Jack Dowd has seen it all. The graduate student’s college career has taken him from Division I to Division III and back again. Along the way, Dowd accrued one of the best statistical profiles in the nation — but he likely won’t feature again for the Terps.
Spencer Ford, on the other hand, has a lot left ahead. The freshman was the National Lacrosse Foundation’s top-ranked attacker in the class of 2024, a consensus five-star prospect out of Boys’ Latin School in Baltimore. But Ford’s Maryland men’s lacrosse career has yet to start.
While they are at very different stages of their careers, both players are emblematic of Maryland’s selfless culture.