I T TA K E S A T E A M
By Jamie Spatola
SIGHTSEEING
It was really a pretty funny sight. Jay Heaps, Matt Christensen, and Justin and Ryan Caldbeck
sitting around a table in one of the Emily K Center classrooms in chairs much too small, their
knees almost even with the table’s edge. Matt, at 6’10” and 270 pounds, appeared particularly
uncomfortable. The boyish grins on their faces belied their business-casual attire as they
wracked their brains and scratched their heads trying to find the right words for a birthday
message to the man they all call, “Coach.”
Along with all the other former Blue Devil players,
coaches, and managers in town for reunion weekend, Jay,
Matt, Justin, and Ryan were invited to the Emily K Center
for breakfast that Saturday morning before the Duke/
Maryland game, their old coach’s thousandth at Duke.
The coach had asked his wife, my mom, Mickie or Mrs. K
to most, along with us three daughters to share the Emily
Krzyzewski Center with the rest of our extended family.
Of course, as always, it was Marleah Rogers and her
amazing Emily K Center team who made the event a
success, the same team that makes every weekday
afternoon a success for the students and families who
benefit from the EKC’s academic programming. Marleah
greeted the guests at the door and set them up with their
own personal tour guides, one of the Emily K Center’s
students and one of their Duke undergraduate volunteers.
A total of eight students and five undergrads chose to
spend their Saturday morning showing off the place where
they have all learned so much about themselves, the
youngsters realizing their potential as they prepare for
Emily K Center Summer Camps 2010
Applications are now available for the Chris Duhon Basketball Camp and the Justice
Theater Project Drama Camp. For information and applications go to
www.emilyk.org or
e-mail
info@emilyk.org.
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