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Three years ago she arrived at Duke as an unrecruited walk-on in track & field. Today she is the school record-holder in the 100 and 200 meters and claimed five medals at the ACC indoor and outdoor championships this season. Meet junior sprinter Mia Edim, one of the 13 Blue Devils to qualify for the NCAA outdoor national championships June 10-13 in Eugene, Oregon. Also, relive the 2025-26 Duke Athletics highlights with director of athletics Nina King, with a special emphasis on the Blue Devils’ unique accomplishment of winning ACC titles in football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball this year. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With Duke set to participate in its sixth straight NCAA Softball Championship and host the Durham Regional (May 15-17), we visit with one of the most potent bats in the Blue Devils’ explosive offensive attack - shortstop Jessica Oakland. The former Big Ten Player of the Year at Minnesota made a seamless transition back on to the field after sitting out last season as a midyear transfer and is one of the key reasons Duke is one of the top 10 hitting teams in the nation. We also have a conversation with former Duke football offensive lineman Brian Parker, selected in the recent NFL Draft by his hometown Cincinnati Bengals, with his perspective on the Blue Devils’ 2025 ACC championship and the long process of getting ready to launch a pro career. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Senior swimmer Kaelyn Gridley just completed a collegiate career full of records, milestones and honors, including first-team All-America results at the NCAA meet in each of her four years, a program first. With graduation on the horizon, she reflects on her Duke days in and out of the pool. We also visit with new Duke football assistant general manager Preston Pehrson for some perspective on modern-day roster construction, and we present an interview with Duke president Vincent Price from the ACC Tournament that focuses on some of his favorite university initiatives as he looks ahead to his third term in office. The calls of the month put a wrap on basketball season with some of the best moments from consensus national player of the year Cameron Boozer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duke University vice president and director of athletics Nina King makes another of her quarterly appearances on the podcast, along with two of her head coaches — Omar Elgeziry, who recently guided men’s fencing to the ACC championship, and Kerstin Kimel, now in her 31st season of leading the women’s lacrosse program. Plus, we hear from Duke’s top contender for wrestling postseason success, 174-pounder Aiden Wallace. Our calls of the month feature a few of the highlight moments from Duke men’s basketball victories over North Carolina in Cameron Indoor Stadium over the last 40-plus years.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With Duke women’s basketball on a 15-game winning streak heading into their Feb. 15 matchup versus rival North Carolina, Blue Devil 360 visits with senior point guard Taina Mair, one of the many key factors in the team’s success following a 3-6 start. We also sit down with new head baseball coach Corey Muscara as his team gets set to open the season with a four-game home series against Maine Feb. 13-15. And we have a conversation with director of track & field Shawn Wilbourn as the ACC indoor championship meet approaches later this month. During his first five years of running the program, Wilbourn has guided the Blue Devils to an ACC team championship in either indoors or outdoors every year. Our calls of the month highlight the unique talents of Duke basketball senior Maliq Brown. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With Duke football headed to a fourth straight bowl game and Duke basketball taking aim at the ACC opener, both on New Year’s Eve, our holiday episode features director of athletics Nina King’s quarterly appearance as well as an in-depth conversation with linebacker Luke Mergott, the former backup who contributed some of the signature defensive plays down the stretch for the ACC champion Blue Devils. For calls of the month, we have a few of national scoring leader Cam Boozer’s best moves during the nonconference portion of the hoops schedule. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Coinciding with Duke’s announcement of the Robert “Hap” Zarzour Athletic Training Endowment, the long-time Blue Devil trainer stops by to talk about the honor and his 33-year tenure of caring for the Blue Devils. We also visit with former first-round NFL draft pick quarterback Daniel Jones of the Indianapolis Colts during his recent weekend in Durham. And we hear from two current standout student-athletes — sophomore women’s tennis player Irina Balus from Slovakia and junior forward Mia Minestrella, the leading scorer for the women's soccer team as it makes another deep run in the NCAA Tournament. Our calls of the month highlight the connection between the dynamic passing duo of Duke football, QB Darian Mensah and WR Cooper Barkate. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A new season of Blue Devil 360 begins with the leader of Duke Athletics, Nina King, and her frank opinions on many of the business issues that are front and center in college sports as she enters her 18th year at Duke. Sophomore field hockey standout Madison Beach also joins the program to talk about her experiences with the U21 USA National Team and her deep family heritage in the sport. The "calls of the month" zoom in on a much-improved running back corps for the Blue Devil football team at the halfway point of the season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The final edition of 2024-25 features a conversation with Nina King that highlights some of the memorable moments of Duke Athletics for the past year and looks ahead at the changing landscape of college sports. Plus, we have introductory comments from new Duke baseball head coach Corey Muscara, a renowned pitching coach who takes over a program that finished the 2025 campaign one win away from the College World Series. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

While most Duke teams completed the 2024-25 campaign in their respective NCAA tournaments, we’re focusing this month on two programs still alive in postseason play. Sophomore men’s golfer Bryan Kim is in California May 23-26 competing as an individual in NCAA nationals, while track & field freshman sprinters Joseph Taylor and Braelyn Baker are taking aim at the NCAA East Regional May 28-31 in Jacksonville, Florida, to continue their exceptional freshman seasons. Taylor recently was one of the top scorers when the Duke men’s program won the ACC outdoor team championship for the first time in program history. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the runup to Duke University’s 2025 commencement exercises on May 11, we visit with two inspirational soon-to-be Blue Devil graduates. Star defensive end and Durham native VJ Anthony completed his African and African American Studies degree requirements in only three-and-a-half years and is locked in on one final college football campaign in the fall. Senior women’s tennis standout Ellie Coleman, an Environmental Sciences major, enjoyed an undefeated ACC singles season this spring and helped her team to an undefeated conference record and regular season championship. She’s eyeing a final run in the NCAA Tournament this month. And while both have been at the top of their games athletically, their Duke experiences have also included game-changing moments beyond the spotlight of competition. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As the Duke basketball program makes its 18th NCAA Final Four appearance, director of athletics Nina King underscores the visionary leadership displayed by head coach Jon Scheyer from the interview process through his first three seasons at the helm. One of Scheyer’s former Duke teammates and classmates, Brian Zoubek, reflects on the 15th anniversary of the 2010 national title; associate head coach Chris Carrawell puts the achievement of reaching the Final Four in perspective; and radio broadcasters David Shumate and John Roth recap the road to the Final Four through some of the highlight moments of the season. Plus, a conversation with recent track & field alumna Moorea Mitchell, who will play a part in the singing of the national anthem before Saturday’s games in San Antonio. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s time to meet Duke’s newest NCAA champion. Simen Guttormsen, a graduate student from Norway, recently won the national title in the men’s pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field meet, following up a record-setting performance to claim gold at the ACC Championships a couple weeks prior. A two-time Norwegian national champ who competed at the Paris Olympics last summer alongside his older brother, Simen began is collegiate career at Princeton before moving to Duke for grad school and winning the Blue Devils’ first national track crown since Curtis Beach (heptathlon, 2012, 2104). Also, our calls of the month feature Duke’s dual men’s and women’s ACC Tournament basketball triumphs. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duke vice president and director of athletics Nina King makes her quarterly appearance with a candid conversation on several of the major issues facing all of intercollegiate athletics during these changing times. Also stopping by is a former member of her executive leadership team at Duke, Art Chase, who recently was named director of athletics at The Citadel. He shares highlights of his 25 years at Duke as well as some ambitions for his new position. And speaking of highlights, our calls of the month feature the fastbreak attack of Duke Basketball over an explosive couple of weeks as the regular season winds down. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.