NLL calls on Greer, McFadyen
Former Blue Devils Zack Greer and Ryan McFadyen were selected third and 35th in the National Lacrosse League Entry Draft Wednesday. Greer was taken by the Minnesota Swarm in the first round, while McFadyen was taken by the Colorado Mammoth in the fourth round.
Greer played this summer for Major League Lacrosse’s Long Island Lizards, amassing 12 goals and two assists during a season where injuries limited him to only five games. His 67 goals in 2007 are the most in a single season in Duke history, and his 206 career goals are the most in NCAA history for the three-time All-American.
Greer played his final college season at Bryant University in Rhode Island under former Duke head coach Mike Pressler.
McFadyen led a Duke defense that allowed only 8.43 goals per game this past season, picking up 24 ground balls. He started 44 games in his Duke career, picking up a total of 82 ground balls.
The NLL season begins January 8th.
Krzyzewski to be honored by Army
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski will be inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame this Friday. Krzyzewski captained Army’s basketball team his senior season and led the Black Knights to the NIT twice in his career. He returned to his alma matter in 1975 as head coach, compiling a 73-59 record in five seasons. Krzyzewski also led Army to the NIT as a coach in 1978, the last time the school made that tournament.
“This is the ultimate honor for anyone who played on any West Point team,” Krzyzewski said. “To be in the Army Sports Hall of Fame puts you with some of the greatest people who have played their sport. It is a great honor. I have always said that so much of what I do on a day-to-day basis is a result of my experiences as a cadet, an officer and as a coach at Army.”
Krzyzewski joins seven other inductees Friday at a plaque-unveiling ceremony in the Kenna Hall of Army Sports and later attend the formal black-tie Hall of Fame Induction Banquet in Eisenhower Hall. Krzyzewski will also be recognized before the Duke Football’s contest versus Army at Michie Stadium in West Point.
Singler named to FoxSports.com All-America team
Junior forward Kyle Singler was named a first-team pre-season All-American by FoxSports.com Wednesday.
Singler averaged 16.5 points and 7.7 rebounds a game last season as the Blue Devils earned a 30-7 record, the ACC Tournament championship and a berth in the Sweet 16. Singler had nine double-doubles on the season and scored 20 or more points in 11 games.
The forward also became only the sixth player in Duke’s history to amass more than 1,000 career points during his sophomore season, and is the 59th player in Duke’s history to score more than 1,000 points. The Medford, Ore. native also has 482 rebounds, 137 assists, 63 blocked shots and 93 steals in his two years in Durham.
Notre Dame center Luke Harangody, Georgia Tech forward Derrick Favors, Kentucky guard John Wall and Oklahoma guard Willie Warren join Singler on the first team. Favors and Wall are both freshman while Warren is a sophomore, leaving Harangody the only senior on the team. Wall was named pre-season Player of the Year, and Favors Freshman of the Year.
-from staff reports
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