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Number of years Robbie Perkins’ 10,000-meter run school record was on the books, before it was broken on Apr. 14 by current grad student Shaun Thompson at the Mt. SAC Relays in California. Thompson clocked a time of 28:47.48. Perkins’ former mark of 28:56.80 was set at the 1976 NCAA Championships, where he placed eighth.
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Number of seasons since Duke men’s lacrosse last lost to Virginia in regular season play. The Cavs defeated Duke in April 2004 and since then the Blue Devils have won 16 of 17 vs. UVa, including a recent 14-8 victory in Charlottesville. Duke is 15-1 vs. Virginia under coach John Danowski, the only loss coming in the 2010 ACC Tournament.
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Career coaching victories for Duke baseball coach Chris Pollard after the Blue Devils defeated N.C. State 2-1 on May 1. It was Duke’s ninth win over a Top 25 team this season. Pollard won 385 games prior to Duke, in his eight seasons at Appalachian State and five at Pfeiffer. He produced two 30-win seasons in his first three campaigns at Duke.
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Duke sports teams recently honored by the NCAA with Public Recognition Awards for the 2014-15 academic year, for finishing in the top 10 percent nationally on the Academic Performance Rate (APR). Only Stanford (17) and Notre Dame (16) had more teams recognized. Duke’s football, men’s golf, men’s soccer, men’s track and women’s fencing teams have received this recognition for each of the past 10 years.
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Number of Duke sports teams that registered perfect APR scores of 1000 for the 2011-15 reporting period: men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s cross country, volleyball, men’s tennis, women’s fencing, women’s lacrosse and women’s track and field.
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Rebounds per game for Duke senior Amile Jefferson in the nine games he played last season, before he suffered a season-ending foot injury in December. He was Duke’s leading rebounder in eight of the nine games, with a career high of 15 vs. Kentucky. Jefferson recently was granted a fifth year of eligibility so he can return for the 2016-17 season.
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Final-round score for the Duke men’s golf team at the recent Princeton Invitational, the best 18-hole score in school history. All five members of the Blue Devil lineup finished under par for the day as Duke won the event by 34 shots over runnerup Harvard. Alex Smalley carded a career-best 66 for the final round and won the individual title.
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our national champion Blue Devils headline the newest group of inductees for the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame. The Class of 2016 features current head women’s golf coach Dan Brooks, who has guided his program to six NCAA titles, and one of his prized pupils, Virada Nirapathpongporn, who won the NCAA individual championship in 2002 while helping the Blue
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Devils claim the team crown. Two beloved basketball players join the fold in Grant Hill and Shane Battier, both of whom had their jerseys retired. Hill was a key figure in Duke’s first two NCAA basketball championships of 1991-92, while Battier was the most outstanding player of the 2001 Final Four when the Devils claimed their third hoops title. The star-studded class also includes the first women’s soccer
The Class of 2016
Grant Hill • Mary Dinkins • Shane Battier Kelly Walbert Cagle • Virada Nirapathpongporn Dan Brooks • Ed Meadows
player to be enshrined in Kelly Walbert Cagle, who helped propel her squad to the NCAA title game in 1992; Mary Dinkins, who recently retired after 44 years of devoted service as a Duke athletics staff member; and the late Ed Meadows, a standout defensive tackle from the 1950s who ranks as one of just three Duke football players all-time to twice earn first team All-America honors. The Duke Hall of Fame was
founded 41 years ago in 1975 and will swell to 138 members when the Class of 2016 is inducted on Friday night, Sept. 9, at Cameron Indoor Stadium. DAN BROOKS, now in his 32nd season, has coached Duke to 125 tournament titles, by far the most in NCAA Division I history. His six national championships include three in a row from 2005-07, and his 18 ACC championships include 13 in a row from 1996-2008.
SHANE BATTIER
Duke Basketball 1998-2001 Hometown: Birmingham, MI NCAA team championship 2001 ACC team championships 1999, 2000, 2001 National player of the year 2001 National defensive player of the year 1999, 2000, 2001 Final Four MOP and ACC Tournament MVP 2001 Academic All-America of the year 2001 All-America 2000, 2001 ACC co-player of the year 2001 ACC 50th Anniversary team Jersey No. 31 retired 13-year NBA career with two NBA titles Today: Resides in south Florida after retiring from Miami Heat
DAN BROOKS
Duke Women’s Golf Coach 1985-present Hometown: Baker City, OR College: Oregon State 1981 6 NCAA team championships 18 ACC team championships 125 team tournament titles (NCAA Division I record) 6-time national coach of the year 14-time ACC coach of the year Coached 3 NCAA medalists and 16 ACC medalists NGCA Hall of Fame 2001 Today: In 32nd season as Duke coach
KELLY WALBERT CAGLE
Duke Women’s Soccer 1992-95 Hometown: Tucson, AZ All-America 1993, 1994, 1995 All-ACC 1993, 1994, 1995 ACC player of the year 1995 ACC 50th Anniversary team Duke all-time leader in goals (47) and points (117) Duke single-season goals record (18) First women’s soccer inductee in Duke Hall of Fame Virginia Tech head women’s soccer coach 2003-10 Today: Kelly Cagle, team building consultant in Phoenix VIRADA NIRAPATHPONGPORN is one of three players under Brooks to win the NCAA individual championship. She also won an ACC individual title and helped her team to four straight conference crowns. And she won a national amateur championship, the 2003 U.S. Women’s Amateur. Duke basketball reached the Final Four three times during GRANT HILL’s four years, including his first two seasons when the Devils became the first program to win back-to-back NCAA titles since John Wooden’s glory years at UCLA. Hill later became Duke’s most decorated NBA player with seven All-Star selections. SHANE BATTIER still ranks
as the Blue Devils’ all-time winningest player with a record of 131-15 (89.7 winning percentage). He was national player of the year, national defensive player of the year and Academic All-America of the year in leading his team to the NCAA crown as a senior. As a freshman in 1992 KELLY WALBERT helped the five-yearold Duke women’s soccer program reach its first NCAA championship game. She later became Duke’s first ACC player of the year. Twenty years after graduation she remains Duke’s all-time scoring leader with 47 goals. MARY DINKINS graduated from Duke in 1972 and spent her entire professional career as part
MARY DINKINS
Duke Athletics Staff 1972-2016 Hometown: Plymouth, NC College: Duke 1972 Football office staff 1972-93 Senior director, Iron Dukes Varsity Club 1994-2016 Past president & executive board member, Bill Dooley Chapter, National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Today: Retired after 44 years as Duke staff member
GRANT HILL
Duke Basketball 1991-94 Hometown: Reston, VA NCAA team championships 1991, 1992 Final Four appearances 1991, 1992, 1994 National defensive player of the year 1993 All-America 1992, 1993, 1994 ACC player of the year 1994 ACC 50th Anniversary team Jersey No. 33 retired 18-year NBA career with 17,137 points in 1,026 games 7-time NBA All-Star selection Today: Basketball TV analyst and host
ED MEADOWS
Duke Football 1951-53 Hometown: Oxford, NC First-team All-America 1952, 1953 Southern Conference team championship 1952 ACC team championship 1953 ACC Silver Anniversary team (defensive tackle) 6-year NFL career Died in 1974 at age 42
VIRADA NIRAPATHPONGPORN
Duke Women’s Golf 2001-04 Hometown: Bangkok, Thailand NCAA team championship 2002 NCAA individual championship 2002 ACC team championships 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 ACC individual championship 2001 Honda Award (national player of the year) 2002 ACC player of the year 2002 All-America 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 ACC 50th Anniversary team U.S. Women’s Amateur championship 2003 Played in U.S. Women’s Open 6 times Today: Resides in Thailand after retiring from pro golf in 2011 of the athletics administration. She was a fixture in the football office for over two decades, then moved into the Iron Dukes office where she directed the Varsity Club for another two-plus decades. One of the fiercest football competitors in school history, the late ED MEADOWS starred at tackle in 1952 and 1953, helping Duke win conference titles in both the Southern Conference and the ACC. He enjoyed one of his best
games vs. UNC, when he posted 15 tackles in a 34-0 win in 1952. Meadows played only one season in the ACC but was named to the league’s Silver Anniversary team as one of the top performers in the first 25 years of the conference. Four other 2016 Hall of Fame inductees were named to ACC 50th Anniversary teams in their respective sports: Battier, Hill, Nirapathpongporn and Walbert.
