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Chris Paul’s likeness now hangs at the Joel between those of his mentor, Skip Prosser, and another Winston-Salem native, Josh Howard, after the March 2 ceremony during halftime of the Maryland game when his No. 3 jersey number was retired. (Photo by Donnie Roberts)

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// 12 COMING OF AGE Freshman point guard Codi Miller-McIntyre is making strides with other young Deacons.

// 16 TWO FOR THE SHOW Young pole vaulters Katie Adair and Sydney White are already WFU elites.

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ACC additions create scheduling and tournament format decisions At the February ACC meetings, there were a number of important topics discussed. As we welcome Syracuse and Pittsburgh into the conference, the schedules and tournament formats for various sports need to be determined. Since we will also welcome Notre Dame and Louisville into the conference in the next couple of years, we needed to decide whether to adjust our scheduling philosophy to accommodate just Syracuse and Pittsburgh next year or attempt to finalize the scheduling and format philosophy once Notre Dame and Louisville also are ACC members.

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Ultimately, we decided to place Syracuse in our division for football, the Atlantic Division, and Pittsburgh in the Coastal Division. We will decide our future football scheduling format once Louisville joins the conference. It will be very difficult to remain in two divisions with 15 schools playing football. Having a different number of teams in the divisions would be a challenge that has no logical solution at this point. Basketball will continue to be a non-divisional sport next year. Once Notre Dame and Louisville become members, there will be scheduling opportunities available to us that might include divisions or some other structure. Many of those options were reviewed, but no decision has been made at this point. Many of the other sports are exploring scheduling and tournament formats. For instance, we need to decide if all sports should conclude their season with

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an ACC Tournament or if we should play more regular season conference games and eliminate the ACC Tournament in certain sports. Volleyball has not held an ACC Tournament for the last few years, and while that is unusual for an ACC sport, it has worked well for that particular sport. We will ultimately need to decide if it would be best for other sports to eliminate their ACC Tournament as well. Additionally, we will need to decide how many teams participate in the ACC Tournament for those sports that continue playing in the Tournament. It will be very difficult to have tournaments with 16 teams. Such a tournament becomes too lengthy and would have a tendency to wear our teams down and be a difficult recovery as they prepare for the NCAA Tournament the next week. The timetable for making the scheduling and tournament format decisions will be within the next few months. It will be a major discussion point at our spring meetings in May, and final decisions could be made at that meeting. Whatever format is decided upon, the ACC will continue to be one of the strongest conferences in the country and the absolute best conference in many sports. I look forward to sharing the details of those decisions with you once they are made.

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A banner day Chris Paul’s return was a homecoming with a bonus

By Jay Reddick

Chris Paul came home March 2. But in so many ways, he never really left. Paul’s No. 3 jersey was retired by Wake Forest in a ceremony that day. He became the 11th player to have his picture and number hoisted to the rafters of Joel Coliseum, cementing what we all knew — he is one of the greatest players ever to take the floor there. But he might be one of the greatest people, too. It’s been hard to escape reading Paul’s name in Winston-Salem for about a decade now — first as a high school star at West Forsyth, then with the Deacs and then during an exceptional NBA career, but also through his work in the community. He has done extensive work with the Boys & Girls Clubs locally. He recently agreed to sponsor a wish for a Forsyth County teen through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. His basketball camps are almost ubiquitous in the summertime. “It’s very important for me to give back,” Paul said before the ceremony. “People will say to me, ‘It must be tough (to go home). Don’t you have to do this?’ I don’t have to do anything, first of all. The thing is, I want to.” Now his likeness will hang at the Joel between those of his mentor, Skip Prosser, and another Winston-Salem native, Josh Howard.

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Even when he’s not physically in town, Paul is seemingly always here, making a difference. Chris’ mother, Robin Paul, said she isn’t surprised by Chris’ sense of community and school spirit. “We’ve always been a giving family,” Robin said. “It’s always come naturally to Chris, and we’re just glad he has the chance to do it.” Robin Paul oversees the CP3 Foundation, which organizes many of Chris’ charitable efforts. Chris established the foundation in 2005 in cooperation with the Winston-Salem Foundation. Because of the CP3 Foundation and his good works, Paul has won the NBA’s Community Assist Award twice. Through it all, Paul has worn his Wake Forest pride on his sleeve. “Some people may go to a certain college, and they never go back,” Paul said. “Well, this is home. I’ll always go back to Wake Forest, and Wake Forest will always be a part of me.” All the while, the pride that the Deacon family has for Chris keeps growing and growing. “Chris is, and always has been, an outstanding representative of our university,” Director of Athletics Ron Wellman said. “He is an exceptional person, both on and off the court.” His presence and his aura help Wake Forest in many ways. He’s been known to drop by the Miller Center or Winston-Salem summer league games to see some on-court action

with current Deacons, serving not only as a mentor but an instructor. Associate head coach Jeff Battle, who coached Paul at WFU, certainly appreciates Paul’s influence on the current team. “He’s somebody who (the players) can relate to,” Battle said. “They identify with him because he’s been where they are now. What’s great is that he never forgets where he comes from. That’s all really important for our players.” Battle knows better than almost anyone how Paul has helped Wake Forest in another area — the recruiting trail. Perennial All-Stars such as Paul and Tim Duncan increase WFU’s credibility in basketball circles, and the fact that both players are known as level-headed, solid citizens helps to sell prospects and their families on the virtues of a Wake Forest education. “That means a lot,” Battle said. “Not only was Chris a very, very good player here, and he’s obviously carried that over into the pros, but he’s also a better person. People gravitate to him and appreciate him because he hasn’t changed. He epitomizes what we stand for at Wake Forest.” Even beyond that, though, Paul’s image has come to transcend sports. His recent commercial for an insurance company (featuring fictitious twin brother Cliff Paul and, oh yeah, a quick clip of Chris in a Wake Forest uniform) is only his latest foray into the

