Nov. 7, 2005

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Six Maryland Terrapins were honored as the Atlantic Coast Conference announced its annual awards today, including Coach of the Year Sasho Cirovski and Offensive Player of the Year Jason Garey.

Cirovski earns the honor for the second time in his 13 seasons at Maryland. This season he guided the Terps to the ACC regular season title with a mark of 7-1-0. The Terrapins have an overall mark of 14-3-1 and are ranked among the top three in each of the four major polls.

Garey becomes just the third Terp to be named ACC Player of the Year honors joining Nick Skirka (1970) and Leo Cullen (1997). Garey leads the conference in goals and points per game and ranks tied for 10th all-time in conference history for goals (56).

Garey and defender senior Kenney Bertz were also named to the All-ACC first team. Bertz has helped the Terrapins to nine shutouts this season, including three in conference games. He also helped anchor a defense that allowed just five goals in eight ACC games.

Sophomore midfielder Maurice Edu and freshman goalkeeper Chris Seitz were named to the All-ACC second team. Edu has three goals and four assists on the year, with all four assists coming in league play. Seitz started five conference games and recorded three shutouts while maintaining a 0.60 goals-against average. Overall, Seitz is maintaining 0.73 goals-against average which ranks first in the ACC.

Seitz was named to the ACC All-Freshman team, along with forward Robbie Rogers. Rogers has five goals and two assists on the year.

Below are all of the 2005 honors:
2005 All-ACC First Team
Kenney Bertz, Defender, Maryland
Blake Camp, Midfield, Duke
Jason Garey, Forward, Maryland
Aaron King, Forward, NC State
Phil Marfuggi, Goalkeeper, Clemson
Dax McCarty, Midfield, North Carolina
Justin Moose, Forward, Wake Forest
Patrick Nyarko, Forward, Virginia Tech
Yannick Reyering, Forward, Virginia
Nathan Sturgis, Defender, Clemson
Michael Videira, Midfield, Duke

2005 All-ACC Second Team
Scott Campbell, Midfield, North Carolina
Nico Colaluca, Midfield, Virginia
Adam Cristman, Forward, Virginia
Maurice Edu, Midfield, Maryland
Jorge Gonzalez, Goalkeeper, NC State
Michael Harrington, Defender, North Carolina
Chris Loftus, Midfield, Duke
Sherron Manswell, Forward, Boston College
Chris Seitz, Goalkeeper, Maryland
Andre Sherard, Defender, North Carolina
Ryan Solle, Midfield, Wake Forest

2005 All-ACC Freshmen Team
Reuben Ayarna, Midfield, Boston College
Ronnie Bouemboue, Defender, NC State
Michael Callahan, Midfield, North Carolina
Scott Campbell, Midfield, North Carolina
Sam Cronin, Midfield, Wake Forest
Mike Grella, Forward, Duke
Michael Lahoud, Forward, Wake Forest
Bryson Moore, Midfield, Clemson
Patrick Nyarko, Forward, Virginia Tech
Yannick Reyering, Forward, Virginia
Robbie Rogers, Forward, Maryland
Chris Seitz, Goalkeeper, Maryland

2005 Offensive Player of the Year
Jason Garey, Maryland

2005 Defensive Player of the Year
Nathan Sturgis, Clemson

2005 Freshman of the Year
Patrick Nyarko, Virginia Tech

2005 Coach of the Year
Sasho Cirovski, Maryland