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At Duke University, student-athletesare awarded the best possible col-

lege experience with a first ratecombination of academics and

athletics and have accepted the taskof upholding the strong traditionsput forth by their predecessors.

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Duke University was created in 1924 byJames Buchanan Duke as a memorial to hisfather, Washington Duke. The Dukes, a Durhamfamily who built a worldwide financial empire inthe manufacture of tobacco and developed theproduction of electricity in the two Carolinas, hadlong been interested in Trinity College. Trinitytraced its roots to 1838 in nearby RandolphCounty when local Methodist and Quaker com-munities joined forces to support a permanentschool, which they named Union Institute. Aftera brief period as Normal College (1851-59), theschool changed its name to Trinity College in1859 and affiliated with the Methodist Church.

The college moved to Durham in 1892 withfinancial assistance from Washington Duke andthe donation of land by Julian S. Carr. In De-cember 1924, the school’s trustees gratefullyaccepted the provisions of James B. Duke’s in-denture creating the family philanthropic foun-dation, The Duke Endowment, which provided,in part, for the expansion of Trinity College intoDuke University. As a result of the Duke gift, Trinity under-went both physical and academic expansion.The original Durham Campus became knownas East Campus when it was rebuilt in statelyGeorgian architecture. West Campus, Gothicin style and dominated by the soaring 210-foottower of Duke Chapel, opened in 1930. Aca-demic expansion of the university included theestablishment of new graduate and professionalschools. Modern times have seen Duke realize itsfounder’s aspirations to become a major cen-ter of learning. The Duke University MedicalCenter has achieved international prominence,and many Duke schools and departments areconsistently ranked among the nation’s best.

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Duke Quick Facts

• Duke is consistentlyranked among thenation’s top universities

• Duke has a student/faculty ratio of 11:1

• Seventy-five percent ofclasses at Duke have16-35 students

• Student-athletes makeup more than 10 percentof the Duke student body

• Duke has six profes-sional schools — FuquaSchool of Business,Divinity, Nicholas Schoolof the Environmentand Earth Sciences, Law,Medicine and Nursingand two graduate schools— Arts & Sciences andEngineering

• Ninety-three percent ofDuke students graduatein four years

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Majors at Duke

African-American StudiesArt History

Biological Anthropology & AnatomyBiology

Biomedical EngineeringCanadian Studies

ChemistryCivil & Environmental Engineering

Classical LanguagesClassical Studies

Comparative Area StudiesComputer Science

Cultural AnthropologyEconomics

Electrical EngineeringEnglish

Environmental Sciences & PolicyFrench Studies

GeologyGermanic Languages & Literature

HistoryItalian Studies

LiteratureMathematics

Mechanical Engineering &Materials Science

Medieval & Renaissance StudiesMusic

PhilosophyPhysics

Political SciencePsychology

Public Policy StudiesReligionRussian

SociologySpanish

Theater StudiesVisual Arts

Women’s Studies

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The averagetemperature in

Durham is 59degrees and

snowfall totalsless than eight

inches per year. Atemperate climate

and the uniqueblend of big-cityactivity with an

unfrenzied pacemakes Durham agreat place to call

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In 2002, Employment Review Magazine ranked“The Triangle” area of Durham, Chapel Hill andRaleigh as the number one place in America to

live and work. Money Magazine made thesame selection in 1994.

The DurhamBulls, TampaBay’s AAA base-ball affiliate, are apopular attractionamong arearesidents.

Brightleaf Square,shown above, in down-town Durham is a turn-of-the-century tobaccowarehouse renovatedas a unique shopping,

dining and entertain-ment district.

Located in the heart of North Carolina’srolling Piedmont region, Durham stands outas a gem among southern cities. Throughthe years, the city has evolved from a to-bacco and textile town into an internationalcenter for medicine, scholarship, biotechnol-ogy and electronics.

Founded in 1853, Durham is widely rec-ognized for its diversity. Originally a manu-facturing center, the city now is known forexcellence in medicine, education, researchand industry. The wide range of activitiesavailable in the area lends the city a multi-faceted appeal that strikes even first-timevisitors.

Durham has a natural appeal as well,characterized by 98,000 acres of hardwoodand evergreen forests including the only re-maining old growth Piedmont bottomland for-ests and 7,800 acres of cropland. Hills anddales, meandering rivers and streams, sev-eral lakes, 26 rare plant species and sev-eral rare species of birds and animals canalso be found here.

With 187,000 residents in the one-citycounty, Durham is the fourth-largest city inNorth Carolina. It is ideally located on thelarge and small scale. Within the immediatearea it stands as the pinnacle of the “Tri-angle” region of North Carolina, a metropoli-tan population of 1,000,000 people that in-cludes Chapel Hill to the south and west andRaleigh, the state capital, to the south andeast. On a regional level, this area is the pri-mary center of culture, sports, education andgovernment between Washington, D.C., andAtlanta.

With excellent sports and cultural activi-ties in the area, Durham is a fun place to be.People from all walks of life — academic,industrial, professional, agricultural — blendto provide a warm, rich sense of hospitalityand diversity.

From the mountains to the west and the beaches of theAtlantic Ocean to the east, North Carolina’s landscape isas diverse — and beautiful — as any state in the nation.Millions of tourists come to North Carolina each year to

take advantage of all the state has to offer.

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North Carolina is a state of diversity — diversityin its population, in its economic production and in itsbeautiful scenery. According to the 2000 census, NorthCarolina was the home to more than eight millionpeople of many nationalities.

Known for its major production of tobacco, NorthCarolina is also a major producer of textiles and fur-niture, fueled by the thousands of acres of foreststhat cover the state. Among its other leading prod-ucts are broilers, hogs, turkeys, greenhouse prod-ucts, sweet potatoes, corn, soybeans, peanuts andeggs. In addition, there are hundreds of coastal fish-eries that yield shrimp, menhaden and crabs as theprimary catches.

