COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Maryland men's soccer freshman forward
Kimani Stewart-Baynes was named the 2023 Big Ten Freshman of the Year as three Terps earned conference honors, announced Friday by the Big Ten.
Stewart-Baynes, who was also a unanimous All-Freshman Team selection, was joined by
William Kulvik (All-Big Ten Second Team) and
Kento Abe (Big Ten Sportsmanship Award) as award winners. Stewart-Baynes is Maryland's second Big Ten Freshman of the Year following
Joshua Bolma, who won the award in 2021. Patrick Mullins (2010) and Jeremy Hall (2006) won conference freshman of the year honors in the ACC.
The Toronto native burst onto the scene in his first season in College Park, scoring three goals and notching a team leading seven assists. Those seven assists are currently tied for first in the Big Ten. His 10 combined goals and assists is the most for a Maryland freshman since Eryk Williamson had six goals and five assists in 2015.
Kulvik anchored the Maryland back line, starting 13 matches. Since he arrived in College Park, the Oslo, Norway native has started 42 to 48 matches he's played and was previously an All-Freshman team selection in 2021. Abe played in 14 matches and wore the captain's armband for the Terps in various games this season.
Maryland First Team All-Big Ten
Mael Corboz, MF, 2014, 15
Dan Metzger, MF, 2014
Chris Odoi-Atsem, D, 2014, 16
Alex Shinsky, F, 2014
Gordon Wild, F, 2016
Amar Sejdic, MF, 2016,18
Alex Crognale, D, 2016
Cody Niedermeier, GK, 2016
Eryk Williamson, MF, 2017
Jake Rozhansky, MF, 2017
Donovan Pines, D, 2018
Johannes Bergmann, D, 2019
Eli Crognale, MF, 2019
Ben Bender, MF, 2021
Brett St. Martin, D, 2021
Joshua Bolma, MF/F, 2021,22
Malcolm Johnston, MF, 2022
Nick Richardson, D, 2022
Chris Rindov, D, 2022
Maryland Second Team All-Big Ten
Mikey Ambrose, D, 2014
Alex Crognale, D, 2015
Sebastian Elney, F, 2015
Tsubasa Endoh, MF, 2015
Chris Odoi-Atsem, D, 2015
Suli Dainkeh, D, 2016
Eryk Williamson, MF, 2016
Donovan Pines, D, 2017
Eric Matzelevich, F, 2019
Niklas Neumann, GK, 2019, 21
Paul Bin, F, 2020
Brett St. Martin, D, 2020
Ben Bender, MF, 2020
William Kulvik, D, 2023
Maryland Big Ten All-Freshman Team
George Campbell, MF, 2014
Sebastian Elney, F, 2015
Eryk Williamson, MF, 2015
Donovan Pines, D, 2016
William James Herve, MF, 2018
Malcolm Johnston, MF, 2019
Nick Richardson, MF, 2019
Ben Bender, MF, 2020
Jacen Russell-Rowe, F, 2020
William Kulvik, D, 2021
Caden Stafford, F, 2021
Luca Costabile, D, 2022
Kimani Stewart-Baynes, F, 2023
