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Category: Tennis (Women’s)

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“Kicking It” with the 2018 ACE in China Team

 Published by Riley Hickman, Duke Men’s Swimming and Diving and Jacie Lemos, Stanford Women's Lacrosse
This summer, ACE students voted on a sports-related theme to document across all four programs.  For summer 2018, "kicks" or…
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Passion and Inspiration

 Published by Meible Chi, Duke Women's Tennis
After being accepted into the ACE in China program, I was ecstatic. One of my major inspirations for applying to…
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Looking Back and Moving Forward

 Published by Taylor Lallas, Stanford Women's Tennis
In our pre-departure meetings for the ACE program, I recall Emily Durham, our dedicated program director, telling us that “ACE…
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A Video Reflection from Gordon’s Bay, South Africa

 Published by Taylor Lallas, Stanford Women's Tennis and Callie Humphrey, Duke Women's Lacrosse
Although we seem to live very similar lives as student-athletes at highly competitive universities both athletically and academically, we both…
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Come Together

 Published by Taylor Lallas, Stanford Women's Tennis
In the words of South African theologian and human rights advocate Desmond Tutu, “my humanity is bound up in yours,…
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Rapid Fire with Erika and Kaitlyn

 Published by Kaitlyn McCarthy, Duke Women's Tennis, and Erika Malaspina, Stanford Women's Track and Field
1. What has been the most adventurous thing that you’ve done on the trip so far? Erika: Definitely trying all…
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Once in a Lifetime

 Published by Rebecca Smaller, Duke Women's Tennis
And so there it is. The once in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to Vietnam among nine other student-athletes is over. The…
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A Journey of Many Firsts

 Published by Brittany McGee, Stanford Women's Track and Field, and Becky Smaller, Duke Women's Tennis
Who would've thought that a Floridian and a Londoner could share so many first experiences together. After just two weeks…
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