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Senior Conor Keniry provided the heroics in the first game as Wake Forest took two out of three against top-ranked Virginia in the final homestand of the 2014 season. See Stan Cotton’s column on Page 16.
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// 6 Q&A WITH RON WELLMAN A conversation with the director of athletics Ron Wellman on many topics involving the WFU program.
// 10 THE NEXT STEP After concluding spring practice, new head coach Dave Clawson’s young football team is drawing closer to his first season in the fall.
// 14 THE NEW ASSISTANTS Danny Manning brings three assistant coaches from Tulsa, and each brings proven methods, new attitude to basketball program. ON THE COVER May 19 was graduation day at Wake Forest, and 86 student-athletes received their undergraduate or graduate degrees during the commencement ceremonies. Photo by Shea Oakes.
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POSITIONING WFU PROGRAM FOR THE FUTURE
RON WELLMAN DIRECTOR O F AT H L E T I C S
Dear Demon Deacons, This year has been a year of positioning our program for a successful future. It started in July with the purchase of the Coliseum. We have spent the year developing a strategic facility plan. We surveyed our donors and season ticket holders about their vision for the Coliseum, visited new and recently renovated college and professional basketball arenas and began improvements to the Coliseum by constructing new concession stands. We are now in the process of finalizing the vision for the total renovation of the Coliseum. Those plans will be released to our fans as soon as they are completed. Throughout this year, we have planned our new Sports Performance Complex. This complex will include a strength and conditioning center, football and basketball meeting rooms and coaches’ offices, a 90- to 120-yard indoor practice facility, basketball practice gym, sports medicine facility, equipment room and team locker rooms. These facilities will benefit every one of our teams competitively and aid in the recruitment of the best student-athletes in the nation. The Sports Performance Complex is critical to our future success, and I encourage all Demon Deacons to donate generously and help us complete this project quickly. In October, we unveiled the Arnold Palmer statue at the Arnold Palmer Golf Complex. To complete that complex, we will build a golf house that will include our coaches’ offices, player locker rooms and a heritage room. The heritage room will honor the great tradition and history of the Wake Forest golf program. Late last fall, the NCAA announced that Wake Forest will host the 2018 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships. The Wake Forest Tennis Complex, which already hosts the ATP’s annual
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Winston-Salem Open, is the perfect venue for a collegiate national championship tournament. We now need to construct permanent seating for all of the courts to make the facility complete. Wake Forest Athletics purchased a minor league baseball park from the City of Winston-Salem nearly six years ago. Since then, we have made significant improvements to the facility now known as the Wake Forest Baseball Park. We are now planning a major renovation to the ballpark that would give our team the practice areas that are important for them to win ACC championships. Additional fan amenities are also included in the project, which will enhance the overall spectator experience. We recognize the importance facilities play in fielding championship teams. However, there is nothing more important than strong and effective leadership. This year, we welcomed new head football coach Dave Clawson and new head basketball coach Danny Manning to our program. They both have the track record as well as the personal and professional characteristics that allow us to envision future championships. It is vital that we assist them by giving them the resources and facilities necessary to build nationally acclaimed programs. I wish you an enjoyable summer and look forward to seeing you next fall as we cheer on our Demon Deacons to many victories!
Go Deacs! Ron Wellman
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nother busy year has come to a close for the Wake Forest athletic program. Ron Wellman’s 22nd year at the helm for the Deacons was newsworthy, with the hiring of coaches Dave Clawson and Danny Manning, plus his tenure as the head of the NCAA basketball selection committee and the continued improvement of facilities. Gold Rush’s Jay Reddick caught up with Wellman via email in May, and here’s what he had to say.
Gold Rush: It seems like this has been the year for fresh starts –
beginning with the two highest-profile coaches. The resignations of Jim Grobe and Jeff Bzdelik meant a busy winter and spring for you. What kind of new attitude has there been around those two programs (and athletics in general) since those coaching changes?
Wellman: Everyone’s response to Dave Clawson and Danny Manning
has been exactly what you want a new coach to experience. Our fans have embraced and welcomed both of them exceptionally well. Dave and Danny have both commented about how appreciative they are of the manner that everyone has welcomed them to Wake Forest. Both football and basketball have new energy as a result of Dave and Danny’s arrival. They have done a superb job with our returning players and have generated enthusiasm with our fans. We are off to a good start with both new coaches.
Gold Rush: Clawson and Manning both seemed like “Wake Forest
guys” from the moment they set foot on campus. Beyond their resumes, what did you see in their personalities that let you know they were good fits?
Wellman: It’s important that our coaches understand and appreciate the values, standards and ideals of Wake Forest. Dave and Danny do. They understand the value of a Wake Forest degree and recognize that our academic program and reputation is a difference-maker for us in recruiting. They both have stated that there are very few schools that can offer the combination of such a reputable degree and the opportunity to compete at the very highest level in college athletics. Wake Forest is certainly one of those schools. Danny and Dave are outstanding “fits” for us.
Wellman: It was a time-demanding experience but a really good experience. Being so deeply involved in the college basketball world the last five years really helped me in our search for a new basketball coach. Being on the committee gave me the opportunity to observe many coaches and study their teams as well as talk with many coaches and administrators who know the outstanding coaches in the country. Being a member of the committee was very beneficial in our search for a new coach. Gold Rush: What is selection weekend like? I always picture a jury
room with the “Exhibit A,” “Exhibit B” charts on the walls — so I guess that made you the jury foreman this time around.
Wellman: Your description of the room is somewhat accurate, but we use computers rather than charts on walls. It really is an intense six days. The decisions, whether it be the selection, seeding or bracketing, the committee makes are extremely important. The amount of information that the committee gathers is at times a bit overwhelming. The basketball knowledge of the committee members and their dedication to the process and the time that they commit to the process is impressive. Gold Rush: Getting back to Deacon talk, there were many great
performances this year … just looking at the winners list for the Black & Golden Globes made it clear that a lot of current athletes and teams are making their mark on WFU history. Just to hit a couple of highlights … both soccer programs continue to build their legacies with deep runs in the NCAA Tournament. The dynasties that Jay and Tony have built have to be gratifying for you as their boss.
