March 5, 2008

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland senior Crystal Langhorne has earned many honors in her four seasons and on Wednesday, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced another for the four-time All-ACC pick. Langhorne was selected the 2008 ACC Player of the Year, as voted on by 49 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. She becomes only the second player in the history of the program and the first since 1989 to earn the honor.

Langhorne (Willingboro, N.J./Willingboro) received 23 votes, with North Carolina's Erlana Larkins garnering 12. Langhorne's teammate Kristi Toliver (Harrisonburg, Va./Harrisonburg), who was a first team All-ACC earlier this week, garnered eight votes, while NC State's Khadijah Whittington had five and UNC's Rashanda McCants had one.

The league's preseason player of the year, Langhorne is having another stellar season, averaging 16.5 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. In ACC games, she led the Terps to a school-record tying 13-1 record, averaging a league best 19.5 ppg and 10.5 rpg in those games.

Langhorne has been selected the ACC's Player of the Week three times, the most of any player this season. She posted double-doubles 12 times, seven coming in ACC games. She became the Terps' all-time leading scorer, breaking the mark held by Vicky Bullett since 1989, then went on to score her 2,000th-career point. She also broke the program's all-time rebounding record, which Bullett also held, then surpassed Len Elmore's mark, which he had held for 34 years, to become the Maryland basketball men's or women's rebounding leader, grabbing over 1,000 boards.

Langhorne became the first-ever four-time All-ACC pick in the history of the program, also becoming one of 10 players to garner three first team nods in ACC history. Langhorne ranks 11th in the ACC all-time in career scoring with 2,123 points and is seventh with 1,170 rebounds. She owns the conference's single-season (.707) and career (.650) field goal shooting records and ranks in the top five in NCAA history in career category. She is one of only 58 players in NCAA history to score 2,100 points and grab 1,100 rebounds. She also is seventh in career double-figure scoring games, scoring at least 10 in 119 of 129 career games.

Maryland's only two-time All-American, Langhorne was the ACC's Rookie of the Year in 2005. She is one of just four players in league history to win the rookie and player of the year honors during their careers. On Monday, she earned her fourth-consecutive All-ACC recognition and was picked first team for the third-straight year, a first in the history of the Maryland program.

No. 5/4 Maryland is headed for the 31st annual ACC Tournament, which takes place March 6-9 in Greensboro, N.C. The Terps earned a first-round bye and play seventh-seeded Boston College or 10th-seeded Virginia Tech on Friday, March 7 at 6 p.m. at Greensboro Coliseum. The Terps went 13-1 in the ACC and received the No. 2 seed, its highest seeding since 1993.

The semifinal games are scheduled for 1 and 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, with the championship game slated for Sunday, March 9 at 1 p.m. The final two days will be nationally televised on Fox Sports Net (Comcast SportsNet in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area).