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Proehl, Overby, Proctor make N.C. Hall
January 18, 2011 | Athletics, For Alumni, Recognition, Top Stories
The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame will induct seven members in 2011, including three with Wake Forest ties: football player Ricky Proehl, announcer Gene Overby and trainer Al Proctor.
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Student-athletes play Santa
December 15, 2010 | Athletics, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
For the 25th straight year, Wake Forest student-athletes donated their time to deliver personalized, tagged Christmas gifts to needy children all across the city, in a program called Santa’s Helpers.
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Pro tennis event, new facility planned
December 13, 2010 | Athletics, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Top Stories
Wake Forest and the City of Winston-Salem announced plans today to host a professional tennis event and to build a state-of-the-art tennis facility for both professional and collegiate tennis events.
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A voice of hope
December 3, 2010 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Law, Student, Top Stories
Jason Benetti, a third-year law student, hasn’t let cerebral palsy derail his dream of being a sports announcer. Vision problems cause him to see the field separately in each eye, but he’s overcome that to win praise for his work.
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Last-second victory
November 30, 2010 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Freshman J.T. Terrell had 32 points, including the winning three-pointer with 2.7 seconds left, to lead Wake Forest to a 76-73 win over Iowa in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Demon Deacons rallied from 18 points down, their largest comeback win in more than 15 years.
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Joining forces to fight head trauma
November 24, 2010 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Scholars and Scientists, School of Medicine, Top Stories
Identifying and diagnosing sports concussions quicker is at the heart of a collaborative effort between the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics and Toyota Motor Corp.
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Win-win in volleyball
November 23, 2010 | Athletics, Audiences, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Sophomore volleyball player Andrea Beck has been named First Team ESPN Academic All-District by the College Sports Information Directors of America. As a biology major and Spanish minor, she maintains a 3.97 grade point average.
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Women win ACC soccer title
November 8, 2010 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Goalkeeper Aubrey Bledsoe saved three Maryland penalty kicks and the Demon Deacons made all three of their attempts to give the women’s soccer team a 3-1 shootout win and its first-ever ACC Championship on Sunday.
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Deacon making mark in NASCAR
October 25, 2010 | Alumni, Athletics, For Alumni, Top Stories
Dion Williams, a former Wake Forest football player, has gone from not knowing anything about cars to becoming one of the best rear-tire carriers in NASCAR. He appeared Sunday on the TV show “Undercover Boss.”
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Relive Homecoming Weekend
October 14, 2010 | Alumni, Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
The Wake Forest community celebrated Homecoming & Reunion Weekend on Oct. 8-10. Take a look back by viewing photo galleries from the events, including reunion parties, the Festival on the Quad and the Tailgate Party.
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