2017-18 Annual Report Atlantic Coast Conference Mission Statement
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2017-18 ANNUAL REPORT ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE MISSION STATEMENT ACC MISSION STATEMENT To maximize the educational and athletic opportunities that shape our leaders of tomorrow — in the classroom, in competition, and in life. ACC VISION STATEMENT To be at the forefront in educational excellence, athletic achievement, and innovation while inspiring the development of leaders in the ACC. ACC CORE VALUES ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE ATHLETICS EXCELLENCE COMPETITIVE FAIRNESS INTEGRITY CAMARADERIE INCLUSION DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP SPORTSMANSHIP TOTAL PERSON COMMISSIONER’S WELCOME he academic and athletic standards the Atlantic Coast Conference was founded upon in T 1953 continue to be a priority more than 60 years later, and the 2017-18 academic year was no exception. Academically, the ACC’s unique blend of public and private institutions continue to lead the way among Autonomy 5 conferences. This was once again demonstrated in the annual “Best Colleges” rankings released by US News & World Report, as the ACC was the only Autonomy 5 conference to place seven of its member institutions among the top 35 and eight member schools among the top 50. With an average rank of 54.2, the ACC led all FBS conferences for the 11th consecutive year. ACC institutions saw 96 combined teams receive Academic Progress Rate recognition awards from the NCAA in May, once again the most of any peer conference. In the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate report released last November, the ACC’s graduation rate of 91 percent was four points above the national average. Additionally, the league tied for the highest GSR among peer conferences in the sport of football, and a combined six ACC men’s and women’s basketball teams achieved perfect scores. Individually, a record number of ACC student-athletes (4,649) were named to the 2017-18 ACC Honor Roll for earning a grade point average of 3.0 or better for the entire academic year. The ACC also made the strongest of statements when it came to athletic competition with four national championships. Notre Dame captured the NCAA women’s basketball title for the second time in school history, and the Fighting Irish also claimed the NCAA fencing championship for the second consecutive year. The spring sports season concluded with Wake Forest men’s tennis and Florida State softball celebrating NCAA titles. In addition to the ACC’s four team NCAA championships, student-athletes from league schools claimed 14 individual titles. Our conference now owns 154 NCAA team championships over the course of its 65-year history, and ACC student-athletes have claimed close to 320 individual national titles. The cumulative success of ACC teams on the playing fields was evident in late June, when four of our schools finished among the top 15 of the final Learfield Directors’ Cup standings, which tied for first among all conferences. Eight ACC institutions finished among the top 30, marking the 17th consecutive year in which four or more of our schools earned that distinction. The ACC placed 10 schools among the top 50 of this year’s standings, and 12 were among the top 65. The ACC is the only conference to win national championships in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball over the last four years. In addition, our conference has won four combined football and men’s basketball national titles over the last five years, twice as many as any other conference. The ACC led all conferences in 2017-18 with 10 bowl teams, nine NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament teams and eight NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament teams. The 21 total ACC teams in football bowl games over the past two years also leads the nation, and 2017 marked the 17th consecutive year that at least six of our teams made bowl game appearances. With ACC champion Clemson again earning a spot in the College Football Playoff, a conference teamreached at least the semifinal round of national championship competition for the fifth straight year. The ACC tied a league record and led all conferences with nine teams in the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The ACC has combined to win an NCAA Tournament-record 59 games over the last four years, breaking its own previous mark of 53 set twice previously (2014-17 and 1990-93). Barclays Center in Brooklyn played host to the New York Life ACC Tournament for the second consecutive year, and the semifinals and finals again set arena attendance records for a college basketball event. This year’s NBA Draft featured 10 first-round selections from the ACC, the most ever for any conference in a single year. In women’s basketball, Notre Dame brought home the ACC’s