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John Stone
Player Profile
Hometown:
Linwood, N.J.

High School:
Mainland Regional HS

Event:
Sprints, Jumps

Birthdate:
07/07/1979

Honors:
3x ACC Champion, 4x All-ACC, NCAA Qualifier

ACC CHAMPION
1999 100m
1999 200m
1999 4x100m

ALL-ACC
2001 Football
1999 100m
1999 200m
1999 4x100m

PERSONAL RECORDS
100m 10.24
200m 20.56
Long Jump 23-11.75

Standout wide receiver on the Demon Deacon football team that finished his career last fall with 2,933 all-purpose yards, including 1,906 career kickoff return yards, which ranks first at WFU and fifth among all-time ACC leaders ... Earned second-team All-ACC honors senior season after catching 23 passes for 217 yards (9.4 yards-per reception) with a long of 45 and one touchdown, while rushing for 315 yards on 58 carries (5.4 yards-per rush) with a long of 28 and 4 TDs and returning 22 kickoffs 588 yards (26.7 yards-per kickoff return) with a long of 93 and one touchdown ... Selected to play in the Blue-Gray Game on Christmas Day ... Earned ACC Specialist of the Week honors twice in 2001 and three times in career ... returned three kickoffs for touchdowns in career

2001-2002
Outdoor:
Won both the 100m and the 200m at the Wake Forest Invitational … Posted a 10.53 in the 100m at the ACC Championships … Ran a 21.37 in the 200m at the Charlotte Invitational … Finished third in the 100m at the Charlotte Invitational … Took the second leg of the 4x100m relay that placed third at the Duke Invitational with a time of 42.22
Indoor: Ran a 6.99 in the 60m dash at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Posted a 22.09 in the 200m at the Virginia Tech Challenge

1998-1999
Outdoor: Broke school record in the indoor 200m ... Won conference championships in both the 100m and 200m at the 1999 ACC Championships and qualified for the NCAA Championships in both ... Also helped 4x100m Relay team capture 1999 ACC Championship

BACKGROUND

1997 New Jersey State Champion in both the 100m and the 200m ... Broke Olympian Dennis Mitchell’s district high school mark in the 100m with a time of 10.2 ... Standout in the Long Jump as well ... Played wide receiver and running back on back-to-back state championship squads at Mainland Regional High ... Established a new school mark for career touchdowns there with 26 ... First team all-conference and All-South Jersey selection in 1996 ... Majoring in sociology at WFU ... Born July 7, 1979