Quick Facts

• The women’s lacrosse and men’s lacrosse teams posted the highest semester team GPA for the fall 2015 semester and the women’s soccer team and men’s golf team did so for the spring 2016 semester.
• Twenty-six (26) Maryland students earned a perfect 4.00 semester GPA during the 2015-2016 academic year.
• A total of 227 students earned a semester GPA of 3.00 or higher in the fall 2015 semester while 273 student-athletes did so in the most recent spring 2016 semester.
• One hundred seventy-two (172) students were named to their respective College Dean’s Lists during the 2015-2016 academic year.
• Three hundred thirty-seven (337) students were named to the 2015-2016 Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll for earning a 3.00 semester GPA in the fall and/or spring semesters.
• One hundred fifty-nine (147) students were named to the 2015-2016 Academic All-Big Ten Team for fall, winter, and spring sports.
• One hundred eleven (111) students will have graduated during the 2015-2016 academic year.

Academic Awards

• Seniors Emily VandeWater and Tyler Manion were named as the 2015-2016 Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship recipients.
• Rachelle Beanlands and Michael McCarney were named the Big Ten Medal of Honor recipients for outstanding academic achievement.
• Malina Howard was inducted into the Maryland Medallion Society (one of only 20 graduating seniors) as well as named the recipient of the Sally Sterling Byrd Award for top female student.
• Zoe Stukenberg was named an NCAA Elite 90 recipients while posting the highest cumulative GPA of all student-athletes participating at the WLA Final Four venue.
• Zoe Stuckenberg was also named a CoSida Academic All-America for her successes in both the classroom and athletic arena.
• A total of six (6) Maryland student-athletes were named recipients of the prestigious Arthur Ashe Jr. Sport Scholar Award.

NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) Summary (2014-2015)

• All 20 athletic programs reported a multi-year score of .930 or higher and as a result, no post-season penalties were assessed by the NCAA.
• The 2014-2015 ICA departmental APR score was .979 and the second highest score since the inception of the APR in 2003.
• Nine (9) sport programs reported a perfect single year APR score of 1.000 (MGO, WBB, WCC, WFH, WLA, WSB, WTE, WTI, WTO).
• Thirteen (13) sport programs reported a multi-year score of .970 or higher.

Leadership

Personal, career and leadership  development initiatives are critical in assisting student-athletes  develop a foundation for a successful professional career after intercollegiate athletics. Maryland student-athletes participated in:

• TERP 101
• Summer Transition Program
• Business Etiquette Seminar
• Career Corner Updates
• The InTERPship Academy
• University Center Career Fairs
• Networking Night with professionals from the local community, the Terrapin Club and M Club
• The Life Skills Menu Program
• The Wellness Prevention Series (alcohol abuse prevention, financial literacy, domestic violence prevention
• Terps Leadership Academy

Developing Personal Leadership

Success Strategies for Fostering Influence

Leadership and Effective Team Building

Leadership and Empowerment

We are proud to produce graduates and prepare future leaders to serve in their local, state and global communities. Participation in various community service, leadership and career development opportunities is integral to this vision. Maryland student-athletes served in the local community working with such organizations as:

• Special Olympics - Maryland
• Train with the Terps
• Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway
• Girls and Women Sports Day
• Women’s Basketball Field Trip Day
• Special Olympics - Maryland
• The Maryland Chapter for Uplifting Athletes
• Terps THON
• Kids vs Cancer Association
• Coaches vs. Cancer
• Shop-Rite to host Terps-Giving
• The Casey Cares Program
• Coaches vs. Cancer
• Forever Young Walk/Run for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness
• Pink Game/Events to support Breast Cancer Awareness
• Children's National Medical Center (Washington, DC)
• Team IMPACT
• Boy Scouts
• Team Up for One
• Capital Area Food Bank
• Dream for Kids DC
• Catholic Charities of DC
• Wreaths Across America
• House of Ruth Maryland
• Prince George's County Public Schools
• Best Buddies of Maryland