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public consciousness. University President Nathan O. Hatch has seen it in his travels — Paul’s stature has carried the school’s name recognition to greater heights. “It’s tremendous currency,” Hatch said. “You’d have to say Arnold Palmer, Tim Duncan and Chris Paul, for the current generation, are three legendary figures from the world of athletics who do enormous good for the university.” All of that, and we still haven’t discussed Paul the player. You know the resume: twotime Olympic gold medalist, six-time All-Star, arguably the best point guard in the game today, and most recently, the All-Star Game MVP. The groundwork for that greatness was laid at Wake Forest, but Paul believes he might never have gotten the opportunity without a little luck. “I got so much better as a player with my two years here at Wake,” Paul said. “The thing about me, and I always tell kids this story, is how everything is so surreal for me now in that I know that hard work and a lot of good

things happened when I came here, but some of it was luck and by chance. It just happened. “I wasn’t supposed to be the starting point guard. Taron Downey was here and had just won the ACC (regular-season) championship, so I would have never started that first game of my college career had Taron not had appendicitis. I know people say ‘Don’t ask what if,’ but I always say, ‘Where would I have been had that not happened?’” Robin Paul was part of the crowd watching Chris’ All-Star performance Feb. 17 in Houston, and she said one of the most gratifying things about that day was that in a life of so many rewards and accolades, this was something new. “It was a chance to achieve something he had never done before,” Robin said. “It was such a thrill to watch.” In that way, Robin said, the ceremonies at Wake Forest a couple of weeks later were just as electrifying. “It’s not every player who gets that done,” she said. “It makes me remember when he played at Wake, and we’d almost fill a whole section with his family and friends. Now to come back and do this — I’m elated.” A part of Chris Paul’s legacy will remain in Joel Coliseum’s rafters, but his true legacy can be found all over town. “Home and everything here at home made me who I am,” Paul said. “They are the reason I wake up and get excited and why I love what I do. It’s who I play for.”

The Nathaniel Jones Scholarship Fund Chris Paul truly embodies the spirit of Wake Forest’s motto, Pro Humanitate. His charitable organization, the CP3 Foundation, focuses on enriching the communities it services through countless initiatives, but Wake Forest is the beneficiary of perhaps his most personal initiative, the Nathaniel Jones Scholarship Fund. The fund was established with a gift to the University in memory of his beloved grandfather Nathaniel Jones, who was murdered during Paul’s senior year of high school. The memorial scholarship enables two students — one in men’s basketball, the other in the College of Arts and Sciences’ general scholarship pool — to attend the University each year. The fund seeks to support graduates of West Forsyth High School, Paul’s alma mater, in particular. On March 2, Paul and his family announced the fulfillment of his $750,000 pledge to the Nathaniel Jones Scholarship Fund. With his most recent gift of $190,000, the fund is endowed in perpetuity, and he said his experiences as a scholarship recipient as well as those as a grandson helped

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inspire his gift. He specifically thanked Jimmy and Toni Dew and Alice Hall and her late husband, Claxton Hall, the donors of the fund that permitted his education. “When I learned I had received a scholarship to Wake Forest, I was oblivious,” he said at a sold-out breakfast that benefited his foundation earlier that morning. “I thought that when you got a scholarship, all they did was just waive my fee. I thought they just let me in school, and I just didn’t have to pay for it. I didn’t realize that there were hard-working families who had worked and who had actually paid for me to be able to go to Wake Forest, which, to me, is the best school there is. I’m grateful to the Dew family and to the Hall family.” To date, the Nathaniel Jones Scholarship has been awarded to five students, including current recipients, Travis McKie (’14) and G. Bryson Brewer (’16). Previous recipients are Al-Farouq Aminu, James T. Terrell and Jasmine Pitt who is now attending the Wake Forest School of Law.

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Nothing Chris Paul Does Is A Surprise Anymore I’ll never forget the first time I saw Chris Paul. It was an afternoon in the spring of 2003 following CP3’s senior season at West Forsyth High School and prior to his freshman season at Wake Forest. Some of the Deacons were in the Miller Center playing some pick-up basketball, and I wandered into the Budd Gym to see what I could see. What I saw I couldn’t believe. There was a player running up and down the court that I didn’t recognize. But he was good. He had this look about him. Confident. Smooth. Natural. He looked younger than the rest of the players — in the face and body. His game, though, was mature.

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One of the Deacons, Trent Strickland, was taking a break and grabbing a quick drink of water. Never one to shy away from a conversation, Strickland came over to shoot the breeze. “Who’s that?” I asked pointing to the youngster with a man’s game. “That’s Chris Paul,” Strickland answered. “So that’s Chris Paul,” I responded. “He’s pretty good.” Strickland deadpanned, “You have no idea.” And I didn’t. The little kid who some said wouldn’t even make it at Wake Forest was voted Most Valuable Player of the recent 2013 NBA All-Star Game and had his No. 3 Wake Forest jersey retired and hoisted to the Joel Coliseum rafters in a touching ceremony at halftime of the Wake Forest-Maryland game on March 2. I would have taken your bet back in the spring of 2003. I mean All-Star MVP and a retired jersey? That’s big time stuff. And you would have taken my money. But the Chris Paul I know now is much more than just a superstar basketball player. He remembers where he came from. And I know this because he keeps coming back. And giving back. The CP3 Foundation has raised thousands upon thousands of dollars for all kinds of good, much of it aimed at the Winston-Salem area, near and dear to the heart of the best point guard on the planet. “I used to play some in here when I was in high school,” Paul said as he sat between the Dinger and me on headset during the broadcast of the game with Maryland just minutes prior to the celebration that would honor his career as a Demon Deacon. “I used to look up in the rafters and see all of those banners hanging up there. I had no idea that one day mine would be up there, too.” Nothing Paul does anymore should surprise anyone. About the only thing he hasn’t accomplished as a basketball player is an NBA Most Valuable Player Award and an NBA Championship. I don’t think there’s much doubt he will win both. And soon. In the meantime, he’ll just keep doing what he does best. And that’s being Chris Paul, with ease. He’s an A-list celebrity. A superstar athlete. But not a whole lot different from the young man I met 10 years ago when he first became a Deacon. His mix of confidence and humility is endearing. His smile is the same one that spread across his face that spring long ago in the Miller Center when he was schooling the big boys. And making a believer out of me.

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Coming Of Age Freshman point guard Codi Miller-McIntyre making strides with other young Deacons By Sam Walker

At 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds, freshman Codi MillerMcIntyre gives Wake Forest’s basketball team something it hasn’t had in some time — a big, physical, fast point guard who can play outside when it suits the matchup or go inside when he can muscle to the rim. Like many of his young teammates, the story of his season has been episodic. One game he plays well and makes fewer mistakes, and other games he’s been less of a factor. But the bottom line is he has gotten smarter, learned to play through the tough patches of games, when to push the tempo and when to pick and choose his moments.

