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Baseball Elects Captains for the 2021 Season
2/1/2021 4:25:00 PM | Baseball
DURHAM, N.C. – Graduate student Chase Cheek, redshirt senior Chris Dutra and senior Joey Loperfido will serve as co-captains for the 2021 Duke baseball season. In addition, senior Chris Crabtree, junior Rudy Maxwell, sophomore Marcus Johnson and freshman Luke Fox will join Cheek, Dutra and Loperfido to make up the team's leadership council.
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Cheek, Loperfido and Maxwell all served on the team's leadership council a year ago and have served in a leadership capacity throughout their entire careers at Duke.
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"The ninth annual First Pitch Banquet was special, even if it had to be virtual this year," Duke baseball head coach Chris Pollard said. "One of the highlights of that event every year is announcing our leadership staff for the coming season. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the players got it right. This group of leaders will be a resource and provide a strong voice for this year's team.
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"Due to the pandemic, our roster is the largest it's ever been, and that leadership group will be pivotal to keeping us all rowing in the same direction. These guys represent the very best of our culture and I know they will work tirelessly to promote and uphold the core principles of the Duke baseball program."
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The program instituted the leadership council in 2015 in order to take advantage of the team's diverse group of leaders. The concept was originally inspired through conversations with former Blue Devil and current Pittsburgh Pirates Professional Evaluation Team Leader Larry Broadway.
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The Blue Devils open the season at Coastal Carolina for a three-game series Feb. 19-21.
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For more information on Duke baseball, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeBaseball". You can also find all-access coverage of all Duke athletic programs on SnapChat by searching for "dukeathletics".
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Cheek, Loperfido and Maxwell all served on the team's leadership council a year ago and have served in a leadership capacity throughout their entire careers at Duke.
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"The ninth annual First Pitch Banquet was special, even if it had to be virtual this year," Duke baseball head coach Chris Pollard said. "One of the highlights of that event every year is announcing our leadership staff for the coming season. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the players got it right. This group of leaders will be a resource and provide a strong voice for this year's team.
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"Due to the pandemic, our roster is the largest it's ever been, and that leadership group will be pivotal to keeping us all rowing in the same direction. These guys represent the very best of our culture and I know they will work tirelessly to promote and uphold the core principles of the Duke baseball program."
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The program instituted the leadership council in 2015 in order to take advantage of the team's diverse group of leaders. The concept was originally inspired through conversations with former Blue Devil and current Pittsburgh Pirates Professional Evaluation Team Leader Larry Broadway.
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The Blue Devils open the season at Coastal Carolina for a three-game series Feb. 19-21.
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For more information on Duke baseball, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeBaseball". You can also find all-access coverage of all Duke athletic programs on SnapChat by searching for "dukeathletics".
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#GoDuke
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