University of Maryland Athletics

Hall of Fame coach Gary Williams’ Terps reached college basketball’s pinnacle when they defeated Indiana, 64-52, on April 1, 2002, to claim Maryland’s first national championship.

Senior Greivis Vasquez hit a clutch basket with 37 seconds left to lift Maryland to a share of the ACC title in a 79-72 victory over Duke. Maryland fans stormed the court in jubilation as they celebrated one of Maryland’s signature wins over the Blue Devils.

Regional MVP Lonny Baxter scored 24 points as Maryland advanced to its first Final Four in history with a convincing 87-73 win over No. 1 overall seed Stanford. 

Juan Dixon added 17 points, while Byron Mouton locked down All-American Casey Jacobsen.

In Head Coach Ralph Friedgen’s first season at the helm of the Maryland football program, he led an unprecedented turnaround, taking the Terps from 5-6 to 10-1 and Maryland’s first outright ACC Championship in 16 years. 

Maryland clinched the title with a 23-19 win over NC State when Shaun Hill threw an eight-yard touchdown to Guilian Gary with just 41 seconds left to cap off a dream regular season. The Terps would go on to play in the Orange Bowl, their first major bowl since 1977.

Maryland won the 2006 NCAA Championship in a game that fans will never forget. Led by two freshmen, two sophomores and a junior in the starting lineup, the Terrapins battled back from a 13-point deficit to beat Duke, 78-75, in overtime.

Freshman Kristi Toliver hit the most famous shot in women’s basketball history - a three over Duke’s 6-7 center - with 6 seconds left to force overtime. The Terps were 5-0 in overtime games that year and took on the saying, “Overtime is our time!” Toliver and fellow freshman Marissa Coleman both hit free throws down the stretch to win the national title.

Never ranked in the top-25 during the regular season, Maryland rebounded from a 4-5-3 start to finish the season on a 9-1-1 tear to capture its fourth national title. 

Led by a stellar backline that featured standout center back Donovan Pines and goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair, the Terps were unscored upon in the NCAA Tournament. Senior captain Amar Sejdic scored the winning goal in the title game to finish off one of the great in-season turnarounds in college soccer history.

After years of close encounters and heartbreaking endings, Maryland lacrosse returned to glory in 2017 with the program’s first national title in 42 years. 

Dylan Maltz had two goals and an assist and Tim Rotanz scored three times as the top-seeded Terrapins defeated Ohio State 9-6 at Gillette Stadium. 

Rotanz scored the final goal with 59 seconds left, allowing the Terps (16-3) a little comfort to count down the final minute after three goals by Ohio State in the fourth quarter pulled the Buckeyes within two.

The Terps held on, then rushed the field beneath a cloud of gloves and sticks they tossed in the air to celebrate the first NCAA Championship for head coach John Tillman.

Led by six goals from Caroline Steele, the Maryland women’s lacrosse team defeated Boston College, 16-13, to win its 14th national championship and end the 2017 season a perfect 23-0. 

Maryland completed a perfect season for the first time since 2001 and the fifth time in program history as it won its third national title in four years. The Terps won all 23 games by an average of eight goals, won the Big Ten regular-season and tournament championships, had its sixth Tewaaraton winner in a row with Zoe Stukenberg taking home lacrosse’s most prestigious honor and had the National Midfielder, Defender and Goalkeeper of the Year, respectively.