The scenery throughout the state is diverseand beautiful. From the mountains to the west

and the beaches adjoining the AtlanticOcean to the east, North Carolina is one

of the nation’s most picturesque states.Some of the major attractions in thestate include the Great Smoky Moun-tains, the Blue Ridge National Parkway,the Cape Hatteras and Cape LookoutNational Seashores, the Wright Broth-

ers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk,Guilford Courthouse and Moores Creek

National Military Parks. This scenery, en-hanced by a mild climate with enough rainfall

to assist with the state’s abundant greenery, at-tracts millions of visitors who come to North Carolinaannually to take advantage of its clean and unclut-tered beaches, its string of forests and the mountainranges in the western part of the state.

In recent years, North Carolina has become afavorite place for the entertainment industry. Someof the television shows and movies filmed in NorthCarolina include Cast Away (2001), The Green Mile(1999), Dawson’s Creek (1997-2003), Kiss the Girls(1997), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997),Forrest Gump (1998), The Fugitive (1993), The Lastof the Mohicans (1992), Sleeping with the Enemy(1991), Bull Durham (1988) and Dirty Dancing (1987).

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A mainstay among the elite Division I athletic programs,Duke University once again ranked near the top during the 2006-07 athletic year. The women’s golf team collected its fifth NCAAChampionship while the field hockey, women’s lacrosse and men’slacrosse squads advanced to the NCAA Final Four.

The Blue Devils registered three ACC Tournament and fiveleague regular season titles on the year.

Duke was also very successful nationally in 2006-07 as 17teams competed in NCAA Tournament action. The Blue Devilshad five teams finish in the top-10 of the national rankings. Hereis a sampling of Duke’s accomplishments:

• Shannon Rowbury became the first Blue Devil women’s track& field member to claim NCAA Champion honors as she ran a4:42.17 mile at the NCAA Indoor Championship.

• The Blue Devils had three National Player of the Year honorees(Amanda Blumenherst, Matt Danowski and Lindsey Harding), one National Defensive Player of the Year (Harding), oneRhodes Scholar (Chas Salmen) and one Lowe’s Senior ClassAward winner (Alison Bales).• Fourteen Blue Devils were selected Academic All-America/

National Scholar Athlete.• A total of 40 student-athletes were selected All-America

during the season, while Duke boasted 54 All-ACCselections.

• Four Blue Devils were named ACC Player of theYear— Amanda Blumenherst (women’s golf), Matt

Danowski (men’s lacrosse), Lindsey Harding (women’s basketball) and Ali Hausfeld (volleyball).• Four Duke teams earned No. 1 national rankings during theseason — women’s basketball, women’s golf, men’s soccer andmen’s lacrosse— and four other teams achieved a ranking of No.5 or better— field hockey (4), women’s lacrosse (2), men’sbasketball (5) and women’s cross country (5). Women’s Basketball and women’s golf each finished the season ranked No. 1nationally.

• Shannon Rowbury and Debra Vento received NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships.

• Women’s soccer sophomore Christie McDonald was awardedthe Wilma Rudolph Student Athlete Achievement Award aftercoming back from having brain surgery over the summer of 2006.She started 18 of 21 matches after returning.

• Duke student-athletes registered a 3.1 grade point averageduring the 2006-07 school year. A total of 26 varsity teams atDuke had a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher following the 2006-07 academic year.

“There are four areas that we believe are critical components in making the Duke student-athlete experience the best in the country -- Classroom, Community, Character and Competition. Our student-athletes exhibit the qualities necessary to succeed in all of these

areas and to move on to productive lives when they graduate and leave Duke.”Director of Athletics, Joe Alleva

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The Duke Sports Hall of Fame — “To honorthose individuals who by the excellence of theirathletic achievements or their connection withintercollegiate athletics have brought recogni-tion and esteem to themselves and DukeUniversity.”

Those were the simple and distinctive wordsthe inaugural group of Hall of Fame inducteesheard in 1975 to mark their presence in thehistory of Duke athletics.

It is by those same standards that everyclass is recognized in the biannual Hall of Fameweekend proceedings. Over the years, 25 men’sbasketball players and one women’s basketballplayer, Chris Moreland, have been inductedinto the Hall.

The 2007 group consisted of five pastDuke greats, including Robert “Bob” Cox (foot-ball/coach), Jason Kreis (men’s soccer),Christian Laettner (men’s basketball), EllenReynolds (women’s track & field) and EricSteinhouse (men’s swimming).

The charter members in 1975 included thelegendary coaches Wallace Wade and EddieCameron. Also inducted were football All-Ameri-cas Ace Parker and George McAfee, along withbasketball and baseball stars Dick Groat andBill Werber.

Now 119 members strong, the Hall of Fameroom was relocated to the Schwartz-ButtersAthletic Center in 2000. This has provided amore prominent and distinctive presentation ofthe original paintings of Duke’s illustrious sportsheroes as depicted by local artist John Furlow.In addition, Duke’s nine national championshiptrophies for men’s basketball, men’s soccerand women’s golf are on display.

