Varun Ram and Malina Howard have had different kinds of basketball careers at Maryland, yet their performance in the classroom was remarkably similar.
On Tuesday, Ram (River Hill) and Howard were named Maryland’s inaugural Big Ten Medal of Honor award winners, given for the past 101 years to recognize students from each member school who had “attained the greatest proficiency in athletics and scholastic work.”
A double-major in physiology and neurobiology who will graduate on Monday, Ram carried a 3.95 GPA while playing in 21 games and helping the Terps reach the Round of 32 in the NCAA men's tournament with a last-second defensive stop in a win over Valparaiso.