Maryland men’s basketball freshman Aquan Smart is on a mission. Yes, of course, he and the Terps are pushing towards the postseason, but, he’s also pushing for something else: a Defensive Player of the Year award for senior Darryl Morsell.
After nearly every game in recent weeks, Smart has gone up to Morsell and told him that he deserves the honor, declaring that he’s going to be the one to get the message out there to make sure it happens. Though the senior guard is a team-first guy who doesn’t even have accolades on his mind, Smart, along with fellow freshman James Graham III, is fully committed to leading the charge through what he calls “the club and the presidency.