Football
The past month has seen the Dawgs load up on highly ranked recruits around the south. Of the current class, 10 are from Georgia, 7 from Florida and 1 is from South Carolina. Five are rated among the top 50 players in the country by Rivals.com and no other program has more than three. With 18 verbal committments this years class is nearly full, so expect only 2 or 3 more between now and national signing day in February when yet another top ten class will become official.
The latest to don the red and black is Southwest Dekalb defensive end T.J. Stripling the 28th ranked player in the country, Stripling is 6-6, 216 pounds and should provide the much needed pass rush from the weakside that was lacking in 2008.
Cornerback Nickell Robey of Frostproof, Florida joins his cousin Carlton Thomas who signed with the Dawgs last year.
Garrison Smith, 6-5, 270, the third ranked defensive tackle, is from Atlanta's Douglas high school and will become a force on the inside.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Dawgs Land Number One Rated Safety
Football
June has been a great month for Coach Mark Richt and his staff, the latest addition to the class of 2010, Newnan's Alec Ogletree (6-3, 210) is rated the number one safety in the county by Rivals.com and has already been compared to former Dawg great Thomas Davis.
Ogletree joins wide receiver Da'Rick Rogers of Calhoun, GA, defensive end Jalen Fields of Dalton, GA and offensive tackle Brent Benedict of Jacksonville, FL as the highest rated members to date.
The Dawgs have raided the state of Florida for a total of six recruits thus far and are not finished with at least two or three more on the radar. This class will be smaller than the twenty five allowed by the NCAA due to the number of available scholarships and there may only be room for five or six more with eleven already committed to play between the hedges.
June has been a great month for Coach Mark Richt and his staff, the latest addition to the class of 2010, Newnan's Alec Ogletree (6-3, 210) is rated the number one safety in the county by Rivals.com and has already been compared to former Dawg great Thomas Davis.
Ogletree joins wide receiver Da'Rick Rogers of Calhoun, GA, defensive end Jalen Fields of Dalton, GA and offensive tackle Brent Benedict of Jacksonville, FL as the highest rated members to date.
The Dawgs have raided the state of Florida for a total of six recruits thus far and are not finished with at least two or three more on the radar. This class will be smaller than the twenty five allowed by the NCAA due to the number of available scholarships and there may only be room for five or six more with eleven already committed to play between the hedges.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Kupets Named Top Gymnast
Gymnastics
Georgias Courtney Kupets, the winningest gymnast in NCAA history, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Honda Sports Award as the nations top collegiate gymnast.
A senior from Athens, she also won the Honda Award in 2007 and was a finalist for it in 2006. In national balloting among 1,000 NCAA member schools, Kupets was voted over three other finalists Utahs Kristina Baskett, LSUs Ashleigh Clare-Kearney and Denvers Jessica Lopez.
She now is automatically nominated for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Award. The Honda-Broderick Cup will be presented to the winner at a ceremony in New York in June.
After missing the second half of the 2008 season with an Achilles injury, Kupets was the nations most dynamic gymnast in 2009. She won the all-around, bars, beam and floor competitions at the NCAA Championship, giving her a record nine individual national titles in just three seasons. She also became the first gymnast in NCAA history to win a national title in each event.
Moreover, Kupets paced the Gym Dawgs to their fifth straight and 10th overall national championship.
Kupets earned five All-America honors in 2009, giving her the maximum of 15 for the three years in which she participated in the NCAAs. She was named the AAI National Senior, SEC and Southeast Regional Gymnast of the Year. Kupets recorded seven perfect 10.0s, including at least one in each event to become just the third Gym Dawg to accomplish that feat.
Kupets also is an academic standout for Georgia. She was named to the Fall Semester Athletic Directors Honor Roll, was chosen as Georgias recipient of the Boyd McWhorter Scholarship and won UGAs Marilyn Vincent Award as the senior female student-athlete with the highest grade point average. She has a 3.8 GPA in Housing.
Baseball
Georgia pitchers Trevor Holder and Dean Weaver were among 50 players named to the College Baseball Foundation’s Pitcher of the Year Award Watch List, it was announced Tuesday.
A senior from Birmingham, Ala., Holder is 7-2 with a 3.79 ERA this season and last weekend tied former Dawg Cris Carpenter for fourth all-time at Georgia with his 22nd career victory. His seven wins this year is tied for second most in the SEC.
