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Duke Basketball Honors Returned Missionary Senior
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA -- LDS returned missionary Matt Christensen, a
second string center on Duke's Blue Devils basketball team, was
honored Saturday less than two days before his final appearance with
the team. Christensen is the lone senior on the team, but was honored
on "Senior Day" along with two juniors, Jason Williams and Carlos
Boozer, who are leaving the team for the NBA draft.
Christensen is something of a fixture on Duke's team because his
tenure extends back to the fall of 1995, before he served an LDS
mission to Germany. He also redshirted following his mission.
Christensen said he was sad that his basketball career was ending,
""It's sad to come to the end of something that has been just so
spectacular and special, to have it kind of wrap up. In a lot of ways
I feel a pretty strong sense of accomplishment that I've been able to
be here as long as I have and have been a part of teams that have
been so successful."
While Christensen doesn't finish with fancy stats or an NBA career,
he finishes college well prepared for the rest of his life. The son
of Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, he has
earned degrees in civil engineering and in economics.
Source:
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Durham NC Herald-Sun 2Mar02 US NC Ral S2
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Raleigh NC News &Observer 3Mar02 US NC Ral S2
By Luciana Chavez" The News &Observer of Raleigh
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