DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Incoming freshmen Morgan Beacham and Tatum Hayes coached 'em up at Saturday's Bethune-Cookman Elite Camp.

Their teams didn't fare that great, and both endured some friendly scorn from Head Coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis afterward, but it was all good. There will be plenty more opportunities for both to run up some wins, and as Beacham noted after gazing up one of the Lady Wildcats' championship rings: "Get four more of those."

Beacham comes into the BCU program as a heralded point guard from West Orange HS, in fact, considered one of the best guards to come out of Orlando last year. Hayes has been an integral part of getting Fort Myers HS getting to the Florida Final Four the past four years, winning three.

On Saturday, both pulled camp coaching duty alongside storied members of the program such as Ashanti Hunt and Emily Williams. That's also a good thing.

"We have been able, thanks to the championships, to recruit next level players," Blair-Lewis said. "That's what you're seeing in the kids coming in. Morgan and Tatum are high quality, high character kids."

Saturday's Elite Camp, attended by approximately 60 players from as far away as Virginia, was the program's final offseason activity.  The staff returns from a recruiting slate that this year had an additional bragging right/selling point: March's NCAA Tournament appearance.

"We noticed the difference," said Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Chandler McCabe. "We want players who want to go to the tournament, and when we tell them that, it's like `oh wow.'….

Blair-Lewis added: "We were able to walk into gyms and not have people say `Bethune who?' but instead `Oh, that's Bethune-Cookman.'' That's what winning does. It's put us on a platform where we're just not recognized by our peers, but by the student-athletes who saw us play Notre Dame on national television."

BCU has won three Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference regular season championship and a tournament championship the past four years, compiling a 53-11 record in MEAC play.