Wellman: Both Jay and Tony have elite programs. They are two of the very best in the country. They have developed programs that we expect to make deep runs in the NCAA Tournament every year. That doesn’t happen unless you have excellent coaches ... and Jay and Tony are both outstanding coaches and leaders. Gold Rush: As for the athletes of the year, Dearica Hamby’s historic
Gold Rush: You’ve been through plenty of these — any new
season has to provide a boost to Jen Hoover as she builds her program … and Hamby has another year. What does her presence at the top of so many “best” lists mean for the visibility of the program?
Wellman: These searches were not similar to one another whatsoever, but there really weren’t any major surprises associated with either of them. We were fortunate to get the coaches that we wanted.
Wellman: She will certainly garner a lot of attention for our program next year as she is one of the best returning players in the country. Her development this year was remarkable. It will be fun to watch her play again next year as she will lead our team to what we anticipate being a very good year.
challenges to these coaching searches in particular? Did you learn anything new? Every experience is a learning experience.
Gold Rush: What did serving as chairman of the NCAA basketball
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Gold Rush: Michael Campanaro has been such a dependable on-field performer during his tenure at WFU. Somebody with that much skill and loyalty has to be a good representative of what the program is all about.
Wellman: Michael is one of our all-time greats. It was so much fun to watch him play. What a competitor he was. It will be fun to follow his successes in the NFL. Gold Rush: It’s been a huge year for facilities – first off, what’s next for Joel Coliseum? Wellman: We have spent this year studying what needs to be done to make the Coliseum a great venue for our basketball programs and a community asset. We have surveyed and interviewed all of our constituencies and have gotten valuable feedback from them. We have visited recently renovated NBA and college arenas as well as newly constructed arenas. As a result of all of the preliminary work we have done this year, we anticipate rolling our plans out for the future of the Coliseum sometime this year. I am convinced that the Coliseum will be one of the best college basketball venues in the country when the renovations are complete. Gold Rush: And finally, the Sports
Performance Complex sounds like a great project for the whole program. Are there any new details you can provide about that? Has a timetable for construction and completion been discussed?
Wellman: The Sports Performance Complex continues to evolve. There are four (Photo by Ken Bennett) components to the SPC: 1. Indoor Practice Facility: This will be a 90- to 120-yard indoor practice facility that will benefit each of our teams in training. It will allow our teams to practice during inclement weather year round. 2. Basketball Practice Gym: We need another practice gym on campus to give both of our basketball programs the opportunity to practice at more convenient times rather than early in the morning or late evening. 3. Strength and Conditioning Center, football and basketball coaches offices: The Strength and Conditioning Center is a facility that our athletes use practically on a daily basis. We currently have a Strength and Conditioning Center that is inadequate in size to accommodate all of our teams at peak times during the day. We will increase our Strength and Conditioning Facility four times its current size. 4. Move equipment room, Sports Medicine, team locker rooms out of Reynolds Gym to Manchester Center / Miller Center. With the future renovation of Reynolds Gym, we will relocate our equipment room and team locker rooms to Manchester Center and Sports Medicine to the Miller Center. All of the moves will improve the current conditions of those units. We hope to start construction on the Indoor Practice Facility and Basketball Practice Gym as soon as possible and look forward to keeping everyone associated with our program updated on our progress. Gold Rush: What does the future of the ACC look like? New rivalries, new road trips — the landscape keeps changing. Where do you think it ends?
Wellman: The conference membership adjustments that we have seen in practically every conference in the country the last few years should be complete. Essentially, every school in the five major conferences has assigned their media rights to their conference, which simply means that even if a school were to leave a conference, the school would not take its media rights to the new conference. There is no value in such a move for the school or conference. Therefore, we should be in a stable conference membership environment for many years. The expanded ACC will give our fans opportunities to watch the Demon Deacons compete against other outstanding schools, all of whom have excellent athletic programs. Rivalries will be developed that will be very attractive to our fans, coaches and athletes. Of course, with 14 to 15 conference teams, there are scheduling challenges. The athletic directors will continue considering all options that will give our fans and athletes the experience that will result in a united and competitive ACC in all sports.
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Getting Closer AFTER COMPLETING SPRING PRACTICE, SUMMER CAMP AND THE 2014 SEASON ARE NEXT FOR DAVE CLAWSON’S YOUNG FOOTBALL TEAM By Sam Walker
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he first steps of the Dave Clawson era at Wake Forest, signing his first recruiting class, hiring his assistant coaching staff and completing his first spring practices are over.
Now every step is part of a march toward the first season. As has been the case in most spring games, the Deacon defense is well ahead of the offense, but some of the questions Clawson and his staff had were answered. Others were not. A team is always in development, always changing, and now the next step in the march is assimilating his first recruiting class into his existing talent pool and finding out where the Deacons can get the most traction facing a tough 2014 schedule. Last year’s leading passer, two leading rushers, two leading receivers and two starting offensive linemen are gone, forcing the offense to retool. At quarterback, Kevin Sousa, who moved from wide receiver, showed he can make plays running the ball in the spring, but his passing was a combined 16 of 32 for 178 yards with two
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interceptions. It wasn’t the performance needed to nail down the top spot heading into August. Redshirt sophomore Tyler Cameron was 9 of 26 for 83 yards and one interception, leaving open the possibility for Clawson’s two quarterback recruits to come in with a good chance to earn playing time, if not a starting nod at some point, next season. True freshmen prospects Travis Smith and John Wolford come in highly regarded. “Sousa makes a lot of plays with his feet, but that position is fluid, and we’ll make a decision 10 days to two weeks before the first game,” Clawson said. “We told the freshmen we recruited we’d give them a chance to compete, and we will certainly give them a chance.” The offensive line has experience. At tackle, Dylan Intemann on one side and either junior Hunter Goodwin or senior Antonio Ford will go into August at the top of the depth chart. Ty Hayworth , Cory Helms at center and Josh Harris all had plenty of live action a season ago. Senior Orville Reynolds had more receiving yards than rushing yards
last season, but he, along with sophomore Dominique Gibson (138 yards) comprised the backfield this spring. Depth and experience is an issue in the offensive backfield, and James Ward moved from safety to running back. The chances of true freshmen Tyler Henderson and Isaiah Robinson playing this fall are possibilities to bolster the position. E.J. Scott, a transfer graduate student from the University of Virginia, and redshirt senior Matt James showed signs of bolstering the wide receiver group in the spring, but Jared Crump, Tyree Harris, Brandon Terry and Jonathan Williams will have the opportunity to show they’re ready to step up as receivers. Harris was the second leading receiver last season with 23 catches for 225 yards, and Williams had 17 receptions for 221 yards, but there’s no question Michael Campanaro, the school’s all-time leading pass catcher, will be missed.
