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A mainstay among the elite Division I athletic
programs, Duke University once again ranked near the
top during the 2006-07 athletic year. The women’s golf
team collected its fifth NCAA Championship while the
field hockey, women’s lacrosse and men’s lacrosse
squads advanced to the NCAA Final Four.
The Blue Devils registered three ACC Tournament
and five league regular season titles on the year.
Duke was also very successful nationally in
2006-07 as 15 teams competed in NCAA Tournament
action. The Blue Devils had five teams finish in the top-
10 of the national rankings. Here is a sampling of
Duke’s accomplishments:
• Shannon Rowbury became the first Blue Devil
women’s track & field member to claim NCAA
Champion honors as she ran a 4:42.17 mile at the
NCAA Indoor Championship.
• The Blue Devils had three National Player of the Year
honorees (Amanda Blumenherst, Matt Danowski
and Lindsey Harding), one National Defensive
Player of the Year (Harding), one Rhodes
Scholar (Chas Salmen) and one Lowe’s
Senior Class Award winner (Alison Bales).
• Fifteen Blue Devils were selected Academic All-
America/National Scholar Athlete.
• A total of 29 student-athletes were selected All-
America during the season, while Duke boasted 50
All-ACC selections.
• Four Blue Devils were named ACC Player of the
Year— Amanda Blumenherst (women’s golf), Matt
Danowski (men’s lacrosse), Lindsey Harding
(women’s basketball) and Ali Hausfeld (volleyball).
• Four Duke teams earned No. 1 national rankings
during the season — women’s basketball, women’s
golf, men’s soccer and men’s lacrosse.
• Shannon Rowbury and Debra Vento received
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships.
• Duke student-athletes registered a 3.1 grade point
average during the 2006-07 school year. A total of 26
varsity teams at Duke had a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or
higher following the 2006-07 academic year.