25 for 25: The Top 25 Student-Athletes From The Last 25 Years

Maryland Athletics is celebrating the first 25 years of the 21st century by looking back at some of the greatest Terps from all of our sports. Listed in alphabetical order, these Terps represented the best of the University of Maryland from 2001-25. Join us each week in the month of December as we look back at some of the greatest to ever don the red, white, black and gold.

Note: Student-athletes were selected based upon their performance from Jan. 2001 to Dec. 2025. Student-athletes needed to compete in at least two seasons during this 25-year period.

Matt Rambo

Men's Lacrosse • 2014-17

• 2017 Tewaaraton Award winner - the first in Maryland men’s lacrosse history
• Led the Terps to four NCAA Final Fours and helped the team win the 2017 NCAA Championship
• Ended his career as Maryland's all-time record holder in career points (257) and goals (155), and is currently third all-time in both categories.  
• 2017 Enners Award (Nation's Most Outstanding Player)
• 2x USILA All-American (2017, 2016)
• 2017 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
• Led Maryland to three Big Ten Championships (2015-17)

Katie Schwarzmann

Women's Lacrosse • 2010-13

• Inducted into the Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame in 2024
• Maryland's first-ever two-time Tewaaraton Award winner (2012 and 2013)
• Three-time Tewaaraton Award finalist (2011, 2012, 2013)
• One of only four Maryland women's lacrosse players to be a four-time All-American (first-team in 2011-13 and third-team - 2010)
• One of only five Terps in women's lacrosse history to be a three-time first team All-American
• Maryland's first-ever three-time IWLCA National Midfielder of the Year
• 2010 NCAA Champion, Four NCAA Tournament and Final Four appearances, Four-time NCAA All-Tournament team
• Two-time ACC Offensive Player of the Year, 2010 ACC Freshman of the Year, Four-time All-ACC, Four-time ACC Champion, Two-time ACC Tournament MVP (2012 & 2013), Three-time ACC All-Tournament team (2011-13)

Matt Shaw

Baseball • 2021-23

• 2023 Brooks Wallace Award Winner (College Baseball's Best Shortstop)
• 2023 Consensus First Team All-American
• 2023 Big Ten Player of the Year
• Two-time First Team All-Big Ten (2022 & 2023)
• 2021 Perfect Game Second Team Freshman All-American and Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
• Holds the Maryland records for career home runs (53), extra-base hits (103), and total bases (432), and is also in the Top 10 in RBI (2nd, 166), runs (3rd, 172), hits (7th, 222), doubles (T-7th, 47).
• Helped lead the Terps to three-straight NCAA Regional appearances

Taulia Tagovailoa

Football • 2020-23

• Maryland’s and the Big Ten’s All-Time Passing Leader (11,256 yards)
• Two-time All-Big Ten and Academic All-Big Ten
• 2023 Finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy
• 2023 Polynesian College Football Offensive Player of the Year
• Also holds the Maryland career records for completions (955), completion percentage (67.1%), passing touchdowns (76), 300-yard passing games (15), and total offense (11,473)
• Set Maryland single season records for passing yards (3,860 in 2021), completions (328 in 2021), completion percentage (69.2% in 2021), touchdowns (26 in 2021, Tied with Scott Milanovich (1993)), and 300-yard passing games (7 in 2021)
• Led Maryland to three bowl games and was the starting QB for two bowl victories

Hudson Taylor

Wrestling • 2006-10

• Inducted into the Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022
• The only three-time All-American in the history of Maryland wrestling
• Finished third at the NCAA championships twice (2008 and 2009) and fourth once (2010)
• Two-time ACC Wrestler of the Year
• Two-time ACC champion at 197 lbs. (2008 and 2010)
• 2010 Most Outstanding Wrestler at the ACC Tournament
• Four-time All-ACC honoree
• Maryland record holder for career falls (87)
• Holds four of the top six spots on the single-season falls list (1st with 24, 2009-10; 3rd with 19, 2008-09; 4th with 18, 2007-08; 6th with 15, 2006-07)

25 for 25: The Top Student-Athletes of the Last 25 Years … so far

Audrey Barber - Gymnastics
Dominic Berger - Track & Field
Jared Bernhardt - Men's Lacrosse
Hayley Brock - Women's Soccer
Anthony Cowan Jr. - Men's Basketball
Taylor Cummings - Women's Lacrosse
Stefon Diggs - Football
Juan Dixon - Men's Basketball
Jason Garey - Men's Soccer
E.J. Henderson - Football
Paula Infante - Field Hockey
Thea LaFond - Track & Field
Crystal Langhorne - Women's Basketball
Patrick Mullins - Men's Soccer
Katie O'Donnell - Field Hockey
Matt Rambo - Men's Lacrosse
Katie Schwarzmann - Women's Lacrosse
Matt Shaw - Baseball
Taulia Tagovailoa - Football
Hudson Taylor - Wrestling