A junior from Douglasville, Ga., Weaver is 1-0 with nine saves this year—tied for seventh on Georgia’s single season saves chart. Weaver has allowed just two earned runs in his last 13 appearances and 14.2 innings. He leads the SEC in saves in conference play and in games finished.
Georgias Courtney Kupets, the winningest gymnast in NCAA history, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Honda Sports Award as the nations top collegiate gymnast.
A senior from Athens, she also won the Honda Award in 2007 and was a finalist for it in 2006. In national balloting among 1,000 NCAA member schools, Kupets was voted over three other finalists Utahs Kristina Baskett, LSUs Ashleigh Clare-Kearney and Denvers Jessica Lopez.
She now is automatically nominated for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Award. The Honda-Broderick Cup will be presented to the winner at a ceremony in New York in June.
After missing the second half of the 2008 season with an Achilles injury, Kupets was the nations most dynamic gymnast in 2009. She won the all-around, bars, beam and floor competitions at the NCAA Championship, giving her a record nine individual national titles in just three seasons. She also became the first gymnast in NCAA history to win a national title in each event.
Moreover, Kupets paced the Gym Dawgs to their fifth straight and 10th overall national championship.
Kupets earned five All-America honors in 2009, giving her the maximum of 15 for the three years in which she participated in the NCAAs. She was named the AAI National Senior, SEC and Southeast Regional Gymnast of the Year. Kupets recorded seven perfect 10.0s, including at least one in each event to become just the third Gym Dawg to accomplish that feat.
Kupets also is an academic standout for Georgia. She was named to the Fall Semester Athletic Directors Honor Roll, was chosen as Georgias recipient of the Boyd McWhorter Scholarship and won UGAs Marilyn Vincent Award as the senior female student-athlete with the highest grade point average. She has a 3.8 GPA in Housing.
Baseball
Georgia pitchers Trevor Holder and Dean Weaver were among 50 players named to the College Baseball Foundation’s Pitcher of the Year Award Watch List, it was announced Tuesday.
A senior from Birmingham, Ala., Holder is 7-2 with a 3.79 ERA this season and last weekend tied former Dawg Cris Carpenter for fourth all-time at Georgia with his 22nd career victory. His seven wins this year is tied for second most in the SEC.
A junior from Douglasville, Ga., Weaver is 1-0 with nine saves this year—tied for seventh on Georgia’s single season saves chart. Weaver has allowed just two earned runs in his last 13 appearances and 14.2 innings. He leads the SEC in saves in conference play and in games finished.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Dawgs To Host NCAA Tennis 1st & 2nd Rounds
Men's Tennis
The fourth-ranked University of Georgia men’s tennis team will be the number four overall seed in the NCAA Championships and serve as a host for first and second round action at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex, the NCAA announced today.
The Dawgs (22-3) will play host to South Carolina State (14-7), Virginia Tech (14-7) and UNC-Wilmington (19-5) from May 8-9.
The Dawgs have reached the NCAA Championship match three straight years and won the national championship the past two seasons.
This year, the Dawgs captured the SEC Eastern Division title. They will be making their 31st overall appearance and looking to win their seventh NCAA title.
The Bulldogs have won 60 consecutive home matches.
Women's Tennis
The second-ranked University of Georgia women’s tennis team will be the number two overall seed in the NCAA Championships and will serve as a host for first and second round action at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex, the NCAA announced today.
The Dawgs (23-2) earned an automatic bid to this year’s NCAA Championships after winning the SEC Tournament this past Sunday in Fayetteville, Ark.
They will play host to No. 24 Alabama (15-8), No. 35 Boise State (23-4) and South Carolina State (14-4) from May 9-10.
Georgia, the 2009 SEC Champions, will be making its 23rd consecutive NCAA appearance.
They won the national title in 1994 and 2000
Volleyball
University of Georgia head volleyball coach Joel McCartney announced on Tuesday that Adria Fecteau of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, and Kathleen Luft of Thousand Oaks, California, have signed National-Letters-of-Intent and will join the Bulldogs for the fall 2009 season.
Fecteau will graduate from Fuquay-Varina High School in the 95th percentile of her class as a member of the National Beta Club, and she serves as the student council vice president. Fecteau is also a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Luft will graduate from Thousand Oaks High School as one of the most decorated three-sport female athletes of all time. Although Luft leaves the TOHS basketball program as the 2008 team Most Valuable Player and the track team with a school record in the shot put, she ultimately chose to pursue volleyball in college in the eleventh hour of her senior year.
