Four Terps Receive AP Nods
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland's Crystal Langhorne and Kristi Toliver received a second All-American nod. The United State Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) voted Langhorne and Toliver to the 10-member team, the organization announced Thursday. The Terps were the only team in the nation to have more than one player named to the squad.
Senior Crystal Langhorne (Willingboro, N.J./Willingboro) earns the recognition for the third-straight year. Langhorne is on pace to become the first player in NCAA history to lead the nation in field goal percentage three-straight years. Maryland's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, she was the 2008 ACC Player of the Year and was a first-team All-ACC pick for the third-straight year, one of only 10 players in league history to earn first team all-conference nods three times. Langhorne is also Maryland's only four-time all-league selection. Langhorne led the team this season with 17.3 points per game and 9.4 rebounds per game, which ranks third in the respective categories.
Langhorne owns several records at Maryland. She is the only men's or women's player in College Park to have 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. She started the most women's basketball games in school history, has the highest field goal percentage (.652) in a career, most field goals made (469) and most free throw attempts (747).
Ranked fifth in the nation with 7.4 assists per game, junior Kristi Toliver (Harrisonburg, Va./Harrisonburg) broke the ACC's 30-year old single-season assists record, dishing out 275 helpers in 37 games. Second on the team with a career-high 17.1 ppg, she was named first team All-ACC this season after earning a spot on the third team as a sophomore. Toliver the school record for three-pointers made (78), career threes made (209) and surpassed the 1,000-point career mark. She scored 631 points this season the fourth-most points by a Terrapin in program history.
Joining the two Terps on the USBWA All-America team were Sylvia Fowles from LSU, Amber Holt from Middle Tennessee State, Erlana Larkins from North Carolina, Angel McCoughtry from Louisville, Maya Moore from Connecticut, Courtney Paris from Oklahoma, Candace Parker from Tennessee and Candice Wiggins from Stanford.
Langhorne and Toliver were selected to the Associated Press All-America team earlier this week. Toliver is the sixth player in the history of the program to be named an All-American. Langhorne is the only multiple All-American in school history. She was the first Terp to earn national honors since 1989 when she was selected in 2005.
Maryland was 33-4 this season, advancing to the Elite Eight for the second time in three years.
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