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His season high (entering March) came in the second game of the year, a 21-point outing with five assists against Connecticut, and then he had 11 points and three assists against Nebraska four games later. There was the good night in the win over Xavier in the Skip Prosser Classic when he poured in 16 points and had three assists, but when the team entered ACC play, it was predictably tough going. He didn’t have his first doubledigit performance until the Deacons stunned N.C. State on Jan. 22 with 15 points, and then he started getting more consistent. There were 14-point outings against Maryland and Florida State and then 15 points and three assists in an 80-65 upset of then No. 2 Miami in Joel Coliseum on Feb. 23. Miller-McIntyre actually experienced his first rushing of the court and the mayhem that followed although the Deacons had fans roll out of the stands and celebrate the 86-84 victory over then 18th-ranked N.C. State. Miller-McIntyre was so in the postgame routine he ran off the court and into the tunnel and missed the celebration with the Tie Dye Nation. But after the Miami victory, he was raised on the shoulders of the crowd, and he took in the moment. “This time I stayed and enjoyed the experience,” MillerMcIntyre said. “This shows hope, and there’s a big future for Wake Forest basketball. I know that hasn’t been that way the past few years but we’re trying to put that behind us. This is a new team.” Coach Jeff Bzdelik liked what he saw in the effort against the Hurricanes, who absorbed their first ACC loss of the season against the Deacons, and the performances of MillerMcIntyre and fellow freshman point guard

Codi MillerMcIntryre Hometown: Concord, N.C. Year: Freshman Position: Point Guard Major: Undeclared Chose Wake Forest: over Clemson, N.C. State, Virginia Tech and Charlotte Top Athletic Achievements: Led Hargrave to a 38-1 record and No. 2 national ranking as a prep player; 2012 McDonald’s All-America nominee; Selected to play for the East Team in the 2012 Jordan Brand Classic Regional Game in Charlotte.

Madison Jones. “These guys never wavered and you could see it in their eyes,” Bzdelik said. “They just kept attacking and scrapping, and that to me was the most impressive thing in this basketball game — their resolve once Miami started to close the gap (the lead was down to five with 12:28 remaining). Codi met the challenge and so did Madison. They both came in and watched a lot of film voluntarily, and I’m just really proud of their preparation, and it goes back to the high character we have on this basketball team. I told him (Codi) I want you to be fearless and aggressive, and we even referred to Johnny Wooden yesterday,

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and he had some quotes about being fearless and not afraid to fail or make mistakes, and that’s how you become successful. We talked about that at practice.” Miller-McIntyre talked about his preparation. “I got in the gym and watched a lot of film with Coach (Jeff) Battle, and I noticed how they were playing ball screens, and that there was an opportunity to get to the basket,” he said. “Early in the year I would bail people out with a jump shot, and that’s not really my game. I get in the gym early in the morning with Coach Battle, so when it comes time to make those big shots, I can make them and be confident. We gave up opportunities early in the year and we knew this was one of the last chances we could show how good we are and can be. At the beginning of the season it was tough because of school and basketball, and it was like having two jobs trying to balancing the two, and of course Wake Forest is a great academic school.” Certainly, there have been many adjustments in his first year as a Deacon. “In high school, I used to just depend on my physical strength and athleticism, but in college you have to think the game more so I’ve just been learning as much as I can from Coach Battle, C.J. (Harris) and Coach (Randolph) Childress, who know that position well,” Miller-McIntyre said. “So I’ve

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learned a lot.” Those early morning sessions have helped Miller-McIntyre become more confident on the floor. And he has a mid-range pull-up jumper, which is a rarity in today’s game, but it is an added weapon that can make defenses collapse when the rim gets sealed off. Not unlike the class with whom he came to Wake Forest, he was thrown into the fire and forced to learn on the fly. He has never used youth or inexperience as an excuse and stayed the course knowing there are better seasons and more wins ahead. It’s just been a slower process than anyone would have liked, and players learn at their own pace. MillerMcIntyre has had the luxury of having Harris as a mentor and sounding board, and he has taken what he can from the most experienced Deacon on the team and applied it. “Getting to the basket is my strong point but early in the season I used to shy away from that and settle for jump shots and threes and pull-ups, but I looked at film and because I am so strong I should be able to get to the basket more often,” Miller-McIntyre said. “Before, I rarely got to the foul line, and now I’m getting more aggressive, and getting to the free throw line is all just about knocking them down.” The soft-spoken Harris has watched the young Deacons take their lumps at times but grow with each win and each loss. That’s the good news. His steady demeanor has helped

the young players like Miller-McIntyre stay balanced. “The most valuable thing he’s taught me is you have to think the game,” Miller-McIntyre said. “When I first got here, I would just try to muscle my way through things and I would mess up or I would play too fast and I had to slow down and change speed. That’s the difference. I’m doing more of that.” “Codi was a good player when he came here and when he needs me, I’m there to answer his questions,” Harris said. “He just keeps learning from his experiences and past mistakes, and what’s been different is that he has been doing a great job learning and adjusting from each game and practice. He’s an up-and-down kind of player and extremely fast, so when he starts controlling his speed, he’s more dangerous. “ If anything Miller-McIntyre, has consistently preached commitment and perseverance, but he’s also backed that up with his actions. He’s gone above and beyond the requirements of his coaches, asked his coaches for wisdom, workouts and advice. He’s watched Harris, listened, and learned from one of the ACCs best and responded with a never-say-die attitude. “I feel like we are a whole different team from where we started,” Miller-McIntyre said. “We’re coming together and playing for each other and Coach Bz.”

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Two For The Show Young pole vaulters Katie Adair and Sydney White are already WFU elites By Jay Reddick

They took different paths to get to Wake Forest, but now, Katie Adair and Sydney White are undoubtedly linked in the annals of the Deacon track and field program. And they’re just fine with that. As they each near the end of their first indoor season at WFU, it can already be argued that White and Adair are two of the greatest pole vaulters in school history — but you won’t hear any argument from them as to who’s better. They save their debates for the pole-vault pit. When the calendar flipped to January 2013, Michelle Lange held the school record in the pole vault, with a height of 3.75 meters three years ago. Over the next two months, that performance fell to sixth in school history. White just came to WFU in August and Adair in January, but the two have become fast friends, and they both say they have made each other better. “Having someone there to jump with you makes

KATIE ADAIR Class: Sophomore in indoor track, freshman in outdoor track Hometown: Graham, Texas Planned major: Health and Exercise Science Favorite food: Steak Favorite book: “Same Kind of Different as Me,” by Ron Hall and Denver Moore Favorite sports movie: “Here Comes the Boom” If you could have dinner with any one person, who would it be? “My grandma, because I know it would make her year if I could see her.” Favorite WFU moment: “My first pole-vaulting practice here at WFU.”

