Hall of Fame
The golden era of women's athletics at Johns Hopkins began in the early 1990s with the success of the field hockey, lacrosse and basketball teams. The first inductee from the early stages of great success for the women's basketball team is Amy Dodrill, who became the first player in the history of the program to earn national acclaim. Dodrill guided the Blue Jays to a 64-36 record during her career, the best four-year record in school history at the time. As spectacular as she was for her first three years, it was a magical senior year that everyone remembers.
Dodrill and the Blue Jays won a then school-record 22 games and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament before being eliminated. Hopkins had never advanced to the NCAA Tournament prior to 1995. In fact, the Blue Jays had never won a post-season game prior to that magical run in March that paved the way for what would become six straight trips to the NCAAs. Dodrill earned First Team All-Centennial honors for the second straight year as a senior and earned the 1995 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the nation's top women's basketball player under 5-foot-6. She was the first Division III player in history to win this prestigious award and she added an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship to her collection of honors later that year as well. She was the first Johns Hopkins women's basketball player to earn an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
Dodrill closed her career with no less than 13 school records to her credit. She ended with 1,204 points, 105 three-pointers, 272 assists and 225 steals. She held virtually every school record for three-point shooting and never missed a game in her career as she set a then school record with 100 games played.