“I think overall we’ve been productive, and we have a lot of work to do — especially in the weight room and with our conditioning, but we have our systems in, now they have a couple of months to work on their own, but this is their first step,” Clawson said. “Right now we are better on defense than offense, and it’s been that way all through the spring. The offense had a few moments in practices, but we’re older and more experienced on defense, and we’re just better on defense right now. There’s still a lot of work to do on that side of the ball, but spring gave us a good opportunity to evaluate guys, and there are probably a couple of positions where guys coming in will have a chance to help us.”
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On defense, the Deacons will have a different look as defensive coordinator Mike Elko implements his 4-2-5 zone scheme. At the spring game, redshirt senior Zachary Allen was at end and on the other side was junior Desmond Floyd. Sophomore Josh Banks and senior nose tackle Johnny Garcia played up front. Marquel Lee is a linebacker to watch, and redshirt junior Brandon Chubb will return with 87 tackles under his belt from last season. The strength of the team is undoubtedly the defensive backfield. Seniors Kevin Johnson (58 tackles, three interceptions) and Merrill Noel (53 tackles, three interceptions) are as formidable a corner duo as there is in the ACC. Junior Hunter Williams (39 tackles) comes out of spring as a hybrid safety-linebacker, and sophomore Ryan Janvion (95 tackles) and senior Anthony Wooding Jr. (36 tackles) enter August returning at the safety positions. Thomas Brown turned in five tackles and two interceptions with 55 return yards in the spring game. He figures to factor into the defensive backfield as well after a productive spring at safety.
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“We are definitely trying to lead these young guys, but we have a lot of faith in the front seven and in the offense,” Johnson said. “But we’re going to try to be the best cornerback duo in the country and best secondary in the country. I wouldn’t say there is any pressure, but we are looking forward to the challenge. “The biggest thing that changed (since Coach Clawson became head coach) is our work ethic in the weight room, conditioning, and the practice intensity has gone up. I thought we made a lot of progress going into the spring putting in a whole new defense, a whole new offense, and I think we made great strides. I’m excited (we are attending both sessions of summer school) because we get to get out here with the guys working hard and getting better as a football team. You know it’s hard having that blind trust, but I think the new coaching staff did a good job showing us how much they want to win and encouraged the guys to hop on board, and now we are ready to get after it.” Clawson said that the Deacons are making strides, but there is much work left to do. “I think across the board,” Clawson said, “there’s not one position where we can say we are where we need to be. We’ve got to get better on the line, got to get better at the skill positions and I’m hoping, and this is just the nature of a spring game, are you good on defense or not good on offense, and I think we’re pretty good on defense. The corners we have are good proven players, and I think that helped our receivers to go against that caliber of players all spring. I don’t know if I have any surprises coming out of spring, but I think Marquel Lee has a chance to be a really good player. He is a guy that sticks out, and we really didn’t have much film on him from last year. “We’ve got to get stronger and be a better conditioned football team by the time we get back in our August camp. Our strength levels aren’t close to where they need to be, and our conditioning levels aren’t close to where they need to be, so I think with the tempo we practiced with this spring the guys found that out. And when the
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strength coach works them out over the summer they’ll know why he’s doing it. We struggled to get through practices this spring, so we’ve got a ways to go in that area. Right now, we don’t sustain drives the way a good offense has to. But we’ll get them stronger and faster by the time we get them back in August. They will get the breaks that the NCAA mandates and no more.”
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Not Far From the Tree New assistants bring proven methods, new attitude to basketball program By Jay Reddick
The arrival of Danny Manning at Wake Forest brings about a lot of changes, not the least of which is three new assistant coaches. Joining Randolph Childress on the bench next season will be assistant coaches Steve Woodberry and Brett Ballard, plus director of basketball operations Justin Bauman. All worked with Manning at Tulsa last season, but all have taken fruit from different branches of the coaching tree to bring to Winston-Salem. STEVE WOODBERRY
Steve Woodberry has lived around the world as a player and coach, but one place he’s never lived is the East Coast of the United States … until now. The Wichita, Kan., native has enjoyed the start of his WFU adventure for many reasons, but one is definitely the chance to move with his wife, Bianca, and their three children to a new part of the country. “I’ve only been in the Midwest (U.S.) my whole life,” Woodberry said. “I’m excited, and they (my family) are, too. One thing that’s nice right away is all the trees you see — I’m enjoying that.” The 42-year-old brings a world of experience to his new position — along with his years playing at Kansas and coaching at Missouri State and Tulsa, he spent 11 years playing professional basketball in six different European countries from 1994 to 2005. Woodberry said that those years taught him a lot about what to do and what not to do, especially when it comes to practice habits. “They were heavy into skill developing, but a lot of it was playing to their strengths and not working on their weaknesses,” Woodberry said. “They just perfected their move — I played for Arvydas Sabonis’ team, and he always worked on his post move and hardly ever worked on a counter. But one thing I did like is that they had two practices a day; one was all skill development, and the other was a regular practice.” Woodberry said he’s impressed with the roster he’s inherited at WFU, but he’s ready to make them even better through hard work. “We have to treat them as men,” Woodberry said. “From our perspective, there’s one right way to do things, and that’s how we’ll do it — with discipline. That will build up toughness and be a good change for them.” Woodberry grew up on college basketball, watching anything he could get his hands on, but he said he felt a special affinity for not only Kansas, where he played, but North Carolina, where the Jayhawks’ Roy Williams would eventually coach. Now he’s in the
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same conference as Williams and the Tar Heels, and must play and recruit against them. He’s excited for that — and has a long-term plan to rise to the top. “For me, it’s fun to go out and compete with those guys, to try to get some of the same players,” he said. “We know we’re not going to steal three or four of the elite recruits right away, but if we get one, then get to where we get, we can grab two or three guys like that. You’ve got to have that cornerstone, then add another piece at a time and win some big games. Recruits are attracted, ‘What’s going on there?’ You have to embrace it, and compete just as hard on the way up.”