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Class of 1975 Eddie Cameron Dick Groat George McAfee Ace Parker Wallace Wade Bill Werber
Class of 1980 Boley Farley Dumpy Hagler Ed Koffenberger Steve Lach Red Smith
Class of 1995 Marc Flur Ellison Goodall Hal McElhaney Bob Pascal Class of 1996 Jerry Barger Bill Brill Johnny Dawkins Mike Gminski Tom Kain Mary Anne Widman
Class of 1981 Herschel Caldwell Mike Curtis Tom Davis Bob Gantt Elmore Hackney
Class of 1976 Fred Crawford Dan Hill Bill Murray Dave Sime Mike Souchak Eric Tipton Class of 1977 Vic Bubas Jack Coombs Allen Johnson Red Lewis Joel Shankle Art Wall Class of 1978 Lenox Baker Billy Cox Art Heyman Jack Marin Jeff Mullins Class of 1979 Harry Councilor Sonny Jurgensen Ted Mann Mat Raymond Jay Wilkinson
Class of 1983 Bob Chambers Mike McGee Cliff Perry Tommy Prothro
Class of 1987 Skip Alexander George Clark Gerry Gerard Ed Newman
Class of 1991 Roger Beardmore Billy Bryan Gene Corrigan Randy Denton
Class of 1984 Bob Barnett Gordon Carver Dick Herbert Bob Verga
Class of 1988 Danny Farrar Leo Hart Tee Moorman Dick Siderowf
Class of 1985 Jimmy DeHart Al DeRogatis Mike Lewis Bob Matheson
Class of 1989 Wayne Ambler Art Gregory Tom Topping Bob Wheeler
Class of 1992 Jean Berry Max Crowder Carmen Falcone Bernie Janicki Steve Jones
Class of 1986 Ernie Jackson Jack Persons Steve Vacendak Earle Wentz
Class of 1990 Louis Allen John Conner Carl James Jim Spanarkel
Class of 1993 Werner Brown Bob Burrows Lefty Driesell Ernie Knotts Class of 1994 Gene Banks Frank Bassett Charles Gilfillan Nancy Hogshead
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Class of 2007 Bob Cox Jason Kreis Christian Laettner Ellen Reynolds Eric Steinhouse Class of 2011 Ben Bennett Jenny Chuasiriporn Bobby Hurley Mike Krzyzewski Vanessa Webb Class of 2013 Matt Andresen Wes Chesson Julie Exum Jay Heaps John Rennie Georgia Schweitzer Jason Williams Class of 2016 Shane Battier Dan Brooks Mary Dinkins Grant Hill Ed Meadows Virada Nirapathpongporn Kelly Walbert 28 classes, 41 years, 138 inductees
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n two home track meets this spring, Duke senior Anima Banks ran her team’s fastest 1,500 meters of the season, finished among the leaders in a 400-meter time trial and chipped in to handle the third leg of a 4x400 relay. Good stuff, yes — but for Banks those forays served as mere tuneups for what lies ahead. Now that the April preliminaries have passed and the major championship meets of May and June are at hand, Banks is locked in on her specialty, the 800 meters — and on closing her career with an unforgettable flourish. Banks has been running the 800 since she first took up track at Mamaroneck (N.Y.) High School as a ninth grader. In the eight years since then she has progressed from a state champion to college record-holder to All-American. Her senior year at Duke has been her best yet — and she has designs on making it even better during her final few meets in a Blue Devil uniform. “I’ve always wanted to get a title,” Banks noted before a midseason workout at sun-splashed Morris Williams Stadium. “I think a conference title is a really, really cool thing to have under your belt, so I’m definitely going for that. The ACC has always been highly competitive in the 800, so if you can do that it’s a good indication of what you can do in the long term.” Banks has always been highly competitive in that ACC cauldron, making the 800 finals all four years of her indoor career and the first three of her outdoor career. Of those seven opportunities to battle for the league title, she’s placed third three times and second once — proof of her consistent excellence, as well as fuel for her desire to finally cross the line first at the 2016 ACC meet May 15 in Tallahassee. From there, Banks’ focus will become national in scope. The NCAA outdoor championships loom in June, with the U.S. Olympic Trials to
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follow in July. She has experienced the taste of NCAA competition — both sweet and unsavory — several times thus far; the Olympic Trials became a goal only this season, as her improving times started to suggest she had a shot at reaching the qualifying standard of 2:03 in her event. Banks was running on the outskirts of that neighborhood when she was clocking 2:07s as a freshman. But she made noteworthy gains by chopping about a second per year off her PR, before enjoying a substantial breakthrough by hitting 2:03.41 at the Valentine Invitational in Boston this past February. Not only did it set a new Duke indoor record, but it reinforced what teammate Madison Granger refers to as Banks’ positive feedback loop: the more she achieves, the more intensely she trains and the more she commits to the lifestyle necessary to maintain and build on that success. “We both visited Duke together when we were seniors in high school, so it’s been a long ride together,” said Granger, who specializes in the 1,500 meters. “I’ve seen her really step into this role as an elite athlete. I think she’s an extremely talented runner and has always been a hard worker, but over the course of her four years she’s really come to understand just how good she is. “Her mantra for the last year or two has been ‘national caliber mentality’ and I think that phrase describes the standard she’s been holding herself to more and more.” That standard covers everything from training and competition to recovery, nutrition, sleep and a disciplined lifestyle routine. “She’s completely all in and understanding that it’s not just what you do from 3:00 to 5:00 at practice. That’s just the start,” said her coach, Christine Engel. “She’s in a good spot psychologically and embracing all the opportunities she has this year.” Banks concurs. “This year mentally I’m in the best place I’ve ever
