Soccer America Selects Maryland's Twellman Freshman of the Year
Four Terps named to All-Freshman team, as is UNC's Carrieri.
Taylor Twellman was <BR>selected the freshman <BR>of the year by <BR>Soccer America.

Taylor Twellman was
selected the freshman
of the year by
Soccer America.

January 19, 1999

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Soccer America awarded Maryland freshman Taylor Twellman (St. Louis, Mo.) its men's freshman of the year honors for 1998.

Twellman became the go-to-guy on the forward line for the Terrapins. His 40 points 16 goals (six gamewinners) and eight assists led the team by a large margin. The Terrapins would not have reached the final four in Richmond without the stellar play of Twellman. He scored the game-winning goal against Richmond in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, and a week later, also knocked in the game-winner against Jacksonville in the second round.

Twellman was joined on the all-freshman team by three other Terrapin teammates, Dan Califf (Orange, Calif.), Beckett Hollenbach (Havertown, Pa.) and Nick Downing (Redmond, Wash.). Califf was one of three Terps to start and play in all 24 games, while Downing missed just one game due to an injury. Hollenbach finished the year as the Terps' fifth leading scorer.

Of the 11 players selected to the team, Maryland was the only school to place more than one player on the team. 

SOCCER AMERICA 1998 MEN'S ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
  Bole Acimovic       Jacksonville    Forward
  Dan Califf          Maryland        Defense
  Chris Carrieri      North Carolina  Forward
  Nick Downing        Maryland        Defense
  Gavin Glinton       Bradley         Forward
  Luis Gonzalez       SMU             Forward
  Beckett Hollenbach  Maryland        Defense
  Ryan Mack           Indiana         Midfield
  Kyle Milligan       Akron           Goalkeeper
  Lee Morrison        Stanford        Defense
  Taylor Twellman     Maryland        Forward