Langhorne Named ACC Scholar Athlete
3/8/2008 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 8, 2008
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Maryland senior Crystal Langhorne has been selected as the 2008 ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women's basketball, league commissioner John Swofford announced Friday. She earns the honor after making the Academic All-ACC team for the third-consecutive year, an honor which was announced on Thursday by the league.
The Scholar-Athlete Award was established this past September to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sport. Candidates for the award must have maintained a 3.0 grade point average for their career as well as a 3.0 during the last two semesters. The honor was presented to Langhorne prior to the start of the Terps' ACC Tournament quarterfinal matchup against Boston College
The 2008 ACC Player of the Year and a four-time all-conference performer, Langhorne will finish her career as Maryland's all-time leading scorer and rebounder. She is the only player in Terrapin history to have scored 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds, and also holds the ACC and Maryland record for career field goal percentage. In four years with the Terps, she has registered a school-high 55 double-doubles, and started in a record 128 games. She ranks in the top 10 in the NCAA in career double-figure scoring games, scoring at least 10 points in 120 of 130 career games. On Feb. 24, Langhorne had her jersey No. 1 honored by the program.
In 26 contests this season, Langhorne is averaging 16.8 points and 9.2 rebounds, ranking among the league's top six in each. She currently ranks second in field goal percentage (.647), and is among the league's top 15 in minutes played per game.
Langhorne has also excelled off of the court in her four years at Maryland. In addition to being a three-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll, she is the only player in the ACC to have made the All-ACC Academic Women's Basketball Team in each of the last three years. She has been named to the ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American Team in each of the last two years and to the Academic All-District Team in each of the last three. A three-time Deans' List honoree and four-time member of the AD Honor Roll, Langhorne will graduate from Maryland this year with a degree in communications. She boasts a 3.43 grade point average.
Maryland advanced to the ACC Tournament semifinals for the fifth-straight year, defeating Boston, 93-81, in the quarterfinal on Friday night at Greensboro Coliseum. The Terps, who have won 30 games for the second time in the history of the program, play Duke on Saturday, March 8 in the semifinal. The game will be televised nationally on Fox Sports Net (Comcast SportsNet in the Baltimore/Washington area) at 3:30 p.m.
