Gold Rush - November 2018

FOOTBALL’S MATT COLBURN – SINGER/SONGWRITER

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LEADERS Brad Dunwell (men’s soccer) and Jule Grashoff (field hockey) serve as leaders and examples of being studentathlete role models for Deacon squads

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WIN NO. 300: Tony da Luz recorded his 300th career victory as a head coach on Sept. 27 as the Wake Forest women’s soccer team knocked off Boston College 2-1 in overtime for its third win over a top-20 team. Da Luz has averaged more than 10 wins per season in his 27 years as a collegiate head coach.

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// 6 ALL IN THE FAMILY Senior captain Brad Dunwell leads the men’s soccer team on the field, and his parents have become super fans, helping the program in many ways.

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// 12 SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY Jule Grashoff’s decision to travel from Germany to play field hockey for Wake Forest turned out to be the “best decision” she’s ever made, and the Deacon program has benefited in a big way.

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ON THE COVER Brad Dunwell (men’s soccer) and Jule Grashoff (field hockey) are senior leaders of their respective teams, helping both to excellent 2018 seasons.

Many people know about Matt Colburn, a productive senior running back for the Deacon football program, but there’s also Jayburn, the creative singer and songwriter.

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Facilities in spotlight during busy fall Dear Demon Deacons, RON WELLMAN DIRECTOR O F AT H L E T I C S

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As I write this the second week of October, we are in the midst of the busiest time of the year. All of our fall sports are competing, and the basketball teams are preparing for their seasons, which start in just a few weeks. It is a thoroughly enjoyable time to be associated with college sports.

However, this weekend also brings two events that do not produce a winner and loser as all of our competitions do. On Saturday night, we will host close to 35,000 Billy Joel fans for his concert at BB&T Field.

It will undoubtedly be a night to remember for all attendees. With two major concerts being held at BB&T Field the last two years (Guns ‘N Roses last August), we are becoming an attractive venue for

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touring artists. We will continue to pursue entertaining and diverse events at all of our venues as we envision our athletic facilities being a destination for not only our fans but concert goers and others as well. We have excellent facilities that our entire region, and beyond, should use and enjoy.

Speaking of excellent facilities, we will dedicate the Chris Hurd Player Development Center this weekend.

The center is part of the David Couch Ballpark and is located behind the third-base dugout.

The first phase opened last year providing a team locker room, team lounge, team nutrition and kitchen area, team equipment room, the Keener Horn Training Room, coaches locker room and a pitching lab attached to the

new home bullpen.

The latest phase will provide a team auditorium, team video room, Hall of Legends, coaching offices and conference room, a biomechanist office, expanded concessions area and new restrooms. The addition of the Chris Hurd Player Development Center is another significant step in making the David Couch Ballpark a premier college baseball complex that will undoubtedly attract the very best prospects to Wake Forest and allow our coaches to develop them into one of the top programs in the country.

Enjoy this busy season…see you at the games!

Go Deacs!

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FAMILY AFFAIR BRAD DUNWELL’S PARENTS PLAY BIG ROLE WHILE THEIR SON SERVES AS CAPTAIN AND MIDFIELDER OF A TEAM THAT HAS SPENT MOST OF THE SEASON RANKED NO. 1 IN THE COUNTRY

By John Dell

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t’s probably a toss-up as to who is going to miss Wake Forest more, senior midfielder Brad Dunwell or his parents.

For the Dunwell family, the Wake Forest soccer program has become their hobby the last four years even though the family home is in Grand Rapids, Mich. Instead of watching from afar, the Dunwells turned into super fans for the program, and Brad has loved every minute of it.

“It’s got to be me,” Dunwell says when asked about who will miss Wake Forest more next year.

Dunwell, along with Logan Gdula and Sammy Raben, have been part of Coach Bobby Muuss’ program all four seasons since Muuss' arrival. And they have been part of a very successful run that hopes to continue until December in the NCAA Tournament.

“What an incredible soccer career he’s had, no matter what happens the rest of the year,” Muuss says about Dunwell, who has started every game during his four seasons.

When Dunwell committed to the Deacons it was to play for Jay Vidovich, but Vidovich left to coach at the pro level. Dunwell kept his

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commitment, however, and arrived a semester early after graduating from high school, about two weeks before Muuss arrived.

“I visited here and I just fell in love with the school, particularly with the soccer program,” Dunwell says. “I committed under Jay but Bobby really took us to another level, and it’s been a great ride.”

Dunwell’s play in the midfield has been instrumental in Muuss’ style of play, which puts a premium on passing. Despite losing seven players to the MLS after last season, the Deacons haven’t missed a beat and have spent most of the season ranked No. 1 in the country.

Muuss loves the way Dunwell has performed on the field and in the classroom. There’s a reason Dunwell was a team captain this season.

“We’ve had a lot of great players go through here but to have guys like Brad go all four years, do well in the classroom and be a model citizen has been great to watch,” Muuss says about Dunwell, who is a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award given to one senior in the country who has had success on the field, in the community and in the classroom while showing great character.

“He’s an unbelievable human being,” Muuss says about Dunwell.

BRAD DUNWELL POSITION: Midfielder HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 165 CLASS: Senior HOMETOWN: Grand Rapids, Mich.

COACH BOBBY MUUSS ON DUNWELL: “We’ve had a lot of great players go through here but to have guys like Brad go all four years, do well in the classroom and be a model citizen has been great to watch.”

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Brad Dunwell’s outstanding Wake Forest soccer career has been shared closely with his parents, Jay (left) and Amy (right).

