FanPost

Terp Awards: Baseball & W-Lacrosse

Brett Harman and Kyle Convissar of the University of Maryland baseball team have been named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-District 2 Baseball Team, it was announced Thursday.

Harman, a right-handed pitcher, is a kinesiology major carrying a 3.73 grade-point-average. He's a two-time Academic All-ACC selection (2009 & 2010) and won baseball's Academic Achievement Award in 2010-11.

Harman has a 6-3 record and ranks in the top 15 in the Atlantic Coast Conference in ERA (13th - 2.79), innings pitched (8th - 6.45/game) and strikeouts (9th - 7.99/game). The fifth-year senior ranks third in school history with 244 career strikeouts, fifth with 16 career wins and sixth with 246 2/3 innings pitched.

Convissar, meanwhile, is carrying a 4.0 GPA while majoring in finance. The sophomore second baseman has started 47 games this year and is hitting .274 with 29 runs, 19 RBIs and nine doubles. Convissar was an Academic All-ACC selection as a freshman.

http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/050312aaa.html

Maryland junior midfielder Katie Schwarzmann and head coach Cathy Reese were named Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player and Coach of the Year, respectively, on Friday.

Schwarzmann garnered top ACC honors after guiding No. 4 Maryland to its fourth straight conference championship and a 17-3 overall record. The Sykesville, Md., product leads the ACC with 63 goals in 2012, the 10th-highest mark in Maryland single-season history.

Schwarzmann also led the conference with five game-winning goals and scored an ACC Championship record 11 goals in a three-game span en route to winning the conference championship and earning most valuable player honors.

A three-time All-ACC selection, Schwarzmann is the Terps' sixth consecutive conference player of the year honoree and the 11th in program history. Schwarzmann was a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy and Honda Award last season and is a nominee for the Tewaaraton again in 2012.

Reese was named ACC Coach of the Year for the fourth consecutive season. The award is her fifth overall in six seasons at the helm of the Maryland program. Reese garnered her 100th win at Maryland Feb. 16 against Delaware.

http://www.umterps.com/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/050412aaa.html

FanPosts are content created by and for fans. They do not necessarily represent the views of Testudo Times or its staff, and anything deemed inappropriate will be removed by site administrators.