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DukDukDukDukDuke Unie Unie Unie Unie Univvvvvererererersity’sity’sity’sity’sity’sssssDistinguished AlumniDistinguished AlumniDistinguished AlumniDistinguished AlumniDistinguished AlumniPolitics/LawElizabeth Dole, U.S. SenatorChristine Durham, chief justice of the Utah Supreme CourtRicardo Lagos, former president of Chile

Eleanor Smeal, former president of the NationalOrganization for Wo!men

BusinessJohn Allison, Chairman & CEO, BB&T CorporationAndrew Busey, creator of iChatMelinda Gates, co-founder

of the Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationWilliam Gross, Founder & Chief Investment Officer, PIMCOJohn Mack, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Morgan StanleyPeter Nicholas, Founder & Chairman

of Boston Scientific CorporationRichard Wagoner, Jr., President & CEO,

General Motors Corporation

Arts/MediaDan Abrams, General Manager, MSNBCJack Coleman, actor, HeroesAnnabeth Gish, actor, X-FilesDavid Hartman, first host of Good Morning America on NBCSean McManus, President of CBS NewsRandall Wallace, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, BraveheartJudy Woodruff, anchor, CNN

Academia/ResearchTom Truscott, co-founder of UsenetDr. Paul Farmer, founder of Partners In HealthPamela Gann, president of Claremont McKenna CollegeClarence Newsome, president of Shaw UniversityWilhelmina Rueben-Cooke, provost of

University of the District of Columbia’s law schoolRobert Richardson, Nobel Laureate in physics, 1996Anne Tyler, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

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About 1,500 Duke graduates receive their bachelor's degrees each year and join the 90,000distinguished Duke alumni living in the United States and in 111 foreign countries. Over 700 Dukealumni serve as presidents of companies ranging from small family-owned businesses and privatepractices to national associations and major corporations, like Exxon International and Bristol-Myers Squibb International.

Alumni share a sense of pride in Duke, and they carry that pride into an assortment of volunteeractivities for the university. Thousands of alumni engage in Duke-related projects such asinterviewing prospective students, serving in Duke's worldwide network of alumni clubs andraising funds to advance the mission of Duke.

When student-athletes graduates from Duke University, not only do they take with themthe experience of successful collegiate athletics, but a second-to-none education from aprestigious university. Many Duke women’s basketball players currently hold upscale jobsin what has become an extremely competitive job market. In addition, several Duke alumnihave entered the professional playing ranks, both here and abroad.

The following are just a few examples of the success of Duke alumni – examples that proveDuke’s commitment to excellence both on and off the court.

Former Player Class OccupationMissy Anderson 1994 Program Coordinator, Duke Women's BasketballAlison Bales 2007 Professional Basketball, WNBA with Indiana FeverAlana Beard 2004 Professional Basketball, WNBA with Washington MysticsBetsy Bergeron 1979 Music Director, Anything’s Possible Players Theater Co.Payton Black 1999 Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Triangle Day SchoolJoanne Boyle 1985 Head Basketball Coach, California at BerkeleyShaeeta Brown 1998 Special Assistant, Texas Women’s BasketballPeppi Browne 2000 Automation Engineer, Eli LillyJenny Copeland 1985 United Methodist Campus Minister; Duke UniversityMonique Currie 2006 Professional Basketball, WNBA with Washington MysticsAli Day 1996 High School Teacher; Volleyball & Basketball coachJessica Foley 2006 Professional Basketball, WNBL with AdelaideKrista Gingrich 2002 Attending the Physician Assistant Program at DukeConnie Goins 1985 Information Systems Adminisrator at KHESLCTye Hall 1999 Doctoral Student at the University of MarylandLindsey Harding 2007 Professional Basketball, WNBA with Minnesota LynxJo Nell Harlow 1984 Senior Vice President, Global Mobile Phones MarketingSue Harnett 1990 Founder & President, Replay Photos in Durham, N.C.Allison Hart 1985 Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s OfficeHilary Howard 1999 Dr. of Communications, Northern California Golf Assoc.Kim Hunter 1987 Vice President, Federal Government RelationsCarey Kauffman 1995 Partner, Soleado Marketing in Atlanta, Ga.Kathy Kennedy 1982 Partner, Let Us Do It, LLC in Efland, N.C.Monica Kost 1992 Chief Physician Assistant, Department of SurgeryBarb Krause 1981 Senior Advisor to the President; Cornell UniversityVicki Krapohl 2004 Aircraft Engines Design, General ElectricCeleste Lavoie 1992 Outpatient Rehabilitation Department; Rex HealthcareMichele Matyasovsky 2003 Marketing Account Executive; USGADana McDonald 1993 Project Manager, Duke Clinical Research InstituteHeather McKaig 1993 Attorney, McKaig & McCutcheon, P.A. in Charlotte, N.C.Nazrawit Medhanie 1999 Sport Health Project Coordinator, Right to PlayKatie Meier 1990 Head Basketball Coach, University of MiamiKristina Meiman 1995 Pharmacist, Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, Ky.Chris Moreland 1988 Project Manager, Orlando Utilities CommissionMartha Morris 1983 Dean of Academic Services, Greensboro CollegeSusan Morris 1983 Registrar, Greensboro Day School in Greensboro, N.C.Sheana Mosch 2003 Professional Basketball, TurkeyP.J. Moses 1995 SWA/Assistant AD for Compliance, Texas-Pan AmericanRochelle Parent 2001 Credit Manager, Wells Fargo Financial AcceptanceJennifer Rokus 1982 Assistant General Counsel, Bank of America CorporationGeorgia Schweitzer 2001 Fourth Year Medical Student at Duke Medical SchoolSarah Sullivan 1987 Retail Solutions Sales Manager, Eastman Kodak CompanyIciss Tillis 2004 Professional Basketball, RussiaMargo Walsh 1983 Part-time Women’s Basketball OfficialPatty Walsh 1977 Raleigh OphthalmologyLisa Warren 1980 Exercise PhysiologistMissy West 2001 Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at SUNY CantonWynter Whitley 2005 Professional Basketball, TurkeyMistie Williams 2006 Professional Basketball, WNBA with Houston Comets

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Top Sporting VenuesOf The 20th Century*

1. Yankee Stadium2. Augusta National3. Michie Stadium4. Cameron Indoor Stadium5. Bislett Stadium6. Wrigley Field7. Roland Garros8. Lambeau Field9. Fenway Park10. Saratoga Race Course

*By Sports Illustrated

Cameron Indoor Stadium has been a perfect home for the Duke Universitybasketball program. Conceived on the back of a matchbook cover and renovated in thelate 1980s at a cost of $2 million, Cameron has been the site of 298 women’s basketballvictories.