Muuss also praises Amy and Jay Dunwell, who have been as much a part of the program as their son. Jay has been the unofficial team photographer on the sidelines for close to 70 of Brad’s games so far.

Amy has helped organize tailgate parties for “The Congregation,” a fan-based group that invades Walt Chyzowych’s Alumni Hill for all home games at Spry Stadium. Members of the group also get to road games, which Amy helps organize through social media.

“It’s great having season-ticket holders come to tailgates, visiting their new puppies, developing family relationships with 'The

team and community,” Amy says. “I feel a real sense of family from the people we have been surrounded by while attending all the games. We feel extremely blessed to have been able to experience these special four years with our son with so many of our friends and family visiting.”

On several of the trips to and from Winston-Salem, the Dunwells also brought their dog, Bella, who roams the hill during home games.

For Jay Dunwell, getting close to the action thanks to his camera skills has been a great service for all the Deacon players’ parents. He

“IT’S GREAT HAVING SEASON-TICKET HOLDERS COME TO TAILGATES, VISITING THEIR NEW PUPPIES, DEVELOPING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS WITH 'THE CONGREGATION' AND DOING ANYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE PLAYERS AND COACHES.” – AMY DUNWELL Congregation' and doing anything we can to support the players and coaches,” says Amy, who is chief financial officer of a technology company that allows her to work remotely.

She says getting involved in the Winston-Salem community over the last four years is something she won’t soon forget.

“My greatest takeaway from watching Brad at Wake Forest the past four years has been developing a true connection to the players,

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usually sends a gallery of pictures after each game to all the players, coaches and parents.

“It’s been such a great ride, and we’ve loved every minute of it,” says Jay, the owner and president of Wolverine Coil Spring Company. “I’m not sure what we are going to do with all our extra time next fall.”

“They’ve been incredible,” Muuss says about Dunwell’s parents.

“The way Jay has taken so many pictures of all the guys and gets

them to the parents who can’t make the with the back line and the front line, that’s games has been tremendous. And I told Jay what he does best.” and Amy I don’t know what we are going to When the Deacons lost the 2016 national do without them next year because they do championship in a penalty-kick shootout so much for our program. with Stanford, Dunwell missed on his PK “The entire Dunwell family has been a big attempt. That moment in his sophomore part of our success these last four years.” season has been driving him to get back to Brad’s teammates have come to the College Cup. appreciate his and his family’s contributions “That’s something I’ve used as motivation,” to the program as well.

Dunwell says while adding that he didn’t stay Junior Bruno Lapa, who is having his down for long. “I’d much rather remember all Bella has been a favorite career-best season for the Deacons, says the highlights from that season so that was of Deacon soccer fans Dunwell sets a great example. just part of my four years here.” throughout Dunwell’s career.

“Brad’s an amazing guy both on and There are so many highlights to off the field,” Lapa says. “When I was Dunwell’s career including ACC a freshman he really helped me in my championships and division titles. Since he development. He’s a guy that I’ve always looked up to.” has started every game at Wake Forest since his freshman season the Lapa says Dunwell, who sports a 3.2 grade point average, has never Deacons are an incredible 69-9-7 (through Oct. 16). cut corners in the classroom or on the field.

“I think what I’ll miss the most is the family feel the team shows “He works harder than anybody and takes his soccer seriously,” all the time,” Dunwell says. “From guys who have gone off and played Lapa says. in the pros and how they come back and are so welcomed. It’s never Lapa is also going to miss Dunwell’s parents. going to be the same as when you come in with a class, and grow “It’s awesome on the away trips when Brad’s mom has food for together, and the experience here at Spry for four years is something us either before the games or sometimes afterwards,” Lapa says. “I you don’t get anywhere else.” don’t know what we are going to do next year, but Brad’s parents have Dunwell admits he probably doesn’t look at all the pictures his given us such great support through the years. We’re fortunate to father has shot through four seasons but one day he will. have them on our side.”

“I’ll look back at all those pictures years from now,” he says, “and Muuss says Wake Forest has been fortunate, too, to have Dunwell’s onthey will be great memories.” the-field leadership this year and in past years as he controls the midfield.

John Dell has covered Wake Forest's men's soccer team for the “It’s his ability to connect the game from the midfield,” Muuss Winston-Salem Journal for the last 18 years, which includes the says. “He wins second balls and travels well with it, and connecting Deacons’ national championship in 2007.

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FIELD HOCKEY

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CHOICE GERMANY’S JULE GRASHOFF MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO TRAVEL MANY MILES FROM HOME TO PURSUE HER DREAMS AT WAKE FOREST. FOUR YEARS LATER, SHE IS GLAD THAT SHE DID

By Kyle Tatich

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ule Grashoff began playing field hockey at the age of 4, when her family joined a local club in her native country of Germany. Learning the sport in a part of the world that primarily focused on the technical aspects of the game, Grashoff developed a true passion for hockey, a love that she demonstrated daily by taking an hour drive from her home in Bremen to the neighboring city of Hamburg to compete with a larger club.

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Once Grashoff became a high school student, rising in the ranks as a field hockey player, the Bremen native needed to consider the options for her future. Would she follow the familiar journey taken by many of her teammates and peers by taking university classes in Hamburg while joining a more competitive club in the Bundesliga (Germany’s premier field hockey league)?

Or would she choose a path of her own, one that could take her across the Atlantic Ocean to become a student-athlete in the United States?

Grashoff decided she would consider playing at an American university, but only if it felt like the best fit athletically, academically and socially.

“I remember Wake Forest was the first school to FaceTime with me,” Grashoff says in recalling her recruiting process that attracted the attention of 15 different programs.

