Maggie Schmelzle Class: Junior Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio High School: St. Ursula Academy Height: 6-1 Position: Outside Hitter/Libero Experience: 2V

ON SCHMELZLE

Smart, all-around player with good court sense and passing skills ... strength is ball control and knowledge of the game ... will be pivotal player on the outside and back row.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2006)

Tied for team lead in games played and saw action in all of Maryland's 31 matches ... led Terps in digs with 366, an average of more than three per game ... also registered 126 kills and 18 service aces ... 11 digs and 10 kills in three-game victory at Indiana (9/2) ... 13 digs in 3-2 win at Stony Brook (9/9) ... 15 digs in five-game, upset victory over Georgia Tech (10/6) ... 23 digs in defeat at Duke (10/12) ... 18 digs in three-game sweep vs. Miami (10/27) ... team-high14 digs in five-game victory over Florida State (10/29) ... 12 kills and 15 digs in 3-2 loss at Clemson (11/17) ... named to all-tournament team of Hilton Garden Inn Greenbelt Invitational in College Park, Md.

AS A FRESHMAN (2005)

Played in all 122 games and 33 matches last season ... brilliant freshman campaign ... named to the ACC All-Freshmen Team ... set team-high and career-high of 17 double-doubles for the squad, including a six-game string from Oct. 18 through Nov. 4 ... had 20 matches with double-digits in kills, posting 15 kills five times ... finished fourth in the ACC in service aces per game ...tallied 49 service aces in 2005, including three games with four service aces in the NCAA Tournament against Louisville (12/3), at Clemson (10/8) and Miami (9/25) ... played in first career NCAA Tournament matches against Kentucky (12/2) and Louisville (12/3), posting a combined 22 kills, 25 digs and five service aces ... set career-high of 27 digs against Clemson (11/18) ... recorded career high of a .917 kill percentage in game against NC State (10/23) ... notched six blocks against Georgia Tech (10/7) ... opened collegiate play with 14 kills and 14 doubles in match against Marshall (9/2).

BEFORE MARYLAND

Four-year varsity player for perennial prep powerhouse St. Ursula Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio ... a captain for the Bulldogs in 2004, she was named the Girls Greater Cincinnati League's (GGCL) Player of the Year and was a first team all-state, all-district and all-city selection ... a member of the senior showcase all-star team ... named a 2004 Southwest Ohio District Scholar ... in 2003, she was a second team GGCL and a second team all-district selection ... a high school teammate of junior Beth Gillming, the duo played together on the 2003 National Champion Bulldog squad.

PERSONAL

Margaret Whitney Schmelzle ... daughter of Ed and Shirley Schmelzle ... has a brother, Brian ... chose Maryland because of the Business School, the atmosphere and the team ... also recruited by Illinois, Duke, Cincinnati, Kentucky and Loyola Marymount.

 

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