Terrapin Brew 6/25: Draft Fit For A Queen

The first round of the NBA Draft is tonight on ABC/ESPN!

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Terrapin Brew Crew
June 25, 2025



🐢 The Official Daily Newsletter For Maryland Athletics

Good morning, Terps! Today is the day for Derik Queen — the NBA Draft is tonight in Brooklyn!

What else do we have brewing this morning?

🏀 NBA Draft day
🎓 Homework home run
​🐢 And much, much more!

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📈 STOCK UP

🔼 DRAFT DAY! Maryland men’s basketball’s Derik Queen met with the media on Tuesday ahead of today’s NBA Draft in Brooklyn, N.Y.

You can watch the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft today at 8 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN!

📸 PHOTOS: Best of Derik Queen

🔼 Read The Receipts. For the rest of his life, Maryland men’s hoops alum Aaron Wiggins will be referred to as NBA Champion Aaron Wiggins!

🔼 Student-Athletes. Maryland student-athletes combined to record a 3.264 semester GPA this spring and now has a strong 3.282 departmental cumulative GPA for the year!

This marks the 11th semester in a row with a GPA of better than 3.000. The strong academic performance marks the 18th consecutive semester with a better than 3.000 cumulative GPA. A total of 16 Maryland programs have a cumulative GPA of better than a 3.000 and 16 of them had better than a 3.000 for the Spring 2025 semester.

🔼 Tune In! In Episode 1 of a summer series, Maryland Athletics caught up with Ava McKennie to hear about her love of Legos, reading, and what’s ahead for women’s hoops!

🔼 Mark Your Calendars! Maryland women’s soccer head coach Michael Marchiano has announced the Terps’ schedule for the 2025 season!

The schedule features a non-conference home match against Florida, with Maryland also hosting Indiana, Purdue, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio State, and Rutgers in conference play.

🔼 Swiss Army Knife. Maryland women’s golf’s Julia Garcia is expanding her skillset and furthering her professional development with the help of Maryland Made’s InTERPship Academy.

The InTERPship Academy is designed to help student-athletes at the University of Maryland pursue internship opportunities in their fields of interest. This summer, 37 student-athletes are participating in the program. 

⏱️ COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF

Countdown to Kickoff. We have 66 days until Maryland football is back on the field inside SECU Stadium for its season opener against Florida Atlantic!

Aliou Bah started all 12 games wearing No. 66 at left guard last season, blocking for the No. 3 passing offense in the Big Ten!

The Hidden Dangers of Processed Foods

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🤔 TERRAPIN TRIVIA

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🐢 ONE BIG THING

🔼 Diving Deep. Maryland men’s hoops recently visited the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture — check out photos from the Terps’ field trip!

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Monday, June 30
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Friday, August 29
⚽️ Men’s Soccer Season Opener vs. Bucknell @ 7:30 p.m.
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Saturday, August 30
🏈 Football Season Opener vs. Florida Atlantic @ noon
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🐢 Have a great Wednesday, y’all!