BETHESDA, MD -- Maryland basketball legends Crystal Langhorne and Jim O'Brien were inducted into the Washington DC Metro Basketball Hall of Fame Sunday at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda.
Langhorne was a two-time All-American, earned All-ACC honors four times and First-Team All-ACC honors three times. Langhorne led Maryland to the NCAA Championship in 2006. She graduated as Maryland's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, she is the only men's or women's Terp with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. She led the nation in field goal percentage three times and shot a remarkable 65.2 percent for her career. A 12-year veteran of the WNBA – including five years with the Washington Mystics from 2008 to 2013 - she is a 2-time WNBA champion and 2-time WNBA All-Star.
A native of Falls Church, Va., Jim O'Brien was a two-time First Team All-Metropolitan selection at Stuart HS, graduating in 1969. Jim O'Brien is still considered by many to be the best high school player to ever come out of Northern Virginia. He led the state in scoring in 1968 and 1969 with averages of 28.4 and 31.3 before becoming one of Lefty Driesell's most celebrated first recruits at Maryland. In his three years as a starter at Maryland from 1970-73, he made ALL-ACC Second Team in 1971, the Terrapins won the National Invitational Tournament in 1972 and he finished his career averaging 15 points per game, leaving MD as their sixth all-time leading scorer. Drafted by both the NBA and ABA, O'Brien won an ABA championship ring with the New York Nets in 1974 before finishing his professional career with the Memphis Sounds in 1975.
Established in 1981, the Washington DC Metropolitan Basketball Hall of Fame is administered by a Board of Directors comprised of civic leaders, school officials, media representatives, coaches and basketball-minded men and women from the Metropolitan area. The local Hall of Fame is associated with the Naismith Memorial National Basketball Hall of Fame located in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Other Terrapins that have been inducted include Len Bias, Lefty Driesell,
Brenda Frese, Chris Weller, Len Elmore, Tom McMillan, Gary Williams, Gene Shue and Johnny Holliday.
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