PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week for Dec. 3, 2007

With his consistent play guiding St. Mary’s (Md.) to a 1-1 week and overall record of 5-2 in the early season Tyson Lesesne (Edgewood, Md./Edgewood) has been named the PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week. Playing a total of 73 minutes in two games this week, the senior guard led the Seahawks in scoring (22.0 ppg), assists (11), free throw percentage (.857) and three-point field goal percentage (.400). In the win over Villa Julie, Lesesne notched a game-high 26 points, dished out a career-high nine assists, and matched his career-best for the fourth time with a pair of blocks. He also had a season-best eight rebounds against VJC and finished the game with an impressive .647 field goal percentage.

Lesesne added 18 points and went 4-for-4 at the free throw line in the loss at Marymount (Va.). For the season, Lesesne paces the squad with a 19.4 scoring average, a .906 (29-32) free throw percentage and a .452 (19-42) three-point field goal percentage. He is also tied for the team lead with five blocks. The Seahawks visit Salisbury (2-6) on Wednesday and are host to Hood (4-3) this coming Saturday.

PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Honor Roll (11/26/07-12/02/07)

Brian Green, Frostburg State, Senior, Guard, 5-10, 160, Baltimore, Md./Archbishop Curley
Doug Polster, Johns Hopkins, Senior, Guard, 6-1, 175, Bernardsville, NJ/Bernards
Gary Ward, Salisbury University, Senior, Guard, 6-1, 180, Poolesville, Md./Poolesville
Greg Woody, Villa Julie College, Sophomore, Guard, 5'10, 165, Baltimore, MD/Mt. St. Joe's

2007-08 PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week Previous Winners 

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

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

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.