It was on the cover of a book of matches that Eddie Cameron and Wallace Wadefirst sketched out the plan for Duke’s Indoor Stadium in 1935. The story may be a myth(the matchbook has never been found), but then the Indoor Stadium that emerged fromthose first scribblings lends itself to the propagation of myths.

For 66 years, spectators, players and coaches have understood the unique magicof the Indoor Stadium. The building was dedicated to longtime Duke Athletic Directorand basketball coach Eddie Cameron, a legend in his own right, on January 22, 1972.An unranked Duke team upset then third-ranked North Carolina, 76-74, after RobbyWest drove the length of the court to hit a pull-up jumper to win the game.

It’s the intimacy of the arena, the unique seating arrangement that puts thewildest fans right down on the floor with the players. It’s the legends that were madethere, the feeling of history being made with every game. And it’s something morethan either of these, something indescribable that comes from the building itself.

The Stadium was ready to be opened by the first of the new year in 1940. Thefinal cost: $400,000 (which Duke finished paying after the football team won the SugarBowl in 1945).

Duke’s new Indoor Stadium was officially opened on January 6, 1940. Touringthe building before the evening ceremony and subsequent game, local city officials were“speechless.” Said Chamber of Commerce President Col. Marion B. Fowler, “It is socolossal and so wonderful ... This building will not only be an asset to the universitybut to the entire community as well.” Chamber Secretary Frank Pierson concurred,“There are no superlatives for it.”

The building was dedicated before a crowd of 8,000, the largest ever in the historyof southern basketball. President William P. Few and Dean William H. Wannamakerpresented the Stadium to the University. The Blue Devils beat the visiting PrincetonTigers that night, 36-27.

Renovations to the arena began in 1987. The lobbies and concourse wereremodeled during the summer of 1987. Then, in 1988, work began on the interior of thearena. A new electronic scoreboard, new sound system and decorative wood panelinggave Cameron an updated look, while maintaining the original elegance. The additionof 750 new student seats, increasing Cameron’s capacity to 9,314, gave the CameronCrazies, the Duke students who have made a name for themselves as Duke’sexceptional “sixth man,” a little more room to practice the art of supporting their teamcreatively. In the early 1990s, the time was right to give Cameron an addition with new lockerrooms, coaches’ offices, an academic center and a new Sports Hall of Fame. Severalyears later, ground was broken for the new Schwartz-Butters Athletic Center after theend of the 1997-98 season. That complex now houses the men’s and women’sbasketball programs, as well as Duke’s athletic academic center.

The first part of that expansion and improvement project was the installationof a new floor in Cameron Indoor Stadium after the 1996-97 season. The latest

advancements in floor technology were utilized to give the Blue Devils one ofthe finest playing surfaces in the entire country. Prior to the 1999-2000 season,

a new press row was added. The latest renovation at Cameron is the additionof air conditioning, completed in 2002.

Excerpted from “Home Court - Fifty Years ofCameron Indoor Stadium” by Hazel Landwehr.

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Top Cameron CrowdsOver the last four years, Duke has totaledeight sellouts for the first time in schoolhistory, which was started by the selloutagainst Connecticut on Feb. 1, 2003. Listedbelow are the top 20 home attendancefigures for Duke women’s basketball.

Atten Team Date W/L9,314 North Carolina 2-25-07 W9.314 Maryland 1-13-07 W9,314 North Carolina 1-29-06 L9,314 Tennessee 1-23-06 W9,314 Tennessee 1-24-04 L9,314 North Carolina 1-11-04 W9,314 North Carolina 2-20-03 W9,314 Connecticut 2-1-03 L8,874 N.C. State 3-2-03 W8,572 North Carolina 2-21-99 W8,257 North Carolina 2-26-01 W8,240 North Carolina 2-27-05 L8,144 Georgia Tech 2-7-04 W7,842 N.C. State 1-19-06 W7,534 Florida State 1-26-03 W7,423 Iowa State 12-30-00 W7,214 Florida State 2-6-05 W6,914 Marquette 3-23-04 W^6,904 North Carolina 1-24-02 W6,894 N.C. State 1-30-04 W

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Cameron AttendanceYear G Total Avg.

1. 2003-04 15 93,553 6,2372. 2005-06 13 78,948 6,0733. 2006-07 14 81,921 5,8524. 2002-03 14 78,072 5,5775. 2004-05 14 69, 526 4,9666. 2000-01 15 69,390 4,6267. 2001-02 16 62,698 3,9198. 1998-99 16 48,879 3,0559. 1999-00 18 53,583 2,97810. 1997-98 15 35,359 2,35711. 1995-96 14 27,075 1,93412. 1996-97 13 22,736 1,74913. 1994-95 14 20,754 1,48214. 1993-94 13 9,052 69615. 1992-93 13 6,925 533

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Home Sweet HomeCameron Indoor Stadium celebrates its 68th seasonin 2007-08 as one of the greatest homecourts in all ofcollege basketball.

Cameron has been a friendly home arena for the Dukewomen’s basketball team over the last 32 seasons.The Blue Devils played the first two home games oftheir inaugural campaign, 1975-76, in the gym on EastCampus, but moved over to Cameron for the thirdhome game of that season and have played 412 homecontests there since. The team heads into the 2007-08 campaign with a 312-104 (.750) all-time record athome. The Blue Devils posted a 20-game home ACCwinning streak from 1997-2000.

