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Terrapin Brew 7/13: Seven Up

Terrapin Brew 7/13: Seven Up

Today, we're celebrating the most Terps picked in the MLB Draft since 2015.

Ashlyn Greer
July 13, 2023

🐢 The Official Daily Newsletter For Maryland Athletics

Good morning! He led the Terps on defense with 85 total tackles. No one had more interceptions. No one forced more fumbles. Watch Ballhawk Beau Brade’s highlights this morning and start your Thursday off right.

What else can you find in today’s Brew?

🥍 Former Terps making waves in PLL action
🏈 51 days until kickoff
🐢 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 One Of Our Own. New Maryland head baseball coach Matt Swope continued to fill out his coaching staff. Maryland baseball alumni Tommy Gardiner has been promoted to Assistant Coach after serving two years as Maryland's Director of Player Development.

In his two years on staff, the Terps enjoyed two of their most successful seasons in program history—claiming back-to-back outright Big Ten Championships and the program's first conference tournament title in 2023. He’s also served as an assistant coach in the New England Collegiate Baseball League during the summer of 2022 with the Sanford Mainers.

🔼 Seven Up. The University of Maryland baseball program had seven players selected in the 2023 MLB Draft—the most for the Terrapins since 2015 and the sixth-most in all of college baseball this year. Leading the way was Matt Shaw, who became the highest draft pick in program history after being selected No. 13 overall by the Chicago Cubs, becoming the sixth first-round draft pick in program history and the first since Brett Cecil in 2007. With the selection, he passes John Hetrick who was taken with the No. 17 pick by the Detroit Tigers in 1967.

⚾ Matt Shaw leads Day 1 draft class for Maryland baseball.

⚾ Luke Shliger, Jason Savacool, and Nick Lorusso highlight Day 2 draft class.

⚾ Nigel Belgrave, Nick Dean, and Tommy Kane fill out Day 3 for the Terps.

🔼 Around The World. After a three-week hiatus in play due to the 2023 World Lacrosse Men's Championship, the Premier Lacrosse League returned to action in full force last weekend and even with four Team USA Terps (Jesse Bernhardt, Michael Ehrhardt, Connor Kelly, and Matt Rambo) on the PUP list this week, Maryland was well represented in each of the four games.

Action resumes tomorrow, but check out some highlights below from all the Pro Terps' performances from the past weekend.

🎩 Jonathan Donville tallied a career-best four points with a hat trick and an assist in a 19-point team effort for the Cannons.

✌️ Logan Wisnauskas had yet another stellar game, notching two goals and tallying a groundball.

🔥 Anthony DeMaio notched his first career goal in the fourth quarter as the Redwoods rolled to a win.

🌊 Jake Higgins made waves across the internet with a highlight-reel check, finishing with a line of five groundballs and a caused turnover in another win for the Waterdogs.

🔼 A Legend In The Building. Former Maryland head football coach Ralph Friedgen was inducted into the Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame after restoring the Maryland football program to national relevance during his decade tenure as the head coach of the Terrapins from 2001-2010.

Coach Ralph Friedgen ranks third all-time at Maryland with 75 wins, led the Terps to seven bowl games (including a pair of New Year's Day appearances) and helped the team win a school-record five bowl games.

🤔 TERPS TRIVIA

51 days until kickoff. Can you believe it’s only been two years since Maryland’s barn burner of a 51-touchdown season. No, we can’t either…

Our question today comes with a hint—out of all the receivers and running backs, who scored the most touchdowns for the Terps that season? (You can watch this highlight reel and count them up yourself if you’re having trouble.)

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🐢 ONE BIG THING

In the club. The same organization that’s awarded hundreds of University of Maryland student-athletes their varsity letter jackets has also established Homecoming, enshrined dozens of Terps as Hall of Famers and even treated campus to the King of Rock ’n’ Roll.

The M Club, which connects former and current student-athletes, for decades has championed Terp engagement and success through mentorship, career development, promotional events and scholarships.

Learn more about the M Club as they marked their 100th anniversary just a few weeks ago.

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