Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: North Carolina State University professor Lian Xie and a team of colleagues and students predicted that 2010 would see 15 to 18 named storms , with 8 â `` 11 potentially becoming hurricanes .
Simplified: North Carolina State University said that 2010 would have 15 to 18 named storms , and 8 â `` 11 would become hurricanes .