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been. When everything comes together, that’s when you see your breakthrough in the 800 and I think that’s definitely defined my senior year. “In terms of the lifestyle, track is No. 1 in my mind. That has made all the difference, honestly. Track is a sport where everything you do, there will be numeric proof of it. It’s nice seeing all the hard work translate into seconds off my time, and that’s living proof that track is a lifestyle.” Banks experienced the Dickensian side of the lifestyle when she closed her 2016 indoor season by qualifying for the NCAA championships in March. It was the best of times in the semifinals when she torched a 2:04.67, the second best mark of her life, to reach the finals. But it then became the worst of times when she was clipped from behind and fell during the national championship race. She got back on her feet to claim the eighth place finish and All-America status, but she was left wondering what might have been had she been able to stay upright. “It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to deal with in terms of my athletic career,” she explained. “Going into that meet — in terms of nerves, in terms of shape, in terms of fitness — that was the best I’ve ever felt. And qualifying for the finals was just… if I had told myself in September that I was going to be running in the finals in nationals, I don’t know if I would have believed it, so getting there was an achievement in itself. “But once I was there, I was like, ‘I can do this.’ I was vying for the ti-
THE BANKS FILE Personal Bests 800 indoors: 2:03.41 (Duke record) 800 outdoors: 2:04.38 (#3 at Duke) 1500 outdoors: 4:19.99 (#4 at Duke) All-America 800 indoors (2016) DMR indoors (2013, 2014) ACC Finishes (800 indoors) 2nd (2016) 6th (2015) 3rd (2013, 2014) ACC Finishes (800 outdoors) 3rd (2013) 7th (2015) 5th (2014) ACC Title: DMR indoors (2014) DMR = DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY
tle. So falling in the last 75 meters is probably the hardest thing I’ve ever had to deal with. I’m still really upset about it. But it’s really good motivation for outdoors, because I’m definitely not complacent with anything I’ve accomplished in the last couple months and I definitely want much more than what happened indoors.” Engel watched that NCAA race unfold and said there was very little Banks could have done differently to avoid the spill. She was running wide, in Lane 3, away from the congestion of the rail, and had executed her game plan perfectly before she was sent sprawling. An official’s flag went up and the footage was reviewed, but the contact was not deemed flagrant. “Just unfortunate, one of those things that happen in competition,” Engel said. “It was a very difficult, emotional time following that race,” she added. “Being an All-American is so tough to do, and to make the final of the 800 especially is so competitive. A tenth of a second here or there and you’re in or you’re out. To make that final was an extraordinary high for her, something she really focused on this year, and then to go down, it was heartbreaking and very emotional for her. “But I told her, you get the opportunity to stand on the podium as an All-American (an honor that goes to the top eight finishers in each
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event). Even though it may not be the place you were going to get had you stayed on your feet, you’re still an All-American so try to remember this moment.” Banks credits Engel’s coaching and guidance for much of the progress she has enjoyed over the past two seasons. “I really trust everything she does for me, and I think she trusts me just as much,” Banks said. “She’s given me this personal responsibility for my success, which I think is really crucial. There’s only so much a coach can do in terms of motivation. By giving me the chance to be self-motivated, it’s pushed me way harder.” Banks also reflects on the impact former teammate Cydney Ross has played in her development. Ross, a fifth-year senior when Banks was a freshman, won the ACC indoor and outdoor 800 titles in 2013 and earned first-team All-America honors both indoors and outdoors. Banks trained and competed alongside her all year, including at nationals, and now realizes just how much she absorbed from the way Ross handled the ups and downs of a long season. Engel says she hopes Banks has had a similar influence as a role model for many of the young runners in Duke’s middle distance corps. “Somebody who is competing at a high level and doing all the right things, you want the younger girls to emulate that and for that to become FAMILY AFFAIR Banks’ father Jonathan graduated from Duke in 1978. Her uncle Derrick Mashore played football for the Blue Devils and her godfather Mark Crow was a Duke basketball player during that 1970s era. Her twin sister Stephanie is also a current Duke senior but is not on the track team. “We never planned on going to the same school, we just ended up here,” Anima said. “But I think that says something about the Duke legacy and how ingrained it is with some people. “I’m actually really sad to be leaving. Just talking about it makes me realize how much I love it. Track doesn’t get a lot of attention in general, but coming here to a school where any athlete is looked at as really high caliber is really awesome.” the standard,” said Engel. “The standard being that you are competing for ACC titles and trying to get to the national championship and be All-American. It raises that level so that’s the expectation, and all those things you do behind the scenes hopefully becomes the culture of the team — not something that stands out, but is the every day.” Banks stood out at the Spec Townes Invitational in early April when she won both the 800 and the 1,500. In most of the other regular season meets, she ran the 1,500 to build her strength or the 400 to fine-tune her speed for the event she has long considered her baby, the 800. She logged her outdoor 800 PR of 2:04.38 on May 1 against an elite field at Stanford. With all the major meets now at hand, Engel feels Banks is firing on all cylinders physically, mentally and psychologically as she begins her chase for titles and her pursuit of the 2:03 that would extend her career to the Olympic Trials. “In September I thought to myself, ‘It’s my senior year, and it’s an Olympic Trials year, it’s kind of s sign,’” Banks said. “So that’s when I started setting my sights on that. As indoors progressed and I ran the 2:03.4, that dream became closer and closer to reality. So that’s basically what’s been motivating me this entire year. That would be the perfect end to my eight years of running, I think.”
