Beards Named ESPN RISE All-American
9/1/2010 8:00:00 AM | Softball
Sept. 1, 2010
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Freshman Candace Beards of the Maryland softball team was named an ESPN RISE All-American outfielder recently. The four-year letterwinner at Paramus Catholic High School in Paramus, N.J. led the Paladins in nearly every offensive category her senior year and comes to College Park this year as a Terp.
Beards was also named an Under Armour All-American last year and was a four-time All-County player in New Jersey. She led her high school team in hits, home runs, triples stolen bases and runs.
Off of the softball field, she is a Black Belt in Tae Kwan Do, was a National Honor Society member, the Director of Student Activities and served as Vice President of the African American Club at her school.
To read the complete release on ESPN RISE All-Americans, please visit rise.espn.go.com.