“The coaches at Wake Forest were the only ones who didn’t ask about my hockey abilities, but rather asked about my other

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JULE* GRASHOFF HEIGHT: 5-6 CLASS: Senior MAJOR: Finance HOMETOWN: Breman, Germany COACH JEN AVERILL ON GRASHOFF: “She’s like that Randolph Childress type -- ‘give me the ball, I want to determine the outcome of the game.’” (*pronounced YOO-lah)

interests and about who I was as a person. For example, I remember Jen (Averill, Wake Forest head coach) asked me if I liked skiing, which I really enjoy.

“I ended up coming here because the coaches talked to me as a person and not as a player.”

Although Wake Forest checked all the boxes, Grashoff promised herself that if after one year of competing in the United States she

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was not happy, she would return home and follow the more familiar road of competing for a club in Germany.

Grashoff arrived in Winston-Salem for her freshman year in 2015, anxious to begin her season and become acquainted with her new home.

“I was just 17 when I first came to Winston-Salem,” she says.

“My English wasn’t very good, and I was shy. The first semester was pretty rough, but the team made it a lot easier.”

What also aided Grashoff’s transition was the fact that she was finding quick success, both on the field and in the classroom.

At season’s end, she had scored the most goals of any Demon Deacon during the 2015 campaign and was selected to the All-ACC Academic Team. The accolades were surprising to her but they were not shocking in any way to Averill, who said that she knew exactly what her program was getting with the Bremen product.

“She has no doubt performed to our expectations,” Averill says in reflecting on Grashoff’s success as a Deacon since her arrival. “She’s super crafty, she’s unique in her style, her flair and her competitiveness.

“We could win and she doesn’t play well, and she’s going to be hard on herself. We could lose, and she’ll take responsibility for the loss.

“She’s like that Randolph Childress type -- ‘give me the ball, I want to determine the outcome of the game.’”

Now in her senior season, Grashoff is trying to make the most of the opportunities she has left.

As a finance major, she has succeeded in pursuing the academic interest of her choice – one that combines her love of mathematics and economic concepts.

She also is enjoying creating new memories off the field with her teammates, who she considers her best friends on campus. A trip to Bremen with some of them in December is even in the works.

On the field, though, Grashoff feels as though there is more to accomplish in her illustrious career, even after recently scoring a career-high four goals in a win over Appalachian State.

“I want to be a champion with my team,” Grashoff says of her perspective on the rest of her senior season. “The rankings might not show that we are a top team, but we can definitely be a top team, and we have time. I want to win ACCs or NCAAs.” In her four years at Wake Forest, her teams have had great success in many ways, defeating some of the top-ranked programs in the country, but managing just one tournament victory in the highly competitive ACC Tournament and postseason NCAA play. Grashoff believes this year is different and that her team is due to make a run in at least one of those tournaments.

And if the Deacs were to make a run, Averill knows that her senior leader is the one who will assume the responsibility to make it a reality.

“Jule is a kid who wants to take ownership of the game and put the team on her back,” Averill says. “She’s not a vocal leader but one who leads by example and by her effort and by her actions on the field.”

As Grashoff prepares for the final weeks of her career, the program around her will inevitably take many moments to appreciate just how much she has meant to the team. In the same moment, Grashoff will reflect on an incredible career, one that might continue back in Europe but will sadly come to a close here in the United States.

“Coming to Wake Forest was the best decision I ever made,” she says. “I could have easily stayed in Hamburg, but I just love this place so much. Jen has been a second mom to me here, and my teammates have been my family.”

With reciprocal sentiments, Averill cannot help but reflect on the career of the player she has nicknamed, “Squid.”

“I have to make sure that I really appreciate and value every minute of each game we have left together,” Averill says, “because I know how much I’m going to miss her.”

Kyle Tatich is a 2018 Wake Forest graduate and former sports editor of the “Old Gold & Black” newspaper. Currently serving as a Wake Forest Fellow in the Athletic Department, he has also contributed feature stories to this season’s Demon Deacon Football Game Program.

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MATT COLBURN POSITION: Running back HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 200 CLASS: Senior MAJOR: Communication HOMETOWN: Irmo, S.C. FAVORITE FOOD: Chicken FAVORITE ATHLETE: Michael Vick FAVORITE WAKE FOREST MOMENT: Wake Forest's 55-52 victory over Texas A&M in the 2017 Belk Bowl

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DUAL

PERSONAS SENIOR RUNNING BACK MATT COLBURN PURSUES EXCELLENCE IN FOOTBALL AND MUSIC

By Sam Walker

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enior Matt Colburn II lives a reality of dual personas. There’s Colburn, who is known as one of Wake Forest’s all-time most productive running backs, and there’s Jayburn, the creative singer and songwriter. Football and music have been lifelong passions, and he fully intends to take both of them as far as he can.

Music was an obvious passion long before football for Colburn.

He said his mother told him he would he sing in his car seat on road trips, and he hasn’t stopped since. In elementary school, he sang in the chorus, sang at church, was in honors chorus in middle school and part of an audition-only district choir. As he got older, he started branching out to develop his own solo sound.

“When I was 15, I started recording with Millz Davis, a friend I had known since elementary school who lived in my neighborhood, and we started recording in his garage,” he said.

“By our junior or senior year, he had a recording studio in his backyard in a converted shed. All we needed was a mike and some computer recording programs.”

The summer before his sophomore year, Colburn recorded an EP with a friend named T-lo on a mixtape platform called Spinrilla, a popular music app for iOS and Android that claims to be the number one mobile mixtape app in the world.

