Feb. 5, 2007

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland's Crystal Langhorne and Marissa Coleman were named to the Midseason Wooden All-American team and are among the top 20 candidates for the John R. Wooden Award, presented to the nation's top women's basketball player. The list is based on individual player performances and team records through the first half of the season.

Junior Crystal Langhorne (Willingboro, N.J./Willingboro) and sophomore Marissa Coleman (Cheltenham, Md./St. John's College [D.C.]) have helped the Terrapins to a top five national ranking for most of the season and are ranked sixth this week in the Associated Press poll, boasting a 22-3 record.

Her second-straight year on the midseason list, Langhorne leads the nation in field goal percentage for the second-straight year (.729) and leads the team in points (14.6 ppg) and rebounding (7.6 rpg). Coleman is second on the team with 12.6 ppg and 6.8 rpg. She is the first player in school history to post a triple-double on Dec. 2 against UC Santa Barbara. Both have also been named the ACC Player of the Week once this year.

Langhorne is the 2004 ACC Rookie of the Year and was an AP All-American and a first team All-ACC honoree in 2005. Coleman was voted the 2005 conference Rookie of the Year, while also earning second-team all-conference nods.

In March, the John R. Wooden Award Committee will cut the list down to an official voting ballot consisting of approximately 15 players who have proven to their universities that they are also making progress toward graduation and maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA. Over 200 voters, comprised of sports media members and women's college basketball experts across the nation, will then cast their votes for the five-member All-American team and Wooden Award honor as the most outstanding female collegiate basketball player in the nation.

The 2007 Award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award, the Wooden Award All-American Teams, and the Legends of Coaching Award to recipient Gene Keady of Purdue University, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 7, 2007. The top five male and female finalists will be invited to Los Angeles for the awards ceremony and will receive a contribution from The Los Angeles Athletic Club for their university's general scholarship fund.

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