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LOADED Blue Devils’ 2016-17 roster well-stocked with experience, youth and depth of talent By Al Featherston
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ike Krzyzewski won his fourth national championship in 2010 with a veteran team — three seniors and two juniors started. He won his fifth title in 2015 with one of the youngest teams in school history — three freshmen started and a fourth played a significant role off the bench. He won 25 games and reached the Sweet 16 in 2016 with a team that was even younger than the 2015 champs. It was also the thinnest Duke team in the last 20-plus years, a team lacking frontcourt depth. But in college basketball, teams change every year as players depart and new ones arrive. And while it’s too early to make definite predictions about the future, it’s looking more and more like Krzyzewski will have a loaded roster in 2016-17 — one that balances experienced and young talent, one that boasts plenty of offensive firepower on the wings and plenty of size and depth inside. The 2016-17 roster starts with a core of three players with extensive experience at Duke. All three were key members of the 2015 national champs. Add a recruiting class that ranks with the best ever assembled. Top it all off with another quartet of returning players, including a couple of former prep All-Americans who are hoping to improve their games after making significant contributions as freshmen to last season’s Sweet 16 team. Has Coach K ever had a roster with this much depth of talent? THE VETERANS The most significant offseason occurrence this spring was Grayson Allen’s decision to return for his junior season at Duke. The 6-5 guard was a minor player in 2015 until late in the season, when he exploded off the bench, especially in the title game against Wisconsin. Allen backed that up with a spectacular sophomore season, leading Duke in scoring (21.6), assists (3.5) and steals (1.3). Allen earned first-team All-ACC honors and was a consensus thirdteam All-American. Most draft projections had him going late in the first round, had he elected to turn pro. But Allen didn’t even try to take advantage of the NCAA’s liberal new “test the waters” rules — he made it clear that he’s coming back. How much does that mean to Duke in 2017? Well, consider this: Allen is just the third player in Coach K’s 36-year
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tenure to return to Duke after averaging 20-plus points a game. The first two — Jason Williams and J.J. Redick — were both the consensus national player of the year in the year after their return. Another piece fell into place late in April, when 6-9 Amile Jefferson was granted a fifth year of eligibility after missing most of his senior season with a broken foot. Jefferson was the most experienced player on last year’s team, entering the year with 59 career starts and over 2,000 minutes of playing time. And he was off to a spectacular start before he was hurt, averaging a double-double and providing the team’s best interior defense. Jefferson’s injury robbed the 2016 Blue Devils of a vital player; with a healthy Jefferson in the lineup, it’s not farfetched to suggest Duke could have earned a second straight Final Four trip. But 2016’s loss is 2017’s gain. There was never any doubt about the third member of the returning veteran triumvirate. Rising senior wing guard Matt Jones is a versatile player. He was the team’s best wing defender last season, one of the team’s top 3-point shooters and even a player who initiated the offense at times. He spent most of 2015 as a top reserve, but late in that championship season, Jones moved into the starting lineup and was a key player down the stretch in the NCAA Tournament. The return of Allen, Jefferson and Jones would in itself be enough to make Duke a premier team going into next season. But the three of them are only the starting point.
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THE FRESHMEN rzyzewski has landed the nation’s top recruiting class six times in his career — but he has never before landed the nation’s top two ranked players. Of course, prep rankings are notoriously inconsistent. ESPN’s selection of Duke recruits Harry Giles and Jayson Tatum as the No. 1 and No. 2 prospects in the class is disputed by some services, which argue that
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A third incoming freshman should also play a major role next season. Frank Jackson is a powerful 6-4 guard, who showed off his skills at the McDonald’s All-American game, where he won the dunk contest, then hit 5-of-7 3-pointers in the game itself. He’s rated the nation’s consensus No. 13 prospect. A fourth freshmen could work his way into the rotation next season. Javin Montgomery-DeLaurier (ranked the consensus No. 36 prospect) is a 6-10, 210-pound forward who is widely admired for his great motor. Montgomery-DeLaurier will have to earn his playing time against Giles and the bevy of returning big men who will all contend for minutes in the post. MOVING ON UP t’s a fact of life that is often overlooked by impatient fans — players get better. Allen is a prime example of that; his jump from 4.4 ppg as a freshman to 21.6 ppg as a sophomore is the greatest single-season improvement in ACC history. Duke has a long tradition of players starting as minor contributors and ending up as studs. Luke Kennard was not a minor contributor last season. He started 11 times, averaged almost 27 minutes a game and was the team’s third leading scorer (11.8 ppg). He displayed a very mature game, especially at the offensive end. Kennard is clearly going to be a significant player next season. But how much better will he be as a sophomore? Kennard is reputed to be a great shooter, but his shooting was the one disappointing aspect of his game as a freshman (just 32.0 percent on 3-point shots). Quite a few of Duke’s best 3-point shooters struggled early in their careers, from Shane Battier (16.7 as freshman) to Quinn Cook (25.0 as a freshman). Kennard has proved that he’s a very good player. With a little improvement between his freshman and sophomore seasons, he could become one of the best players in the ACC. Chase Jeter had a less successful freshman season. The prep All-American got a chance to play a key role when Jefferson went down. Unfortunately, he was not ready to take advantage of that opportunity. But the 6-10 Jeter did show flashes of his talent late in the season, especially against Notre Dame’s Zack Auguste in the ACC Tournament. Will Jeter be stronger, more confident as a sophomore? If he can make a normal progression from year one to year two, Jeter could end up as a major part of Duke’s post rotation. That’s got to be the goal for Sean Obi, who was invisible last year after transferring from Rice. Bad knees played a role in Obi’s problems. Will he ever be able to provide the kind of board work he turned in as a freshman at Rice? There are a couple of players on the roster who seem to be more developmental players. Of course, the thing about developmental players is sometimes they develop — big man Antonio Vrankovic and incoming Australian swing man Jack White aren’t projected as major contributors next season, but they could change that on the practice court. THE LOADED ROSTER It’s not a perfect roster. The 2016-17 Blue Devils will not feature a true point guard, although a number of available wing players can handle the job in a pinch — Jones, Allen and Kennard have all played that role, while Jackson seems capable of it. The roster is loaded with talented wings. It has the post depth that last year’s team missed so badly. It has the experienced core that should be able to play Coach K’s cherished man-to-man defense, something the young 2015 and 2016 teams had trouble doing. Duke is expected to be picked No. 1 in most preseason polls. Looking at the deep, balanced roster, that seems a fair assessment, although such issues as injuries and chemistry can always impact even the most promising teams. So, yes, there could be problems with such a loaded roster — but far less problems than a roster without as much talent.
