After the conclusion of the 2024-25 season, The Chronicle is highlighting Duke’s most impressive athletes across the year in a column series. Cooper Flagg, Simen Guttormsen and Maggie Graham earned Blue Devil of the Year honors along with a spot on the All-Duke First Team. Here are the rest of the selections:

It was a banner year for Duke track and field, and these four athletes carried the banner for the women’s team. The relay group finished fifth at NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:27.40, etching its name in the Blue Devil history books with the second-fastest mark in program and conference history. Outside of the group’s collective first team All-American honor, Tolbert and Baker had outstanding performances of their own. Tolbert finished fifth in the 800-meter final with a time of 1:59.88, earning her third career First Team All-American honor. Baker finished ninth in the 400-meter hurdles, with her 56.54-second race garnering an All-America Second Team spot.

After a strong freshman year at Duke, Bryan Kim leveled up in a major way this season. The Brookeville, Md., native earned a spot on the All-ACC men’s golf team after notching the sixth-best stroke average in Blue Devil history: 71.22 over the course of the year. When the lights were brightest at the NCAA Reno Regional, Kim shot a 5-under final round to advance to the NCAA Championship as the best individual on a non-advancing team. 

Last year, Toro put up a solid rookie season, notching an All-ACC Second Team selection for the hammer throw and finishing in the top five at three of the five meets he attended. This year, the sophomore took it a step further. Toro delivered an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with his 68.95-meter throw, food for an All-America First Team honors. He also brought home gold at the conference championship to help the men’s program to its first-ever team ACC title.

The dynamic duo of Williams and Winegar took Ws all season long. Both newcomers to Duke, Williams joined the Blue Devils for his sophomore campaign after spending last season at Harvard. Winegar came to Durham after spending his undergraduate career at Columbia. The duo instantly found great success together, winning a litany of accolades as a doubles pair, including being ranked No. 3 in the nation at the end of the season. The pair earned an invitation to compete in the 2025 American Collegiate Wild Card Playoff, then won the tournament to secure a berth in the U.S. Open, one of the most prestigious tournaments in professional tennis.

As a freshman, Roller immediately shone as a premier defender for her team. She topped that performance this season by earning recognition as the best defender in the conference, becoming only the third underclassman to be named the ACC’s Defensive Player of the Year. That award came with slots on the All-ACC First Team and All-American Second Team, setting a bar in the stratosphere for what could be two of the best campaigns Duke has ever seen in the upcoming years.