This is a Maryland Minute, a short story followed by a roundup of Terps-related news.
Maryland baseball catcher Alex Calarco was named Golden Spikes Award Player of the Week Monday. The honor is bestowed to the player with the baseball performance in college baseball for the previous week.
Calarco recorded an astounding two grand slams and 12 RBIs in just three games over the weekend against Western Carolina. He also finished the weekend with a .571 batting average and currently leads the NCAA with 20 RBIs. He is also second in the country with five home runs.
The last Terp to win this honor was Matt Shaw in May 2022.
In other news
No. 16 Maryland men’s basketball moved up four spots in the Associated Press poll.
Moving up 4⃣ spots! pic.twitter.com/FZ8bADnRTj
— Maryland Men’s Basketball (@TerrapinHoops) February 24, 2025
Maryland men’s lacrosse remained at No. 2 in national rankings this week.
National No. 2 @TerpsMLax solidified their poll position today. Their No. 2 place has been strengthened in @Inside_Lacrosse‘s poll, and Maryland took Princeton’s second-place spot in @USA_Lacrosse‘s poll. That means Maryland versus Notre Dame on Saturday will be #1/1 versus #2/2.
— Nolan Rogalski (@NolanRogalski) February 24, 2025
No. 19 Maryland women’s basketball moved up two spots in the rankings.
Maryland women’s basketball up two spots to No. 19 in the latest AP poll.
First time the Terps have been trending positively there in a couple weeks.— Max Schaeffer (@MaxSchaeffer_) February 24, 2025
Maryland women’s lacrosse remained at No. 9 in this week’s Inside Lacrosse rankings.
Maryland women’s lacrosse (2-1) stayed put at No. 9 in the recent Inside Lacrosse rankings. The Terps defeated Georgetown and Saint Joseph’s this week.
Next game:
Home against Denver (3-2) on Saturday— Dylan Schmidt (@DylanSchmidt_05) February 24, 2025
Former Maryland basketball player Kevin Huerter scored 23 points for the Chicago Bulls Monday.
Kevin Huerter was cooking on the road @KevinHuerter | #SeeRed pic.twitter.com/XODvhVXrnF
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) February 25, 2025
Ethen Miller is joining some elite company for Maryland wrestling.
20-0 with a 7-0 Big Ten record
Best regular season for a Terp since Jimmy Sheptock started 32-0 in 2013-14 #TurtlePower x #TFIN pic.twitter.com/x10SaQylB7
— Maryland Wrestling (@TerpsWrestling) February 24, 2025