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Kansas-bound Josh Jackson deserves one of the top two ratings. So look at it another way: measure Coach K’s past success with top rated recruits. Since 2010, he’s signed five players ranked in the same range as Giles and Tatum — Kyrie Irving, Austin Rivers, Jabari Parker, Jahlil Okafor and Brandon Ingram. Ask yourself, how much impact did those five players have as freshmen at Duke? Is it fair to expect Giles and Tatum to have the same? Giles is coming off a knee injury that forced him to sit out his senior year of high school. He suffered an even worse knee injury three years ago and recovered from that one well enough to regain his consensus No. 1 prep ranking. His current rehab appears to be going well and he’s vowed to be ready for the start of practice next fall. If healthy, the 6-11, 220-pound forward (with a 7-foot-3 wingspan) is a great talent, inside and out. John Casaway of ESPN was especially impressed with Giles’ boardwork at the FIBA U19 Championships last summer. “Giles was an absolute monster on the offensive boards,” Casaway wrote. “In the USA’s seven-game march to a gold medal, the power forward pulled down 17 percent of his team’s missed shots. That number matches what Okafor posted at the FIBA U19’s in 2013, and you might recall he went on to rebound a fair share of Duke’s misses as a freshman.” Giles’ game should blend perfectly with Tatum’s mid-range skills. The 6-8 wing forward is the master of the pullup jump shot. His quickness and his 6-foot-11 wingspan also make Tatum a force on the defensive end, playing the passing lanes. “Jayson Tatum has clearly developed into one of the most complete offensive basketball players in the high school game,” Paul Biancardi, ESPN’s recruiting expert, said. “His offensive versatility is what makes him special. What’s most impressive about Tatum, however, is his desire to put winning above everything else.”
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Interest and opportunity align for Duke grad and trustee Lisa Borders, the new president of the “W”
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hen interest meets opportunity, we say someone was in the right place at the right time. That’s particularly apt when the opportunity is unsought, the path unrecognized until it appeared. For Lisa Borders, that intersection occurred one evening last December at the home of Duke president Richard Brodhead. Two months later Borders had a new job — as president (equivalent to commissioner) of the Women’s National Basketball Association, a subsidiary of the NBA. Borders was seated at dinner near another freshman member of Duke’s Board of Trustees, Adam Silver, the commissioner of the National Basketball Association and the person responsible for replacing the head of “the W,” the WNBA’s nickname among those in the know. Both are Duke grads, and had become Trustees in July 2015. “We were teasing each other at the time, we were like two little kids sitting at the table,” Borders recalls of her chat with Silver. “He began to tease me about Coca-Cola, where I was working at the time. I began to tease him about the W, and saying what’s going on with the W, I know you’re looking for a new president. “And that joking around with each other led to a serious conversation. What would you do with the W, and how would you do it? One thing led to another, and here we are today with me having the opportunity to lead it.” Borders took over late this past winter on the eve of the WNBA’s 20th season. Timed to avoid conflict with most other major sports, the league’s regular season extends from mid-May through mid-September. During Olympic years, this season included, the WNBA takes a monthlong break to allow its best players to represent their nation.
By merely surviving for two decades, the 12-team league has set an endurance standard in American women’s professional sports. The financial strain has been eased substantially because of a subsidiary relationship with the NBA, with direct links between men’s teams and the majority of WNBA franchises. But survival is not synonymous with success. The league averaged nearly 11,000 fans per game in 1998. Pergame attendance has not exceeded 8,000 since 2009; last year it dipped to 7,318, lowest ever. TV ratings declined as well. ESPN has been a less-than-enthusiastic television partner; it nearly skipped broadcasting any of this season’s openers. Maya Moore, a repeat U.S. Olympian in 2016, stars with the Minnesota Lynx, winners of three of the last five WNBA titles. Last year Moore publicly lamented the lack of excitement at WNBA arenas compared with what she experienced playing at UConn. “Less coverage. Empty seats. Fewer eyeballs,” she wrote in The Players’ Tribune. Changing that dynamic is the foremost challenge confronting Borders, 58. “This is fundamentally a business, and that’s how I’m going to treat it,” says the former executive in health care, real estate and philanthropy. Most recently the Atlanta resident was chair of the Coca-Cola Foundation and its vice president of Global Community Affairs. “It’s a transformative platform, but it is a business fundamentally.” Borders also served on the Atlanta City Council from August 2004 through January 2010, most of that time as president of the City Council, a position that equates to vice mayor. She characterizes her theme in seeking office as “to reduce the dysfunctionality in city government” in dealings between the mayor’s office and the city council. That orientation toward smoothing disputes has stood Borders in
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good stead, as have several more tangible effects of her time as an elected official. Borders grew friendly with the city’s firefighters while in office, and today drives around Atlanta with fire-fighting gear in her car, confident she’s welcome to hitch a ride on a fire truck whenever she desires. Also, thanks to her years heading the City Council, residents still address her as “President Borders,” echoing the title of her current position. “It was probably inevitable that I would want to go into public service, not for my whole life but for a certain period of time, and I did,” Borders says. That interlude was cut short when she was defeated in a run for mayor of Atlanta in 2009. Borders traces the impetus to seek public office to the example set by her paternal grandfather, William Holmes Borders, a pastor for more than 50 years at Wheat Street Baptist Church and a civil rights leader in the city. “To whom much is given, much is required,” she says, citing a passage from the Bible’s Book of Luke. “That’s my personal mantra to this very day, and I learned it as a little girl from my grandfather right in the pulpit, not only hearing him preach but watching him work.” She also drew inspiration from her father, a physician. Taken with medicine as a profession, Borders decided to attend a university close to home where she could seamlessly advance from undergraduate studies to medical school. She chose Duke. But Borders’ interest changed, and she switched to major in French, in which she earned a B.A. in 1979. “Any field you get into, you have to love it,” she says. More germane to her new role directing the WNBA, Borders grew enamored of men’s basketball while in college, and of one Blue Devil in particular. “I cut my teeth on the game at Duke,” says the WNBA’s fourth president. “I learned more about the women’s game from the professional level.”
