Being a newer player I didn't recognize many of the champion icons and spell ability icons in the pre-game lobby (the small ones at the top of the page), so it was harder for me to figure out what my teammates were picking and choose my own accordingly. I was wondering if there was some way to get the names corresponding to those icons. If not, I think a 'hover' function would be very useful, where it tells me the champion name and summoner spells if I mouse over them or click on them.

Good call. +1. At the very least it will give you a time waster to read waiting for the timer to finish counting down.

yeah you are right will task this.

Great idea, will definitely help new players learn what the names of champions are. I remember being a little bummed you couldn't find out the champion names while in a game.