Career Highlights
- 2021 Baseball America Third Team All-American
- 2021 First Team All-Big Ten
- 2021 ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region First Team
- Big Ten Player of the Week (3/16/21)
As a Junior (2021): Baseball America Third Team All-American ... First Team All-Big Ten Shortstop … ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-East Region … started all 48 games at shortstop … led the Big Ten with 18 home runs … his 18 homers tied for the fourth-most in program history and was the most by a Terp since 2002 … homered in 12 consecutive weekend series to start the season before the streak was snapped in the last regular-season series … ranked second in the conference with 51 RBI … finished the season with a team-high OPS of 1.041 … 50 hits and 42 runs scored ranked second on the team … nine stolen bases ranked fourth on the team … hit his first and the team’s first home run of the season against Michigan State (3/6) … went 2-for-3 and drove in a run against MSU (3/7) … went 3-for-4 with a pair of homers against Rutgers (3/12) … homered for the second consecutive game against Rutgers (3/13) … clobbered two more home runs against Rutgers in the second game of the DH (3/13) … went 3-for-4 with a homer and drove in five runs against Penn State (3/20) … went 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs against Iowa (3/27) … went 2-for-5 and drove in two runs against Ohio State (3/28) … drove in two runs in a 2-for-3 performance against OSU (3/29) … homered, went 3-for-5, and scored four runs against #25 Michigan (4/5) … went 2-for-5 and homered, driving in three at Nebraska (4/10) … homered against Ohio State (4/18) … homered at Iowa (4/24) … went 2-for-4 with a homer and drove in four against Minnesota (4/30) … hit a home run at Illinois (5/8) … homered and went 3-for-5 against Purdue (5/14) … homered in his third consecutive game against Purdue (5/15) … hit a home run against #24 Michigan (5/22) … went 3-for-3 and drew the game-winning walk-off walk against Indiana (5/29) … had two hits against Indiana to close the regular season (5/30) … scored a pair of runs in the NCAA Tournament opener against Charlotte (6/4) … homered in the elimination game against Norfolk State (6/5) … got a hit in the elimination game against Charlotte to advance to the regional final (6/6)
As a Sophomore (2020):Â Started all 15 games of shortened season at shortstop...was a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts and led the team...ranked second on the team in home runs (3) and third on the team with 14 RBIs...hit a solo home run vs. Rhode Island (2/22)...went 2-for-3 vs. Coastal Carolina (3/1)...went 2-for-2 with a double, a home run, and five runs driven in vs. Delaware (3/4)...hit a solo home run and scored twice vs. Bryant (3/6)...went 2-for-5 with a RBI double vs. Bryant (3/7)...went 2-for-5 with a double and three runs driven in vs. Bryant (3/8)...drove in a run vs. James Madison (3/11)
As a Freshman (2019): Played in 54 of 58 games with 50 starts…started 39 games at second base, eight at shortstop and three as the designated hitter…lineup positions: fifth (5 starts), sixth (2 starts), seventh (4 starts), eighth (28 starts), ninth (11 starts)…slashed .200/.317/.314 with nine doubles, three homers and a triple…totaled 35 hits, 23 runs scored and 15 RBIs…walked 16 times to 53 strikeouts and was hit by 15 pitches…was three-of-four on stolen bases…had five multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games…longest hitting streak was five games, longest on-base streak was 11 games…notched his first collegiate hit, a double, against VCU (2/17)…notched his first RBI at Louisiana (3/2)…had three RBIs and a double against Delaware (3/5)…hit his first career home run and had his first career three-hit game at Northwestern (4/13)…started all three games of the Big Ten Tournament.
Before Maryland: Played for Newark High School…2018 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American…2018 and 2017 Finger Lakes East Player of the Year…2018 Section V Class B Player of the Year…Class B First-Team All-State…as a senior finished with a .512 average, .650 on-base percentage and four home runs…on the mound earned three saves and posted a 0.95 ERA…as a junior batted .605 with two home runs and 11 doubles…drove in 18 and scored 24 times…also struck out 20 in 15.2 IP on the mound…also played basketball, helping his team to a Section V basketball title.
Personal: Son of Darren and Rozanne Cowles...lists his sports hero as Derek Jeter.