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it really easy to get your adrenaline up in practice,” White said. “In everything we do, we want to be as good as possible. I know when she got here, I really had to step up my technique to keep up with her.” “You’d think we would head-butt, but we really don’t,” Adair said. “We do almost everything together, keep each other accountable and watch over each other.” The first record-breaker was Adair. A native of Graham, Texas, Adair transferred to Wake Forest after a year at the University of Oklahoma, where she finished fourth at the Big 12 Championships. When her coach, Tim Sullivan, left the Sooners to become the vertical jumps coach in WinstonSalem, she decided to follow. “He was a big part of why I chose Oklahoma in the first place, because he’s coached some of the best,” Adair said. “I was heartbroken when he left, but now I love it here.” Adair opened her Deacon career Jan. 19 at the Wake Forest Invitational, immediately clearing 3.80 meters to set a school record. Then she beat that height in two of her next three meets. Not bad for

SYDNEY WHITE Class: Freshman Hometown: Kernersville Planned major: Health and Exercise Science Favorite food: Banana and peanut-butter sandwiches Favorite book: “On Mystic Lake,” by Kristen Hannah Favorite sports movie: “Here Comes the Boom” If you could have dinner with any one person, who would it be? Mary Saxer, professional pole vaulter Favorite WFU moment: “It would have to be the time most of the girls team spelled out ‘Let’s go Wake Forest Demon Deacs’ on our stomachs for the Carolina game.” somebody who hadn’t picked up a pole for about six months. Adair grew up competing in gymnastics (that explains her flexibility) and riding horses (she said pulling and leading them around a barn built her upper-body strength). But as she entered middle school, she wanted a new challenge from a sport she hadn’t tried before. “A lot of other people were scared of the pole vault, and that made me want to try it,” Adair said. “To qualify for tryouts, I think you had to do three pull-ups — I was good at pull-ups, so why not?” She said it took her a couple of years to get good at it, but as her body matured, she became an elite young vaulter. That body type — along with her work ethic — is why Sullivan always believed she was destined for greatness. “Katie has the physical build and what I call the levers for the sport, the long legs and the long arms,” Sullivan said. “Those levers are a major factor

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when you’re talking how high you’re going to hold the pole and the physics of it. It’s a big advantage for her.” One week after Adair’s 3.75-meter vault, Adair and White both posted 3.83 meters. The week after that, White vaulted 3.85 in a home meet to hold the record. It was fitting for White to break the record in Winston-Salem, since she was a high-school star just up the road in Kernersville at East Forsyth, earning multiple All-American citations and state championships. She was on WFU’s recruiting radar early in the process, but she said it took her a while to embrace the idea of staying close to home. “I didn’t think I wanted to go to school 30 minutes from home,” White said. “But the more I thought about it, I decided to take a visit and give them a chance — and I just fell in love with the team. Really, that togetherness and the people on the team are the main reason I’m here.” White didn’t start pole vaulting until she got to high school at East Forsyth — she thought her athletic future was in soccer. A coach saw her on the soccer practice field and insisted she try out for pole vault. Nine months later, she was in a national championship meet in Sacramento, Calif., and things have just grown from there. During White’s few months at WFU, Sullivan has rebuilt her pole-vaulting form, and she’s obviously already seeing good results. “In high school I was a power jumper, getting by on my athleticism,” White said. “I had to become more technique-oriented, convert all my energy more upward and outward with a higher center of gravity, and it’s worked really well so far. I’m heading in the right direction.” Indeed, White’s top WFU mark as of March 1 came in her most important meet, the ACC Championships. Her height was 3.87 meters — about six inches behind Adair’s most recent school record at the time but still seven inches behind her own best effort from high school. So as good as both Adair and White are, there’s still room for improvement. And they’ll be supporting each other every step of the way. “They’re the right kids for the job,” Sullivan said. “Both are dedicated, determined, both spend a lot of time in my office talking about the event, discovering what it takes to be at the national level or beyond. They have very high goals for themselves.”

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Jim Judson’s investment in WFU paid huge dividends It is often said that athletics serves as a university’s “front door” and that a successful program can have a tremendous effect on the success of the university as a whole, and I couldn’t agree more with this idea. I have been involved with Wake Forest athletics my entire life and have been there for the ups and downs. I’ve witnessed changes, and although I’ve experienced the agony of defeat, I’ve also known the incredible thrill of victory and have seen first-hand the positive effect it has had on our entire university. Working for the athletic department, I may appear to be somewhat biased, so I want to share with you some facts and figures that will help demonstrate the validity of this idea. Rob Daniels, a writer for University Advancement, did extensive research on this topic and compiled the following article revealing the truth behind what we have dubbed the “Orange Bowl Effect.”

The “Orange Bowl Effect” b arr y fair c l o t h

By Rob Daniels

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Jim Judson got it. A Wake Forest senior in the Fall of 1979, he reveled in the Demon Deacons’ first bowl season since the days of coach Douglas Clyde “Peahead” Walker 31 years earlier, and he gained an instant appreciation for the impact that success in athletics can have on an institution as a whole.

for any nationally competitive institution: high school students and their parents. More than 50 million self-described college football fans fit into key age brackets in this area.

Years later in 2001, Jim was in a position to make a significant gift to support the University. Jim conducted exhaustive research for what area of the University in which he should invest to have the most impact. Jim concluded that the colossal success of a University’s athletic program has the potential to provide the largest return on his investment and create the most positive impact on the broader University. Jim’s investment in 2001 provided the funding for the Football Transformation project and was instrumental in the subsequent ACC Football Championship in 2006.

APPLICANT QUALITY On Dec. 2, 2006, the Demon Deacon football team earned its first ACC championship since 1970 with a 9-6 victory over Georgia Tech in Jacksonville, Fla. Nearly 5 million people checked in to a contest that ABC broadcasters Bob Griese and Brad Nessler nicknamed the “Brain Bowl,” citing both schools’ high NCAA-measured graduation rates and esteemed national reputations.

He continued to believe in that impact until his untimely and tragic death, but the numerical evidence of his convictions survives him. Few segments of a college’s community provide promotional platforms as consistently or reliably as athletics can. In the past 10 years, more than 10 million in-person spectators have seen the Demon Deacons play in 36 states across all sports, but the perpetually expanding multimedia universe is the best distributor of an institution’s message and values. Televised college sports target an important market segment

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The most measurable benefits from the exposure are in applications for admission and general fund-raising.

