If you have time for some midseason reading, this episode features a pair of interesting author interviews. Former director of athletics and university vice president Dr. Kevin White talks about his new book, “The Good Sport: Reflections On A Full Life In College Sports” which was just released in January 2025, while Duke alum John Feinstein (Class of 1977) discusses the latest on his long list of titles, “Five Banners: Inside The Duke Basketball Dynasty” which was published in October by Duke University Press. Also, we visit with Emily Durham, the program director of Duke’s unique Rubenstein Student-Athlete Civic Engagement endeavor, which turns 10 years old this year.

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As Duke Football heads to Jacksonville to take on Ole Miss in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Jan. 2, this edition of Blue Devil 360 is primed to set the stage with a conversation between Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer and football coach Manny Diaz. Radio analyst Dave Harding, who served as one of the captains for the only Blue Devil squad (so far) to win 10 games, shares his thoughts on this 9-win (so far) season, while his broadcast partner David Shumate sits down with two of Duke’s very disruptive defensive ends, VJ Anthony and Wes Williams. Our Calls of the Month focus on wide receiver Eli Pancol’s stunning performance on Senior Night, followed by a chat with the sixth-year Blue Devil on the evening he was presented with the ACC’s 2024 Brian Piccolo Award.

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From the Thanksgiving weekend holiday we feature ACC defensive player of the year Cameron Roller of the Duke women’s soccer team, Cameron Indoor Stadium fan favorite Spencer Hubbard of the Duke men’s basketball team, and Duke women’s golf alum Leona Maguire, who will be inducted in the WGCA Hall of Fame in December. Our plays of the month come with a twist, as play-by-play voice David Shumate and football coach Manny Diaz rate some of the top moments of the season.

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After an action packed weekend that included prime-time football, a charity exhibition basketball game and induction ceremonies for the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame, we feature an array of interesting guests including long-time Hall of Famer Bobby Hurley and new Hall of Famer Becca Ward. New director of player development John Battle details his role within the Duke football program, field hockey co-captain Paige Bitting shares her sisterhood story as her top-10 Blue Devils wrap up the regular season and look ahead to postseason play, and we have some exciting calls of the month.

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Vice president and director of athletics Nina King makes her first quarterly appearance of 2024-25 to kick off the opening edition of Blue Devil 360 for this academic year. Guests include defensive tackle Kendy Charles, a grad transfer from Liberty who shares his interesting origin story; director of football nutrition Tori Brown, whose team handled a challenging situation in re-fueling the Blue Devils during a lengthy weather delay at Middle Tennessee; and former two-sport standout Quinton McCracken, a long-time major league baseball player who is among the nine new inductees in the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame this fall.

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Our vacation edition begins with a compilation of Duke highlights from 2023-24 and features VP/AD Nina King’s in-depth review of the past year (note: heavy emphasis on spring sports as every Duke team competed in NCAA postseason play), along with her look ahead to next season and an overview of the rapidly changing college sports landscape. Then buckle up for a journey into the world of America’s fastest-growing sport, pickleball, with expert/ambassador and co-owner of the Las Vegas pro franchise Kaitlyn Kerr, a former Duke soccer All-American now known as the Pickleball Chick.

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On Saturday May 11, the Duke softball team and the Duke women’s track & field team claimed impressive Atlantic Coast Conference championships to culminate three days of intense tournament competition. Take an inside look at the two titles through the eyes of standout senior catcher Kelly Torres and sophomore double gold medalist Lauren Tolbert as their programs move on to NCAA postseason play. Plus we have a baseball bonus segment with one of the Blue Devils’ top hitters, AJ Gracia, who broke the Duke freshman home run record with a ninth inning blast at Georgia Tech on the same day, May. 11.

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This month we focus on two accomplished student-athletes — men’s lacrosse All-America faceoff specialist Jake Naso and women’s track standout heptathlete Brianna Smith. They have been selected as Duke’s male and female senior scholar-athletes of the year for 2023-24, and they are recipients of Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford ACC Postgraduate Scholarships. With the end of the spring semester at hand, graduation on tap and postseason competition on the immediate horizon, it’s the perfect time to get to know this special duo. Also, VP/AD Nina King stops in for another of her informative quarterly visits to 360.

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As the sports world focuses on this week’s basketball Final Fours in Arizona and Cleveland, we connect with a Blue Devil for whom this time of year is sacred. Hall of Famer Grant Hill began attending the Final Four with his dad when he was a youngster, played in three Final Fours for Duke and has been on the national television broadcast team for the event since 2015. Blue Devil 360 joins Hill and others in reflecting on the 30th anniversary of his senior season at Duke and a special Final Four trip to Charlotte that closed out his college career in April of 1994.

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In recognition of Black History Month, our leadoff guest is former Duke volleyball star and current associate head coach Kellie Catanach Johnson, who launched a Share The Mic campaign from the program’s Instagram account to help shine a light on HBCU volleyball. Also, we have one former and one current Duke baseball pitcher – 2020 alum Bryce Jarvis of the Arizona Diamondbacks and 2024 preseason All-America pick Fran Oschell. Women’s tennis coach Jamie Ashworth shares memories of his 28 seasons at Duke upon the occasion of having picked up his 600th career victory, plus our calls of the month and a special remembrance of Hall of Famer Lefty Driesell, a 1954 Duke grad.

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