Went 23-8 on the season, including 10-3 in duals, despite missing almost a month with injury
Led the team with seven pins
2023 NCAA Championship Quarterfinalist, pinning 6th-seed Issac Trumble to make the quarterfinals.
3rd place in 2023 Big Ten Championships, the highest finish for a Terp since 2019. As the sixth-seed, took out fifth-seeded Jacob Warner (Iowa) and third-seeded Zac Braunagel (Illinois) to earn the bronze.
First-Team All Freshman by both Intermat and Amateur Wrestling News
Came up with match-changing pin to flip the tide in Maryland’s first Big Ten win since 2016.
2nd place in Tiger Style Invite, 4th place in Southern Scuffle
Finished the season ranked as the 10th-best 197-pounder (Intermat)
Also Nominated
Jaishawn Barham / Football
FWAA Freshman All-America Team
Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
Big Ten Freshman of the Week (October 10)
2022 College Football News First Team Freshman All-American
Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award Semifinalist
Led all Big Ten freshmen with 58 tackles over 12 games played
One of only three Maryland players (Brade, Trader) to start every game played on the defensive side of the ball
Posted five or more tackles in seven different games
Led the team with 6.5 tackles for loss, while also tying for the team lead and ranking 20th in the Big Ten with 4.0 sacks
Luca Costabile / Men’s Soccer
2022 Big Ten All-Freshman Team (unanimous)
Started 18 of 20 matches and logged 1,571 minutes at left back.
Notched one assist
Helped the Terps record four clean sheets.
Braden Erksa / Men’s Lacrosse
2023 Big Ten Freshman of the Year - First Terp to win the award
2023 Big Ten All-Tournament Team
Two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week
With a team-high 48 points on the season (26G, 22A), Erksa joined an elite list of true freshmen to lead the Terps in scoring. Since the 1973 season, when freshmen became eligible to play, only two others had led the Terrapins in scoring as true freshmen.
Finished tied for third in all-time freshman scoring with the legendary Frank Urso.
Scored at least one point in all 14 games since moving into the starting lineup at attack.
Career-high seven points on one goal and a career-best six assists in 14-11 win over Rutgers (4/29) in the Big Ten Quarterfinal. His six assists vs. the Scarlet Knights set a program record for assists by a freshman in a game.
Recorded three points or more nine different times
Had four hat tricks on the season.
Ronnie Kim / Men’s Golf
Played in all nine tournaments during his freshman year
Best finish was at the USF-Howard Intercollegiate at TPC Potomac (in Maryland) where he finished in 21st.
Had a season stroke average of 76.27
Low round of the season was 70 (-2) during round two at Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational
Kyle McCoy / Baseball
2023 All-Big Ten Freshman Team
Has been a consistent presence as a freshman, sitting top-5 on the team in wins (4), innings pitched (53.1) and strikeouts (39).
Had his best outing of the season against UCF, throwing eight shutout innings while allowing just three hits and recording a career-high nine strikeouts (03/26).
Received both Big Ten and D1Baseball Pitcher of The Week honors, as well as Big Ten Co-Freshman of The Week selection (03/26).