BRETT BALLARD
A strong work ethic and a desire to be the best are traits you want in any player. Brett Ballard can preach those values, because he has practiced them all his life. He blossomed from a juniorcollege player into a Kansas walkon, then played significant minutes for a Final Four team in 2002. His rise through the coaching ranks has been similarly swift, taking what he learned as a Jayhawks understudy and gaining head coaching experience at the NAIA level, then returning to work for Manning. All along, Ballard has tried to keep his eye not on his ultimate goal but on what it takes to reach it. “When I was coming out of junior college, I planned on being a high-school coach down the line,” Ballard said. “I had some interest (as a player) from D-II schools, some low D-I, but I also had friends at Kansas. Going in, I knew there was not a high probability I would play a lot, but I was looking to the future — I knew I could learn a lot from Coach (Roy) Williams and the rest of his staff.” Ballard was a consistent bench performer with the Jayhawks, averaging about five minutes per game and rarely missing a contest. He was on the court at the end of the team’s Final Four loss to Maryland. But again, all of that was just a bonus as he continued the process of learning his craft. “Even if I hadn’t ever played, it was well worth my time,” Ballard said. As a coach, he got to relive his Final Four dream with the Jayhawks, but this time he had a better ending: a national championship in 2008. It’s the dream of every player and coach, but Ballard has always been careful to note with his players that to reach that joy, you have to put in the work. “The thing we preach to players is the process to get there,” Ballard said. “The end goal is the Final Four, but we talk a lot more about the approach, the work ethic, than we do the feeling once you get there. The guys understand that memories can be made, but they don’t understand how hard it is. You have to have a special group who buys into what the coach is preaching.” Ballard said his two greatest influences have been his two Kansas mentors, Williams and Bill Self. They have similar styles, but he took slightly different traits from both. “Coach Williams cared about every player in his program, which was important for me as a walk-on,” Ballard said. “He gives everything and asks you to do the same — you owe him maximum effort. Coach Self has a great feel for how to treat players as people, when to get on them or pat them on the back. He coaches his teams really hard, but he’s able to get players to trust him away from the court.”
JUSTIN BAUMAN
The youngest of the new hires, Bauman understands the deep roots of his coaching tree. As with the others, he’s ready to use that to build Wake Forest’s legacy. He’s been motivated by the outpouring of support from Winston-Salem since he came aboard as director of basketball operations. “My first impression has been awesome,” Bauman said. “It’s a group of people who love basketball and are anxious to be successful. Their passion for Wake Forest is off the charts. “We ate as a staff at Bib’s Barbecue one day, and people recognized us and said hello. Everybody’s been really good to us. This is definitely basketball country.” He said he’s looking forward to raising a family in North Carolina. Bauman and his wife, Stacy, are the newest parents on the coaching staff – their first child, daughter Tatum, is about to turn a year old. Manning and all the other assistants have at least two children each, so there’s plenty of babysitting help around if needed. “It’s funny — we’ve all got enough kids in our families that I’ve definitely been taking advice from (my colleagues),” Bauman said. Bauman looks at the current Deacons roster and sees potential for greatness down the line. “It’s exciting,” Bauman said. “We didn’t think they were that far off last year. They were only beaten by 41 points overall. That tells us the margin for error is slim. Our strengths are attention to detail and building toughness, so if we can tune those up a little bit, we’ll get four or five more wins out of that same group.” Bauman graduated from Kansas in 2004, then got a graduate degree from the school in 2006 while serving as a team manager. His journeys away from Lawrence took him to two years as an assistant at Florida Atlantic, then four years at San Francisco — all six years working for head coach Rex Walters. “My philosophy is a little different because of Rex,” Bauman said. “He has a lot of Coach Williams in him: the importance of timeliness, structure, attention to detail. But Rex is really strict, straight-arrow, task-driven, and I’m probably more so that way.” Of course, Walters played for Williams at Kansas, so it’s all still part of the same pipeline. Bauman said he didn’t realize how much of his coaching philosophy is truly timeless until he read “Going Home Again,” a 2004 book about Williams. “It shed more light on the reason (Williams) does certain things,” Bauman said. “Things like keeping the locker room off-limits to the press, assigning certain seats on the bus — he took those straight from Dean Smith, and we’ve done things the exact same way at Tulsa because that’s where Danny learned it. If you look at our practice setup, it’s pretty much just how they had it. Danny always says, ‘It’s tried and true, so don’t mess with it.’ Bauman said he and the rest of the staff have taken inspiration from another coach, too — one who isn’t in the long Kansas-Tulsa pipeline and instead is a man Deacons fans hold dear. “I didn’t know Coach (Skip) Prosser,” Bauman said. “I wish I did. It’s been really nice to hear about what he did here. I think Danny has a lot of similarities to Coach Prosser — he likes to get out on campus, he’s reached out to former players, just the way he deals with people.” JULY 2014
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Most of the 18 years – holy smokes, has it really been that long? – I’ve been blessed to have been around these parts chasing after the Demon Deacons in either football or basketball. But the three games I spent calling the final regular season baseball series of the year recently reminded me of one of the reasons it is that I do what I do, and it also got me amped for a short summer and the start of football under new head coach Dave Clawson. I was reminded that, in sports, you just never know. As the games begin, you can’t possibly know what is about to happen. What you’re about to witness. You may think you know, but I’ve been doing this long enough now to know that once you think you’ve got it all figured out and you can, with great confidence, predict what’s going to happen – BAM! – lightning strikes! Some teenager does something special. Or a group of them makes history. Wake Forest started that baseball series recently unranked and fighting for its postseason life against none other than the top team in the nation, the No. 1-ranked Virginia Cavaliers. UVA hadn’t lost an ACC series in two years, 11 in a row. Wake wasn’t exactly steamrolling along. The Deacs had lost four straight ACC series leading into the weekend against the Cavs and had held on for dear life earlier in the week in a rare ACC Monday night game to beat N.C. State 8-5 in 10 innings to avoid getting swept by an ACC foe in back- to-back series. After a Tuesday night win at UNC-Asheville, Coach Tom Walter’s Demon Deacons had a shaky at best two-game win streak before tackling Virginia. It had been eight years since the Deacons had beaten a No. 1 team. The 2006 Deacs accomplished that against top-ranked Florida, a 4-0 shutout of the Gators at their own tournament in Gainesville. Pretty special. But you had to go all the way back 14 years to find a Wake baseball team that faced off with a No. 1 team in a three-game series and won at least two of the games to claim the series. The Deacons pulled that trick against top-ranked Florida State in 2000 in Winston-Salem.
