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NC State Volleyball Places Program Record 5 on All-ACC Teams

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GREENSBORO, N.C. – A program record five NC State volleyball players have been named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Teams, announced Monday by the league office. Julia Brown and Kylie Pickrell were tabbed to the first team, while Bree Bailey and Kaitlyn Kearney secured second team honors.

Melissa Evans garnered a spot on the All-ACC Freshmen Team.

The Wolfpack’s five all-conference selections is the most in the history of the program for a single season, topping the previous mark of three achieved on a few occasions.

Brown and Kearney collect their second All-ACC mentions, while Bailey, Evans and Pickrell garner their first. Bailey was an all-conference and all-freshmen selection at Arizona State prior to transferring to NC State.

Brown becomes the first NC State player to garner consecutive First Team All-ACC honors since Volire Tisdale accomplished the feat in 1987 and 1988. This season, the Davidson, N.C., native leads the team and is fourth in the conference in kills with 443.

She also surpassed 1,000 career kills earlier this season to become just the 11th player in program history to reach the milestone and now owns 1,337 career kills, which is the third most by an active player in the ACC.

Last year, Brown was an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Region selection in addition to being First Team All-ACC. She broke the rally-scoring era program record for career kills at Miami this season and now owns the rally-scoring era mark for kills in a single match, single season and career.

Pickrell has done an excellent job running the Wolfpack offense from her setter position, as she leads the league in total assists with 1,210, which ranks among the top 40 of the NCAA. Her play has allowed NC State’s offense to rank among the top of the ACC all season, as the Pack has the most total kills and second-most assists.

The Coppell, Texas, native broke the rally-scoring era program record in NC State’s thrilling five-set win at Florida State with 70 assists, which is the most by any player in the ACC this season and is tied for third most in the NCAA.

She tallied the program’s first triple double in the rally-scoring era with 47 assists, 19 digs and 13 kills versus Missouri State. Pickrell is one of just three players in the ACC to record a triple double this season.

Bailey has also made a smooth transition into the Wolfpack’s lineup, as she is second on the team with 321 kills. Hailing from Salt Lake City, Utah, she has been a consistent offensive force for NC State at the outside hitter position.

She has tallied double-digit kills in 19 matches this season, highlighted by matching her career high with 24 at Florida State. Bailey eclipsed 1,000 career kills at Michigan to become just the 12th player in program history to reach the mark.

For the fourth consecutive season, Kearney has led the Wolfpack in blocks, as she owns a career-best 152 this year, which ranks third in the ACC. The Frisco, Texas, native broke the program record for career blocks against UNC-Chapel Hill and now has 548 career blocks, the most by an active player in the ACC and seventh most nationally.

Kearney has been a steady offensive threat as well, as she surpassed 1,000 career kills against Miami. She is one of just four players in the NCAA with at least 1,000 career kills and 500 blocks.

NC State and top-ranked Penn State are the only two programs in the nation to have three players with at least 1,000 kills on its roster.

Pickrell, Kearney and Brown each secured ACC Player of the Week in successive weeks, as NC State is the only team in the conference to have a player garner the award in three consecutive weeks.

Despite missing more than a month of the season due to injury, Evans earned a spot on the nine-member all-freshmen team. She has logged 176 kills in her rookie campaign and has also collected 35 blocks.

The Lone Tree, Colo., native was named ACC Freshman of the Week before suffering an ankle injury at Georgia Tech in her next match. Prior to the injury, she was second on the team in kills with 161 through the first 13 matches.

Evans has tallied double figure kills on eight occasions this season, highlighted by three matches with 20 kills.

NC State was selected to compete in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2012 on Sunday night and will take on Oregon State in the first round. The match is slated for a 5:30 p.m. (ET) first serve inside Gregory Gym on the University of Texas’ campus.

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NC State Falls Out of the Top-10 After Losses to UNC & Duke

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After losing to rivals UNC and Duke last week, the NC State Women’s Basketball team fell out of the Top-10 in the Week 17 AP Poll, landing at #12. NC State started the 2023-24 season unranked, but jumped to #14 in the first Poll after the Preseason Poll. The Wolfpack have been ranked in the Top-10 since November 20th, which equals 14 straight polls.

ACC Teams in the Top-25

5. Virginia Tech
12. NC State
17. Notre Dame
19. Syracuse
22. Louisville
27. Duke
29. UNC
30. FSU

The Wolfpack will host #19 Syracuse on Thursday night at 7pm.

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NC State’s Week 1 Depth Chart Against UCONN (with Notes)

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NC State will kick off their 2023 Football season next Thursday night against UCONN at 7:30pm. The Wolfpack released their Depth Chart for the game today.

