in steals per game (2.8), fifth in three point FG percentage (.371) and three point FG average (2.0) and third in average minutes played (37.3)…opened her senior season with a then career-high 22 points against Rider (Nov. 28)… topped her career-high with 32 points against Delaware (Feb. 12)…scored double-digit points in all but three contests…nailed 20 or more points in seven different games…sank the game winner in the Dragons sweep of Northeastern…became the first Dragon ever to score 20 or more points in an NCAA Tournament game…moved within 39 points of joining Drexel’s 1,000-point club…earned a spot in the record book in career three point FGs attempted (352, 10th all-time), career assists (359, ninth all-time) and career steals (238, fifth all time)…received the MVP Award, the Lil Haas Coaches Award, the Defensive Award and the Iron Dragon Award at the team’s season-end awards.
2019-20 / Junior
One of six Dragons to play in all 30 games…Made 27 starts on the campaign…part of the team that earned the No. 1 seed in the CAA Championship and a share of the regular-season conference title…the conference and NCAA tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic…averaged 5.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.7 steals, 0.2 blocks and 30.5 minutes in her 30 appearances…ranked second on the team and sixth in the CAA in assists…shot 39.4% (67-of-170) from the field, 28.6% (16-of-56) from three-point range and 57.4% (27-of-47) from the free-throw line for 177 points…started all 13 games in the team’s 13 game winning-streak during the conference slate from Jan. 5 to Feb. 23 for the third-longest winning streak in program history…had her best all-around game on the season came with 10 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 4 steals in a 72-60 win over Charleston (March 7) in the regular-season finale…had five games with at least five points, five rebounds and five assists…named the team’s Defensive Award winner for the team’s season-end awards…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
2018-19 / Sophomore
Appeared in 32 games, making 29 starts...her 1.8 steals per game finished sixth in the CAA...a Preseason Honorable Mention All-CAA choice...scored a season-high 15 points, all after halftime, against Wright State (12/8)...reached another season high against Gardner-Webb with 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting (12/16)...came off the bench to score 12 in the win at Hofstra (1/20)...dished out career high eight assists, along with 10 points, against C. of C. (1/25)...upped that career high to nine assists against Hofstra (2/15)...scored 13 with six steals at Charleston (2/24).
2017-18 / Freshman
CAA Rookie of the Year and a four-time CAA Rookie of the Week (12/4, 1/2, 1/28, 2/5)…the third Dragon ever to be named CAA Rookie of the Year (Catherine Scanlon 2003, Gabriela Marginean 2007)…joins those two as the only Dragons to earn CAA Rookie of the Week four or more times…missed the season opener at Penn State (11/12) after donating bone marrow to her sister, Sydney, who was battling leukemia at the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania…was back on the court just seven days after the procedure, scoring 12 with five assists and three steals in her collegiate debut against La Salle (11/16)…started 32 of the 34 games in which she appeared…averaged 6.3 points per game and 2.3 assists a contest…hit the go-ahead three-pointer against Elon with 3:19 to go after the Dragons had trailed by 10 in the fourth quarter (1/26)…posted season highs in points (13), rebounds (8) and assists (6) vs. Towson (2/2)…set a new season high with 14 points in the CAA Championship Game against Elon (3/10)…averaged 38.5 minutes per game in the Dragons’ two WNIT contests, scoring 8.5 a contest to go along with 2.0 assists and 2.5 rebounds a game…a CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
Background
A four-year letterwinner at Cardinal O'Hara where she led the team to the Philadelphia Catholic League title...a First Team All-PCL player as a junior and senior...named the Delaware County Player of the Year each of those two seasons...the O'Hara overall Athlete of the Year as a senior in 2016-17...also a standout field hockey forward, helping O'Hara to a PCL title in that sport as well...a First Team All-Delaware County performer three times in field hockey, and a First Team All-State selection last year...a four-year member of the Honor Roll.
Personal
Daughter of Jen and Brian...father played baseball at West Chester University...communication major.
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