Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball at Tennessee on October 26, 2025 at 7 p.m.
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Men's Basketball
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2005-06 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 40
Ross Perkins
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Greensboro, N.C.
- High School:
- Greensboro Day
Career Notes
Joined the team as a walk-on prior to the 2004-05 season after serving for two years as a student manager for the Blue Devils ... a selfless player whose behind-the-scenes contributions cannot be underestimated.
Junior Season (2004-05)
Saw action in five games (five minutes total) ... averaged 0.2 rebounds per game ... played the final minutes of a win over Virginia (3/11) ... saw action against Maryland (2/12) ... played the final minute of a win over Virginia Tech (1/30) ... missed one field goal attempt in one minute versus Florida State (1/22) ... played three minutes, grabbing one rebound against UNC Greensboro (11/27) in first collegiate game action.
High School
A three-year letterwinner at Greensboro Day School ... prep team earned state championships in his sophomore and senior seasons ... team posted 92-9 record during his career ... averaged 8.4 points and 7.6 rebounds as a senior ... had 20 charges drawn in 2001-02 ... an all-conference selection his final two prep seasons ... named Greensboro Day School’s Athlete of the Year in 2002 ... averaged 4.8 points and 6.4 as a junior ... named to the Little Four All-Tournament Team as a junior ... coached in high school by Freddy Johnson ... also starred in lacrosse as a prep.
Personal
Full name is Matthew Ross Perkins ... father, Robbie, works in commercial real estate and is a 1976 Duke graduate ... father also competed in track and field at Duke ... mother, Susan Starr, is a third grade teacher and is a 1978 Duke graduate ... has two brothers and four sisters ... brother Max is a 2004 Duke alumnus who was a basketball manager ... served as Student Justice in the Duke Student Government for the 2004-05 academic year ... his grandfather Dick Maxwell (‘55), grandmother Joe Gelzer (‘57), aunt Sandy Smith (‘81), aunt Catherine Maxwell (‘82) and aunt Debbie Perkins (‘79) are all Duke alumni ... Cum Laude Society as a junior and senior ... a National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society honoree ... earned a role in school’s performance of West Side Story his senior year ... was Student Council President his senior year ... hobbies include playing the piano and watching "Friends" ... hopes to someday work in the financial world ... teammates have nicknamed him the "Manimal" ... favorite athlete is Grant Hill ... majoring in economics ... born December 26, 1983, in Greensboro, N.C.
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