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I’ll be honest. I thought maybe the Deacons would win one game against UVA. Maybe. But I, and I don’t think I was alone, didn’t anticipate what happened. Certainly not how it happened. Shame on me. The Deacons needed one win to assure themselves a spot in the ACC Tournament field the following week. A second win, mathematically, might even get them a bye. Game one came down to the bottom of the ninth. It didn’t look good, with the Deacs down three runs. But senior Conor Keniry ripped a solo homer to give Wake hope, and that was followed later in the inning by a pinch hit, first pitch, two-run blast to right field by freshman Nate Mondou off of one of the best relievers in college baseball. Brand new game. Keniry then got back up to the plate in the 10th inning with the bases loaded and delivered again, a walk-off single that beat Virginia 6-5 and propelled the Deacons into the ACC Tournament. And gave them a chance at doing what no one expected they could. But the excitement didn’t end there. After dropping the second game of the series, Wake slept on the fact knowing that another win would clinch the series against their highly regarded foe from Charlottesville and give the Deacs much needed momentum heading to Greensboro. But this was Virginia, and the Cavs had won 11 straight ACC series going back to last season – remember? Surely... Fast forward. Deacon freshman reliever Parker Dunshee struck out the side with the bases loaded in the ninth inning as Wake Forest won 4-3. The Deacons had toppled mighty No. 1. For the second time. See? You never really know. Every game that is played has potential to be something special. As does every season. That is why the games are played. I can’t wait. See you in the fall...
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INSIDE THE DEACON CLUB
Annual Fund is Critical to the Success of our Athletic Program
BA R RY FA I R C L O T H A S S O C I AT E AT H L E T I C DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT & SALES
As a Deacon Club member, you have likely been hearing a lot from us over the past month. With the close of another fiscal year quickly approaching, our staff is working hard to reach out and remind both our current members and potential new members just how much of an impact the Deacon Club Annual Fund has on our student-athletes and athletic programs. In talking to donors and fans around the country, we are often asked how the Annual Fund impacts the department as a whole, so we recently attempted to shed some light on that question and show people how much the Annual Fund matters to our success by launching an exciting new microcampaign. The micro-campaign kicked off at the beginning of May with a series of mailings and emails aimed at educating our donors and fans and inspiring them to increase donations to the Annual Fund and boost funds available for studentathlete scholarships by committing to the Deacon Club “Class of 2014.”
of the fact that Deacon Club membership fees go toward the Annual Fund and that 100 percent of those dollars are used to pay the University to cover the cost of studentathlete scholarships, but with scholarship costs exceeding $12 million and funds raised only covering about 62 percent of those costs, people don’t often think about that gap. The remaining money has to come from the department’s operating budget, which negatively impacts all of our athletic programs. By increasing donations to the Annual Fund, we will be able to dedicate more of our department’s operating budget to things like recruiting, sports medicine and facilities. Not only does this help us ensure our current student-athletes are getting the best resources to help them succeed in their sport, it also helps our department recruit future Demon Deacon greats to our programs. As we approach the June 30 deadline for Deacon Club donations, there are a few things you can do to help us reach our goal this year for the Deacon Club Class of 2014. First, if you have not renewed your membership, we’d like to encourage you to do so before the deadline. Your support is vital to the success of our athletic programs at Wake Forest. Second, if you have friends and family who are Wake Forest fans and supporters, but are not yet Deacon Club members, please encourage them to join our ranks. We have an incredibly exciting future ahead of us at Wake Forest, and we want as many people as possible to join us in our mission of Developing Champions.
The emails included a link to a fun and informative animated video explaining the importance of the Annual Fund and the impact it has on our athletic department. If you have not yet had a chance to view the video, I would encourage you to visit DeaconClub.com and take a look. It provides a fun and concise answer to the question, “How does my Deacon Club donation make an impact?” For those of you who are not “tech-savvy” or have no interest in attempting to navigate the world of online video, here is a quick recap of what our video attempts to explain. Generally, our donors and fans have a good understanding
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Finally, if you have already made your donation to the Annual Fund, please consider taking your gift one step further and participate in our 110% initiative. I attended many of our spring football practices this year, and I can assure you that our team is giving 110% every day on the field in preparation for the fall. I know all of our other sports are doing the same, and by investing in our programs with a gift of 110% of your previous year’s donation to the Deacon Club, your support will go even further in helping make our teams’ achievements on the playing field and in the classroom possible. As always, thank you for your support of Wake Forest Athletics.
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Reminder: Deacon Club Payment Deadline – June 30 Please note that payments on all outstanding pledges and balances for the 2013-14 year are due by June 30. Payments can be made online at DeaconClub.com or over the phone by calling (336) 7585626. You may also mail checks (made out to Wake Forest Athletics) to 499 Deacon Blvd., WinstonSalem, NC 27105.