third NCAA title with a pair of dramatic Final Four wins. The eight ACC teams selected to the NCAA Tournament matched a league record and marked the most of any conference this season. This was the third time in four years that the ACC placed at least seven teams in the NCAA field, and the 10th time in 13 years that at least six teams were selected. ACC baseball placed six teams in the NCAA Championship field. With North Carolina reaching the College World Series, the conference has sent at least one team to Omaha for 13 consecutive seasons and has had 24 teams reach the CWS since 2006. As we look back on 2017-18, we also look forward to the long-anticipated ACC Network, which remains on the fast track to becoming reality in the summer of 2019. The partnership between the conference and ESPN will provide ACC fans unprecedented access to live events via a comprehensive, multi-platform network. It also provides for the extension of the conference’s existing rights agreement with ESPN through the 2035-36 academic year. Expansive digital coverage of the league’s 27 sports continued over the past year via ACC Network Extra, which again raised viewership opportunities to a new level as it streamed more than 1,500 events to live viewing audiences. The ACC and its member institutions remain poised to continue a long tradition of balancing athletics, academics and integrity. As a conference, we are extremely proud of our student-athletes’ accomplishments over the past year and look forward to the year ahead. Sincerely, John Swofford ACC Commissioner 2017-18 ACC ANNUAL REPORT / LETTER FROM THE COMMISSIONER 1 MEMBER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS President Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. President Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. REV. WILLIAM P. ROBERT G. MARTIN JOCELYN BUD CHARLES TODD JOELEEN LEAHY, S.J. MURPHY JARMOND GATES PETERSON ISBELL STANSBURY AKIN CLEMSON TIGERS LOUISVILLE CARDINALS President Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. Interim President Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. JAMES P. JANIE DAN STEPHANIE GREG ELAINE VINCE CHRISTINE CLEMENTS HODGE RADAKOVICH ELLISON-JOHNSON POSTEL WISE TYRA HERRING As of May 2018, Neeli Bendapudi DUKE BLUE DEVILS MIAMI HURRICANES President Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. President Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. VINCENT MARTHA KEVIN JACKI JULIO MARVIN BLAKE JENNIFER PRICE PUTALLAZ WHITE SILAR FRENK DAWKINS JAMES STRAWLEY FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS President Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. Chancellor Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. JOHN PAM STAN VANESSA CAROL LISSA BUBBA NICKI THRASHER PERREWÉ WILCOX FUCHS FOLT BROOME CUNNINGHAM MOORE 2 2017-18 ACC ANNUAL REPORT / MEMBER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION MEMBER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION NC STATE WOLFPACK VIRGINIA CAVALIERS Chancellor Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. President Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. RANDY JOEL DEBORAH A. MICHELLE TERESA A. CARRIE CARLA JANE WOODSON PAWLAK YOW LEE SULLIVAN HEILMAN WILLIAMS MILLER Prior to January 2018, Roby Sawyers Prior to January 2018, Carolyn Callahan Prior to December 2017, Craig Littlepage NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES President Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. President Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. REV. JOHN I. TRICIA JACK MISSY TIM JOSEPH G. WHIT REYNA JENKINS, C.S.C BELLIA SWARBRICK CONBOY SANDS TRONT BABCOCK GILBERT-LOWRY PITTSBURGH PANTHERS WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS Chancellor Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. President Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. PATRICK SHEILA HEATHER JENNIFER NATHAN O. PETE RON BARBARA GALLAGHER VÉLEZ MARTÍNEZ LYKE TUSCANO HATCH BRUBAKER WELLMAN WALKER Prior to February 2018, Susan Albrecht SYRACUSE ORANGE 2017-18 OFFICERS ACC Officers Chair of the Council of Presidents ...........................................................................................................Nathan Hatch, Wake Forest President .................................................................................................................................................................Marvin Dawkins, Miami Vice President ..........................................................................................................................................................Janie Hodge, Clemson Secretary-Treasurer ..............................................................................................................................................Joe Tront, Virginia Tech Chancellor Faculty Athletics Rep. Athletics Director Senior Woman Admin. KENT RICK JOHN