On Wednesday, the College Baseball Newspaper awarded Maxwell Costes with Freshman All-American honors, adding to the Maryland first baseman’s growing list of accolades after a breakout freshman campaign.

Costes earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors three times during the Terps’ 2019 campaign and Big Ten Player of the Week once, and was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and to both the All-Big Ten first team and to the All-Big Ten Freshman team.

At the plate Costes put up a freshman campaign that rivaled that of his older brother Marty, a former Terp drafted by the Houston Astros in 2018. Costes knocked in 49 runs while hitting a team-high 15 home runs.

After transitioning to first base early in the season, Costes started all 58 games for the Terps. With power in the box, Costes slugged .547, but proved he’ll get on base by whatever means possible, working a team-high 19 hit-by-pitches.

Costes is the first Terp to be given the College Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-American honors since southpaw Tyler Blohm in 2017. The first baseman also joins his brother Marty, who was awarded the honors in 2016.