Year .......... Record ....... Pct.1975-76 ........... 0-6 ....... .0001976-77 ........... 2-5 ....... .2861977-78 ........... 0-9 ....... .0001978-79 ........... 8-3 ....... .7271979-80 ........... 8-3 ....... .7271980-81 ........... 8-3 ....... .7271981-82 ........... 8-5 ....... .6151982-83 ........... 9-3 ....... .7501983-84 ........... 9-5 ....... .6431984-85 ........... 8-3 ....... .7271985-86 ......... 11-2 ....... .8461986-87 ......... 12-3 ....... .8001987-88 ........... 9-4 ....... .6921988-89 ........... 5-8 ....... .3851989-90 ........... 9-3 ....... .7501990-91 ........... 8-6 ....... .5711991-92 ........... 7-7 ....... .5001992-93 ........... 7-6 ....... .5391993-94 ......... 10-3 ....... .7691994-95 ......... 12-2 ....... .8571995-96 ......... 11-3 ....... .7861996-97 ......... 11-2 ....... .8461997-98 ......... 14-1 ....... .9331998-99 ......... 15-1 ....... .9381999-00 ......... 16-2 ....... .8892000-01 ......... 14-1 ....... .9332001-02 ......... 15-1 ....... .9382002-03 ......... 13-1 ....... .9292003-04 ......... 14-1 ....... .9332004-05 ......... 13-1 ........ 9292005-06 ......... 12-1 ....... .9232006-07 ......... 14-0 .....1.000Total ......... 312-104 ....... .750

Year-by-Year inCameron Indoor Stadium

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The $15.2 million Center for Athletic Excellence (CAE) will be a first-classathletics complex designed to inspire, enhance and celebrate Duke University’sextraordinary student-athletes in all 26 intercollegiate sports. The CAE will containthree vital components, all different in their use, but all three providing DukeUniversity’s student-athletes and the entire University community with a superiormental and physical training and preparation facility.

The first area, serving as the gateway to Duke’s athletics campus and facingWallace Wade Stadium will be the Johnson/Campbell Academic Support Center.This key area will serve as the home to over 600 student-athletes and their pursuitof academic excellence. The Support Center will be nearly double the existing spaceto expand tutoring, computer resources, one-on-one counseling and ample teamstudy space.

On the side facing the sparkling new David Rubenstein Center on Duke’s WestCampus will be a large gathering space — the Gil & Ruth Scharf Event Hall. Thisbanquet space for over 300 people will be one of the most unique areas on all ofDuke’s campus.

The centerpiece of the 56,000 square foot Excellence Center will be two full-sizedbasketball courts in the Spike & Mary Yoh Practice Gymnasium to enhance year-round training for Duke’s basketball programs. The gem of the basketball trainingfacility will be the Player Development Wing featuring a world-class weight andconditioning room, and a state-of-the-art team and individual video viewing complex.Additionally, the Wing includes a Legacy Locker Room, an area for Duke’s pastplayers to call home for their offseason training. It will link Duke’s past with the presentin a private access training area to help keep Cameron Indoor Stadium a year roundtourist and visitors destination point as well as keeping the arena open for largeUniversity gatherings, student concerts, as well as intercollegiate volleyball andwrestling competitions.

Gathering space in and around the Center for Excellence is another crucial pieceof the project as the CAE will link Duke’s many athletic facilities — baseball, soccer,tennis, lacrosse, football and basketball — within a short walking distance from oneanother. The Aubrey & Katie McClendon Plaza and Terrace will be a leisure andactivity space highlighted by sitting benches, trees, bushes, and upscale landscap-ing with possible water features.

Construction on the Center began in September 2006 as fundraising for thebuilding continues. The first-class and unparalleled Center is expected to be openin January 2008.

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The home of Duke basketball is the Schwartz/But-ters Athletic Center. The building, which is adjacent toCameron Indoor Stadium, was dedicated on April 15,2000. It is named after Alan D. Schwartz, a former Dukebaseball player and the current executive vice presi-dent of Bear Stearns and Companies, Inc., and TomButters, Duke’s long-time athletics director.

The six-story building overlooks Blue Devil Plaza,an open grassy area that connects several of Duke’sathletic facilities, including Cameron Indoor Stadium,Card Gym, the Wilson Student Recreation Center andthe Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. During basketballseason, Blue Devil Plaza transforms intoKrzyzewskiville, the tent village of hundreds of Dukestudents waiting to get into games at Cameron IndoorStadium.

The Schwartz/Butters Athletic Center is the anchorof the vast athletics complex, housing the Duke SportsHall of Fame in addition to new offices, locker roomsand player lounges for both the men’s and women’s bas-ketball programs. The 5,890 square-foot women’s bas-ketball locker room comes equipped with a Jacuzziand sauna. There are weight/aerobic (1,475 square feet)and training facilities (1,075 square feet) with state-of-the-art equipment for the basketball team.

Additionally, the student-athlete academic center,under the direction of Brad Berndt, associate directorof athletics, is housed on the third floor of the building.The academic floor was financed by a gift from Jack H.Campbell. Both the weight room and academic centerwill be moving to the Center For Athletic Excellence.

The Schwartz/Butters Athletic Center, part of a $75million athletic facilities renovation project at Duke, pro-vides the Blue Devils with one of the finest facilities inall of college basketball. It is tangible evidence of theuniversity’s commitment to providing its student-athleteswith top-notch facilities.

Sonny Falcone serves as Duke’s strength and condition-ing coach. The 51-year-old native of Durham has been on theDuke staff since 1980 and works with all varsity athletes intheir conditioning and strength needs.

Falcone, a 1976 graduate of Duke University with abachelor’s degree in history, lettered three seasons as a de-fensive tackle on the football team.

Working from his office in the Duke football and trainingcomplex, he oversees the Blue Devils’ modern weight trainingcenter. The weight room contains Nautilus, HydraGym, Univer-sal, and over three tons of free weights.

