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Former ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ men’s basketball two-time All-American Jesse Branson – the university’s all-time leading scorer with 2,241 career points - died Nov. 2, 2014. His #40 jersey was retired in 2009 and today hangs in Alumni Gym.

From raking leaves to painting front stoops, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students and alumni on Saturday assisted Town of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ residents with sprucing up homes built over the past two decades through Habitat for Humanity.

Alan White, a distinguished coach and athletics administrator at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ from 1974-2006, will be one of 14 people to be honored in December in Charlotte, N.C., during the ACC football championship weekend.

A 2014 graduate from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and a standout on the women's basketball team, Kelsey Harris will continue her studies and her on-court activities through a unique opportunity in Ireland.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ linebacker and defensive lineman Alexander Dawson has been included among the record-number 182 nominees for the 2014 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.

A geographic footprint that aligns with current student and alumni populations made the CAA a natural fit for ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, which will host and travel to many top schools in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast for varsity athletic competition.

Besides having the highest percentage of its former student-athletes making gifts to the Phoenix Club, the team also placed third for its participation percentage increase.

Phoenix athletes and coaches in seven sports won recognition this spring from the NCAA for their Academic Progress Rate scores.

Special Olympics of Alamance County, in partnership with ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Volunteers!, hosted its annual Spring Games at Belk Track on May 2 with participation by hundreds of regional athletes.

A May 12 banquet in Alumni Gym recognized some of this year's top performers and student leaders on ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's varsity sports teams.