Retriever
Achievers
UMBC student-athletes excel in their sports,
in the classroom and in the community.
Academics | Athletics | Community Outreach
ACADEMICS
The NCAA's most recent Academic Progress Report ranked our women's
swim team and men's basketball and cross country teams in the top 10
percent of
colleges and universities nationally.
Nine UMBC athletic and support teams posted grade point averages
of 3.00 or
higher in the fall of 2007. Forty-nine percent of all students
in the program (total of 441) had grade point averages of 3.00 or higher,
while 29 percent were over 3.50. Thirty-nine program participants
recorded 4.0 grade point averages in the fall.
The women's basketball team has a team grade-point average of 3.32. The
only team in the department with a higher GPA is women's tennis, at 3.49.
Isaac Matthews ’07,
mechanical engineering, was named the 2007 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports
Scholar of the Year and 10 additional student-athletes were chosen
as 2007 Arthur Ashe Sports Scholars. The award is given
annually by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine
to the U.S. female and male athletes who best combine athletic and
academic excellence with community activism. Matthews is now a graduate
student in MIT’s M.S./Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering
and M.S. in Technology and Public Policy programs.
Swimming and Diving
After winning the 2008 America East championships, 11
members of the men’s and women’s swimming and diving
teams were named to America East All-Academic Teams.
Track and Field/Cross Country
Four
members of the track and field teams were named to the 2008 America
East Indoor Track and Field All-Academic Teams. The
teams placed fourth at the America East championships.
Cross
country and track and field athlete Morgan Little was named to the
2007 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District II Second Team.
Two
members of the track and field teams were named to the 2007 America
East Outdoor Track and Field All-Academic Teams.
During his senior year, Isaac
Matthews ’07, mechanical engineering, was named the 2007 Arthur
Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year. The award
is given annually by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine
to the U.S. female and male athletes who best combine athletic and
academic excellence with community activism. Matthews is now a graduate
student in MIT’s M.S./Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering
and M.S. in Technology and Public Policy programs.
Tennis
The men’s tennis team
received the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Team
Sportsmanship Award for April 2007. The
ITA National Team Sportsmanship Award is a monthly award that goes
to one men's and one women's team that has exemplified outstanding
sportsmanship, character and ethical conduct in the true spirit of
competition and collegiate tennis.
Cornelia
Carapcea was named the America East Conference Scholar-Athlete in
women’s tennis for the 2006-07 academic year.
Five
members of the tennis team were named to the 2007 America East All-Academic
Team.
Volleyball
Volleyball’s
Ashley Oscars was named to the 2007 America East All-Academic team.
Softball
Dana Shepard is one of 30
candidates for the Lowe’s Senior
CLASS Award honoring the nation’s best softball seniors who
excel in the classroom and are involved in the community.
ATHLETICS
Basketball
Men’s
basketball has advanced to the America East championships. It is UMBC’s
first-ever appearance in a league title game in 22 years at the NCAA
Division I level. The Retrievers earned their 23rd victory
(23-8) of the season, tying the all-time (41 years) school record. The
team advanced to the semi-finals in 2007.
Randy
Monroe was named 2008 America East Men’s Basketball Coach of
the Year.
Five members of
the men’s basketball team earned 2008 America East all-conference
honors.
Jay Greene and Brian Hodges were nominated for America East
Men's Basketball Fans' Choice 2008 Player of the Year.
In
2007, Brian Hodges earned All America East Men’s Basketball Second
Team, while Chris Pugh was named to the league’s All Defensive
Team, becoming the first UMBC player to ever earn
that honor.
The women’s basketball
team won the 2007 America East Championships and advanced to the first
round of the NCAA tournament.
Sharri
Rohde earned 2007 America East all-conference second team and all-defensive
team honors.
Women’s
basketball off-guard Kristin Drabyn won the 2007 America East Conference
Sportsmanship Award.
Swimming and Diving
The
UMBC men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams won
the 2008 and 2007 America East Championships, making
them the first team in the history of the conference to win back-to-back
dual conference championships.
Lacrosse
In
2007, the men’s lacrosse team advanced to the 2007 NCAA quarterfinals
for the second year in a row.
Men’s
lacrosse won their first America East Championships in 2006 and advanced
to the NCAA quarterfinals.
Three
members of the men’s lacrosse team were named to the 2007 United
States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association’s All American teams.
Five
members of the women’s lacrosse team earned 2007 America East
all-conference honors.
Tennis
Men’s
tennis won the 2007 America East Championships and earned a berth in
the NCAA championships, as well as an invitation to the prestigious
ECAC Invitational at the U.S. Tennis Center in fall 2007. The women’s
team was the America East runner-up.
Head
Tennis Coach Keith Puryear was named 2007 Mid-Atlantic College Coach
of the Year by the United States Professional Tennis Association.
The
men’s tennis team received the Intercollegiate Tennis Association
(ITA) National Team Sportsmanship Award for April 2007. The
ITA National Team Sportsmanship Award is a monthly award that goes
to one men's and one women's team that has exemplified outstanding
sportsmanship, character and ethical conduct in the true spirit of
competition and collegiate tennis.
Softball
The
softball team reached the America East semi-finals in 2007.
In
2007, Dana Shepherd was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District
II University Division First Team for the second year in a row.
Soccer
Mary
Hearin was selected to the 2006 ESPN the Magazine Women’s
Soccer Academic All-District II University Division First Team.
Volleyball
Three
volleyball players were named to the 2007 America East All-Conference
teams.
In
2006, the volleyball team stunned defending champion Binghamton in
the America East semi-finals.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
The UMBC Athletics Community Outreach Program promotes a positive relationship
between our student-athletes and communities surrounding the university. In
recent academic years, UMBC athletes performed more than 5,000 hours
of community service and raised thousands of dollars during fundraisers
for local and national organizations.
Examples include:
Mentoring: Student-athletes from men’s basketball and other teams
mentor students and participate as guest speakers at area schools.
Volunteering: For over ten years, the men’s lacrosse team has
volunteered with Ride for Pride. The team assists trainers in horseback
riding activities for special needs children at the Patapsco Horse Center
in Ellicott City, Maryland.
Fundraising: Student-athletes organize or participate in fundraisers
for Komen Maryland Race for the Cure, Adopt-a-Family Christmas Toy Drive,
Polar Bear Plunge and others.
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