While serving as City Council president, Borders helped her city land a WNBA franchise, the Atlanta Dream. The team began competition in 2008; its 2016 roster includes a former Blue Devil, second-year pro Elizabeth Williams. Borders became an immediate sideline fixture at Dream home games. “I have been a season ticket holder at Atlanta, and any referee that’s ever refereed in Philips Arena will tell you I “ I cut my teeth know the game as well as any player,” on the game at Borders says. “I am an actively engaged Duke.” fan.” Lisa Borders ‘79 Back in her Duke days, Borders never did discover the women’s team, “ Lisa Borders knows which began varsity play her freshman year. The men’s squad was a differbasketball inside ent story. Before anyone heard of the and out.” Cameron Crazies or of a young U.S. Gene Banks ‘81 Military Academy coach named Mike Krzyzewski, Bill Foster’s Devils became a national sensation. From the 1977 to the 1978 season Duke went from last in the ACC to the NCAA championship game led by Mike Gminski, Jim Spanarkel, Kenny Dennard and Gene Banks. Her last two years as an undergraduate Borders dated Banks, an AllACC forward from Philadelphia. “She was my heart. We’ve been friends ever since,” Banks says. “I’ve never seen a more energetic, intelligent, mission-based person than her. She’s very detailed, very driven, but she gets results in everything she does.” An outgrowth of their relationship at Duke was mutual immersion in the nuances of basketball. The pair shared Banks’ scouting reports, watched game video together, went over his assignments. “She really wanted to learn,” he says. “She knows the game of basketball. Lisa Borders knows basketball inside and out.” Then again, when it comes to directing a basketball league, her learning curve has just begun.
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Long MLB pitching career brings former Blue Devil Chris Capuano back to the scene of his greatest success
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hris Capuano is 37 years old, almost 38. He’s had two arm surgeries and other assorted ailments, including a quad injury that torpedoed his 2015 season. He’s made lots of money throwing baseballs for a living and he has a degree in economics from Duke — he was Phi Beta Kappa. The man has options. So, what’s he doing coming out for his 17th season in professional ball? It’s simple. He still enjoys getting paid to play a sport he’s loved since childhood. He’s now having fun with the Milwaukee Brewers, the site of his greatest successes a decade or so ago, albeit in a much different role. Capuano finished his Duke career in 1999 and was drafted in the eighth round by the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was traded to the Brewers organization in 2003 and spent seven seasons there, going 18-12 in 2005, making the 2006 NL All-Star team and seeing his career go sour after undergoing his second Tommy John surgery. He’s spent the last few years in the high-roller district, pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. Have arm, will travel.
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Consider July 2014. Capuano was released by the Red Sox on July 1 and signed by the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies sent him to the minors, where he started one game for AA Tulsa, three games for AAA Colorado Springs. Colorado traded him to the Yankees on July 24. Capuano spent the rest of the 2014 season starting for the Bronx Bombers — 12 starts, two wins, three losses, a 4.25 earned run average. He signed a one-year contract with the Yankees for 2015 and was projected to be in their starting rotation. But that plan began to fall apart when Capuano sprained his right quadriceps covering first base in a spring training game. “I got behind the eight ball,” Capuano says. “I fell behind and couldn’t get enough work to get sharp.” Capuano is a finesse pitcher and he really needs to be sharp to be effective. By the time he got back, the Yankees’ rotation was set and Capuano was moved to the bullpen. He struggled, going 0-4 with a 7.97 earned run average, over four starts and 18 relief appearances. He spent much of the summer moving on and off the Yankee roster — being designated for assignment, clearing waivers and going back to New York. “I know I haven’t been as consistent as I’d like to be,” Capuano said
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last summer. “Whatever the Yankees do, that’s their prerogative, and I can’t worry about it. In terms of an organization, the New York Yankees are first class with the way they do things and the way they treat their players. You just try to do whatever they ask of you.” He started six times for AAA Wilkes-Barre, going 2-1, with a 1.27 ERA, pitching well enough to encourage another go-around. The Yankees didn’t ask him back after the season, so he was a free agent. Capuano says he left it up to his agent, Casey Close, a veteran of the baseball wars. Milwaukee was interested. The Brewers are managed by Craig Counsell, who not only played with Capuano on the Brewers but actually was acquired by Milwaukee in that same 2003 trade that brought Capuano to Milwaukee. There was a comfort level. “It’s a really good fit,” Capuano says. “I had a chance to be a solid part of the team. I have a long relationship with Craig, a nice comfortable feeling. Some familiar faces.” But it was a show-me contract. Capuano was signed to a minor league deal, with no guarantees except an invitation to spring training. He pitched his way onto the team, allowing only two runs in 13.1 innings in spring training. He was offered a spot on the roster. Capuano’s role with the Brewers is much different the second time around. He came into the 2016 season with 225 career starts against 75 appearances out of the bullpen. But Milwaukee is trying to rebuild around young starters, including 23-year-old Zach Davies, 26-year-old Taylor Jungmann and 26-year-old Wily Peralta. “I wanted to be a starter. Early in spring training, Counsell came to me and said we have some good young pitchers we want to develop. He asked me to be open. “It’s a very difficult adjustment. I’m very routine-oriented, mentally and physically. As a reliever, you’re out there at 3:30 every day, throwing multiple times a day, not knowing if you’ll be needed. You want to be
loose and available, without throwing your arm out. There’s a real art to it. There’s no time to settle into the game. You have to be prepared to be effective right away.” Capuano knew he was going to be a reliever from the beginning of spring training and says that has helped. “It’s helped my arm bounce back. I feel stronger than any time last year.” Capuano had gotten off to a solid start. He threw two scoreless innings April 11 against St. Louis, two more scoreless innings later in the month against Minnesota. But he also has value as a veteran presence on a young team. “Baseball has a lot of failure built into it,” he notes. “Part of my job is to help the young guys navigate this, the ups and downs.” Capuano is a pretty bright guy. He was a high school valedictorian in Springfield, Mass., and has that Duke degree. Capuano will be 38 this August. “Retirement is going to happen. You’re always one pitch away.” His father is a financial planner and Capuano says he can see going in that direction once his playing days are over. But he’s also been active in the MLB Players Association and is intrigued by the possibility of pursuing something in that area. He’s geographically fluid. He’s pitched in huge markets, he’s pitched in small cities but says there’s not as much difference as fans think. “The clubhouse is sacred space all over baseball,” he says. “Baseball players are pretty well insulated, with security and access to fans and media controlled. They all take exceptionally good care of the players. It felt about the same. I do like the culture of the big city but I also like the intimacy of small markets.” His wife Sarah is a competitive equestrian so that will factor in. But he hopes to push that day back as far as he can. “I want to pitch in high-stress situations. I embrace being as good as I can be. I try not to think of retirement. I’m having too much fun.” BILLY HURST/USA TODAY SPORTS
