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Wake Forest head football coach Dave Clawson sits down with Stan Cotten, the Voice of the Demon Deacons, to discuss the Deacs' trip to West Point this past weekend. Wake Forest defeated Army 70-56 to improve to 7-0 and return to Truist Field for an ACC contest against the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday.

Wake Forest head football coach Dave Clawson sits down with Stan Cotten, the Voice of the Demon Deacons, to discuss how the Deacs have been preparing for their trip to Army this weekend. Wake Forest had a bye last weekend, still sitting at a perfect 6-0 on the year.

Amy Privette Perko was a four year starter for the Demon Deacons’ women’s basketball program.

Perko’s four year stint with the Demon Deacons cemented her place in Wake Forest basketball history. The Kannapolis, N.C. native was a three-time Academic All-American, a three-time Fast Break All-American, and a two-time second team All-ACC honoree.

On today’s pod, Perko joins alum Kevin Smith to talk about all things Wake Forest Athletics, her stellar basketball career, and her favorite Deacon moment.

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Perko racked up 1,722 points over her four years with the Demon Deacons. At the time of her graduation from Wake Forest, she was the all-time leading scorer for the Deacs. 34 years on, Perko ranks third in the career points chart for the women's basketball program. Perko still ranks in the all-time career top-10 in scoring average, field goals, field goal attempts, free throw attempts, assists, steals, assist to turnover ratio, games started, and minutes played.

After graduating from Wake Forest, Perko was awarded the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. She went on to earn a master’s degree in sport management from the University of Richmond. Perko then took a job with the University of Kansas. She spent six years in Lawrence as the Associate Athletic Director and Senior Women's Administrator.

Perko returned to North Carolina in 2001 to become the Team President of NBA development team, the Fayetteville Patriots. Perko was one of the first women to be named to this position. In 2003, Perko was named Executive Director for the Knight Commission. The organization consists of university presidents, faculty, trustees and former student-athletes who advocate for governance and policy changes in college athletics to ensure that athletic programs operate within the educational missions of their universities.

After her successful college basketball career, Perko has been selected for numerous awards and honors. In 2000, Perko was inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame. Five years later she was named to the ACC Legends team. In 2008, Perko was inducted into the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) Academic All-American Hall of Fame.

In 2012, Perko was honored with the NCAA Silver Anniversary award. The award is given to former student-athletes for recognition of professional and civil contributions. In 2020, Perko earned the CoSIDA Dick Enberg Award.

Wake Forest head football coach Dave Clawson sits down with Stan Cotten, the Voice of the Demon Deacons, to discuss the Deacs' Week 6, walk-off victory in overtime over the Syracuse Orange. The Deacs have a week off before they travel to Army on October 23rd.

Wake Forest head football coach Dave Clawson sits down with Stan Cotten, the Voice of the Demon Deacons, to discuss the Deacs' Week 5, last-minute victory over the Louisville Cardinals as well as their trip to Syracuse this weekend to battle the Orange.

Robbins was a member of the Wake Forest football team from 1996-1999 and forged a 12 year career in the NFL.

Wake Forest head football coach Dave Clawson sits down with Stan Cotten, the Voice of the Demon Deacons, to discuss the Deacs' Week 4 victory over the Virginia Cavaliers as well as their battle with the Louisville Cardinals on Saturday.

Wake Forest head football coach Dave Clawson sits down with Stan Cotten, the Voice of the Demon Deacons, to discuss the Deacs' Week 3 victory over Florida State as well as their first road trip of the year as they travel to face the Virginia Cavaliers on Saturday.

Former Wake Forest running backs coach Bill Hayes joins this week’s edition of the Deac2Deac Podcast.

On today’s episode, Hayes joins alum Kevin Smith to talk about his time as former member of the Wake Forest football coaching staff and one of the first African-American coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Wake Forest head football coach Dave Clawson sits down with Stan Cotten, the Voice of the Demon Deacons, to discuss the Deacs' Week 2 victory over Old Dominion University as well as their ACC-opener against Florida State this Saturday.