Let's reflect on seldomly celebrated Deacs

[DeacHead]

Oh I've got another one - Erik "Zeus" Hanson. Zeus because he was a Greek god among men. Fantastic baseball player who not only had a legit career in MLB, but was one of best basketball players on campus, probably better than all but a handful of folks on the team (this was during Staak era).

 

[JackBurden]

always liked guy morgan for basketball and kelvin moses for football.

 

[MagicDeac]

Steve Brown was another stand up footall Deac.

 

[RJKarl]

John "Yosh" Lewkowicz
Willie Griffin (as much range as any player we've ever had)
Eddie Payne
Mike Parrish
Anthony Teachey
Danny Young (was great but rarely spoken of anymore)
Jamaal Levy (as my buddy once remarked-Does he cover everybody?)

 

[PhDeac]

I think Niki was the guy I most hated to see transfer. Not because of his basketball skills, he just seemed like one of those guys you'd want to point at one day and say "yeah he's an alum". The whole "his uncle may be the pope one day" only added to his allure.

Agreed. It's a shame he isn't officially in the books as a Wake grad. Definitely a shame Odom couldn't use him and Josh well together.

 

[seventwofour]

Rich Belton qualifies as well. He was a very solid FB for us.

I'm pretty sure Belton was a WR.

 

[WhatUTalkinBout Willis]

makhtar ndiaye?

 

[PhDeac]

I'm pretty sure Belton was a WR.

What?

Unless I'm missing a reference to the "jumbo spread" offense, this is evidence of how uncelebrated Belton is.

http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/belton_rich00.html

 

[seventwofour]

Joke, hombre. He probably lined up out wide more than in the backfield his senior year.

 

[WPDeac]

Am partial to Chris King, who was a solid player for all four years, even got himself drafted. Robert Siler was another favorite, but injuries slowed him down.

 

[KickballDeac]

I'll go old school.

Chip Rives - Joins Palmer and Duncan as the only Deacs to win Sports Illustrated "Sportsman of the Year"

And Rives was the only one who won it while still at Wake.

The only Sportsman of the Year, I discovered, without his own Wikipedia page. Talk about seldomly celebrated.

 

[MagicDeac]

I think Ben Coleman falls in the category of seldom celebrated.

 

[Kenny Green]

Kenny Duckett, John Leach, Dave Bush, Ricky Peral

 

[DeacLaw05]

Mike Rinfrette. Played wherever he was asked to play, and picked up the most important first down I've ever seen in a Wake football game.

 

[OrigScreaminDemon]

Robert Siler. The best dunker ever at Wake Forest, even with tearing his ACL twice. He always played very hard on some very mediocre teams, never seemed to get his head down. He was a great guy off the court and he still is.

 

[PhilliesDeacs]

I always had a soft spot for James MacPherson

 

[HeavyPetter]

Mark Urbanski

 

[MagicDeac]

Maurice Miller. Played opposite Mike McCrary and was basically a coach on the field.

 

[JimDuncan]

Brian Kuklick was pretty good.

 

[DeacHead]

Niki Arinze is an alum.

lulz, I know someone would go Keeper on that. You win 5 Keeper points.