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DUKE ATHLETICS 2017-18 Annual Report TABLE OF CONTENTS DUKE ATHLETICS IN REVIEW Social Media 25 Highlights 3-7 Marketing & Promotions 25 Brown Leaves Impact at Duke 3 Tickets 25 Women's Golf Sweeps ACC Titles 4 Iron Dukes 26 Men's Fencing Makes History at ACCs 4 Recreation & Physical Education 27 XXIII Olympic Winter Games 5 Sports Medicine 28 Duke Men's Lacrosse Hits the World Stage 5 Sports Nutrition 29 By the Numbers 5 Sports Performance 30 Blue Devils Excel Across Athletics 6 Student-Athlete Development 31 Duke Ranked Fifth Nationally by CBS Sports 6 King Named to SBJ's Forty Under 40 Class 7 King Named to D1 Women's Basketball Committee HONORS AND AWARDS 7 Honors & Awards 32-38 Wilusz Gets NCS4 Industry Leader Award 8 Brown Receives NCAA Postgrad Scholarship 9 Moore an Advocate for NCAA Rule Change 10 SPORT SUMMARIES Duke in the Drafts 11 Baseball 39 ACC Championships 12 Men's Basketball 40 The Directors’ Cup 13 Women's Basketball 41 Men's Cross Country 42 Women's Cross Country 43 DEPARTMENT SUMMARIES Men’s Fencing 44 Academic Success 14-19 Women’s Fencing 45 Academic Progress Report 14 Field Hockey 46 Graduation Success Rate 15 Football 47 Academic Performance Rate 15 Men's Golf 48 Academics by the Numbers 15 Women's Golf 49 Brandner, Furey Win Heidrick Scholarships 16 Men's Lacrosse 50 2018 Duke Graduates 17-19 Women's Lacrosse 51 Attendance 20 Rowing 52 CREDITSCameron Sellout Streak 20 Men's Soccer 53 Community Service 21-22 Women's Soccer 54 Duke in the Community 21 Softball 55 ACC Top Six for Service 21 Men's Swimming & Diving 56 Community Service Projects 22 Women's Swimming & Diving 57 Urban Ministries & MLK Million Meals 22 Men's Tennis 58 Compliance 23 Women's Tennis 59 Indoor Track & Field 60 The 2017-18 Duke Athletics Annual Report is a External Affairs 24-25 production of the Duke Sports Information Offi ce Blue Devil Network 24 Outdoor Track & Field 61 with contributions from the various departments Digital Media 24 Volleyball 62 within Duke Athletics. IMG College 24 Wrestling 63 Sports Information 24 2 2 DUKE ATHLETICS 2017-18 Annual Report HIGHLIGHTS • The Blue Devils sent 33 different student-athletes and 16 teams to NCAA action, • Lexie Brown of women's basketball, Leona Maguire of women's golf, Imani Dorsey of highlighted by the men's lacrosse team advancing to the championship game. Duke's women's soccer, Justin Guterding of men's lacrosse and Samantha Harris of women's women's tennis, women's soccer and men's golf squads reached the semifi nals while tennis were named ACC Scholar-Athletes of the Year. men's basketball and fi eld hockey were among the fi nal eight programs competing. • Duke University Vice President and Director of Athletics Kevin White was named chair • Duke captured four ACC team championships in 2017-18 — men's fencing, women's golf, of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee for the 2019-20 season. women's soccer (regular season) and women's tennis (regular season). • Seven new members will be enshrined into Duke Athletics Hall of Fame in September, • Five Blue Devils reeled in ACC individual titles — Bryn Hammarberg (men's fencing, 2018. The Class of 2018 will include Elton Brand (basketball), Katie Chrest Erbe epee), Jacob Kasper (wrestling, heavyweight), Kiegan Lenihan (men's outdoor track & (lacrosse), Candy Hannemann (golf), Lindsey Harding (basketball), Bob Harris fi eld, javelin), Leona Maguire (women's golf) and Steven Solomon (men's outdoor track (broadcaster), Ryan Jackson (baseball), Randy Jones (football & track) and Shelden & fi eld, 400m). Williams (basketball). • Duke had 26 former student-athletes drafted in their respective professional drafts, including fi rst round selections Grayson Allen (NBA), Marvin Bagley III (NBA), Wendell Carter Jr. (NBA), Imani Dorsey (NWSL), Justin Guterding (MLS), Carter Manley (MLS), Rebecca Quinn (NWSL) and Brian White (MLS). • A total of 10 Blue Devil teams, tied for third most in the ACC, achieved a perfect 1,000 score in the most recent Academic Performance Rate (APR) Report. Duke's 10 programs that received the honor include women’s cross country, men’s fencing, women’s fencing, fi eld hockey, men’s golf, women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, women’s tennis and volleyball. • Duke posted a 97 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) with 14 teams achieving a perfect 100 Graduation Success Rate score: men’s basketball, women’s cross country/ track & fi eld, men’s fencing, women’s fencing, fi eld hockey, men’s golf, women’s golf, men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse, rowing, women’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and volleyball. • Nationally, Duke was among four Football Bowl Subdivision institutions with an overall GSR