January 18, 1999

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Local freshman Ginji Perry (Hyattsville, Md.), the 1997 All-Met Player of the Year by the Washington Post, was named today the Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Week.

Perry is the second Terrapin freshman to win the award this season, joining one-time Elizabeth Seton high school teammate Deedee Warley as rookie of the week recipients. Warley, who transferred from Seton and graduated from St. John's, won the ACC honor on Dec. 14.

Perry earned this week's honor on the strength of a career-high 27 points in 29 minutes during Sunday afternoon's 94-76 win over Florida State. It was Maryland's first ACC win of the season.

Perry came off the bench to shoot 8 of 11 from the floor, including a pair of 3-pointers, while adding three assists and four steals. She had four points during eight minutes in a loss last Thursday to NC State.

One of six freshmen in the Maryland lineup, and one of four freshmen to average over 15 minutes per game, Perry leads Maryland into this this week's ACC television matchup with Georgia Tech -- billed appropriately as "The Freshmen vs. The Freshman." Tech freshman Niesha Butler, second in the ACC in scoring, has won the league rookie honor in six of 10 weeks while Perry and Warley represent Maryland as the only other school to earn the honor more than once.

The Terrapins are currently 3-13 overall and 1-6 in the ACC. Maryland travels to Georgia Tech on Thursday for a 7 p.m. bout to be aired on FOX SportsSouth.