Impact Of A Scholarship: Ryan Schlothauer

Nothing was guaranteed when Schlothauer came into College Park as a walk-on in 2008, but one thing he did know, being placed with the tight ends, is that he needed to bulk up to play the position.

Through his first two seasons, he stuck to the weight room and bulked up to 250-260 pounds, adding on pure muscle as he began to compete more and reach an equal playing field with some of the other players he was fighting for a spot against.

“I was always just kind of driven to work harder than the person next to me, not only in athletics, in the weight room, on the practice field, but also in the classroom,” Schlothauer said. 

In his redshirt freshman season, he was part of the scout team, earning player of the week honors three times, leading the team.

That work in all facets of his game led to him getting well-deserved playing time in his sophomore season, playing in all 13 games as a reserve and mostly on special teams.

Academics played a significant role in his success within Maryland football. He earned the George Boutselis Memorial Award in his final three years with the Terps as the team’s letterman with the highest GPA.

After the 2010 season, finishing up his third season with Maryland, Schlothauer was finally put on scholarship.

“Seeing him get a scholarship was probably one of the things I was most proud of for another person,” close friend and now business partner Louis Berman said. “Ryan was my best friend in college. We probably spent almost every waking minute together and watching him achieve that, it was one of the coolest things I saw.”