PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week

Hood College opened the 2007-08 season by posting an 1-1 record at the Dickinson College Tip-Off Tournament.  Leading the Blazers was the PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week, Ryan Junghans (Derwood, MD/Magruder).  The 5'10" Junior Guard was the team's leading scorer in both games with a total of 53 points while shooting 17 for 34 from the field and a perfect 8 for 8 from the line.  In his 72 minutes Junghans showed his outside touch by going 11 for 21 from behind the arc and was one triple shy of tying the school record with seven threes in the team's overtime loss to Staten Island in the first round.  Junghans was also named to the Dickinson College Tip-Off Tournament all-tournament team.

PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Honor Roll (11/12/07-11/18/07)

Jade Belt, Frostburg State, Senior, Center, 6-5, 220, Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall 

Cameron Brown, Goucher, Senior, Forward, 6-3, 190, Baltimore, MD/Owings Mills

Pat O'Connell, Johns Hopkins, Sophomore, Guard, 6-2, 185, Baltimore, MD 

James Restrepo, Washington College, Sophomore, Guard, 5-11, 200, Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing Area 

Gary Ward, Salisbury University, Senior, Guard, 6-1, 180, Poolesville, Md./Poolesville

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.

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