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ABOUT THE ACC State’s Kay Yow, assisted THE TRADITION by Sylvia Hatchell of North Atlantic Coast Conference Consistency. It is the mark of Carolina, headed up the 4512 Weybridge Lane true excellence in any endeavor. 1988 gold medal-winning Greensboro, NC 27407 However, in today’s inter- Olympic team. Maryland’s collegiate athletics, competition Vicky Bullett was a member Phone 336-851-6062 ACC Media Relations Staff has become so balanced and of both the 1988 and 1992 Media Relations Fax 336-854-8797 Brian Morrison Assistant Commissioner 336-547-6261 so competitive that it is virtually Olympic teams. Three-time Amy Yakola Associate Director Administrative Fax 336-316-6097 impossible to maintain a high level Olympian and Virginia grad- Sarah Brown Assistant Director E-Mail [email protected] Jason Leturmy Media Relations Assistant of consistency. uate, Dawn Staley struck John Swofford, Yet the Atlantic Coast Confer- Web Address theacc.com Barb Dery Administrative Assistant ACC Commissioner gold in Athens as a member ence has defied the odds. Now of the 2004 Olympic squad. Championships for women are currently conducted in in its 53rd year of competition, Duke’s Gail Goestenkors served as an assistant coach on cross country, volleyball, field hockey, soccer, basketball, the ACC has long enjoyed the reputation as one of the the gold-medal winning team in Athens. swimming, indoor and outdoor track, tennis, golf, lacrosse, strongest and most competitive intercollegiate conferences Since the inaugural season of the Women’s National softball and rowing. in the nation. And that is not mere conjecture, the numbers Basketball Association in 1997, the ACC has been a recog- support it. nizable presence in the league. Forty-three former ACC stars Since the league’s inception in 1953, ACC schools have played on the hardwood in the WNBA, while five former have captured 94 national champion-ships, including 49 in A HISTORY players have worked the sidelines as coaches. The Atlantic Coast Conference was founded on May women’s competition and 45 in men’s. In addition, NCAA The ACC also stands at the forefront of intercollegiate 8, 1953, at the Sedgefield Inn near Greensboro, N.C., with individual titles have gone to ACC student-athletes 119 times athletics in terms of the academic accomplishments of its stu- seven charter members - Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North in men’s competition and 61 times in women’s action. dent-athletes. Since 1983, 381 women’s basketball players Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Since the inception of women’s basketball in the ACC in have received ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition. The Forest - drawing up the conference by-laws. 1977, a tradition of excellence has been established. 2003-04 academic year included 39 selections. In addition, The withdrawal of seven schools from the Southern Over the years, ACC women’s basketball teams have ACC women’s basketball players have earned first-team Conference came early on the morning of May 8, 1953, gained global recognition through their television exposure. Academic All-America honors six times, including Virginia’s during the Southern Conference’s annual spring meeting. The 2005-06 schedule features 40 televised games, includ- Val Ackerman in 1981, the former President of the WNBA. In On June 14, 1953, the seven members met in Raleigh, N.C., ing 11 national telecasts (six games on Fox Sports Net and 1997, NC State’s Jennifer Howard was tabbed GTE CoSIDA where a set of bylaws was adopted and the name became affiliates and five on espn2). In addition, 29 match-ups will Academic Player of the Year after posting a 4.0 grade point officially the Atlantic Coast Conference. be featured on the league’s regional sports network which average throughout her career. Thirteen players have earned Suggestions from fans for the name of the new confer- includes Comcast SportsNet, Fox Sports Net South and Sun ACC postgraduate scholarships, while three others were ence appeared in the region’s newspapers prior to the Sports. In all, the ACC will make 75 television appearances named NCAA Postgraduate Scholars. meeting in Raleigh. Some of the names suggested were: this season. Dixie, Mid South, Mid Atlantic, East Coast, Seaboard, The league’s women’s basketball programs rank among Colonial, Tobacco, Blue-Gray, Piedmont, Southern Seven the best in the country in terms of the NCAA Tournament, 2004-05 IN REVIEW and the Shoreline. having made 103 appearances and won 137 games in the