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Join us for the Annual Women’s Football Clinic Whether you are an avid football fan or someone who just wants to learn more about the game, the 17th annual Wake Forest Women’s Football Clinic promises to be an event that you won’t want to miss! Make plans to join us in Bridger Field House at BB&T Field on Thursday, July 24, from 6-9 p.m. for a truly memorable evening of fun and football. Check WakeForestSports.com for more information coming soon.
SAVE THE DATE VARSITY CLUB WEEKEND, OCTOBER 17-18, 2014 Attention former student-athletes, managers and trainers! We hope you’ll be able to join fellow Varsity Club members, Wake Forest coaches and staff in a weekend celebrating Wake Forest Athletics. Enjoy festivities with fellow Varsity Club members, as well as the home football game vs. Syracuse on Saturday, Oct. 18. Be on the lookout for a formal invitation coming to your mailbox soon! If you have any questions about this event, please contact the Deacon Club at (336) 7585626. We hope to see you there!
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DONOR PROFILE
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Meeting Arnold Palmer led Dave Ogilvie III to become a Demon Deacon
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ave Ogilvie III, a member of the Wake Forest golf team from 1954-56, comes from a family with strong ties to the sport. His father, David Jr., was born in the Augusta Country Club clubhouse and played in the first Masters. Dave III’s grandfather, David Sr., was the professional at Augusta from 1899 to 1947. In fact, the men in Dave’s family were head golf pros in the United States for 100 consecutive years – from 1899 to 1999 – spanning David’s grandfather’s, father’s and his own career. As Dave said, “I knew from the time that I could walk that I was going to be a golf pro. There was never any doubt in my mind.” Born and raised in Cleveland, Dave helped his father on the golf course from age 6. “I would tee up the balls for lessons,” he recalled. Dave’s path from growing up as the son of a golf pro to becoming a highly regarded one himself ran through Wake Forest, and involves a brief interaction with the University’s most famous golfer — Arnold Palmer. As Dave tells it, he had already committed to play golf at the University of Georgia when Arnold Palmer arrived in Cleveland in 1954 for the Northeast Ohio Amateur Invitational. Dave and his father attended, and his father was speaking to Palmer when Dave walked up. Dave introduced himself and, when asked, told Palmer that he was planning on attending Georgia for college and was leaving in about 10 days. According to David, Palmer said, “If I can get you a better deal at Wake Forest, would you go there instead?” David said
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that he would, and seven days later he was on his way to Wake Forest on a golf scholarship. David’s memories of the Old Campus are mostly of playing golf and living in the Colonial Club, which housed the cafeteria for the student-athletes on the first floor. David recalled the “close camaraderie” of students on the Old Campus, where all of the athletes shared meals together. The campus came out en force for the many sporting events on campus, from catching a football game to watching the 1955 national championship baseball team. Upon leaving Wake Forest, Dave joined the military reserves and pursued his professional golf career. He spent a year and a half on the PGA Tour before following in his father and grandfather’s footsteps and becoming a teaching professional. Dave was named the head professional at the Country Club of Peoria at age 24. After spending eight years there, he was named head pro at Flossmoor Country Club outside of Chicago, where he served in that role for 32 years. He is respected as a golf pro, teacher and administrator, and has had a long-standing involvement with the Illinois PGA, including service as president in 1985 and 1986. Dave was awarded the Horton Smith Award in 1978 for education and was honored as the Illinois Professional of the Year a record three times. In 1990 he was elected to the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame and in 1986 was chosen National Golf Professional of the Year. In October 2005, Dave was named to the National PGA Hall of Fame. Dave currently resides in Frankfurt, Ill., outside of Chicago, with his wife of 42 years, Barbara. He has two children, a daughter, Heather, who lives in Australia, and a son, David, in San Diego. Dave continues to teach a few lessons each week at Flossmoor Country Club. The last 12 of David’s years as the head pro there were spent in a wheelchair, a result of his ongoing battle with Multiple Sclerosis. The change, he said, did not slow him down in the slightest. “The last 12 years I worked as the head golf pro at Flossmoor I worked out of a wheelchair, which was no problem for me,” he said. “It didn’t really bother me — I have been very fortunate.”
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Dave (center) with fellow Demon Deacons, John Gerring ('57) (left) and Mickie Gallagher, Jr. (right) at 2005 Hall of Fame Ceremony.
Dave continues to teach and serve as an inspiration to those who know him. He is a true Demon Deacon and enjoys being reminded of the close-knit nature of the Wake Forest community when fellow alumni approach him in his WF hat he wears around town. “I have a Wake Forest hat that I wear almost every place I go,” he said. “Occasionally someone comes up and puts their hand on my shoulder and asks, ‘Are you a Demon Deacon?’ I respond with a yes and we shake hands and talk. It’s always fun to meet a fellow Wake alum.”
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1 Deacon Club member Todd Werstler (’87), winner of the “Webb Simpson caddy experience” at the Wake Forest Pro-Am, poses with Wake Forest golf alum Webb Simpson (’08) at the Wells Fargo Championship Pro-Am at Quail Hollow.
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2 Deacon Club member Alan Fox (’79, MBA ’81) stakes a claim for Wake Forest on a recent excursion to the North Pole.
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3 Deacon Club members and proud grandparents William Cook (‘65) and Julie Davis (‘69) Griffin hold grandson William McLain Griffin, born Tuesday, May 6, 2014.
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4 Catherine Patton Harbert, daughter of Raymond (‘06, MBA ’10) and Cole (’06) Harbert, born May 13, 2014.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
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n each issue, Where Are They Now showcases a former Wake Forest student-athlete. Taylor Wildman (’08) graduated from Wake Forest with a bachelor of arts in political science. He was a fouryear member of the track and field team and competed in the decathlon and pole vault events. He currently resides in Dallas and serves as the project superintendent for Ed Bell Construction Company.