The fourth-ranked University of Georgia men’s tennis team will be the number four overall seed in the NCAA Championships and serve as a host for first and second round action at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex, the NCAA announced today.
The Dawgs (22-3) will play host to South Carolina State (14-7), Virginia Tech (14-7) and UNC-Wilmington (19-5) from May 8-9.
The Dawgs have reached the NCAA Championship match three straight years and won the national championship the past two seasons.
This year, the Dawgs captured the SEC Eastern Division title. They will be making their 31st overall appearance and looking to win their seventh NCAA title.
The Bulldogs have won 60 consecutive home matches.
Women's Tennis
The second-ranked University of Georgia women’s tennis team will be the number two overall seed in the NCAA Championships and will serve as a host for first and second round action at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex, the NCAA announced today.
The Dawgs (23-2) earned an automatic bid to this year’s NCAA Championships after winning the SEC Tournament this past Sunday in Fayetteville, Ark.
They will play host to No. 24 Alabama (15-8), No. 35 Boise State (23-4) and South Carolina State (14-4) from May 9-10.
Georgia, the 2009 SEC Champions, will be making its 23rd consecutive NCAA appearance.
They won the national title in 1994 and 2000
Volleyball
University of Georgia head volleyball coach Joel McCartney announced on Tuesday that Adria Fecteau of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, and Kathleen Luft of Thousand Oaks, California, have signed National-Letters-of-Intent and will join the Bulldogs for the fall 2009 season.
Fecteau will graduate from Fuquay-Varina High School in the 95th percentile of her class as a member of the National Beta Club, and she serves as the student council vice president. Fecteau is also a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Luft will graduate from Thousand Oaks High School as one of the most decorated three-sport female athletes of all time. Although Luft leaves the TOHS basketball program as the 2008 team Most Valuable Player and the track team with a school record in the shot put, she ultimately chose to pursue volleyball in college in the eleventh hour of her senior year.
4 Dawgs Sign Free Agent Contracts
Football
After NFL teams drafted six Dawgs over the weekend, four more former Georgia football players have signed NFL free agent contracts since the league's draft wrapped up on Sunday.
Three out of the four Dawgs signed with teams from the AFC. Fullback Brannan Southerland of Dacula signed a contract with the New York Jets, linebacker Dannell Ellerbe of Hamlet, N.C., signed with the Baltimore Ravens and wide receiver Demiko Goodman of Newnan inked a deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
For the NFC, wide receiver Kenneth Harris of Cherryville, N.C., signed a contract with the New Orleans Saints.
The Detroit Lions selected quarterback Matthew Stafford of Dallas as the first overall pick in the 2009 draft on Saturday and five more Bulldogs followed. Running back Knowshon Moreno of Belford, N.J., (1st round 12th Denver Broncos), wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi of Charlotte, N.C., (2nd round 50th Cleveland Browns), defensive back Asher Allen of Tucker (3rd round 86th Minnesota Vikings), defensive tackle Corvey Irvin of Augusta (3rd round 93rd Carolina Panthers) and defensive end Jarius Wynn of Lincolnton (6th round 182nd Green Bay Packers) were the other five Georgia players selected.
The six Bulldogs chosen this year brings the total number of former Georgia players selected in the past eight NFL drafts to 46. The five players taken in the first three rounds ties the record set by the draft classes of 2005, 2003 and 2001.
Munson Into Hall Of Fame
Longtime University of Georgia radio announcer Larry Munson will be inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame during the organization’s 50th Annual Awards program scheduled May 2-4 in Salisbury, NC.
Munson called Georgia football games from 1966 to 2007. Starting at age 20, Munson began to accumulate lots of experience in sports broadcasting. He called games for major and minor league baseball, the University of Wyoming football and basketball, Nashville Vols (baseball), Vanderbilt football and basketball for 16 years and was a member of the original Atlanta Braves broadcast team when they moved from Milwaukee.
“This is an overwhelming tribute, and I am honored to be selected to this group of outstanding and accomplished professionals,” said Munson. “To be elected to any Hall of Fame is quite humbling, but to be chosen to the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame is the ultimate honor.”
This award will be added to his many other broadcasting accolades.