That victory put the Deacons in the Orange Bowl, which promised an even larger viewership. Although they fell to Louisville 24-13, they played to a crowd of 74,770 in the stadium and a television audience estimated at 10,660,000. By that point, high school seniors in the Class of 2007 had largely determined their preferences, which are annually dictated by a calendar that seeks financial-aid applications by Dec. 1 and general academic applications by Jan. 1. The Class of 2008, however, was beginning its process. Ultimately, 9,050 hopeful students applied to Wake Forest for Fall 2008 admission. That number established a sincesurpassed record, and it represented a 26 percent increase over

wa k e f o r e s t at hl e t i c s the previous year’s total. The jump was the largest year-over-year change in more than 20 years, and it remains the second highest in Wake Forest history. As a result, the admissions process had its most competitive and selective year since 1991. Four years later, the class that entered in 2008 achieved considerable academic distinction. In all, a record total of 372 students graduated cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude. Wake Forest’s largest application spike may also be attributable in part to athletics. In the Spring of 1984 (after the application deadline for the entering Class of 1984 had passed), the Demon Deacon men’s basketball team set a school record for single-season wins, advancing to the Midwest Regional final of the NCAA Tournament. In the admissions cycle immediately following the Deacs’ run, applications rose 27 percent over the previous year. Both of those jumps outpaced the 16-point increase from 2008 to 2009, which coincided with the University’s nationally discussed decision to make standardized-test scores optional rather than mandatory for students entering in 2009. GENERAL FUNDRAISING While every school likes to win, Wake Forest tends to respond to success far more than its size suggests it could or should.

of them invited 194 friends over to watch the game. From start to finish, the Orange Bowl broadcast lasted four hours. To varying degrees, it was a nearly continuous advertisement for Wake Forest University. According to industry analysts, the least expensive 30-second commercial during Bowl Championship Series games in the 2006-07 season cost $268,000. So by that measurement, the Orange Bowl’s entire four-hour block had a market value of $128,640,000. Jim Judson committed numbers like these to memory, justifiably proud in what they meant and what he had contributed. His primary motivation for Deacon Club involvement was his loyalty to his alma mater; his considerable research into big-picture issues confirmed and supplemented the initial, emotionally ground motivations. Jim became a member of the Board of Trustees, on which his intellect and background would be paying various dividends today. Although his death in a private plane crash cut his service short, his impact, visible in the academic achievements of the general student population and the University’s successful and responsible management of growth, are among his legacies.

When the pairing of the Demon Deacons and Louisville was announced, many observers presumed the game would fall short of Orange Bowl standards for live and national interest. In fact, Wake Foresters bought the University’s entire allotment of tickets, a benchmark that no successive ACC team has reached. No successive Orange Bowl has matched the total attendance of 74,470 that Wake Forest and Louisville generated that night. The national television rating of 7.0 has been beaten only once since. In fiscal year 2006-07, which coincided with the football team’s ACC championship season, the University attracted 14,510 total alumni contributors. That set a record that still stands. THE NUMBERS IN CONTEXT Just how big is a television audience of 10.7 million? It’s the number you’d generate if all 55,000 living alumni threw an Orange Bowl party and every one

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1 Baby Nella, daughter of Jimmy Dyksterhouse (‘06) and Kate Profumo Dyksterhouse (‘07), poses in her Demon Deacon gear.

2 Noah Petit celebrates Wake’s win over No. 2 Miami by rolling the quad.

3 Sherry and Chuck Wall, who hosted a recent Deac ‘N Dine event in Lexington, NC, pose with the evening’s special guest, Coach Ray McCartney.

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ohn Hawley attends three to four home football games each season. He has also attended away games at Clemson, Syracuse, Stanford and Notre Dame. That may not sound too exceptional until you know that Hawley lives in Los Angeles. He completed his undergraduate studies at Southern Cal and has strong family ties to Notre Dame, dating all the way back to the Knute Rockne era. So how did he become such an avid Demon Deacon fan, active member of the Deacon Club and football seat rights and season ticket holder?

at Wake Forest. Hawley recalls several fond memories of family outings centered around Wake Forest Football. The tradition continued after Maureen graduated in 2006 and Allison graduated in 2007, as the family continues to follow the Demon Deacons together from Southern California.

Hawley’s first exposure to Wake Forest came during his daughter Maureen’s senior year of high school. She wanted to attend college on the east coast and visited several campuses for tours. When she set foot on the Wake Forest campus, however, “I could tell, although she didn’t say it at the time, that she had found the school she wanted to go to,” Hawley said. Hawley’s involvement with the Deacon Club and Wake Forest Athletics took off during Maureen’s freshman year when he and his wife visited for Family Weekend, and the football team shut out UNC 31-0. It was a “great day” not only for the team, but for John and his family as well. He was impressed by the Deacs’ performance, along with the “great philosophy and great coaches” who were able to successfully recruit players who excelled in the classroom. The following year, Hawley’s second daughter, Allison, joined her older sister

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Hawley served on the Wake Forest Parents’ Council from 2004-07 and has made donations to several capital projects, such as the Deacon Tower, video board and locker room projects for football, along with his annual Executive Level donation to the Deacon Club Annual Fund. He also said he and his wife plan on being back for several home football games during the 2013 season; so if you see him out tailgating, or in the stands in his gold and black, make sure to stop by and say hello to a Deacon Club member who truly takes his dedication to the next level in his cross-country travels to support the Deacs.

Hawley poses with his daughter, Allison (’07), following Wake Forest’s 21-14 win over Boston College in 2006 — the game which helped secure a spot for the Deacs in that year’s ACC Championship game.

In 2007, Allison married former football player Michael Simmons, further cementing the family ties to Wake Forest Athletics. Although Hawley’s two youngest daughters decided to attend college elsewhere, he hopes that the family tradition will continue with his niece, who has applied to the university and hopes to enroll next year as a freshman. Hawley is excited about the future direction of Wake Forest Athletics. “Ron Wellman has done an excellent job of getting funds raised for projects to support all of the sports at Wake Forest and balancing the needs of each of those sports,” he said. In contrast to larger institutions such as Southern Cal and Notre Dame, Hawley notes that “Wake Forest’s smaller alumni base can present a challenge in raising funds in a concentrated time frame, so the approach that Wake Forest has taken in terms of completing the projects in stages — for football, first the field, then the tower, then the video board, followed by the locker room — is a smart approach.”

Hawley and his daughter, Maureen (’06) in front of Deacon Tower.

time and distance involved in traveling to Winston-Salem, Hawley said he believes in “the philosophy that Wake Forest embodies and the effort that is put forth by the athletic staff, coaches and players,” which he says will continue to lead to “a brighter future for the athletic program.”

When asked about his continuing support of Wake Forest Athletics and commitment to attending home games despite the

One of the self-described “great thrills” of John Hawley’s involvement with the Deacon Club was when he got the opportunity to run out with the team before the Notre Dame game at BB&T Field in 2011.

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2013 Spring Coaches Tour Dates & Locations Announced* The Deacon Club is excited to announce the dates and locations for the 2013 Annual Spring Coaches Tour. Starting in New York on Monday, April 15, Wake Forest Athletic Director Ron Wellman and members of the coaching staff will be making several stops before concluding the tour in Raleigh on May 30. Be sure to mark your calendars and be on the lookout for more information on the Spring Coaches Tour coming soon!

New York City – Monday, April 15: Coach Bzdelik Washington, D.C. – Thursday, April 25: Coach Grobe Charlotte – Tuesday, May 28: Coach Grobe and Coach Bzdelik Greensboro – Wednesday, May 29: Coach Grobe and Coach Bzdelik Raleigh – Thursday, May 30: Coach Grobe and Coach Bzdelik Atlanta – Tuesday, May 21: Coach Grobe and Coach Bzdelik * Dates, times and appearances subject to change.

