HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College junior forward Jen Hnatuck (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Trinity) and sophomore guard Ashton Bankos (York, Pa./York Catholic) were both named to the All-Landmark Conference women's basketball teams, which were unveiled Wednesday.

Hnatuck, a two-time All-Landmark selection, received First team honors for 2009-10. She has averaged 14.0 points and 8.2 rebounds this season, and has ranked among the league's top five in both categories. She currently ranks 57^th in Division III in field goal percentage (.510), and is Juniata's team leader in free-throw percentage (.791) and blocks (21). 

She has recorded six double-doubles this season, with a season-high 28 points in a 78-73 loss at home to 19^th-ranked Moravian College.

Hnatuck previously earned Second team All-Landmark honors in 2007-08 as a freshman, and was not selected for either squad last season as a junior. 

Bankos was tapped for the Landmark's Second team in her first appearance on the all-conference roster. 

She has averaged 10.3 points and 4.8 rebounds in 2009-10, and dished out a team high 80 assists; Bankos' 3.1 assists per game put her fourth among Landmark Conference leaders. Bankos anchors a Juniata backcourt that has averaged 15.7 assists per game, and ranked 36^th among Division III leaders in that category. She had a season-high 19 points in a 75-70 loss to Gwynedd-Mercy College, and hit her season-high of six assists on three occasions. 

Juniata (15-11, 9-5 Landmark) finished third in the Landmark regular season standings, and dropped a Landmark tournament semifinal game at the University of Scranton, 70-62, on February 24. The eight-seeded Eagles open play in the ECAC Division III South Region Tournament on Wednesday night, taking on top-seed Delaware Valley College at 7:00 p.m. at the James Work Gymnasium in Doylestown, Pa.

2009-10 All-Landmark Conference Women's Basketball Team 

First Team

Pos-Name                                                            Class                      Hometown (High School)

G-Danielle Barber, Drew                                  So.                         Cape May Courthouse, N.J. (Middle Twp.)

G-Jess Foran, Moravian                                  Sr.                          Annandale, N.J. (Rutgers Prep)      

G-Kate Harrison, Moravian                            Sr.                          Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (Cold Spring Harbor)               

F-Jen Hnatuck, Juniata                                     Jr.                           Mechanicsburg, Pa. (Trinity)

G-Megan Kopecki, Scranton                          Jr.                           Millington, N.J. (Watchung Hills Regional)   

F-Kirsty Stearns, Moravian                            Sr.                          East Norwich, N.Y. (Oyster Bay)

Second Team

Pos-Name                                                            Class                      Hometown (High School)

G-Ashton Bankos, Juniata                               So.                         York, Pa. (York Catholic)

G-Rebecca Grimes, USMMA                         Jr.                           Fairfax, Va. (Paul VI Catholic)

G-Rachael Hughes, Susquehanna                Jr.                           Gordon, Pa. (North Schuylkill)

G-Ryan Mooney, Scranton                             Sr.                          Spring City, Pa. (Pius X)   

F-Brianna Peterson, Catholic                          Jr.                           Garnerville, N.Y. (North Rockland)

F-Amber Smith, Goucher                                Sr                            Baltimore, Md. (Institute of Notre Dame)                      

Player of the Year: Megan Kopecki, Scranton

Defensive Player of the Year: Brooke Picillo, USMMA

Rookie of the Year: Jill Woerner, Catholic

Coaching Staff of the Year: Moravian College (Head Coach Mary Beth Spirk)

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