Taylor Wildman When did you graduate from Wake Forest? 2008 What was your major and/or minor? Political Science What does being a Demon Deacon mean to you? Being a member of one of the most exceptional university and athletic programs in the United States. Why are you still involved in Wake Forest Athletics? I am still involved in Wake Forest Athletics because I believe it is a great program, which represents the University in a very positive way. Wake Forest Athletics gave me a tremendous opportunity to continue my athletic career while receiving Teammates Michael Piscetelli (‘05) a top of the line education, and Molly Kennedy (‘08) and Coach Mike Bennett at the Miller Center after and giving back to the athletic the Class of 2008 Commencement program can hopefully Ceremony. provide future athletes with the chance to attend one of the best colleges in the country as well as be a part of such a special athletic program. Why do you feel it is important to give back to the University? Wake Forest is a truly exceptional place. Giving back helps the University continue its traditions, improve its academic and athletic programs and promote itself to prospective students worldwide. What is your current occupation? Project Superintendent for Ed Bell Construction Company in Dallas, Texas. What is your favorite memory of your time at Wake Forest? Watching the 2006-07 football team have a breakout season, winning the ACC Championship game and then playing in the 2007 Orange Bowl. The atmosphere on campus was awesome during that whole season, culminating with rolling the quad when they made it to the Orange Bowl. What makes you most proud of Wake Forest? That we are constantly striving to improve both academics and athletics but do not sacrifice one to advance the other.
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Taylor with his brother and sister, Todd and Leah, in Dallas last summer.
When you come back to Wake Forest, you always… Grab a bite to eat at Village Tavern and Putter’s, as well as take a walk around the quad and visit the Deacon Shop. I was there when… The men’s basketball team, led by Chris Paul, was ranked No.1. The football team had its breakout year in 2006. Who is your favorite coach at Wake Forest, current or past? Skip Prosser. He was a great coach, but more importantly, he was a wonderful ambassador for the University. He was always friendly to anyone he encountered on campus and brought the men’s basketball program back to prominence.
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DEACONS IN THE COMMUNITY
Deacons Giving Back Serving the Community in 2013-14 Throughout the 2013-14 academic year, Wake Forest studentathletes volunteered more than 4,000 hours on campus and in the local community. Wake Forest Athletics is proud of our student-athletes’ commitment to serving others while balancing a rigorous schedule of academics and athletics.
ACC Top Six for Service Each year, the ACC gives awards to the top six volunteers at each school. This year, Wake Forest’s Top Six for Service combined for more than 775 hours! Connor Crowley, Junior, Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country – Connor has been heavily involved in brightening the lives of those around him this year. Connor is one of Wake’s elite students who has been chosen to work with complex cancer patients. His volunteer hours are spent informing, educating and engaging cancer patients, in hopes of helping more survive. Connor has volunteered more than 250 hours at the Brenner Children’s Hospital, “Take the Fight” Campaign and Wake Hand-in-Hand. Along with this service toward cancer patients, Connor is the SAAC representative for men’s track & field/cross country and is an active participant in student-athletes led events. He is invested in helping others and leading by example. Tyra Clemmenson, Junior, Field Hockey – Tyra is a SAAC member and served more than 170 hours this year. She traveled to Vietnam with Coach for College to coach, create lesson plans and teach biology. Tyra has served her community through programs such as Eat with the Deacs, Project Pumpkin, Santa’s Helper, H.O.P.E., Second Harvest Food Bank and Weed Wackers Field Hockey Camp. Her enthusiasm and bright personality have served her team and the student-athletes at Wake Forest well. Ashlee Rusk, Junior, Volleyball – Ashlee, who serves as SAAC vice president, has also been actively involved in service trips this year. She traveled to Vietnam with Coach for College to coach sports, create lesson plans and teach classes during the summer, and spent her spring break in Puerto Rico with Athletes-in-Action. Her heart for others is apparent by the 160 hours she puts toward volunteering. Other activities that Ashlee volunteers with are Eat with the Deacs (committee chair), Athletes Supporting Athletes, Kidsfest, Project Pumpkin, Freshmen Move-in Day, local health fairs and more!
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Total Number of Outreach Hours Number of Participating Student-Athletes Average Number of Outreach Hours per Student-Athlete Percentage of Student-Athletes Participating Percentage of Teams Participating
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Kari Walkley, Senior, Field Hockey – Kari is always the first to volunteer for service events! As president of SAAC and a president’s Aid for the University, she has been more involved than ever before with more than 150 hours of service. She has led WFU studentathletes in service projects such as H.O.P.E., Eat with the Deacs, Athletes Supporting Athletes, Weed Whackers Field Hockey Camp and has traveled as a high school field hockey coach to help young players. Kari played an essential role in organizing and fundraising for field hockey’s annual dodgeball tournament to raise awareness about melanoma. Among other things, Kari also spent hours volunteering toward Wake Forest’s Black and Golden Globes awards ceremony. Her time and commitment toward serving others does not go unrecognized. Sam Fink, Junior, Men’s Soccer – Sam serves as SAAC secretary and plays a vital role as a campus and community leader. He not only gave generously of his time, but he also does a great job encouraging his teammates to get involved as well. His volunteer hours have been spent with Eat the Deacs, Athletes Supporting Athletes, Habitat for Humanity, H.O.P.E., cleaning up/revitalizing a local cemetery, working youth soccer camps, Project Pumpkin, Hit the Bricks and Wake ‘N Shake. Sam is also the first person to offer a helping hand and clean up after all of our events. He is very deserving of this award and should be recognized as a leader in Wake Forest athletics. Brandon Chubb, Redshirt Junior, Football – Brandon has a heart to serve others. He plays a crucial role as one of our most involved football players and does a great job getting his teammates involved. The amount of quality hours Brandon has spent recruiting volunteers, and also serving, does not go unnoticed. His help with community organizations such as H.O.P.E. (Help Our People Eat), as well as Habitat for Humanity, attending Wake Forest Baptist Health Fair and cleaning/revitalizing a local cemetery were much appreciated.
Ashlee Rusk
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Athletic Department Staff Service Day Wake Forest coaches and athletics staff participated in their fourth annual Day of Service on Tuesday, May 20, volunteering in the Winston-Salem community with Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County. Approximately 100 Demon Deacon staffers worked on five different Habitat housing sites in the Kimberley Park neighborhood. These were houses that various Wake Forest athletic teams and studentathletes helped begin building during the past school year.