Falcone resides in Durham and has a daughter, Christina(19), who is a sophomore on the Duke volleyball team.

Former Atlantic Coast Conference track champion andAll-America Jeff Howser is in his eighth season as Duke’sspeed and conditioning coach.

A 1971 graduate of Duke, Howser was a six-time ACCchampion with the Blue Devils. Recently named an ACC 50thAnniversary top 50 athlete in indoor track, he went on to earn abronze medal at the 1969 World Championships in the 110-meter high hurdles and was an alternate on the 1968 UnitedStates Olympic Team. Howser ran track on the internationallevel from 1968-82, and was a four-time U.S. Olympic Trialsqualifier and two-time U.S. Olympic Trials finalist.

Howser served previous track and field assistant coach-ing stints at Florida (1971-74), N.C. State (1974-77), Duke (1977-79 & 1989-90) and North Carolina (1979-80).

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Strength & Conditioning Coach28th Year at Duke

Speed & Conditioning CoachEighth Year at Duke

Assistant strength and conditioning coach WilliamStephens is in his 10th season with the Duke athletics pro-gram, including working closely with the basketball team inthe weight room.

The 42-year-old is a native of Elizabethtown, N.C., and a1987 graduate of N.C. Central University with a degree in crimi-nal justice. He is an accomplished weightlifter, as he was athree-time state powerlifting champion from 1991 to 1993. Healso held the state record in the deadlift (661 lbs.) and was agold medal winner at the World Championships for Law En-forcement in 1994.

Stephens also serves as a reserve deputy for the DurhamCounty Sheriff’s Department. He and his son, P.J. (10), re-side in Efland.

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Assistant Strength& Conditioning Coach10th Year at Duke

Led by nationally renowned physicians and certified ath-letic trainers, Duke’s sports medicine program is widely con-sidered one of the best in the nation. In essence, the missionof the sports medicine program at Duke is to combine thelatest innovations and technology in injury recognition, preven-tion, treatment and performance enhancement with an outstand-ing collection of doctors, certified athletic trainers and othersupport personnel to give the Blue Devil student-athlete a qualityexperience while at Duke.

Duke student-athletes have access to some of the topdoctors with vast experience in athletics at the college andprofessional levels, all of whom are affiliated with the DukeSports Medicine Center. Dr. Claude T. Moorman III, formerhead team physician for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, servesas the center’s director and head team physician. A 1987 gradu-ate from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, hereturned to Duke after serving as the Director of Sports Medi-cine at the University of Maryland Medical Center from 1996-2001. Moorman, a Duke football letterman from 1980-82, headsthe Sports Medicine Center staff, which also includes:

• Alison Toth, MD - Director, Duke Women’s Sports MedicineProgram; Assistant Professor of Surgery (Orthopaedics). As-sistant team doctor for the NFL’s New York Giants and theIona College Gaels during the 2000-2001 season. Toth, a NewFairfield, Conn., native, graduated from Yale in 1990, whereshe played varsity basketball. Toth was the 1994 Valedicto-rian of her medical school class. She completed her ortho-paedic surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center in2000, and her Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery fellow-ship at the Hospital for Special Surgery at the Weill CornellMedical Center in New York City in 2001. She is in her seventhyear as Team Physician for Duke Women’s Athletics. The DukeWomen’s Sports Medicine Program is one of the first programsin the country dedicated to the care of active women.

• Debbie Squire, MD - Pediatric Physician in the DukeChildren’s Faculty Practice and attending physician with theDuke Sports Medicine Clinic; In her 30th year at Duke and25th as a team physician for the Duke women’s basketballteam. Squire, a Pittsburgh, Pa., native, graduated fromWheaton (Ill.) College and received her medical degree fromNorthwestern University. She completed her pediatric residencyat Duke University Medical Center, where, during her year aschief resident and two years as Robert Wood Johnson Fellow,she served as a clinical fellow in sports medicine under thedirection of Dr. Frank Bassett III, then team physician for Dukeathletics. She is a founding member and former member ofthe Board of Directors of the American Medical Society ofSports Medicine (AMSSM) and served as President of theAMSSM from 1999- 2000.

• Jeffrey R. Bytomski, DO, FAOASM - Medical Team Physi-cian. Bytomski completed a fellowship at the Duke UniversitySports Medicine Center in 2002. During the fellowship, heworked with the women’s soccer and women’s basketball teams.He was also the medical team physician for North CarolinaCentral University and Carolina Cobras (Arena Football). Nowin his fifth year at Duke, Bytomski is a 1993 graduate of SanDiego State University. He completed his medical training atKirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1998 and familymedicine residency at Phoenix Baptist Hospital.

The Duke athletic training staff is headed by DaveEngelhardt, now in his 26th year at Duke, and SummerMcKeehan, who is the head women’s basketball trainer.

McKeehan, now in her seventh year at Duke, works year-round with the Blue Devil women’s basketball program. Shealso assists with the Duke fencing and cheerleading programs.

A 1998 graduate of Utah State with a degree in Exerciseand Sport Science, McKeehan enters her second year with

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women’s basketball after serving as the trainer for the women’ssoccer and track & field squads at Duke. McKeehan alsoreceived a Master’s in Sports Psychology in 2000 from theUniversity of Utah.

Kerry Mullenix serves as the director of athletic rehabili-tation in the Duke training room. He has a bachelor’s degreewith an emphasis in athletic training from Nebraska in 1993and a master’s degree in physical therapy from the NebraskaMedical Center in 1997. Prior to arriving at Duke in 1998,the Woodbine, Iowa, native worked at Jennie EdmundsonSports Medicine in Iowa and at Healthworks Rehabilita-tion Center.