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Duke and Stanford collaborate on new summer civic engagement program for student-athletes By Brad Amersbach
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t Duke University, student-athletes strive to develop as competitors, working arduously in the gym and on the playing surface to perform at the highest level in athletic competition. But the personal growth of these individuals does not end there, with many engaging in extracurricular activities that allow for additional self-betterment. The university provides student-athletes with myriad on- and off-campus service-based programs as avenues for them to become involved in personal-development opportunities. Recently, thanks in large part to generous donations from Duke alumnus David Rubenstein, as well as Peter and Helen Bing, another program has become available for Duke’s student-athletes, The Rubenstein-Bing Student-Athlete Civic Engagement Program, or ACE. ACE, in its inaugural season and in collaboration with Stanford University, is a program that provides 20 student-athletes from Duke and 20 from Stanford with the chance to participate in a three-week civic engagement opportunity at one of four international sites — China, India, South Africa or Vietnam. Each location provides a unique service theme that allows student-athletes to get involved in activities that address areas of public concern. According to program director Emily Durham, in conjunction with Stanford and the “community partners” of each program site, the services rendered are specific to each location. Athletics and physical activity will naturally allow student-athletes to bridge cultural gaps and develop relationships with the community members, however the service and contributions of each individual will go well beyond just sport. “When we were selecting the locations and the organizations the students were going to be working with, a lot of factors came into play,” Durham said. “We wanted to think of this as an opportunity for (the student-athletes) to explore another passion that they haven’t gotten to here on campus or a way to tie in what they are doing academically or as an opportunity for career exploration.” In many ways, the student-athletes and the communities they enter will work in a symbiotic relationship. Each program at the four locations will offer the chance for a student-athlete to experience a culture different from their own, while gaining and developing transferable skills in a fashion that is beneficial to the community members. For example, representatives from Duke and Stanford traveling to the Nomzamo Township in South Africa will assist with healthcare initiatives and minor construction projects, while in New Delhi, India, the student-athletes will teach English and computer lessons, as well as promote active lifestyles through sport. Similar to the India site, student-ath-
SUMMER SERVICE PAST Duke tennis player Alyssa Smith (near top) spent three weeks in Vietnam two summers ago as part of Coach for College, a civic engagement program founded in 2008 by Rhodes Scholar and former Blue Devil tennis player Parker Goyer. Coach for College has sent athletes from over 30 universities to sports and academic camps in Vietnam. Below, former Duke football captain Dave Harding led his fellow offensive linemen on a mission trip to Ethiopia to dig wells for a community.
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letes near the Tibetan Plateau in China will utilize sport to educate youth program, Durham asserts that the collaboration between Duke and Stanon environmental science topics. At the fourth location, Vietnam, stu- ford played a pivotal role in the successful development and execution dent-athletes will assist middle-school aged children in developing life of ACE. skills in a summer-camp setting. “On a day-to-day basis, I couldn’t run this (proThe genesis of the ACE program occurred in gram) without collaboration with my colleagues at February 2014, when Duke’s Board of Trustees, Stanford,” Durham said. “Both schools have had chaired by Rubenstein, traveled to Palo Alto, Caa lot of experience in the civic engagement realm, lif., to meet with their counterparts at Stanford. The running these types of programs, so bringing that goal was to determine how Duke and Stanford, two knowledge together has been really important. I universities with numerous similarities, could join think it has been a really great learning opportunity in a collaborative effort, while also learning from for both institutions.” one another in the process. Discussions quickly The relationship between the two institutions led to the realization of a challenge faced by stugoes beyond the planning stages, however. In the dent-athletes at both institutions. The time conselection process, “the goal was to have a 50-50 straints from academics, practice, competition, balance in each of the programs,” according to travel and year-round training rarely allowed for Durham. The even split of student-athletes at each these individuals to engage in study-abroad prosite allowed for the values of both institutions to be Emily Durham, ACE director grams. Through planning, generous gifts from equally represented, and although the individuals Rubenstein and the Bings, and the efforts of each will not physically meet until arriving on site, viruniversity, the ACE program would help provide student-athletes with a tual meetings have been scheduled to serve as an introduction. chance to become more involved in such civic engagement. The start of the first ACE program is scheduled to begin June 19 in The program launched over a year ago, in April 2015, but the deci- South Africa, putting into practice a plan that was laid over a year ago. sion was made to wait until the summer of 2016 to send the first partici- Durham’s summation of her role throughout the process perfectly empants abroad, allowing Durham and her associates at Stanford addition- bodies the goal of ACE, as well as what the program hopes to achieve, al time to disseminate information to student-athletes on each campus. both now and in the future. Durham utilized a slew of avenues in order to get the word out about “For me, it’s a personal passion, getting to work with student-athletes ACE. With the assistance of senior associate director of athletics Jacki and getting to build a program that allows them to have these types of exSilar, Durham attended coaches’ roundtable meetings, visited individual periences, which I think are so important to their educational experience teams and spoke with student-athletes one-on-one. In addition, Durham and developing them as global citizens,” Durham said. “That is our role also solicited the assistance of Leslie Barnes, director of student-athlete as an institution of higher education.” development, and Tony Sales from student-athlete external affairs, as well as academic coordinators who spoke to student-athletes about the opportunities available through the ACE program. Finally, in mid-January, program coordinators held ACE Week, a four-day informational session that took place in the Michael W. Krzyzewski Center and provided student-athletes with a chance to delve deeper into the details of each site the program offered before the application period opened. “The application went live in late January, and then the applications were reviewed in early February,” Durham said. “We had a wide variety of teams represented, as well as different class years, which we were excited about.” The Duke Compliance Office is responsible for education Ultimately, the 40 student-athletes that were selected went through and enforcement of NCAA rules. NCAA rules are vast and a “pretty rigorous” process