PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week for Feb. 4, 2008

With his team on a three-game losing skid and after having one of his worst scoring efforts of his Blazer career with just one field goal on Wednesday, Ryan Junghans (Derwood, MD/Magruder) picked a perfect time to step up and have a breakout performance. 

Junghans has been named the PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week for the second time this season after scoring a school-record 47 points in a double-overtime victory over Gallaudet, 124-120, on Saturday.  The old record was 44 points which was set by Santo Provenzano in the 2005-06 season.  

For the week the Blazer's junior guard ended up shooting 16/28 from the field, 8/13 behind the arc and a perfect 10/10 from the charity strike in 65 minutes.

The Blazers, currently in third place in the CAC standings, host fourth-place St. Mary's College (Md.) Wednesday at 8 p.m.

PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Honor Roll (01/28/08-02/03/08)

Jade Belt, Frostburg State, Senior, Center, Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall

Chaise Lancaster, Villa Julie College, Junior, Guard, Bowie, MD/Northwestern

Doug Polster, Johns Hopkins, Senior, Guard, Bernardsville, NJ/Bernards

2007-08 PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Players of the Week

11/19 - Ryan Junghans, Hood, Junior, Guard, Derwood, MD/Magruder

11/25 - Brett Foelber, McDaniel, Senior, Guard/Forward, Sykesville, MD/Cardinal Gibbons

12/03 - Tyson Lesesne, St. Mary's (Md.), Senior, Guard, Edgewood, MD/Edgewood

12/10 - Jesse Gutekunst, Hood, Senior, Center, Hagerstown, MD/South Hagerstown

1/7 - Brian Green, Frostburg, Senior, Guard, Baltimore, MD/Archbishop Curley

1/14 - Greg Woody, Villa Julie, Sophomore, Guard, Baltimore, MD/Mt. St. Joe 

1/21 - Pat O'Connell, John Hopkins, Sophomore, Guard, Baltimore, MD/Loyola Blakefield

1/28 - Greg Woody, Villa Julie, Sophomore, Guard, Baltimore, MD/Mt. St. Joe

About the PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week Award

Entering its second year, the PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week Award is granted on a weekly basis on behalf of the Pride of Maryland Tournament Committee. Each week, each of the nine Pride of Maryland schools has the ability to nominate one men's basketball player, based upon their on-court accomplishments over the previous seven days. An esteemed panel of media members vote to select the most outstanding player of the group. Simply, the student-athlete with the most votes becomes the PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week. All student-athletes who receive votes, but are not named the PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week, are then named to the PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Honor Roll.

The award will be presented on Mondays, beginning on November 19, 2007, and concluding February 25, 2008, with a two-week hiatus on December 25, 2006.

The Pride of Maryland is comprised of the nine NCAA Division III schools in the state: Frostburg State University, Goucher College, Hood College, John Hopkins University, McDaniel College, Salisbury University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Villa Julie College and Washington College.

For more information on the Provident Bank Pride of Maryland Tournament, go to http://www.providentpride.com/.



About PrestoSports

PrestoSports is proud to sponsor the Provident Bank Pride of Maryland Tournament, and has created the PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week Award to recognize the best athletic achievements in the state of Maryland. A Rockville, Md., based company, PrestoSports is a leading provider of athletic content management software to colleges and conference offices used for designing, building and maintaining official athletic websites. With clients across the country, PrestoSports focuses on smaller schools and conferences in NCAA Divisions II and III.