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Football Spring Game and Reunion Weekend The football spring game will be held on Saturday, April 20 at BB&T Field. We also invite all football alumni to reconnect with friends and former teammates, managers and trainers as we try to make this the largest reunion ever with over 300 alumni. The football reunion will take place April 19-20, and events for this year’s gathering will include a golf outing with the coaching staff on April 19, a Friday Night Fish Fry that evening and a pregame tailgate for all football alumni prior to the Spring Game on Saturday. For details, please visit DeaconClub. com or call the Deacon Club at (336) 758-5626.

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Running the endowment is similar to being a coach How is managing the Wake Forest endowment like coaching the basketball team? There are more similarities there than you may think. As I began preparing to speak to the Deacon Club before the men’s basketball game vs. Virginia on Jan. 9, I decided to deliver my presentation in a “chalk talk” format. It turns out the “X’s and O’s” of managing the endowment have a few things in common with coaching the Wake Forest basketball team and creating a strong, successful program. Below are just a few of the similarities I found in my research.

“Big Shoes to Fill” JIM D U NN Vice P r e s id e n t & Chi e f Investment Offi c e r

As a new coach, it’s always hard to follow on the heels of a successful predecessor, whether it’s Bones McKinney or Skip Prosser. In my case, I took over in 2009 for Lou Morrell, who had managed the endowment since 1995. There have only been two CIO’s in the history of Wake Forest — Lou and myself — and in the years Lou managed the endowment he was one of the best investors in the country. During his tenure, Wake Forest had a run of great performances with an average return of 9.84 percent over his tenure.

Playing Good Offense and Good Defense There’s nothing like the excitement of a good offense in a basketball game, but fall asleep on the other end of the court and you could be looking at a loss despite fast breaks and soaring dunks. Not enough endowments play defense. A lot of them play offense by going long and buying equities, but when there’s a bad year, like 2008, a university endowment can suffer significant declines. A decline of 20 percent means that Wake Forest will lose $220 million. That means financial aid will get cut, that students can’t afford to attend the university or that buildings don’t get built. So, as a team we spend a lot of time focusing on defense as well as offense to avoid those situations. We have no intention of tying the future of Wake Forest to the gyrations of the S&P 500.

Coming together as a Team Like our basketball program, we need good team members. Coach Jeff Bzdelik competes with other elite college basketball programs for talent — I compete with Goldman Sachs, hedge funds and private equity firms. Attracting, retaining and motivating good talent is crucial for our success as a team. Along with the focus on coming together as an internal team, we also spend a lot of time focused on the hiring of our managers. Like McDonald’s All-Americans, the best managers are in high demand and pretty scarce — one of the reasons why we spend a lot of time in this area, recruiting top talent.

Tough Competition Like our basketball team, we’ve got to compete against some pretty tough programs. In basketball, we’ve got Duke, or UNC or Miami — a lot of talented teams which make for a very competitive schedule. Our endowment team, on the other hand, competes against ACC powerhouses but also with the likes of

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Harvard, Stanford or Yale on endowment gifts. A lot of schools are going after the same deals — whether it’s real estate, or private equity, or hedge funds. There’s only so much capacity allowed in these deals, so we often find ourselves facing very talented teams and stiff competition.

Keys to Victory 1. Protect the Basket It’s important for our team to protect the basket by playing good defense. Protecting the endowment, first and foremost, is my No. 1 responsibility. Endowments have a long memory. Just as an example, our endowment is fairly small when compared to some of our peers — Vanderbilt, Emory — one historical reason for that difference goes back all the way to the Civil War, when North Carolina universities were pressured to invest a significant portion of their assets in Confederate bonds; to not do so was looked upon as treason. As you can imagine, the effects of that requirement are still being felt, and decisions we make from an investment standpoint today also have a long history and stay with the endowment for a long time. Therefore, we are very focused on protecting it for the long term. 2. Make Open Shots It’s important for the basketball team to make open shots on the court, just like it’s important for us to capitalize on low-hanging fruit from an investment standpoint. There are some investments that we can make pretty locally that are only available to us; an example would be student housing. If there are opportunities available to us like that, we need to take advantage of them and make those open shots. 3. Pass the Ball In 2008, the average endowment was down about 24 percent. Considering that the S&P was down around 34 percent during that time, that doesn’t sound too bad — the difference, though, is that universities have to have liquidity. They are not too fond of telling faculty, “We’re reducing your funding this year,” or telling the medical school, “We don’t have the money for cancer research.” We have to be able to have capital available so that when requests come in, we can distribute the funds needed to each of those university entities regardless of volatility in the markets. 4. No Fouls We cannot have any fouls in our portfolio — for example, situations like Madoff. It’s not that we couldn’t afford to lose $25 million or $10 million — we certainly would prefer not to, but we could weather the storm financially. What we can’t afford to lose is the confidence of our donors — alumni like you, who would never make another donation to Wake Forest if we were to lose $25 million to Madoff. To avoid situations like this, we do a lot of work with background checks — “Trust but Verify” is our motto because integrity in the asset management is not always a given.

5. Minimize Turnovers We spend so much time with our managers that we can’t spend the time to hire a $1 million manager or a $5 million manager — especially since it takes us around six months to hire someone. We hire very slowly and fire very quickly — we spend a lot of time on the hiring process so we can have conviction in our managers. We are a little different from some other institutions — we have fewer than 50 managers for $1 billion, which speaks to the strong conviction we have in our managers. 6. Slow the Tempo We’re in no rush — we have a long horizon. We’re looking at periods of 100 years or more. For example, we are investing in timber. Trees take 20 years to grow — that’s a long-term investment. We spend a lot of time investing slowly. We will never be the 100 percent return endowment, but hopefully we will also never be the minus-20 percent endowment either.

Looking Forward As you can see, successfully managing the endowment is akin in a lot of ways to coaching a successful basketball team in that both require a lot of time, hard work and dedication. In all of the “keys to success” to managing the endowment, there are several things our team does that are unique and of which I am very proud. The number that I am most proud of, however, is this one — 60 percent. Sixty percent is the amount of the endowment’s payout that goes to student financial aid and faculty support. I’ll also leave you with another number — $1 million. A million dollar gift to the endowment will pay for one student-athlete to attend Wake Forest each year forever. That $1 million at a 5.3% payout gives us $53,000 a year, which covers tuition for one student at Wake Forest. Imagine if 4,600 people gave a $1 million gift to the endowment — tuition would be theoretically “free”. Our challenge moving forward is to focus on what the endowment can do. How can it be used to embody the spirit of Pro Humanitate? I was able to attend college, based in large part, on the charity of others. Pell grants, Stafford loans, work study and a partial athletic scholarship as a soccer player at Villanova provided me the opportunity to be the first in my family to earn a college degree. I am so grateful that, because of the generosity of donors like you, I am able to address you today in this column as the CIO of Wake Forest University. I can tell you from my perspective that with every dollar I manage, I’m concerned about protecting the endowment for those students who would not be able to attend Wake Forest without your generous support. I encourage you to keep Wake Forest in mind as you do your estate planning and plan your gifts to the Deacon Club — I look forward to seeing what the future holds for both the endowment and Wake Forest Basketball.