“People listened to it, and we got some good feedback,” he said.

While Colburn was emerging as a serious artist, he was also producing on the football field. He was named South Carolina’s Mr. Football in 2014 and MVP of the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, a year after he was named South Carolina’s Player of the Year.

Colburn set school records at Dutch Fork High School for single-season rushing yards and touchdowns in a career, and it was his ability on the football field that eventually got him to Wake Forest on a football scholarship.

Once he arrived on campus, Colburn befriended fellow student Nick Gerace, well-known as a DJ at Wake Forest who says he worked nights and into the early morning hours sometimes five times a week.

“I was Wake’s basketball DJ, and sort of the go-to DJ for all of the parties for sports teams and sororities and those kinds of events,” Gerace said. “Once I started thinking I wanted to focus on my studies more and start doing executive production – what I call oversight of an artist through the final release of a song – Matt caught wind that I was transitioning to a production role. I think we had always admired each other from a distance. I’m a football fan, and I heard he sang at some student open-mike events. Then we met up one day, and it kind of kicked off like magic.

“The kind of passion he has to do both (music and football), it’s like one doesn’t sacrifice anything to the other. He almost uses the music to empower himself and his running abilities in football and uses his football to empower his music. It’s a really cool dynamic.

Now that I’ve sort of retired as a DJ, I really enjoy my time with Matt. We have a mutual trust, and when he’s busy during football season, we wait to put out music until we’re sure it’s good.”

Gerace transformed his dorm room into a high-quality amateur recording studio complete with padded walls and a free-standing microphone. That’s the workspace where Gerace and Colburn create.

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“We clicked and I quickly saw he knew a thing or two about producing music, and we released a song called 'No Pressure,'” Colburn said. “That’s probably the most popular that people who know my music recognize under the name Jayburn.”

Jayburn’s music can be found on iTunes and Spotify. There are also tracks uploaded to his Soundcloud channel under the name “Jayburn_II,” On several occasions, he has granted rights to the broadcast network televising a Wake Forest game for his musical work to be used during segues. Chances are you’ve heard Jayburn’s music if you watched a Wake Forest football game on TV. He wrote and recorded two songs this past May, but once football season begins, the focus is all on football.

“When I’m home or in the room, I look at the lyrics I’ve written and feel the beat and play the song and sing it out loud,” Colburn said. “It’s therapeutic during the season. Even if I can’t record then, I have GarageBand on my phone and can record and edit certain things.”

Colburn has led Wake Forest in rushing in each of the past two years. In 2017, he became the first Deacon with four 100yard rushing games in a season – he has seven in his career – since Chris Barclay in 2005.

With his first carry of the game against Rice, Colburn became the 12th Deacon player to surpass 2,000 career rushing yards.

“That’s pretty cool, but all the credit goes to the offensive line,” Colburn said. “I don’t really focus myself on stats but doing the best I can when I have the ball. But when something like that happens, it’s pretty encouraging.”

Colburn carried the load for Wake Forest a season ago after injuries depleted the Deacons’ core of running backs.

His moment to be the guy also came at a time of intense introspection as Colburn was pondering the challenges of being a football player at Wake Forest.

“Last year it was awesome, and I enjoyed the challenge and opportunity,” Colburn said. “It was a step for me to take in elevating my game. I didn’t try to do anything out of the ordinary.

I had been frustrated a few weeks earlier, and I wasn’t sure how the rest of the season was going to go for me after the Georgia Tech game (where he carried the ball once for three yards). I really didn’t know what the future held, and I cried out to my Lord and prayed as hard as anyone could pray.

“Then I got my opportunity at Louisville, and I just kind of ran away with it. I mean, one week I was a third-string back, and then I’m the guy and capping off the season and win with a walk-off touchdown against Texas A&M. It was just a crazy sequence of events, but it taught me a lot about complacency and being honed in, and showing humility at all times because you never know how your time on the field can change.”

Colburn, the only healthy Deacon running back in the second half of last year’s game against Louisville, rolled up 134 yards and carried the ball on 10 straight plays on a key drive to help Wake Forest salt away a 42-34 victory. He then romped to a careerhigh 237 rushing yards and had two touchdowns as the Deacons became bowl-eligible with a come-from-behind 64-43 victory at Syracuse.

Colburn capped off the 2017 season by setting a Wake Forest bowl record with 150 yards rushing and scoring the go-ahead

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touchdown with just over two minutes left in the 55-52 victory over Texas A&M in the Belk Bowl.

“Matt’s a guy who has played a lot of football, seen a lot of things and played a lot of games by himself last year,” said junior running back Cade Carney. “He’s one of those guys who can adapt, is always ready to play and has a lot of energy. He’s a great leader as a senior. Last year he had a great second half of the season, and he’s a guy who can handle that kind of workload for us. But this year, when you have multiple guys who can come in and give you a chance to catch your breath, you can come in and knock it in with fresh legs.”

Colburn's personas are in some ways contradictory in that football is a physical endeavor, and music is a highly creative one.

Together they complete Colburn into somebody who uses his unique skills to enrich his life and inspire others. It’s a unique existence to move from Colburn, the shifty and bruising running back, to Jayburn, the musical artist. But they’re reciprocal personas, each with their own fulfilling benefits.

“Football and music are my number one passions, and football is going to end someday,” Colburn said. “But music is different and something I do in my downtime. It’s something I’ve fantasized about doing professionally or at a serious level.

Of course, I’m going to take football as far as it can go. The NFL is my ultimate goal, and when the times comes I’ll chase that 100 miles an hour. But I’m always going to have music in my back pocket.”