Other certified athletic trainers on staff who as-sist in the care of Duke student-athletes include HapZarzour (football), Jen McCollum (women’s la-crosse), Joe Ferraro (men’s lacrosse, men’s andwomen’s golf, men’s track & field), Jose Fonseca(men’s basketball, men’s tennis), Andrew Norden(baseball, men’s soccer), Kristi Hall (rowing, wrestling),Nicole Gehrich (volleyball), Nick Potter (physical thera-

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pist) and Jennie Serenelli (field hockey, women’s ten-nis).

Other facets of the sports medicine program includethe very best training meals, monitored by sports nutrition-ist Franca Alphin, access to sports psychologists, andthe ability to utilize the resources of the Duke Sports Medi-cine Center. Those resources include The Duke SportsMedicine Clinic, Michael Krzyzewski Human PerformanceLab (K-Lab) and the Duke Sports Performance Program.Each program brings an important element to the care ofDuke student-athletes.

In the summer of 2002, Duke opened its newest train-ing room in the Yoh Football Center. It is a 5,500 square-foot facility, featuring extensive hydrotherapy system, re-

habilitation and treatment areas. The hydrotherapy area in-cludes a 10 x 20 multidepth rehabilitation pool featuring an

underwater treadmill, an 8 x 8 chiller pool and an 8 x 8 warmwhirlpool. The treatment area is highlighted by modern modali-ties and the latest technological equipment. Duke’s new reha-bilitation equipment ensures constant monitoring and thought-ful progression through every stage of rehabilitation. Anunweighted treadmill and Biodex muscle testing and rehabili-tation equipment are also featured in Duke’s rehabilitation area.

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Consistency. It is the mark of true excellence in any endeavor.However, in today’s intercollegiate athletics, competition has become so

balanced and so competitive that it is virtually impossible to maintain a high levelof consistency.

Yet the Atlantic Coast Conference has defied the odds. Now in its 55thyear of competition, the ACC has long enjoyed the reputation as one of thestrongest and most competitive intercollegiate conferences in the nation. And thatis not mere conjecture, the numbers support it.

Since the league’s inception in 1953, ACC schools have captured 105national championships, including 56 in women’s competition and 49 in men’s.In addition, NCAA individual titles have gone to ACC student-athletes 139 timesin men’s competition and 86 times in women’s action.

Since 1977, when the league adopted women’s basketball and a traditionof excellence was established, the ACC has continued to soar to new heights.The 2005-06 season marked the first time in NCAA history that a conference sentthree teams to the same Final Four. The title game pitted an automatic ACC winneras second-seeded Maryland faced No. 1 seed Duke. The Terrapins claimed theirfirst national title in school history and the league’s second with a thrilling 78-75overtime game at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Mass., on April 4, 2006.

Following the 2006-07 season, Duke became the first ACC team and onlythe 14th in NCAA history to finish a regular season undefeated (29-0), while the34 wins for North Carolina marked the most in program history.

Eight ACC teams earned postseason bids in 2007, including six NCAATournament berths. It also marked the fifth consecutive year the league has sentat least six to the Big Dance. With 67 percent of its membership competing inpostseason play, the ACC boasted the highest league participation in the nation.

Over the years, ACC women’s basketball teams have gained globalrecognition through their television exposure. The 2006-07 schedule featured 54televised games, the most in ACC women’s basketball history. The televisionpackage included 97 television appearances. In addition, the ACC broadcastednine games on ESPN2 and five on Fox Sports Net and affiliates. Thirty match-ups were featured on the league’s regional sports network, which includesComcast SportsNet, Fox Spots Net South, SunSports and New England’sSports Network (NESN).

The league’s women’s basketball programs continue to rank among the bestin the country in terms of the NCAA Tournament, having made 138 appearancesand won 184 games in the last 30 years, 26 of them as a number one seed. Inaddition to sending three teams to the same Final Four for the first time in history,the league boasts such national accomplishments as sending at least one teamto the “Sweet 16” for 19 consecutive years and at least one to the Final Four in11 of the last 19 years. The conference has also made 14 trips to the Final Fourin the last 26 years with three teams finishing second and North Carolina andMaryland capturing National Championships in 1994 and 2006, respectively.

Since the inaugural season of the Women’s National Basketball Associationin 1997, the ACC has been a recognizable presence in the league. Sixty-oneformer ACC stars have played on the hardwood in the WNBA, while five former

players have worked the sidelines as coaches. Three ACC players wereselected in the first round of the 2007 WNBA Draft as the trio was selectedin the first 11 picks of the round. In all, nine league players were selectedin the 2007 WNBA Draft, matching the league’s draftee total of 2006.

In addition, ACC women’s basketball players have earned first teamAcademic All-America honors 10 times, including Virginia’s Val Ackermanin 1981, the former President of the WNBA. In 1997, NC State’s JenniferHoward was tabbed GTE CoSIDA Academic Player of the Year afterposting a flawless 4.0 grade point average throughout her career. Thirteenplayers have earned ACC postgraduate scholarships, while three others

were named NCAA Postgraduate Scholars.

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Academic AccoladesGTE/CoSIDA

Academic All-America1988 - Katie Meier (second team)

1984 - Stacy Hurd (honorable mention)

ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDAAcademic All-District III

1988 - Paula Andersen2005 & 2006 - Jessica Foley

2007 - Abby Waner

Wallace Wade Scholarship1997 - Ali Day

1991 - Sue Harnett

Four-Time ACC Honor Roll Se-lections-- (On the right -- front row, leftto right) Carey Kauffman (1992-95),Naz Medhanie (1996-99), KatieMeier (1986-89), Krista Gingrich(1999-2002) and Alison Bales(2004-07); (back row,left to right) ConnieGoins (1983-86),Ali Day (1993-96), SusanBrandau (1992-95) and JessicaFoley (2003-06).

