JOHN TILLMAN

MEN'S TEAM COACH OF THE YEAR

MOST OUTSTANDING COACH OF A MEN'S TEAM

JOHN TILLMAN
Men's Lacrosse

• 2016: Advanced to NCAA championship game (Fourth final in six seasons, fifth final four)

• 2016: Won the Big Ten Conference regular season and tournament titles

• 2016: Set program record for wins (17) and single-season consecutive wins (16)

• 2016: Coached eight USILA All-Americans –most in the country

• 2016: Had six Major League Lacrosse draft selections – most in the country

• 2016: Team set program-record for GPA

• 2017: Big Ten Coach of the Year

• 2017: Team earned No. 1 overall seed in NCAA Tournament for second straight year

• 2017: Big Ten regular season and tournament champions

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SASHO CIROVSKI
Men's Soccer

• Program-record 15-game winning streak

• Program-record 25-game unbeaten streak

• Unbeaten regular season (16-0-2)

• Big Ten Regular Season and Tournament Champions

• Matched school record five consecutive shutouts

• One MAC Hermann Trophy finalist; Two MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalists

• Two NSCAA First Team All-Americans (first time two players since 2010)

• Big Ten Coach of the Year

• Gordon Wild - Offensive Player of the Year, Alex Crognale - Defensive Player of the Year and Cody Niedermeier - Goalkeeper of the Year; eight players earned All-Big Ten honors

• Four players named Big Ten All-Academic

• No. 1 in the nation in attendance, averaging over 4,000 fans per game and 52,189 total fans at Ludwig

JASON RODENHAVER
Men's Golf

• Helped lead team to third-place finish in Big Ten Tournament – their highest finish in years.

• Helped senior Tom Harris and sophomore David Kocher earn NCAA Regionals bids

MARK TURGEON
Men's Basketball

• Boasted the best start in program history (20-2)

• Punched ticket to a third consecutive NCAA Tournament

• Earned the No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament

• An impressive 11-4 in games away from XFINITY Center in 2016-17

• Even with three freshman starters became the first coach in Maryland men's basketball history to record 24 or more victories in the regular season

• Finished second in the Big Ten Conference standings

• Melo Trimble named All-Big Ten for a third straight season

• Captured the 2016 Barclays Classic (fourth straight holiday tournament title)

• Fastest Big Ten head coach to reach 30 conference victories since former Illinois mentor Bruce Weber in 2003-04