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2013 Wake Forest Football Signees Name John Armstrong Taylor Chambers Deonte Davis Wendell Dunn Duke Ejiofor Cameron Gardner Josh Harris Tyree Harris Andrew Hauser Cory Helms Ford Howell Ali Lamot Jalen Latter Marquel Lee James Looney Josh Okonye Brendan O’Neil Michael Radford Cameron Serigne Michael Stevenson Julian Thomas-Jackson Lance Virgile Brad Watson Mike Weaver Dez Wortham

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Wt 165 300 170 210 220 275 290 180 265 290 225 200 185 220 275 185 220 195 215 175 210 220 170 180 205

Hometown Orlando, FL Columbia, SC Snellville, GA Miami, FL Houston, TX Bailey, NC Milton, GA Marietta, GA Covina, CA Alpharetta, GA Memphis, TN Mebane, NC Charlotte, NC Pomfret, MD Lake Worth, FL Sugar Land, TX Burlington, MA Charlotte, NC Ashburn, VA Clearwater, FL Dothan, AL Ft. Lauderdale, FL Round Rock, TX Pine City, NY Frisco, TX

High School/Last School Olympia Irmo South Gwinnett Palmetto Alief Taylor Southern Nash Milton Marietta Charter Oak Milton University School Eastern Alamance Vance Westlake Lake Worth George Ranch HS Buckingham Browne and Nichols Country Day Briar Woods Central Catholic Dothan St. Thomas Westwood Southside Hebron

Notes • L ance Virgile, from St. Thomas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is from the same high school that produced Wake Forest great Brian Piccolo. The stadium at St. Thomas is named after Piccolo. At the time Piccolo attended the school, it was known as Central Catholic. •W ith the addition of OL Josh Harris, Wake Forest will have three players named Josh Harris on next year’s squad. The senior Harris is a running back from Duncanville, Texas who has rushed for 1,760 career yards. He will be a senior in 2013. Another Josh Harris is a walk-on defensive back from Raeford, NC who did not see any game action last fall. The newest Josh Harris is an offensive lineman. • The largest signing classes in the Grobe Era include this year’s group of 25, followed by 23 in 2003, and 22 in 2005 and 2000. • Q uarterback Michael Radford’s father, Michael, Sr., was a guard at Marshall when Jim Grobe was an assistant coach with the Thundering Herd (1979-83).

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Athletic Stewardship Brunch On Saturday, Feb. 16th, more than 250 student-athletes and donors gathered in the Snead Club Room at Bridger Field House to celebrate those who provide valuable opportunities to more than 350 Wake Forest student-athletes. The inaugural athletic department Stewardship Brunch offered the chance to recognize the generosity of donors who provide scholarships through gifts to endowed athletic scholarships and the Deacon Club Annual Fund.

Antonio, who suffered a serious injury in October of 2012 during the Maryland game, went on to acknowledge the overwhelming love and support he received following his injury and expressed his appreciation to the donors whose contributions provided the resources necessary to succeed and made it possible for him to receive the best care. He concluded by saying, “It is through people like you that I am able to call Wake Forest home. I am proud to be a Demon Deacon, and I hope that future athletes will be able to partake in the wonder that is Wake Forest.” Next up was former football player and current NFL free agent, Alphonso Smith (’08), who took the opportunity to explain how it was the people at Wake Forest who changed him by teaching him about what was really important in life. “You’re giving your hard-earned money to someone you don’t even know - a random person, a guy who is, like myself and Antonio, from the crack, that crevice in the road. You guys are saving lives. You probably can’t feel it, you probably can’t see it as much, but I’m here to tell you, you guys, along with Wake Forest, saved my life.”

Following a brief welcome by Barry Faircloth, Associate AD of Development and Sales, and an invocation given by Ashlee Rusk, a sophomore on the volleyball team, donors and student-athletes were able to enjoy a delicious brunch while also having the opportunity to talk and get to know each other better. During the program that followed, Barry Faircloth made a compelling case for the need for continued funding of endowments as well as annual scholarship support. He discussed the rising scholarship costs, which now total almost $12 million each year, and described the widening gap between funds raised for scholarships and total scholarship costs. He also recognized members of the John Hicks Society, which is comprised of donors who have established endowed scholarships, and expressed his gratitude for their contributions as well as the contributions of the Locker Room Club and Moricle Society members, whose annual contributions are equivalent to half scholarships and full scholarships respectively. Barry went on to introduce a video portraying a typical “Day in the Life” of a Wake Forest student-athlete. From pre-dawn practices on cold winter mornings to intense strength and conditioning sessions, long practices, and hours spent both in the classroom and studying, the video conveyed to the donors in the room just how much commitment it takes to succeed as a Wake Forest studentathlete. But the morning’s program was highlighted by three guest speakers who each provided their unique perspectives on the impact of athletic scholarships – Antonio Ford with the current studentathlete perspective, Alphonso Smith with the former student-athlete perspective, and Wilma Pettyjohn with the donor perspective. Antonio Ford, a redshirt sophomore from Belle Glade, Fla. who is majoring in sociology while playing offensive guard for the Demon Deacons, started things off by expressing his gratitude. “First let me explain how thankful I am to be here today. Without your contributions and support, I would not be able to attend Wake Forest University…Football means so much to me, but never in my wildest imagination did I ever think I would be here right now. I am the first one in my family to ever go to college. Not only do I attend college, but I get to go to one of the top universities in the nation.”

