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2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster

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11 Katie Benzan

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position G
  • Major Journalism: Master of Journalism
  • Hometown Wellesley, MA
  • High School Noble and Greenough School
  • Prev School Harvard
  • Instagram k.benzan
  • Twitter katiekbenz

Biography

  • Set program record for career three-point percentage (47.4%)
  • AP All-America Honorable Mention (2021, 2022)
  • All-Big Ten Second Team (2021, 2022 - Media)
  • All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (2022 - Coaches)
  • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2022)
  • Led NCAA with 3PT% of 50% (2021)
  • ESPNW National Player of the Week (12/31/18)
  • Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll (11/30/20; 12/27/21)
  • Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List (2021)
As a Graduate (2021-22): Broke Maryland career three-point percentage record with career percentage of 47.4% (166-250)... scored the first bucket of the season for the Terps on her way to 11 points, four assists, and three rebounds against Longwood (11/9)... added 12 points with 3 boards in win vs. Villanova (11/12)...Hit her 100th three-pointer as a Terp on her way to 14 points and eight assists against Mount St. Mary's (11/16)...Dropped in six three-pointers on her way to 22 points in win over UNCW (11/18)...Returned to lineup with nine points, including a perfect 4-4 from the free-throw line, in win over Miami (12/2)...Dropped in three-pointers on her first two shots of the game on the way to 15 points in victory over Rutgers (12/5)...Drained three triples en route to another 15 point performance to go alongside six assists (12/8)...Drained a trio of triples to go alongside four rebounds and a block against #1 South Carolina (12/12)...Sank six triples on her way to a team-high 22 points against Coppin State (12/21)...Added 8 points with 4 assists and 4 steals vs Penn State (1/6)...Scored 8 points and dished 6 assists while grabbing a pair of rebounds at Minnesota (1/9)...Scored five points, dealt four assists, and earned two steals agsint #11 Michgian (1/16)...Drained four threes on her way to 16 points, three steals, and two assists at Ohio State (1/20)... Went 5 for 7 from three totaling 17 points at home against Northwestern (1/24)...Drained a pair of triples on her way to 10 points, plus three rebounds and two assists, in win over Rutgers (1/27)...Drained two triples for the fourth consecutive game as she finished with eight points, three assists, and steals in win at Penn State (1/30)...Scored eight points on three field goals, two of them triples, in win at Michigan State (2/3)...Contribued eight points, including two from distance, plus four steals in win over Nebraska on her Senior Day (2/6)...Went a perfect three-for-three from the field, and beyond the arc, to finish with nine points, three steals, three rebounds, and two assists against Wisconsin (2/9)...Drained huge three with five minutes remaining in fourth quarter to secure lead against #22 Iowa (2/14)...Put up 11 points on a trio of triples in win over #18 Ohio State (2/27)...Drained three triples at #9 Michigan (2/20)...Sunk game-clinchng floater with 11.7 seconds remaining to defeat #10 Indiana (2/27)...went 5-7 from outside the arc for 17 points in NCAA First Round win over Delaware (3/18)...played all 40 minutes and nabbed 5 steals in Sweet 16 vs. #1 Stanford (3/25).