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1998-99Payton Black

Krista GingrichNaz MedhanieLauren Rice

Georgia Schweitzer

1997-98Payton Black

Shaeeta BrownNaz Medhanie

Michele VanGorp

1996-97Katie Brodnik

Shaeeta BrownWindsor Coggeshall

Jennifer ForteTye Hall

Naz Medhanie

1995-96Shaeeta Brown

Ali DayNaz Medhanie

1994-95Zeki Blanding

Susan BrandauAli Day

Carey KauffmanKristina Meiman

1993-94Susan Brandau

Ali DayValerie Evans

Carey KauffmanKristina MeimanMary Ann Puckett

1992-93Susan Brandau

Ali DayCarey Kauffman

1991-92Susan BrandauValerie Evans

Carey KauffmanMonika Kost

Celeste LavoiePamela McFarland

Heather McKaig

On the ACC Honor Roll

2006-07Alison BalesChante Black

Bridgette MitchellAbby WanerEmily Waner

2005-06Alison BalesJessica FoleyAbby WanerEmily Waner

Mistie Williams

2004-05Alison BalesJessica FoleyCaitlin HoweEmily Waner

2003-04Alison BalesJessica FoleyCaitlin HoweVicki KrapohlKalita Marsh

2002-03Monique CurrieJessica FoleyCaitlin HoweVicki Krapohl

Michele MatyasovskyBrooke Smith

2001-02Krista Gingrich

Michele Matyasovsky

2000-01Krista GingrichVicki Krapohl

Georgia SchweitzerMissy West

1999-00Jennifer ForteKrista Gingrich

Rochelle ParentGeorgia Schweitzer

1990-91Monica Kost

1989-90Susan Harnett

Pamela McFarlandJacki McKissonLeigh MorganTeri Rodgers

1988-89Susan Harnett

Katie MeierLeigh MorganTeri Rodgers

1987-88Paula AndersonDade Fletcher

Katie MeierLeigh MorganTeri Rodgers

1986-87Paula AndersonRita Kalinowski

Katie MeierChris Moreland

Carolyn Sonzogni

1985-86Paula AndersonConnie Goins

Kimberly HunterRita Kalinowski

Katie MeierChris Moreland

Kathryn Radabaugh

1984-85Paula AndersonConnie Goins

1983-84Connie Goins

Jo HarlowMaura Hertzog

Stacy Hurd

1982-83Connie Goins

Jo HarlowStacy Hurd

Margo Walsh

Heather RyanDirector of

Academic Support

Heather Ryan enters her third year onthe Duke University Academic Staff,after serving as the Director of Aca-demic Services for the Tulane AthleticDepartment.

Ryan is a vital resource to the women’sbasketball team at Duke assistingwith coordinating study strategy work-shops, arranging tutor meetings,career counseling, helping with course scheduling, monitor-ing class performance and personal counseling.

A native of Goodland, Ind., Ryan received a degree in SportsMarketing and Management in 1997 from Indiana and thenobtained a Master’s in College Student Personnel with anemphasis in Counseling and Development from Purdue Uni-versity in 2002.

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Duke student-athletes are an integral part of their commu-nity. In addition to hosting several “Meet the Blue Devils” eventson campus, the Department of Athletics community outreachefforts continue with its highly successful reading program enter-ing its 14th year of existence in the Durham Public School Sys-tem. Intended to aid area teachers by providing reading incen-

tives for third and fourth graders in Durham, the programtouches area youth.

Verizon remains the title sponsor of the Readwith the Blue Devils program. Verizon uses theDuke program as a model for other schools and

organizations across the nation.From day one of the program, school visits

by Duke student-athletes have been a major compo-nent. Duke athletes from nearly all 26 sports, including

many women’s basketball players, adopt a school and makeperiodic visits to classrooms, working with the kids on reading andgoal-setting. By pairing male and female athletes to make thevisits, Duke student-athletes provide positive role models for both

boys and girls at elementary schools.For the past five Christmas holidays, mem-

bers of the women’s basketball team have pur-chased gifts for families in need, wrapped thegifts and taken the presents to the families priorto heading home for the holiday. It has providedgifts to those families that need help the most.

Ever since the early 1990s, the women’sbasketball team has visited the Ronald McDonaldHouse of Durham. The team annually cooks ameal for the children and makes many other tripsto visit during the year.

The Blue Devils also conducted the DukeWomen’s Basketball Classic, which benefitted theDurham Ronald McDonald House for 12 years.Prior to running the tournament, Duke set asideone home game during the season from whichproceeds benefitted the Ronald McDonald House.

As a senior in 2005-06, Mistie Williamsstarted a program called “Read For The Cure” inwhich she purchased books and took them to theRonald McDonald House where she would readthem to the children. After she was done reading,Williams would leave the books for them to start alibrary.

Duke’s athletic program ranksamong the finest in the entire na-tion. Duke ranked 11th in the 2007final Directors’ Cup standings, ameasure of a school’s all-aroundathletic success.

Nine Blue Devil teams have cap-tured national championships —men’s basketball in 1991, 1992and 2001, women’s golf in 1999,2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007, andmen’s soccer in 1986.

Duke was very successfulnationally in 2006-07 as 17teams competed in NCAATournament action with threeadvancing to the Final Four.Three Duke squads earned ACCchampionships, bringing its total to41 over the past nine years. Indi-vidually, Duke boasted 40All-America selections and threeNational Players of the Year.

The Blue Devils also dominatedthe league awards, notching 54 All-ACC selections, four Players of theYear and four Coaches of the Year.

Off the playing fields and courts,Duke continued to excel academi-cally. In the 2007 ACC AcademicHonor Roll awarded to student-ath-letes for a GPA of 3.0 or higher,Duke led all schools for the 20thconsecutive year with 394 honor-ees.

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