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BASKETBALL

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2018-19 BASKET MEN'S OUTLOOK KEY RETURNEES: Brandon Childress, Chaundee Brown,

DANNY MANNING

Olivier Sarr KEY LOSSES: Bryant Crawford, Doral Moore, Keyshawn Woods

HEAD COACH

TOP NEWCOMERS: Jaylen Hoard, Isaiah Mucius,

RECORD AT WAKE FOREST: 54-73

OUTLOOK: A new-look Demon Deacon squad will feature an

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YEARS AT WAKE FOREST: 4

athletic and talented roster in 2018-19. The veterans from last season are joined by some key graduate transfers and one of the highest-ranked recruiting classes in the ACC. This young squad of Deacs has the potential to surprise the experts this season.

OVERALL RECORD: 92-102 YEARS AS HEAD COACH: 6

2018-19 WAKE FOREST MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE DATE

OPPONENT

NOVEMBER 2 (Fri.) BELMONT ABBEY (exh.)

10 (Sat.) NORTH CAROLINA A&T 15 (Thur.)

Saint Joseph’s* 16 (Fri.) UCF/Cal State Fullerton* 18 (Sun.) West Virginia/Monmouth/ Western Kentucky/ Valparaiso* 23 (Fri.) HOUSTON BAPTIST 27 (Tues.)

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17 (Mon.) 22 (Sat.) 29 (Sat.)

at Richmond CHARLOTTE DAVIDSON at Tennessee GARDNER-WEBB

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SYRACUSE at Duke FLORIDA STATE

HOME 12:00 (6) Durham, N.C. 7:00 (5) HOME 12:00 (6) *Myrtle Beach Invitational (1) ESPNU | (2) NBCSN | (3) ESPN2 | (4) RSN (5) ESPN or ESPN2 / (6) Raycom / (7) ESPN2 or ESPNU

Brandon Childress JANUARY 2 (Wed.) 5 (Sat.) 8 (Tues.)

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HOME 7:00 Atlanta, Ga. 2:00 (4) HOME 7:00 (5) Coral Gables, Fla. 2:00 (4) HOME 8:00 (6) Blacksburg, Va. 4:00 (4) Charlottesville, Va. 9:00 (4) HOME 4:00 (4) HOME 8:00 (6)

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TBALL PREVIEW WOMEN'S OUTLOOK KEY RETURNEES: Elisa Penna, Alex Sharp, Tyra Whitehead

JEN HOOVER

KEY LOSSES: Amber Campbell TOP NEWCOMERS: Kaylen Dickson, Christina Morra,

HEAD COACH

Lindsey Jarosinski

RECORD AT WAKE FOREST: 88-104 YEARS AT WAKE FOREST: 7 OVERALL RECORD: 108-117 YEARS AS HEAD COACH: 8

OUTLOOK: The Demon Deacons return a veteran squad for the

2018-19 season, led by senior Elisa Penna, who averaged 15.8 points per game a year ago and was named All-ACC Second Team. The versatile Alex Sharp, a junior guard, averaged 10.5 points per game, led the team in rebounds (8.4 rpg) and had 94 assists. The team suffered a blow when senior Ariel Stephenson was lost for the season after undergoing shoulder surgery.

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TOWSON MERCER RICHMOND at VCU XAVIER at East Carolina INDIANA*

HOME HOME HOME Richmond, Va. HOME Greenville, N.C. HOME

7:00 7:00 1:00 6:00 7:00 2:00 7:00

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HOME Charlotte, N.C. HOME HOME

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South Carolina State** Myrtle Beach, S.C. NORFOLK STATE HOME

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MIAMI BOSTON COLLEGE at Notre Dame at North Carolina LOUISVILLE at Duke at Virginia NC STATE

HOME 1:00 HOME 7:00 (RSN) Notre Dame, Ind. 1:00 Chapel Hill, N.C. 7:00 (RSN) HOME 1:00 Durham, N.C. 7:00 Charlottesville, Va. 3:00 (RSN) HOME 7:00

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Blacksburg, Va. 2:00 *ACC/Big Ten Challenge **Myrtle Beach Invitational

8:30 1:00

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Bowl Memories

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During the off week between games with Clemson and Florida State, I took the time to inventory my last 22 seasons calling Wake Forest football on the radio. A lot has happened in those two-plus decades.

Wins, losses, games decided by overtime. Bowl games. And one special season when the Demon Deacons played for a championship.

These days, other than every ACC team’s quest to get to the conference title game – it’s all about the bowls. If you make a bowl game, you’ve had a pretty good season. Better than most.

If you win a bowl game, of course, that’s even better.

And depending on what bowl a team is in… Well, you get the idea.

If Dave Clawson and the Deacons can find a way to win a bowl game to end the 2018 season, they will be where no Demon Deacon team has ever been. Back-to-back appearances in the Military Bowl and the Belk Bowl have the Deacs poised to make history.

If the Deacons could win a third consecutive bowl game…

Well…

So as I sit in the rain of what is left of Hurricane Michael, I think about the eight special seasons I have been a part of what ended with Wake playing a postseason game and what, specifically, about the game stands out these years later.

We begin in Hawaii. I could stop right there, right? It was the end of the 1999 season under Coach Jim Caldwell. Wake had to beat nationally ranked Georgia Tech and get some help to go bowling, and all of the stars aligned. The Deacs pounded Arizona State 23-3. Coach’s son Jimmy Caldwell scored the game’s first touchdown, and the Deacs were never challenged.