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DEACONS IN THE PROS BASEBALL
MEN’S BASKETBALL
COACHES/SCOUTS Neil Avent Adam Bourassa John Hendricks Michael Holmes Kevin Jarvis Bill Masse Matt Price Mike Rikard Eric Schmitt Ross Atkins Danny Borrell Adam Wogan Tommy Gregg George Greer
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Area Scout Area Scout Area Scout Assistant Scouting Director Pro Scout Area Scout Pro Scout National Cross Checker International Scouting Director of Player Development Minor League Pitching Rehab Coordinator Director of Minor League Operations Omaha Storm Chasers Hitting Coach Las Vegas Hitting Coach
MINOR LEAGUE RANKS Pat Blair Dave Bush Tim Cooney Michael Dimock Allan Dykstra Brian Holmes Carlos Lopez Mike MacDougal Niko Spezial Justin Van Grouw Mac Williamson
Tampa Bay Rays Free Agent St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros New York Mets Houston Astros Washington Nationals Free Agent Washington Nationals Arizona Diamondbacks San Francisco Giants
WOMEN’S GOLF Laura (Philo) Diaz LPGA Made 2 hole-in-ones at the Kia Classic in March; has made 6 starts with a top finish of T25 Jean Chua Symetra Has played in all 8 events with a top-finish of T14; is 7th on the Tour in birdies made. Nannette Hill Symetra Made eight starts and has made the cut in her last two events Natalie Sheary LPGA Was T16 at the Symetra Tour’s Volvik Championship; is 7th on Tour in driving accuracy Michelle Shin Symetra Has played in eight events with a T22 at the Chico’s Patty Berg Memorial as her top finish Cheyenne Woods Symetra Won the Australian Ladies Masters on the LET; Has made the cut in 6 of 7 starts
SOCCER MEN’S Anthony Arena Corben Bone Brian Carroll Sam Cronin Austin da Luz Chris Duvall Akira Fitzgerald Luca Gimenez Tolani Ibikunle Stephen Keel Michael Lahoud Collin Martin Justin Moose Ike Opara Sean Okoli Michael Parkhurst James Riley Jalen Robinson Zack Schilawski Jared Watts
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COACHES John Hackworth Rob Vartughian
Philadelphia Union (Head Coach) Philadelphia Union (Technical Director)
WOMEN’S Aubrey Bledsoe LA Blues Bianca D’Agostino Boston Breakers Katie Stengel LA Blues
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Al-Farouq Aminu Tim Duncan James Johnson Chris Paul Ishmael Smith Jeff Teague Ty Walker Taron Downey Justin Gray C.J. Harris Jamaal Levy Chas McFarland Nikita Mescheriakov Darius Songaila Kyle Visser David Weaver L.D. Williams
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FOOTBALL Tommy Bohanon NFL Josh Bush NFL Michael Campanaro NFL Tyson Clabo NFL Brandon Ghee NFL Chris Givens NFL Justin Jackson NFL Joe Looney NFL Calvin Pace NFL Zach Thompson NFL Steve Vallos NFL Nikita Whitlock NFL Kyle Wilber NFL COACHES/STAFF Charlie Dayton NFL Pat Flaherty NFL Joe Kenn NFL James MacPherson NFL Ricky Proehl NFL Diron Reynolds NFL Justin Sheridan NFL John Spanos NFL Brad White NFL
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MEN’S GOLF Lee Bedford Bill Haas Jay Haas Gary Hallberg Scott Hoch Len Mattiace Kyle Reifers Jay Sigel Curtis Strange Webb Simpson Ron Whittaker
Web.com Has yet to play an event on the Web.com; made one cut on the PGALA Tour PGA Has not missed a cut this season; 35th in FedEx Cup standings Champions Having another great year; 2nd on the money list; worst finish in 8 events is T12 Champions Has played in six events and finished T35 at the Greater Gwinnett Championship Champions Is playing well; finished sixth at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic. Web.com Has played in nine events and has made two cuts this season Web.com Is 11th on the Money List; has five top-25 finishes, including a pair of 3rd places Champions Has yet to play an event this season Champions Finished T34th in the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Champ.; Has made 5 starts PGA Has 5 top-10s in 13 events; Is currently 13th in the FedEx Cup Standings Web.com Hasn’t played an event on tour this season
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Deacons Earning Degrees Wake Forest University held its annual commencement ceremonies on Monday, May 19, with 86 Wake Forest student-athletes receiving their undergraduate or graduate degrees. Held on the Hearn Plaza in front of Wait Chapel, the graduation featured student-athletes from all of Wake Forest’s athletic teams.
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Including those who graduated in December 2013, a total of 86 Wake Forest student-athletes received their undergraduate or graduate degree during the 2013-14 academic year. Wake Forest University President Dr. Nathan O. Hatch addressed the graduates during the ceremony, along with Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of The New York Times. Following the ceremony, Wake Forest Athletics held a reception in the Miller Center for its graduating student-athletes.
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With graduation just behind us, it’s probably a good idea to think about what (if any) NCAA rules still pertain to former studentathletes. For example, is it permissible to buy a graduation gift for a senior studentathlete? We all know that benefits to a current student-athlete are not permissible, however, one might assume that once a student-athlete graduates, all NCAA rules are lifted. In reality, however, the NCAA does still place certain restrictions on the types of benefits these individuals can receive. NCAA rules permit donors and other institutional representatives to provide gifts and benefits of nominal value to studentathletes on an occasional basis following graduation. Such benefits would include things such as meals, transportation or
overnight lodging. So to answer the question about the graduation gift, yes, it would be permissible to provide a graduating studentathlete with a gift; however, the value should not exceed $50, which is the NCAA’s general definition of “nominal value.” The one condition to this exception, however, is that such benefits are only permissible if Wake Forest is not currently recruiting a relative of the former student-athlete. Therefore, prior to providing a benefit to a former student-athlete, it is extremely important that you check with the Athletics Compliance Office beforehand.
For any questions related to this issue, please contact Todd Hairston at hairstct@wfu.edu.
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