total of 97 percent or better, joining Notre Dame (98), Northwestern (97) and BROWN LEAVES IMPACT AT DUKE Stanford (97). • Duke women's basketball fi fth-year senior Lexie Brown was drafted No. 9 in • Duke’s football program ranks tied for third among FBS schools with its 96 percent the fi rst round of the WNBA Draft by the Connecticut Sun. rate and joins Northwestern (99), South Carolina (98), Notre Dame (96) and Stanford (96) as the only programs with a 96 rate or better. • The guard became only the third player in NCAA Power Five Conference • In men’s basketball, Duke tied for the national lead with its 100 percent GSR rate. history to accumulate over 2,000 points, 500 assists, 300 steals and 200 three-pointers. • Three Blue Devils received CoSIDA Academic All-America honors — Imani Dorsey (women's soccer), Leona Maguire (women's golf) and Pascual Di Tella (men's fencing). • Brown was the 2018 ACC Defensive Player of the Year and garnered ESPNW and Associated Press All-America accolades. 3 DUKE ATHLETICS 2017-18 Annual Report HIGHLIGHTS MEN'S FENCING MAKES HISTORY AT ACC WOMEN'S GOLF SWEEPS ACC TITLES CHAMPIONSHIP • The Duke women’s golf program won an ACC Championship for the 21st time in school history and second consecutive season. • The Duke men's fencing team captured its fi rst ACC title in program history at the 2018 ACC Championship. • The Blue Devils shot a 15-under-par, 849, to fi nish 27 strokes ahead of Florida State (876) at the Grandover Resort & Conference Center East Course in Greensboro, N.C. • The seventh-ranked Blue Devil men cruised to a 19-8 victory over the second-ranked team in the country, Notre Dame, and also defeated North Carolina (19-8) and Boston • The 15-under, 849, was the lowest 54-hole ledger in Blue Devil ACC Championship College (24-3) en route to the crown. history besting a fi ve-under, 859, a year ago. • Duke used an 8-1 advantage in epee and a 7-2 record in foil to hand defending national champion Notre Dame its fi rst fencing loss in an ACC Championship since joining the • Senior Leona Maguire claimed individual medalist honors for the third time in her conference in the 2014-15 season. four years as she outlasted teammate Jaravee Boonchant in three playoff holes to win the title. • Three Duke men captured medals in the individual portion as junior Bryn Hammarberg registered his fi rst ACC title in epee to earn All-ACC recognition. • Maguire and Duke's Amanda Blumenherst (2006-08) are the only three-time ACC individual champions in league history. This spring's double titles marked the 17th • Senior Pascual Di Tella and sophomore Eoin Gronningsater each garnered silver in time Duke swept the team and individual titles. saber and foil, respectively, to earn All-ACC nods. • Duke featured four golfers in the top fi ve of the fi nal leaderboard with Maguire (1st), • Di Tella, Gronningsater and Hammarberg swept ACC Fencer of the Year honors Boonchant (2nd), sophomore Ana Belac (T3rd) and junior Virginia Elena Carta (T5th). following their performances. 4 4 DUKE ATHLETICS 2017-18 Annual Report HIGHLIGHTS XXIII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES - PYEONGCHANG BY THE NUMBERS • Duke anthropology graduate student Randi Griffi n competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, as a member of the Unifi ed 38 All-America selections Korea women's hockey team. • A native of Apex, N.C., and a former member of Harvard's women's hockey 105 All-ACC selections team, Griffi n scored the Unifi ed Korean team's fi rst goal of the Olympic tournament. 3 Academic All-America selections • Duke vice president and director of athletics Kevin White serves on the United States Olympic Committee board of directors. 11 Teams ranked in the top 10 nationally 16 Teams ranked in the top 25 nationally 11 Final Directors' Cup ranking 6 ACC Individual Champions 5 ACC Scholar-Athletes of the Year 12 ACC Players of the Year DUKE MEN'S LACROSSE HITS THE WORLD STAGE 3 ACC Coaches of the Year • The 2018 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Lacrosse Championship featured 48 countries from six continents and was held in Netanya, Israel July 12-21 with the U.S. defeating Canada 9-8 in the gold 2 ACC Tournament team championships medal game. • Nine Blue Devils – six former and one current player, head coach John Danowski and equipment manager Jay Bissette – took to the fi eld representing four different nations overall in the 20-day event. Danowski coach the U.S. to the gold medal. 5 DUKE ATHLETICS 2017-18 Annual Report HIGHLIGHTS BLUE DEVILS EXCEL ACROSS ATHLETICS DUKE RANKED FIFTH NATIONALLY BY CBS SPORTS • Duke Athletics turned in one of the best performances by an institution in the last • The Duke athletic department placed fi fth nationally in the Best in College Sports fi ve years during the 2017-18 campaign.