Also notable was the fact that the basketball Deacs were basically in the air on their way

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to Hawaii to play several games, and I got to stay over and call those games, too. Yeah, I know.

But I did take one for the team and was on the last plane off the island on New Year’s Eve before the changeover to 2000.

But, alas, I survived.

In 2002, Wake played in its first bowl game under Coach Jim Grobe when the Deacs faced off with Oregon in the Seattle Bowl. James MacPherson was a beast against the Ducks, and the Deacons dominated 38-17.

Noteworthy for the Cottens was the fact we had two young children on the trip with us that included Christmas Day 3,000 miles from home. Like some others, we toted gifts all the way there for the kids to open and then all the way home after the win. That was a unique Christmas for sure.

Four seasons after that was, you know, the Orange Bowl.

Wow. Yeah, Wake Forest lost the game, but the Deacons represented the ACC after winning their first conference title in almost 40 years. Add to it Arnold Palmer and Muhammed Ali were there representing their schools, Wake Forest and Louisville.

Again, wow.

The next season saw Wake advance to the Meineke Car Care Bowl down in Charlotte.

The Deacs spotted UConn 10 points but scored the next 24 to win going away for Queen City native Kenny Moore, who had 112 yards receiving. And icing for me was a halftime visit from boxing champion George Foreman. He was a kind man, and I have the photo of us together. Somewhere.

The 2008 season meant a third straight bowl game, this one in D.C. and a second chance at Navy. I remember our broadcast location was so bad we had zero depth perception and had to do a lot of guessing with regard

to whether or not the teams, especially Navy running its option, were gaining or losing yards. I withheld our rights fee check, and we negotiated a much lower rate. Ben Sutton has never loved me more.

Riley Skinner made up for five turnovers from the regular season meeting with the Midshipmen and was literally perfect for the day, 11-for-11 passing in the win. Alphonso Smith had his 21st career interception, still an ACC standard today.

The 2011 Music City Bowl was terrible. Wake lost to Mississippi State (my dad’s alma mater). My girls got sick at the Opryland Hotel. And those awful cowbells.

But the Military Bowl in 2016 was much better! It was the first postseason game under Coach Dave Clawson. The Deacs beat a conference champion and a ranked Temple team for the victory. It was Wake’s first winning season since 2008, and forward steps were taken both on the field and in the booth.

Things were looking up!

And then last year’s Belk Bowl in Charlotte. The Deacons stood toe to toe with a college football blueblood, and the Aggies blinked. The Deacons capped off the most productive offensive season in history, won eight games and set the bowling lanes for 2018.

Which brings us back to the present. As I write, the Deacs are 3-3, the rain is pounding, and the wind is howling. After the Clemson game, folks will have their doubts as to how far this team can go.

The schedule isn’t easy.

There are injuries to overcome.

But the sun always comes after the rain. And one day soon, Wake will win that third consecutive bowl game. It’ll happen. Will it be in 2018? I don’t know, but…

It will happen.

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Sustaining Excellence Through Program Endowments

BA R RY FA I R C L O T H SENIOR A S S O C I AT E AT H L E T I C DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT

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As we continue striving to provide the best possible experience for our student-athletes, we have worked to invest in the resources that will help them perform their best academically and athletically. Between facilities, academic support, nutrition, sports medicine and leadership training, among others, we have focused on a variety of initiatives over the past few years.

On top of the aforementioned areas, however, we have also been working on the long-term goal of fully endowing the Athletic Department by 2040, requiring a total investment of approximately $640 million. While athletic scholarship funds continue to be a vital need, as they allow us to provide our incredible student-athletes with the ability to compete as Demon Deacons and earn a world-class Wake Forest degree, there are additional opportunities to make a lasting impact.

Beyond scholarships, supporting a program endowment can truly change the landscape of Wake Forest Athletics moving forward, allowing us to sustain excellence across the board and ensure a bright future for each of our programs. In many cases, standard operating budgets don’t allow coaches to accomplish all that they would like to, as they carefully allocate and put every dollar to use. By making a gift to a program endowment, however, you are making it possible for Demon Deacon coaches to meet the individual and unique needs of their respective programs.

Whether it’s enhancing travel opportunities, expanding recruiting efforts, contributing to cutting-edge technology upgrades, securing coaching continuity or improving nutrition, there

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are countless ways in which program endowments allow our teams to excel.

In the summer of 2016, an initial multimilliondollar investment was made in support of a program endowment for the men’s tennis team. When multiple families and alumni got together with some of our staff members to discuss how they could make a difference, it was determined that creating a program endowment would be the ultimate gamechanger. Fast forward to 2018 — taking into account that many supporters of the program continue to contribute to the Men’s Tennis Endowment Fund — and the team captured the ITA National Team Indoor Championship and the NCAA Championship, while Petros Chrysochos claimed the NCAA Singles Championship in an all Wake Forest finale.

Seeing first-hand the impact this program endowment has had on men’s tennis has been truly incredible, leading us to work toward establishing and building up a similar fund for each Demon Deacon athletic program. Our starting goal for these budget-enhancing endowments is to raise $5-plus million for each Olympic sport’s fund and $10-plus million for the football and basketball funds.

Once these funds start producing transformative amounts annually, the additional flexibility enables our programs to stay on top of the constantly evolving world of college athletics. If you would like to learn more about how you can support a program endowment for your favorite Wake Forest team, please contact Mike Piscetelli with the Deacon Club by calling (336) 758-3647 or emailing piscetmf@wfu.edu.

Go Deacs!