The 2004-05 academic year concluded with the league Duke’s Eddie Cameron recommended that the name of last 28 years, 11 of them as a number one seed. The league pocketing three more national team titles and seven indi- the conference be the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the boasts such national accomplishments as sending at least vidual NCAA crowns. In all, the ACC has won 51 national motion was passed unanimously. The meeting concluded one team to the “Sweet 16” for 17 consecutive years. The team titles over the last 15 years. with each member institution assessed $200.00 to pay for conference has also made ten trips to the Final Four in the The ACC’s 2004-05 national champions were Wake conference expenses. last 24 years with two teams finishing second and North Forest in field hockey, North Carolina in men’s basketball On December 4, 1953, conference officials met again at Carolina capturing the National Championship in 1994. and Duke in women’s golf. In addition, a total of 181 student- Sedgefield and officially admitted the University of Virginia as Since 1989, the ACC has placed nine players on the athletes from the ACC earned first, second or third-team the league’s eighth member. The first, and only, withdrawal All-Final Four team, including Staley and Smith, who were All-America honors this past year. of a school from the ACC came on June 30, 1971, when the dubbed Most Outstanding Players. In all, 50 ACC players University of South Carolina tendered its resignation. have been named to NCAA Tournament All-Region teams, The ACC operated with seven members until April with eight Most Outstanding Player recognitions. THE CHAMPIONSHIPS The conference will conduct championship competition 3, 1978, when the Georgia Institute of Technology was Three players have garnered national player of the year in 25 sports during the 2005-06 academic year - 12 for men admitted. The Atlanta school had withdrawn from the accolades while competing under the ACC banner. Virginia’s and 13 for women. Southeastern Conference in January of 1964. Dawn Staley was a back-to-back selection in 1991 and 1992, The first ACC championship was held in swimming The ACC expanded to nine members on July 1, 1991, while North Carolina’s Charlotte Smith received the ESPY on February 25, 1954. The conference did not conduct with the addition of Florida State University. award in 1995. Duke’s Alana Beard was recognized with championships in cross country, wrestling or tennis during The conference expanded to 11 members on July 1, national player of the year honors in both 2003 and 2004. the first year. 2004, with the addition of the University of Miami and Virginia Five league coaches have combined to earn 11 na- The 12 sports for men include football, cross country, Polytechnic Institute and State University. On October 17, tional coach of the year awards. Duke’s Gail Goestenkors, soccer, basketball, swimming, indoor and outdoor track, 2003, Boston College accepted an invitation to become the North Carolina’s Sylvia Hatchell, Virginia’s Debbie Ryan, wrestling, baseball, tennis, golf and lacrosse. Fencing, which league’s 12th member starting July 1, 2005. Maryland’s Chris Weller and NC State’s Kay Yow have all was started in 1971, was discontinued in 1981. garnered national recognition. Women’s sports were initiated in 1977 with the first Seven ACC representatives, including coaches and championship meet being held in tennis at Wake Forest student-athletes, have participated in the Olympics. NC University. 56 2004-05 ACC REVIEW ACC STANDINGS 2005 ACC ACC GAMES ALL GAMES Team W L Pct Home Road W L Pct Home Road Neutral TOURNAMENT North Carolina #*$ 12 2 .857 7-0 5-2 30 4 .882 17-0 7-3 6-1 GREENSBORO COLISEUM Duke #$ 12 2 .857 6-1 6-1 31 5 .861 13-1 9-2 9-2 GREENSBORO, N.C. NC State $ 10 4 .714 5-2 5-2 21 8 .724 10-2 8-3 3-3 Friday, March 4 – First Round Florida State $ 9 5 .643 5-2 4-3 24 8 .750 12-2 7-5 5-1 Seed #8 Georgia Tech 58 vs. Seed #9 Miami 60 Virginia $ 8 6 .571 4-3 4-3 21 11 .656 12-4 5-3 4-4 Seed #7 Virginia Tech 56 vs. Seed #10 Wake Forest 61 Maryland $ 7 7 .500 4-3 3-4 22 10 .688 13-4 6-4 3-2 Seed #6 Maryland 66 vs. Seed #11 Clemson 55 Virginia Tech $ 6 8 .429 4-3 2-5 17 12 .586 10-3 4-7 3-2 Georgia Tech 4 10 .286 1-6 3-4 13 14 .481 10-6 3-6 0-2 Saturday, March 5 – Quarterfinals Miami 4 10 .286 2-5 2-5 13 16 .448 9-5 2-9 2-2 Seed #1 North Carolina 64 vs. Miami 57 Wake Forest 3 11 .214 1-6 2-5 17 15 .531 11-6 4-8 2-1 Seed #4 Florida State 67 vs. Seed #5 Virginia 71 Clemson 2 12 .143 2-5 0-7 8 20 .286 6-7 2-11 0-2 Seed #2 Duke 107 vs.