Sept. 18, 2002

BALTIMORE, Md. - Juan Dixon, a 1997 graduate of Calvert Hall who led the University of Maryland to its first national championship in men's basketball on April 1, 2002 and was selected by the Washington Wizards with the 17th pick in the 2002 NBA Draft on June 26, 2002 will be honored at Calvert Hall during an assembly at 8:20am on Friday, September 20, 2002.

Dixon, who won the 2002 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player award, was selected as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press and was named ACC Player of the Year last year. He will be joined by Maryland Head Coach Gary Williams. In their addresses to the student body, Dixon and Williams will talk about their ingredients to success; including teamwork, work ethic and heart. Dixon will also talk about the lessons he learned and relationships he developed at Calvert Hall and the impact being a student-athlete at The Hall has had on his life.

Dixon's former coach, Gary Williams, will help honor the former Terps star at his high school alma mater. The pair are shown here on the back cover of Williams' autobiography, Sweet Redemption.

During his career at Maryland, his close relationship with Williams was well-chronicled as the Terrapins made their run toward last season's national championship. During the summer following the school's first title, Williams has written an autobiography, Sweet Redemption, with Dixon providing his personal thoughts in the book's Foreword.

Calvert Hall, a Catholic college preparatory school for young men in grades 9-12, has been conducted by the Christian Brothers since its founding in 1845 and at its present location in Towson since 1960. It has twice been recognized as an Exemplary School by the U.S. Department of Education.