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BASKETBALL BEST DARN PACKAGE NOW AVAILABLE The Best Darn Package is back again this year and is available starting at $165. The package includes five premium ACC matchups at the Coliseum: Duke on Tuesday, Jan. 8; NC State on Tuesday, Jan. 15; Louisville on Wednesday, Jan. 30; UNC on Saturday, Feb. 16; and Syracuse on Saturday, March 2. Packages are only available while supplies last, so contact Wake Forest Athletics at (336) 758-3322 ext. 1 to purchase today.

Keep up with the Deacon Club on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

For the latest news and information from the Deacon Club and to connect with other members, be sure to find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram! @WFUDeaconClub Facebook.com/DeaconClub @WFUDeaconClub | @DeacOnTheRun @BarryFaircloth

CLEAR BAG POLICY AT BB&T FIELD AND THE LJVM COLISEUM As a reminder, Wake Forest has instituted a clear bag policy for all events held at BB&T Field and the LJVM Coliseum. Fans should utilize clear bags that do not exceed 12" in height by 6" in depth by 12" in width. A one-gallon clear plastic bag, such as a Ziploc bag, is acceptable. Small clutch bags — 4.5" by 6.5" or approximately the size of a hand — will also be permitted. For more information, please visit WakeForestSports.com.

IS WAKE FOREST ATHLETICS IN YOUR WILL? Planned giving ties your legacy with the future of Wake Forest Athletics. To learn more about the many ways you can support Wake Forest Athletics through planned giving, please contact Paul Kennedy at (336) 758-3875 or kennedpj@wfu.edu.

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Former NFL official Jeff Triplette makes right call in coming to WFU

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wo of Jeff Triplette’s (’73) greatest passions in life are sports and business.

Fortunate enough to combine his love of athletics and his business skillset into daily life, he has thoroughly embraced the collision of these two worlds.

An athlete himself, Triplette grew up in Granite Falls, N.C., playing football and basketball, in addition to participating in track & field as a high jumper. While he competed athletically throughout his high school career, Triplette also had the opportunity to partake in programs geared towards his interest in business and leadership.

It was through one of these programs — Boys State — that he was first introduced to Wake Forest University.

Triplette’s participation in the Boys State program enabled him to spend a week on the Wake Forest campus between his junior and senior years in high school, opening his eyes to all the university had to offer. “I fell in love with the small campus and the community atmosphere,” he reminisced.

Despite all of his siblings attending Lenoir-Rhyne University, Triplette was set on creating his own path and ultimately decided that Wake Forest was the perfect fit. After being accepted, he officially set foot on campus and began his freshman year in the fall of 1969.

Although he didn’t compete in varsity collegiate athletics, Triplette maintained his connection by playing intramurals with friends and classmates. On top of that, however, he began officiating local youth and high school football, basketball and baseball games. While he was originally introduced to officiating during his high school days, it wasn’t until college that he began doing so in an official capacity.

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and help Triplette pay for his degree.

Between majoring in economics, being part of the professional business fraternity (Delta Sigma Pi), working as an official and playing intramural sports, Triplette possessed a jam-packed schedule. Undeterred, however, he still made time to attend as many athletic events as possible in an effort to cheer on the Demon Deacons and show his support.

Carrying on with his many commitments and obligations, Triplette proceeded to join the U.S. Army National Guard during his time as a student in 1970 and went on to attend Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Ft. Benning, Ga., during the summer of 1972. Upon graduation, Triplette began working for Duke Energy Corporation where he spent 32 years and served in a number of

senior leadership roles prior to assuming the role of President and COO in 2007 for FNC, Inc., a leading mortgage technology company.

In 2010, he founded Triplette Advisors LLC, a consulting group focused on companies in need of reorganization/refocusing and/or restructuring to achieve profitability and corporate objectives. Throughout this time, he also remained a member of the U.S. Army National Guard, rising to the rank of Colonel throughout his 30-plus years of service and earning the Bronze Star during the First Gulf War. Even while spending so much time focusing on his career, athletics remained a constant in Triplette’s life. He kept up with all things Wake Forest Athletics while maintaining his role as an official. Over the years, Triplette’s love of officiating continued to grow, and he worked

his way up to the collegiate level where he chose to focus solely on football and was ultimately called up to the NFL in 1996 as a field judge. He moved to the referee and crew chief position in 1999 and was selected for a postseason on-field or alternate assignment every year over his 22-year NFL officiating career.

As a Wake Forest alumnus and avid sports fan, Triplette has been a longtime supporter of the Deacon Club. In fact, he began giving back shortly after graduating. “I loved the athletic program, loved the school, and I wanted to start making those initial contributions,” Triplette stated. “I wasn’t making large gifts in those early days, but it was rewarding to know that I was still making a difference.”

Since that time, Triplette has supported multiple projects and initiatives, including the football program, Annual Fund and Sutton Sports Performance Center. Continually motivated by the ability to have a positive impact on the lives of Demon Deacon student-athletes, he

is grateful to be able to help support these individuals and their respective journeys. “Knowing all that I got out of my Wake Forest experience, I want to help others have that same opportunity for success,” Triplette affirmed.

When it comes to giving back, however, Triplette has done much more than just provide financial support — he generously shares his time and expertise as a member of the Wake Forest University School of Business Board of Visitors. “I want to stay connected, participate and I want Wake Forest to do well across the board,” he said.

Triplette, along with his wife, Laurie, and children, Gabrielle and Joshua, moved from Charlotte, to Oxford, Miss., in 2007. Even while residing almost 700 miles away from Winston-Salem, Triplette has been able to sustain a strong connection with Wake Forest and its community, which he attributes in part to his active involvement with the Deacon Club and University.

