For the ninth consecutive year, Duke student-athletes will participate in immersive summer service experiences offered through the Rubenstein Student-Athlete Civic Engagement Program (ACE). This summer, ACE will run international programming in Costa Rica, South Africa, and introduce a new location in Panama.
Thirty-six Duke student-athletes representing fifteen athletic teams have been selected for the ACE Summer 2024 programs. They will work on collaborative service projects, form relationships across the Duke Athletics community, and connect with communities worldwide. This summer is the first time a one-week program option has been offered in the history of ACE, allowing a greater diversity of student-athletes to participate in ACE while taking summer school classes, fulfilling athletic training obligations, and more. In the Panama program, student-athletes will plan and facilitate an after-school sports youth camp focused on volleyball in two rural Panamanian communities. In Costa Rica, student-athletes will engage in conservation-focused projects in the Costa Rican village of Gandoca, promoting wildlife conservation and sustainable resource use. In South Africa, tudent-athletes will partner with local organizations in Cape Town focused on self-empowerment and sustainable development projects.
Read the full article from Duke Athletics and to learn more about the student-athletes and the details of their programs.
Duke ACE 2024 Participants
- Raymond Adams (’27) – Wrestling | ACE in Panama
- Connor Barket (’26) – Wrestling | ACE in Panama
- Paige Bitting (’26) – Field Hockey | ACE in Panama
- Evan Brown (’26) – Men’s Swimming & Diving | ACE in Panama
- Ethan Grimminger (’26) – Wrestling | ACE in Panama
- River Hanson (’27) – Football | ACE in Panama
- Andrew Li (’27) – Men’s Swimming & Diving | ACE in Panama
- Zizi Newhard (’27) – Women’s Fencing | ACE in Panama
- McKenna Smith (’25) – Women’s Swimming & Diving | ACE in Panama
- Delaney Thomas (’27) – Women’s Basketball | ACE in Panama
- Khi Wall (’25) – Football | ACE in Panama
- Kerry Keefe (’26) – Volleyball | ACE in Panama
- Kennedy Barron (’25) – Softball | ACE in Costa Rica
- Nora Conaty (‘26) – Rowing | ACE in Costa Rica
- Alden Keller (’27) – Men’s Cross Country + Track & Field | ACE in Costa Rica
- Jack Kovach (’24) – Men’s Cross Country + Track & Field | ACE in Costa Rica
- Alaina McVeigh (’26) – Field Hockey | ACE in Costa Rica
- Kavya Menke (’25) – Women’s Fencing | ACE in Costa Rica
- Francesca Morland (’26) – Rowing | ACE in Costa Rica
- Ally Neiders (’26) – Women’s Track & Field | ACE in Costa Rica
- Austin Simpson (’26) – Men’s Swimming & Diving | ACE in Costa Rica
- Sydney Smith (’26) – Women’s Lacrosse | ACE in Costa Rica
- Sydney Tomlak (’26) – Volleyball | ACE in Costa Rica
- Mikaela Voinov (’27) – Rowing | ACE in Costa Rica
- Monica Balakrishnan (’26) – Women’s Fencing | ACE in South Africa
- Vaya Chhabra (’26) – Rowing | ACE in South Africa
- Brynn Crouse (’26) – Field Hockey | ACE in South Africa
- Jeremy Kain (’26) – Men’s Cross Country + Track & Field | ACE in South Africa
- Madeline Meredith (’26) – Women’s Swimming & Diving | ACE in South Africa
- Sean Morello (’27) – Men’s Cross Country + Track & Field | ACE in South Africa
- Thaïs Rolly (’27) – Women’s Cross Country + Track & Field | ACE in South Africa
- Yannis Schattman (’26) – Men’s Swimming & Diving | ACE in South Africa
- Macy Szukics (’26) – Field Hockey | ACE in South Africa
- Erin Temple (’26) – Rowing | ACE in South Africa
- Tatum Wall (’26) – Women’s Swimming & Diving | ACE in South Africa
- Josie Zillig (’26) – Women’s Swimming & Diving | ACE in South Africa