that included a written application, a reccomplex, and we hope you read the information below as ommendation from a head coach, an on-campus interview and a phone an introduction to a few of the issues that could arise as you interview with the organizations running the international location. root for the Blue Devils. If you have any questions about “Part of that process was that (the student-athletes) had to ask their NCAA rules, please contact the Compliance Office at 919head coach for a recommendation, because we knew head coaches had to 613-6214. We truly appreciate your continued support of be involved,” Durham explained. “By involving the coaches, we wanted Duke University and Duke Athletics. Always remember to to send the message that being selected was a real honor, and students ask before you act. are representing their team as a part of this program. We brought all of Question: Betsy Booster has developed a relationship the information back to the selection committee, which is made up of with two members of the women’s golf team who live interrepresentatives from Duke and Stanford athletics, as well as from Dunationally. During a conversation with them, she learns that keEngage and the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford. We used they are looking for a place to store their possessions over all of that material to decide which students would be offered spots for the summer, after they move out of the dorm. Betsy offers to the summer.” let them store their items in her basement, free of charge. Is With any program in its inaugural year, challenges were bound to crop this permissible? up, ACE not excluded. For those in developing the program, determining Answer: No. Even though it does not cost Betsy anything the length and dates for each site demanded considerable attention. In the to provide this storage space, free storage is a tangible benend, three weeks was deemed the appropriate length of time that would efit to the student-athletes. Benefits with a monetary value allow student-athletes to become immersed in their site’s service focus. are not permissible unless the same opportunity is available Likewise, the academic schedules of the two institutions did not to the general public. seamlessly align, with Duke on the semester system and Stanford on the quarter system, so additional consideration was necessary in selecting dates that would accommodate student-athletes from both universities. Although such challenges arose from working on an inter-institutional
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Duke set to begin construction of new softball stadium
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wo years from now, in the spring of 2018, Duke softball will be in the midst of its inaugural season as the university’s 27th varsity sport. The facility that will serve as home base for the new program will soon begin taking shape in the northwest quadrant of East Campus. A formal groundbreaking date has not been set, but Duke officials anticipate starting construction on the new softball stadium in late spring or early summer. It will be located adjacent to Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium, the home of the Blue Devil field hockey program. Construction is expected to last from 12 to 14 months. The stadium will feature a natural Bermudagrass outfield, seating for 500 fans, indoor batting cages and a locker room. Duke is taking several steps to soften the visual impact of the facility on the nearby residential neighborhood. The field will be built into a hillside and set 250 feet from the street. The scoreboard will face away from the street and the field lights will be hooded. Duke’s director of community engagement, Sam Miglarese, said that the popular running/walking trail inside the East Campus wall would not be disturbed during construction or afterward when the stadium is in operation. The release of stadium plans is the latest step in the university’s launch of the new program. Duke hired its first softball head coach, former Big Ten player of the year Marissa Young, last summer (see GoDuke The Magazine, November 2015). Since then, Young has hired her assistant coaches and signed her first class of recruits. Young’s staff includes Kate Kantor and Amanda Chidester. Kantor was a two-time captain as a player at Georgia Tech, helping the Yellow Jackets to three ACC crowns and four NCAA Tournament bids (200912). She was a graduate assistant coach last year at North Carolina, where Young was on staff as a fulltime assistant. Chidester, like Young, is a Michigan grad. She was a two-time Big Ten player of the year (201112) and will be touring this summer with Team USA Softball, before assuming her duties at Duke in September. Young signed the first class of Duke softball recruits this year, getting commitments from three players who will enroll in the fall of 2016, a year before the first varsity season. The inaugural class includes C/3B Hannah Pridemore of Lithia, Fla., C/OF Jazmine Moreno of Elk Grove, Calif., and IF/OF Allison Florian of Kannapolis, N.C. “Not only are these young ladies the first to sign an NLI (national letter of intent) to play Duke softball, but they represent the leadership our program will lean on for the next five years,” Young said. “I’m really looking forward to the year ahead and spending a lot of time with this group.” Duke will become the 12th ACC softball member in 2018 and will allot the NCAA maximum of 12 scholarships within the first four years of competition.
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> The Final Round Final 2016 regular season statistics for Blue Devils in the NBA G GS MIN PTS REB AST HIGH PTS GAME
CAREER G PTS
Elton Brand, PHI
17
1
13.2
4.1
3.7
1.1
13 v CHA
1,058 16,827
Seth Curry, SAC
44
9
15.7
6.8
1.4
1.5
21 two times
Luol Deng, MIA •
74 73 32.4
15.5
6.0
1.9
30 v ATL
823 12,777
Mike Dunleavy, CHI
31 30
22.7
7.2
2.7
1.3
18 v MIL
933 10,773
Gerald Henderson, POR •
72
0
19.9
8.7
2.9
1.0
19 three times
463 5,325
Rodney Hood, UTA
79 79
32.2
14.5
3.4
2.7
32 v MEM
129 1,582
Kyrie Irving, CLE •
53 53 31.5
19.6 3.0 4.7
35 two times
309 6,416 623 3,344
48 302
1
0
42.0
13.0
5.0
2.0
13 v DET
Tyus Jones, MIN
37
0
15.5
4.2
1.3
2.9
10 two times
37 156
Ryan Kelly, LAL
36
0
13.1
4.2
3.4
0.6
12 two times
147 956
Josh McRoberts, MIA •
42
1
14.2
3.6
2.5
1.9
19 v ATL
409 2,226
Jahlil Okafor, PHI
53 48
30.0
17.5
7.0
1.2
31 v DAL
53 928
Jabari Parker, MIL
76 72
31.7
14.1
5.2
1.7
36 v HOU
101 1,378
Mason Plumlee, POR •
82 82 25.4
9.1 7.7
2.8
19 v LAC
234 1,986
Miles Plumlee, MIL
61 14
5.1
0.3
18 v MIA
228 1,267
J.J. Redick, LAC •
75 75 28.0
40 v HOU
612 7,041
Austin Rivers, LAC •
67
7
21.9
8.9
1.9
1.5
32 v OKC
273 2,030
Kyle Singler, OKC •
68
2
14.4
3.4
2.1
0.4
11 two times
312 2,215
Lance Thomas, NYK
59
5
22.3
8.2
2.2
0.9
24 v ORL
227 1,248
Justise Winslow, MIA •
78
8
28.6
6.4
5.2
1.5
20 v DEN
78 502
Dahntay Jones, CLE •
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14.3
3.8
16.3 1.9 1.4
J.J. Redick led the NBA in 3-point shooting percentage with a mark of 47.5%, edging Golden State’s Steph Curry (45.4%). Redick hit 200 3-pointers, tying his LA Clippers team record set last year. (Curry set a new NBA record with 400 made 3s.) Seth Curry, Steph’s younger brother, finished the year strong by averaging 16.4 points per game in April (7 games, 32.5 minutes per game). He had 20 points and 15 assists in the next-to-last game of the year vs. Phoenix. Mason Plumlee, in his first year with Portland, was the only former Blue Devil to play in and start all 82 games of the regular season. Rodney Hood started 79 games and played the most total minutes of any Blue Devil at 2,541. Dahntay Jones, veteran of 11 previous NBA seasons, spent the 2016 campaign playing in the D-League but was signed by Cleveland prior to the last regular season game, in which he played 42 minutes and scored 13 points in an overtime loss to Detroit. • Team made playoffs
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