Now retired from NFL officiating, but still involved as a rules analyst for

Monday Night Football, Triplette has moved on to serve as President and CEO of ArbiterSports, which assigns officials to athletic events across the country, acts as a payment service for independent contractors, and has recently expanded into helping high school athletic directors manage their programs.

Coming full circle, this role has maintained the perfect mix of sports and business for Triplette.

As he thinks back on some of his favorite Wake Forest memories, he recalls the football team’s first ACC Championship in 1970, watching basketball games at the old Memorial Coliseum, enjoying baseball games at the old Ernie Shore Field and officiating various Demon Deacon football practices and scrimmages after graduating. Today, Triplette continues to be extremely proud of our teams and student-athletes and enjoys watching them succeed, both academically and athletically, and he looks forward to all that’s ahead for Wake Forest Athletics and the University.

deacon club photos Deacon Club members are encouraged to submit photos for publication in the Gold Rush. Send your photos in digital format to DeacClub@wfu.edu. Submission of a photo does not guarantee that it will be published. Thanks for showing off your Demon Deacon pride!

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3 3 T he Delley family enjoys their time on campus as they attend the 2018 Family Weekend Athletics Reception.

2 Mike Strazzeri (’96) (right), a former 1 Deacon Club Volunteer Army members hear from Coach Ryan Horn while checking out the latest progress of the Sutton Sports Performance Center and Shah Basketball Complex.

Wake Forest football studentathlete, and his daughter, Julie (left), get ready to cheer on the Deacs at BB&T Field.

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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. Justin Gray (’06) was a member of the Wake Forest men's basketball team from 2002-06 and finished his career as the eighth-leading scorer in program history with 1,946 career points. The three-time All-ACC selection helped lead the Demon Deacons to three NCAA Tournament appearances and the 2003 ACC regular season title.

His 38-point game at Maryland in 2006 is the highest-scoring performance by a Wake Forest player this century.

JUSTIN GRAY When did you graduate from Wake Forest?

I graduated from our great university in 2006.

What was your major and/or minor?

I majored in communication.

What does being a Demon Deacon mean to you?

It means everything. I have always liked being the small school that not only wants to compete, but wants to win!

Why are you still involved in Wake Forest Athletics?

I’m involved because I really enjoyed my time in school, and I want to maintain a connection with the men’s basketball program and the Athletic Department.

Why do you feel it is important to give back to the University?

Personally, I feel one of the most salient acts you can do is to “plant a seed,” so to speak. No matter the amount of the contribution, it is being used to provide a better experience for the next generation. As a scholarship athlete myself, this concept hits home, and I want to give back to help future Deacs achieve success.

What is your current occupation?

Director of Basketball Development for Wake Forest Athletics What is your favorite memory of your time at Wake Forest?

I don’t know if I can pick just one memory because I’ve been a part of some great times at Wake during my playing days. I have stories for days, but one thing I do remember is being picked to finish last in the ACC my freshman year. We ended up winning the ACC regular season outright that year, so that’s definitely one of my favorite memories. I remember Coach Prosser and his staff coming up with the acronym “TJDK” (they just don’t know), and the rest is history.

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What makes you most proud of Wake Forest?

The family atmosphere is second to none.

Being such a small school doesn’t mean a thing. No matter where I am in the world, once I say Wake Forest, people immediately know I came from a great university.

When you come back to Wake Forest, you always…

I’m always amazed at how the campus has transformed, and I’m excited about the future projects.

I was there when…

Screamin’ Demons were born, tie-dyed shirts were swarming, students camped out for basketball tickets, and there wasn’t an empty seat in the Joel! I’m getting goosebumps thinking about it. Is it basketball season yet?

Who is your favorite coach at Wake Forest, current or past?

The late, great Skip Prosser. He was truly an extraordinary person.

Mr. ABC’s himself…all the former players know what it means.

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GROUP TICKETS (Football & Basketball) (336) 758-4030

TICKET OFFICE: The Ticket Office will operate on the following schedule during the Thanksgiving holiday: Thursday, November 22 - Closed Friday, November 23 - Open 11:00am-3:30pm at the LJVM Coliseum for the men’s basketball game against Houston Baptist (the Box Office at Bridger Field House will remain closed) Saturday, November 24 and Sunday, November 25 - Closed

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COACHES/SCOUTS Ross Atkins Neil Avent TJ Barra Danny Borrell Adam Bourassa Dave Bush George Greer John Hendricks Michael Holmes Bill Masse Matt Price Mike Rikard Eric Schmitt Adam Wogan

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MAJOR LEAGUES Mac Williamson

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MEN’S SOCCER Luis Argudo Jon Bakero Corben Bone Sam Cronin Austin da Luz Chris Duvall Steven Echevarria Sam Fink Akira Fitzgerald Michael Gamble Ian Harkes Jack Harrison Jacori Hayes Tolani Ibikunle Collin Martin Mark McKenzie Ben Newnam Jared Odenbeck Ike Opara Sean Okoli Michael Parkhurst Hayden Partain Kevin Politz Jalen Robinson Brandon Servania Emu Twumasi Jared Watts

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COACHES/MLS FRONT OFFICE James Riley Kurt Schmid Zack Schilawski Stephen Keel Ryan Martin

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WOMEN’S SOCCER Aubrey Bledsoe Katie Stengel Sarah Teegarden Ally Haran Maddie Huster

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COACHES/STAFF Chad Alexander Charlie Dayton Pat Flaherty Joe Kenn John Spanos Brad White Jeff Triplette James MacPherson Teryl Austin Jim Grobe Ray Rychleski

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