Munson was recognized by the Georgia General Assembly in 1983, inducted into the Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1994 and the State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
Men's Golf
Georgia golfers Brian Harman, Hudson Swafford, Harris English and Russell Henley have been named First-Team All-Southeastern Conference, according to an announcement Monday by the league office.
Adam Mitchell earned Second-Team All-SEC honors, meaning all five members of the lineup picked up conference recognition. In addition, Rob Bennett was selected for the SEC Community Service Team.
Harman earned First-Team All-SEC honors for the third time in his career, while Swafford made the First Team for the second time. Mitchell was a First-Team selection and English and Henley were Second-Team picks a year ago.
The No. 1-ranked Dawgs have won five tournaments this season, including the SEC Championship. Georgia will learn its NCAA Regional assignment next Monday.
Women's Golf
The No. 14-ranked Georgia women's golf team will compete in the NCAA East Regional in Gainesville, Fla., on May 7-9, the NCAA announced on Monday.
Georgia has posted nine top-10 finishes during the past 11 NCAA Championships and only failed to advance from the Regionals to championship play once since 1998.
After NFL teams drafted six Dawgs over the weekend, four more former Georgia football players have signed NFL free agent contracts since the league's draft wrapped up on Sunday.
Three out of the four Dawgs signed with teams from the AFC. Fullback Brannan Southerland of Dacula signed a contract with the New York Jets, linebacker Dannell Ellerbe of Hamlet, N.C., signed with the Baltimore Ravens and wide receiver Demiko Goodman of Newnan inked a deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
For the NFC, wide receiver Kenneth Harris of Cherryville, N.C., signed a contract with the New Orleans Saints.
The Detroit Lions selected quarterback Matthew Stafford of Dallas as the first overall pick in the 2009 draft on Saturday and five more Bulldogs followed. Running back Knowshon Moreno of Belford, N.J., (1st round 12th Denver Broncos), wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi of Charlotte, N.C., (2nd round 50th Cleveland Browns), defensive back Asher Allen of Tucker (3rd round 86th Minnesota Vikings), defensive tackle Corvey Irvin of Augusta (3rd round 93rd Carolina Panthers) and defensive end Jarius Wynn of Lincolnton (6th round 182nd Green Bay Packers) were the other five Georgia players selected.
The six Bulldogs chosen this year brings the total number of former Georgia players selected in the past eight NFL drafts to 46. The five players taken in the first three rounds ties the record set by the draft classes of 2005, 2003 and 2001.
Munson Into Hall Of Fame
Longtime University of Georgia radio announcer Larry Munson will be inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame during the organization’s 50th Annual Awards program scheduled May 2-4 in Salisbury, NC.
Munson called Georgia football games from 1966 to 2007. Starting at age 20, Munson began to accumulate lots of experience in sports broadcasting. He called games for major and minor league baseball, the University of Wyoming football and basketball, Nashville Vols (baseball), Vanderbilt football and basketball for 16 years and was a member of the original Atlanta Braves broadcast team when they moved from Milwaukee.
“This is an overwhelming tribute, and I am honored to be selected to this group of outstanding and accomplished professionals,” said Munson. “To be elected to any Hall of Fame is quite humbling, but to be chosen to the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame is the ultimate honor.”
This award will be added to his many other broadcasting accolades.
Munson was recognized by the Georgia General Assembly in 1983, inducted into the Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1994 and the State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
Men's Golf
Georgia golfers Brian Harman, Hudson Swafford, Harris English and Russell Henley have been named First-Team All-Southeastern Conference, according to an announcement Monday by the league office.
Adam Mitchell earned Second-Team All-SEC honors, meaning all five members of the lineup picked up conference recognition. In addition, Rob Bennett was selected for the SEC Community Service Team.
Harman earned First-Team All-SEC honors for the third time in his career, while Swafford made the First Team for the second time. Mitchell was a First-Team selection and English and Henley were Second-Team picks a year ago.
The No. 1-ranked Dawgs have won five tournaments this season, including the SEC Championship. Georgia will learn its NCAA Regional assignment next Monday.
Women's Golf
The No. 14-ranked Georgia women's golf team will compete in the NCAA East Regional in Gainesville, Fla., on May 7-9, the NCAA announced on Monday.
Georgia has posted nine top-10 finishes during the past 11 NCAA Championships and only failed to advance from the Regionals to championship play once since 1998.
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