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Frese on Langhorne "When we raised Crystal's name and number to the rafters at Comcast Center, it was a fitting end to her time at Maryland, and with over 15,000 fans there to cheer her and witness it, it made us very proud. One only had to look around at the crowd that day to understand what Crystal and her teammates had built in a very short time here at Maryland. A true All-American, both athletically and academically, Crystal truly earned her place among the game's greats."
Made an immediate impact when she arrived on campus, leading the Terrapins to the program's first NCAA crown and first Final Four in 17 years in 2006 ... the first Terp All-American since 1989 and the only multiple All-American in school history ... broke Maryland's scoring and rebounding records, becoming the only men's or women's Terp with 2,000 points and 1,000 reboubds ... first player in NCAA history to lead the country in field goal shooting three times, breaking the ACC record as a junior (70.7 percent) ... career 65.2 shooting percentage ranks top 15 all-time in the NCAA across all divisions and top five in Division I history ... seventh all-time in the NCAA in double-figure scoring games ... 22nd player in school history to score 1,000 points, reaching the plateau faster than anyone in school history (64 games) ... only player in school history to score 500 points in three seasons ... one of four to score 600 points in a season ... has peppered her name all over Maryland's career, season, game and class records ... finalist for the Wooden Award twice and finalist for the WBCA's Wade Trophy and Naismith Award in 2007 and 2008 ... 2008 ACC Player of the Year ... 2005 ACC Rookie of the Year, garnering rookie of the weeks honors a school-record five times, and was the highest-honored freshman Terrapin in school history, earning second team all-conference honors ... one of four ACC players all-time to receive Player and Rookie of the Year honor ... only three-time first team All-ACC in Maryland history and only one selected all-conference four times ... one of 10 in the league all-time to earn four All-ACC nods ... earned a spot on the All-ACC Tournament team four times, only Terrapin to do so ... also voted the NCAA Albuquerque Region Most Valuable Player ... preseason candidate for the Wooden, Wade Trophy and Naismith Awards multiple times ... 2008 ACC Scholar Athlete ... an ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American.
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