College Notebook
Speaks signs with professional volleyball team in Greece
Former N.C. State volleyball standout Maggie Speaks has signed a contract to play professional volleyball in Greece with the Makedones Axiou Club.
Speaks was a four-year letterwinner with the Wolfpack and graduated in December with a degree in communication.
Speaks turned in a stellar senior season thanks to the change in offensive system under first-year head coach Hampton-Keith and her staff. The Wolfpack setter was tabbed an American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Region Honorable Mention and was a Second Team All-ACC Selection.
She dished out the third-most assists in the conference with 1,148, the second-highest total by an individual in NC State’s rally-scoring era. That mark helped Speaks finish her Wolfpack career with 3,240 assists, the second most in the rally-scoring era and fifth most in NCSU history.
Speaks will leave for Greece after Labor Day to start her first season in professional volleyball.
NCCU: The Eagles will play 23 regular-season matches during the upcoming fall season as second-year head coach Jody Brown announced the 2017 schedule. The slate will feature 10 MEAC matches and 13 non-conference tilts. The Eagles will open up the campaign with a trio of matches at the Campbell Invitational on Sept. 26-27.
Baseball
N.C. State: Brian Brown, Andy Cosgrove and Brett Kinneman have been named to the 2017 All-ACC Academic Team.
Duke: Junior starting pitcher Ryan Day, graduate student relief pitcher Nick Hendrix, sophomore outfielder Jimmy Herron, sophomore shortstop Zack Kone, senior relief pitcher Kevin Lewallyn and junior designated hitter/outfielder Michael Smiciklas earned All-ACC Academic Team honors.
Wake Forest: Seniors Ben Breazeale and Parker Dunshee, redshirt-sophomore Bruce Steel and sophomore Jake Mueller were named to the All-ACC Academic Team.
UNC: Freshman Gianluca Dalatri was selected to the All-ACC Academic Team after previously being named to the All-ACC Team.
Softball
N.C. State: Rising sophomore Jade Caraway and recent graduate Molly Martin have been selected to the 2017 All-ACC Academic Team.
UNC: Second-Team All-American Kendra Lynch and ACC Freshman of the Year Brittany Pickett were named to the 2017 All-ACC Academic Team.
Women’s Soccer
Duke: The 2016-17 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Girls Soccer Teams have been released with incoming freshmen Taylor Mitchell and Karlie Paschall each earning accolades. Mitchell received first-team honors, while Paschall was named to the second team.
Women’s Golf
Duke: Teammates Virginia Elena Carta and Leona Maguire will be on opposing sides this week as the duo tee off in the 2017 Vagliano Trophy at Circolo Golf Bogogno in Italy. Carta will play for Europe, while Maguire will be with Great Britain & Ireland in the event that will take play this weekend.
Campbell: Former College of Charleston standout C.C. Buford has been named assistant coach, head coach John Crooks announced Thursday. Buford joins the Fighting Camels staff after serving one year as a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater.
Women’s Basketball
N.C. State: Paige Woodard Hollis has been selected as a graduate manager for the 2017-18 season, ACC Coach of the Year Wes Moore announced on Thursday. This marks the second time Woodard Hollis will be a graduate manager for the Wolfpack, as she also held the role during the 2012-13 season.
Rowing
Duke: Coach Megan Cooke Carcagno announced the addition of assistant coach Kendall Schmidt to her staff. Schmidt joins the Blue Devils after a year as a varsity girls’ assistant coach at Mercer Rowing in Princeton, N.J.
Miscellaneous
UNC: The university finished fifth in the final 2016-17 Learfield Directors’ Cup standings, the Tar Heels’ 11th top-five and 20th top-10 finish in the 24-year history of the award. It marks the 18th time the school is the highest-ranked ACC program in the year-end standings. The Learfield Directors’ Cup measures NCAA postseason competitive success and awards points to a maximum of 10 men’s and 10 women’s programs per school.
Duke: Beth Miller has been named the Director of Sports Nutrition for Blue Devils athletics, announced on Thursday by athletic director Kevin White. Miller came to Durham following two years at UCLA where she served as the Performance Nutrition Coordinator with the Bruins.
From news releases
This story was originally published June 29, 2017 at 6:03 PM with the headline "College Notebook."