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Notes

  • Redshirt Sophomore Anthony Carter Jr. is listed as the starting Left Guard. If Redshirt Sophomore Lyndon Cooper wasn’t missing the first game due to injury, I wonder if Carter would be starting. Doeren did praise Carter in his press conference today. Also, he stated that Cooper should be back for the Notre Dame game.
  • Noticeably, Graduate Transfer Offensive Lineman Dawson Jaramillo is also missing from the Depth Chart. Unfortunately, Jaramillo has suffered an injury, and will miss the entirety of the 2023 season. This is a huge blow for Jaramillo, and a huge blow for the depth of the Wolfpack Offensive Line. Jaramillo was a Swiss Army knife, having the ability to play in numerous positions.
  • Very often, Doeren has stated that the “Or” in between two names means that the coaching staff sees both players as starters. There is an “Or” in between Chris Toudle and Trent Pennix at Tight End, with the former being listed first. Maybe it doesn’t matter whose name is listed first, but I’m shocked Pennix’s name wasn’t the one at the top.
  • I’m not shocked that Julian Gray and Keyon Lesane are listed as the starters at the X and Y Wide Receiver positions. They both have had a lot of buzz surrounding them in Fall Camp, and Lesane was named a captain. Obviously, with Gray’s speed, Offensive Coordinator Robert Anae is going to want to find a way to get the ball in his hands. With that being said, and this is no disrespect to the two of them, but both of them are 5’11”, which isn’t exactly the way you would sculpt your prototypical outside receivers. I expect Terrell Timmons and Bradley Rozner to both be heavily in rotation at the X and Y, to give the outside receivers a good dose of speed as well as height.
  • True Freshman Running Back Kendrick Raphael might be buried at the bottom of the Depth Chart at his position, but I bet he sees a carry before Mimms or Jones. Doeren mentioned that we would see Raphael against UCONN, but didn’t mention Jones or Mimms. Anae likes to run 2 Running Back sets, with one of them almost functioning like a Full Back. As a result, I’m not shocked to see Jones and Mimms where they are in the Depth Chart.
  • Props to True Freshman Kevin Concepcion for earning the starting job at the Inside Wide Receiver position. Get ready to hear his name a lot this year. KC is backed up by Redshirt Sophomore Jalen Coit, who Doeren spoke highly of today.
  • Junior Porter Rooks is no longer sitting behind Thayer Thomas on the Depth Chart. Doeren said that Rooks has had a great camp. The former 4-Star prospect has an opportunity to show that those stars meant something by his name. With that being said, he will be pushed by True Freshman Javonte “Juice” Vereen, who even has national media buzzing about him heading into the season.
  • Three True Freshman are on the Offensive Depth Chart: Left Guard Kamen Smith, IWR Kevin Concepcion and FLEXY Juice Vereen.
  • True Freshman Kamal Bonner is 2nd on the Depth Chart at the Will Linebacker spot, backing up Payton Wilson. What’s noteworthy, is that he’s ahead of former 4-Star prospect Jordan Poole in the Depth Chart. Bonner must have made a heck of a first impression.
  • As expected, ODU Graduate Transfer Robert Kennedy is starting at Nickel.
  • True Freshman Brandon Cisse is backing up Aydan White at Right Corner, and Doeren said we should expect him to contribute.
  • Redshirt Sophomore Jalen Coit will be filling in the shoes of Thayer Thomas at Punt Returner.

 

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Elliot Avent is interviewed on MLB Network about rule changes and Wolfpack Alums

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Elliot Avent gave a great interview on MLB Network.

Avent talks about the rules changes in baseball and doesn’t seem too pleaseed about them, while also breaking some news that they might be naming the hitting facility after Trea Turner and the Pitching lab after Carlos Rodon.

Give it a watch.

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Mady Traore Will No Longer Enroll at NC State

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This unfortunately seemed inevitable.

According to 247Sports’ Travis Branham, 3-Star Mady Traore is no longer planning on enrolling at NC State.

Traore was a member of the Wolfpack’s 2022 recruiting class, but wasn’t able to enroll in the Fall because of Visa issues and the English Competency Test.

Back on November 29th, I posted the following article, saying that Traore was set to join the team for the 2nd semester. Traore himself told me when I posted it, that he was expecting to join the team in December.

I received the intel 2 weeks prior to posting, and prior to things beginning to brew between NC State and Isaiah Miranda. In hindsight, I wish I would have posted it when I got the intel (haha).

4-Star Mady Traore Expected to Suit up for NC State Soon

Obviously, that didn’t happen, and isn’t happening.

When I posted the article, things were in flux, because there was one scholarship available. If Miranda came, he was going to get the scholarship, and the staff was hoping Traore would be willing to wait and enroll in April. If Miranda didn’t come, then the expectation was for Traore to join the team in December, in the way that Miranda just did.

I still believe my source’s info was solid, and there are always a lot of moving pieces in play that can change scenarios quickly.

From what I hear, the staff was genuinely hopeful they could add Miranda in December, and Traore in April, but it didn’t work out that way, and that’s the way it goes sometimes.

We wish you the best Mady! You’ve got a special future in basketball.

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