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Alphonso then concluded his remarks with some advice for current student-athletes: “I know the struggles of all the athletes here, and some of us don’t come from the same backgrounds, but the ones that do come from backgrounds like Antonio and I…that same approach that you take of being a rebel, if you take that and open yourself up for the love at Wake Forest, this is what you will see, right here – a changed man, and I would like to think, a much better person.” The final guest speaker was Deacon Club member and endowed scholarship donor, Wilma Pettyjohn, whose experiences as a donor have had a tremendous impact, not only on the student-athletes, but on her own life as well. “The rewards of establishing a scholarship go far beyond simply knowing that we are providing opportunities for deserving student-athletes each year. Establishing an endowed scholarship started out as a way to give back, but as it turns out, I continue to gain even more from that experience,” Wilma explained. She went on to talk about the meaningful and lasting relationships she has developed with her scholarship recipients and the joy that they bring to her and her family. Toward the end of her speech, Wilma challenged the audience by saying, “Remember, when the tide comes in, it lifts all the boats. When we give, it lifts everyone. Let us be the tide that lifts all the boats. I encourage you to think about what more you can do to help provide opportunities for these talented student-athletes. You can change their lives, and I speak from experience when I say they will change yours as well.” Director of Athletics, Ron Wellman, closed the program by talking about the department’s vision of “Developing Champions” and explaining the commitment to core values – integrity, excellence, leadership, and commitment. He concluded with a word of thanks. “We cannot thank you enough for what you are doing and for the opportunity that you are providing for deserving student-athletes to come to one of the premier institutions in the country and earn a degree that is going to be as marketable as any degree that they could receive from any institution in the country while having the opportunity to play at the very highest level of intercollegiate athletics. That would not be possible if it weren’t for you, so we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for that, and Go Deacs!”

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n each issue, Where Are They Now showcases a former Wake Forest student-athlete. This issue highlights Lisa Pamintuan, a former women’s tennis player. Pamintuan took up tennis at the age of 9, played in the Junior World Championships at 10 and within a year was practicing four hours a day (and living) at the legendary Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida. She went on to be the youngest winner of the Irish Open, competed at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, but injuries cut her professional career short. After transferring to Wake Forest, she competed for the Demon Deacons from 1988 to 1990. Today, Pamintuan serves as president of the New York College of Health Professions.

Lisa Pamintuan Describe your background prior to attending Wake Forest. My background leading up to Wake Forest was only tennis: drilling, repetition and constant competition. From the time I was 9 1/2 I trained as if my life depended on it. Many think the Bollettieri training regime was severe, but it was a great experience for me. It taught a work ethic that I wish some of my employees could be taught (and some students have).

Why did you choose Wake Forest? I chose Wake Forest because of its fine reputation as a college, not just because of the athletic program. I knew that I was not going to be a professional tennis player my whole life, and I really wanted a college that was strong in athletics and in academics — and also a college that was going to prepare me for life.

What are your fondest memories of Wake Forest? I am sure my memories are the same as anyone else ... rolling the Quad, the Pit, the Zoo, the Stacks … running to class, to tennis, to class, to the gym and back to class! Making new friends, the parties, the faculty — and the faculty who became mentors, dreading that I had to sign up for a class and then realizing it was one of the best experiences I had … my teammates, the matches, going to and cheering on other athletes (soccer team, football team and basketball team) … the athletic trainers with the white tape or ice … Reynolda Gardens … walking to Village Tavern with friends … the Presidential Debate … Wait Chapel at Christmas time (the Moravian Lovefeast) … Sunday dinner (women’s tennis team and men’s soccer team — some of us cooked and the rest had to clean up) … buying a class ring… these are some the fondest.

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How did Wake Forest prepare you for “life after tennis”? Wake Forest was a great balance. Balance was a word that had not been in my vocabulary, but Wake helped me get there. Liberal Arts is extremely important, more important when you have lived in a one dimensional world. It gave me breadth and though it is not as directed as playing a tournament there are many more tournaments that all of us play in life — every day, and Wake was a big part of that. It will always have a special place in my heart. Out of many areas, I will always call Wake “Home!”

How did your experience as a Wake Forest student-athlete shape who you are today? The experiences of tennis and Wake gave me the insight into understanding myself. This was very important when I graduated from law school, only to realize that I didn’t want to be a lawyer. This would normally be a heart-wrenching moment, but having become a tennis player who was not playing tennis, I saw this as just another step in my life. So when an opportunity came along to join with an entrepreneur, I did. I helped launch some consumer products and then had an opportunity to open a major center for education in China. It was that move that propelled me into the presidency of a small college with a very large intellectual property portfolio in New York. After being a tennis player, going through law school, running retail operations and launching products, I don’t really consider myself a college president … that is, what I am doing now, it is not what I am. That is the beauty of liberal arts and my education at Wake. I am a person who doesn’t have to be defined by the position that they have, but what they can do and have the drive to get to the top. I will always be striving to get there — in whatever the future has in store for me. I have no fear of the future,

only anticipation. I have learned to love the struggle as much as the victory. Of course, if you don’t have a few victories I understand that you won’t be kept in the game very long. That is nowhere more striking than in the rather harsh world of sports, but I wouldn’t have missed it for the world!

Do you still keep in touch with former teammates and/or coaches? Of course I do! I keep in touch with teammates, classmates and coaches. Sometimes time goes by, but then there is a phone call or an email. Everyone checks in. It seems like it was yesterday when we were on our road trip to play Duke in the ACCs.

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Benefits Resulting from a Pre-existing Relationship We all know that an athletic representative or “booster” is not permitted to provide any benefits to a prospect or an enrolled student-athlete unless there is an established, pre-existing relationship. So, what exactly constitutes a pre-existing relationship? Unfortunately, like so many things where the NCAA is concerned, there is no clear-cut answer to this question. Whether a relationship is considered to have been pre-existing is often times a case-by-case analysis of the specific circumstances, however, the NCAA has provided some general guidelines to help us in our analysis.

1) Was the relationship between the athlete (or their parents) and the booster initiated prior to the individual becoming a prospective student-athlete?

Under NCAA rules, a prospective student-athlete is anyone who has started classes in the ninth grade. Therefore, even if an individual is not actively participating in sports at that time, they would still be considered a prospective student-athlete for NCAA purposes.

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2) Did the relationship between the athlete (or their parents) and the booster develop as a result of the athlete’s participation or notoriety in athletics?

To answer this question, we would need to examine how the booster and the athlete came to know each other. For example, if a booster were to initially meet an individual as a result of serving as his or her youth coach, this would likely still not be considered a legitimate “pre-existing relationship” even if the individual had not yet started ninth grade because the origin of the relationship had to do with athletic participation/notoriety. Further, if a relationship between an athlete and a booster does meet the standard to be considered “pre-existing,” the pattern of benefits provided to the student must remain consistent throughout the duration of the relationship. So if a booster had regularly provided a $25 birthday present to an individual with whom he had a pre-existing relationship since middle school, he could not then begin providing $500 birthday gifts once the student entered college. It would be permissible for the booster to continue providing birthday gifts of similar value, however. While these guidelines are helpful, each situation is unique. Because the penalties associated with providing impermissible benefits to prospective and current student-athletes are severe, please contact Todd Hairston in the Athletics Compliance Office at hairstct@wfu.edu with questions related to this issue.

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