The Terriers enter their 73rd season with four-year head coach Tom Bohrer at the helm. Senior Andrew Reswow and sophomore Moritz Franz will serve as co-captains of a squad that last season captured a school-record five cups in the varsity eight races and reached the IRA Grand Final in the freshman eight event.
Entering the month of April ranked 23rd in the mid-major softball poll, Boston University is seeking its third NCAA berth in the last four years. Eighth-year head coach Shawn Rychcik returned eight starters and 13 letter winners from last year’s 38-14 squad, including AE Pitcher of the Year Holli Floetker and Rookie of the Year Chelsea Kehr.
The nine-time America East champion Terriers will close out the season in the month of April with four home games, culminating with Senior Day on Sunday, April 22 against Canisius at Nickerson Field. BU features 16 letter winners from last year’s team, including 2011 America East Co-Player of the Year Danielle Etrasco.
The Boston University Athletic Hall of Fame will hold its 49th induction banquet on Saturday, May 12, and will welcome six new members in the Trustees’ Ballroom at the BU School of Management. In total, the Class of 2012 combined for 13 All-America honors and 13 conference titles while featuring one national Freshman of the Year award recipient. Read about the new inductees by clicking here.
Located within Boston University's impressive $225-million John Hancock Student Village, Agganis Arena is a state-of-the-art, multipurpose sports and entertainment center. A 290,000-square foot premier venue, it serves as home for the hockey and basketball teams and also for many other events, including past concerts by Carrie Underwood and Kings of Leon.
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2012 America East All-Conference Second Team 2011 America East All-Rookie Team 2x America East Player of the Week (12/5/11, 1/16/12) 3x America East Rookie of the Week (1/11/11, 1/24/11, 2/28/11)
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2011-12
Earned All-America East Second Team honors ... Became the first Terrier since Steven Key ('90) in 1989-90 to lead the America East in assists at 5.4 apg ... Finished the year ranked 38th nationally ... Recorded 157 assists, 10th most ever in a season at BU ... Second on the team and 18th in the America East in scoring (11.4 ppg) ... Posted an assist-turnover ratio of 2.34, which ranked third in the conference and was the seventh best mark ever by a Terrier ... Also ranked sixth in minutes played in the AE at 32.8 mpg and 10th in field goal percentage (.431) ... Posted a career-high 23 points along with 11 assists at Maine for his first career double-double ... Performance marked the first point-assist double-double by a Terrier since LeVar Folk ('99) had one in 1998 ... First 20+ point, 10+ assist performance since Key had 27 points and 10 assists in 1990 ... Earned first career America East Player of the Week award on Dec. 5 after averaging 12.5 ppg, 9.0 apg and 6.0 rpg in wins against Delaware and Boston College ... Recorded 11 assists against the Blue Hens, marking the most by a Terrier since Mark Mihalek had 12 in 2000 ... Led BU in rebounds for the first time ever with seven boards against Delaware ... Had a six-game streak with at least one steal snapped at Saint Joseph's ... Tallied 21 points and eight assists to help the Terriers' snap Rhode Island's 29 home-game win streak against non-conference opponents ... Had eight assists with zero turnovers at home against Maine and Binghamton.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010-11
Earned America East All-Rookie Team honors ... Appeared in all 35 games, starting 32 total ... Finished first on the team in assists with 127 (3.6 apg) ... Second on team in free throw percentage at .845 ... Third in steals with 29 and fourth in scoring (8.0 ppg) ... Had a strong performance against Kansas in the NCAA tournament, recording 11 points, six assists and five rebounds ... Earned AE Rookie of the Week honors (2/28) after recording a season-high 18 points at Vermont and a team-high 14 points at Binghamton ... Played a season-high 40 minutes at Vermont ... Had 16 points vs. Maine, hitting a season-high four 3-pointers ... Had a season-high six rebounds at UNH ... Named America East Rookie of the Week (1/24) after averaging 9.3 ppg, 6.7 apg and 2.7 rpg in three games ... Led BU for the first time in scoring with 13 points at Hartford ... Had 10 assists at UMBC, the first Terrier to record that many since Kevin Fitzgerald reached the mark at the start of the 2001-02 season ... Recorded seven assists along with zero turnovers at Albany ... Earned America East Rookie of the Week honors (1/10) after recording a season-high 16 points against Vermont ... Posted seven assists and 14 points against Quinnipiac ... Recorded four steals each against Cornell and George Washington ... Scored 14 points in opener at Northeastern, marking the best offensive debut by a Terrier since Carlos Strong (`10) had 19 in 2006.
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Played at Archbishop Carroll in Radnor, Pa. ... Earned third-team All-Catholic PA honors as a sophomore ... Won the PIAA state title his junior year, earning first-team All-AAA State honors ... Also named Maine Line PA Player of the Year and a second-team All-Philadelphia honoree ... Tabbed team captain as a senior ... Received his second first-team All-AAA State, second-team All-Philadelphia and first-team All-Delco honor ... Received the football team's freshman year player award.
PERSONAL
Named Desmond B. Irving, Jr. ... Born Jan. 27, 1992 ... Son of Desmond B. Irving, Sr. and Jacqueline B. Irving ... Has three siblings - Bryan Lynn Dixon, Kemar Irving and Gabrielle Irving ... Enrolled in the College of General Studies ... Plans to major in mass media broadcast.