As a Senior (2020-21): Named to All-Big Ten Second Team and earned AP Honorable Mention All-America honors... led the country with her three-point FG % of 50% (93-186)... averaged 12.7 points... also shot 93.8% from the foul line (30-32)... scored in double figures in 17 of 29 games... made 2 or more threes in 20 games... in her debut as a Terp scored 13 points shooting 50% from the field, got 2 rebounds and dished out 2 assists in win over Davidson (11/27)...shot 60% from the field scoring 16 points, dishing out 3 assist and grabbing 3 rebounds against #24 Missouri State (11/28)...scored a career-high 28 points shooting 8 for 14 from the three-point line and earned 2020 #BeachBubble Tournament MVP honors in win over #14 Arkansas (11/29)...scored 21 points shooting 6-for-7 three-pointers and dished out 3 assists in a win over Towson (12/3)...posted 12 points including 4 threes in a win at Rutgers (12/14)...knocked down 3 three-pointers and scored a total of 12 points with 3 assists in a win over JMU (12/19)...scored 7 points, added 3 boards and 4 assists in a win at Penn State (12/31)...went a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line scoring a total of 12 points, added 1 board and 1 assist in a win over #19 Indiana (1/4)...went a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line and finished with 19 points, a season-high 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal in a win at #23 Michigan State (1/7)...Shot all 10 field-goal attempts from three-points range, finished with 20 points, 2 boards, 2 steals and 1 assist in a win at Minnesota (1/14)...contributed to a win at Wisconsin (1/17) with 12 points and 3 assists...played all 40 minutes against Ohio State (1/25) and scored 22 points including 7-of-12 three-pointers, matched her career-best 7 rebounds, added 3 assists and 1 steal...tallied her first block of the season, added 9 points, 3-of-7 three-pointers, 5 assists and 3 steals in a win over Michigan State (1/28)...added 18 points including 6-of-7 three-pointers, 2 boards, 5 assists and 3 steals in a win over Wisconsin (2/4/21)...tallied a season-best 7 assists and added 2 points and 2 steals in a win over Nebraska (2/14/21)..scored 6 three-pointers for 22 final points, added 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in a win over Illinois (2/17/21)...scored 17 points including 3 three-pointers, added 5 assists and 3 boards in a win over Minnesota (2/20/21)...scored her 1500th career-point, set the Maryland program record for three-pointers in a single game (9), shot 90% (9-10) from three-point range, set a new career-best scoring 29 points, added 4 rebounds 1 assist ans 1 steal in a win over Iowa (2/23/21)...added 5 points and 2 rebounds in a win at Northwestern (2/28/21)...helped clinch a share of the Big Ten title against #12 Michigan (3/4/21) by adding 6 points, 3 assists and 3 steals...scored 9 points, had 4 rebounds, 4 assists and a career-high 5 steals in a win over Penn State (3/6/21) to help the Terps secure sole possession of the Big Ten regular season title...tallied one 3 pointer to help the Terps pass Nebraska (3/11/21) in the quarter-final of the Big Ten Tournament...contributed 5 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists in a win over Northwestern (3/12/21) in the semi-final of the Big Ten Tournament...tallied 4 three pointers adn finished with 14 points, 2 boards, 6 assists, 3 steals and 1 block in a win over Iowa (3/13/21) to win the Big Ten Tournament Championship...in the first round of the NCAA tournament, scored 5 points, dished out 4 assists and grabbed 2 boards in a win over Mount St. Mary's (3/22/21) to advance to the second round...knocked down 9 points, added 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block in a win over Alabama to advance to the Sweet 16 (3/24/21)...made 2 three-pointers and scored 6 points, added 5 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals against Texas (3/28/21).
       
Before Maryland: Played three years at Harvard, where she was a three-time All-Ivy League First Team honoree... averaged 13.7 points with 3.3 rebounds, 4.1 assists and played over 34 minutes per game for the Crimson... averaged .395 (287-726) from outside the arc over three years, which is No. 10 on Harvard's all-time list... notched career highs of 27 points at Quinnipiac and 10 assists at No. 14 California... earned ESPNW National Player of the Week honors on Dec. 31, 2018 after a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds in a win at No. 14 California... became the 20th player in Harvard history to reach 1,000 career points... finished career at Harvard at No. 20 on the Crimson's all-time scoring list with 1,223 career points... owns school record of 287 three-pointers made in three years...owns top three single season threes records in Harvard history (103 - 2018-19, 99 - 2017-18, 85 - 2016-17)... made seven three-pointers in a game four times, most recently 2/2/19... Five-year starter and two-year captain at Noble and Greenough School … Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year … McDonald’s All-American nominee … 2,000 point scorer ... Two-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic … Four-time All-New England … Boston Herald All Scholastic … Sporting News Girls Basketball All-American … Three-time NEPSAC and two-time ISL MVP … Led Noble and Greenough to a 125-8 record over five years, including 14 straight ISL championships and five straight New England championships … Also lettered three years in volleyball and served as a senior captain.

Personal: Has one brother, Pat, who played at Holy Cross... earned degree in psychology from Harvard... currently working on her master's in journalism.

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    2020-21Senior

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    2021-22Graduate Student

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