UGA Athletics Board Convenes for Spring Meeting

LAKE OCONEE, Ga. — The largest philanthropic commitment in UGA Athletics history, another impressive academic year for Bulldog student-athletes and updates on numerous sports highlighted the first day of the UGA Athletic Association Board of Directors spring meeting that was held Thursday at The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds.

Thursday's meeting also included a presentation from AMPLOS Performance Psychologist Drew Brannon and Georgia defensive line coach Tray Scott, who touched on the importance of the football team's "skull" sessions.

Highlights of Remarks from J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Josh Brooks

*Adam Wexler, founder of PrizePicks and CEO of The Hidden Jams, announced a $10 million commitment to Georgia Athletics with a focus on the men's basketball program. It is the largest donation in Bulldog history.

*Georgia student-athletes boasted a 3.26 GPA this spring after a record-setting 3.30 in the fall.

*Bulldog football finished with a 3.00 GPA, marking the program's highest term GPA since 2020. Women's tennis earned the highest GPA among women's athletics teams with a 3.65, while men's cross country tallied the highest on the men's side with a 3.58.

*Football's 2021 roster has now had 45 players taken in the NFL Draft, a new record for one team in college football history.

*Brooks focused on the success of the Georgia men's basketball program, which set the new program record with 22 regular season wins and back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances for just the fourth time in program history.

*Mike White has totaled the most wins through his four years for a Georgia men's basketball coach. Wes Johnson has totaled the most wins in the first three years for any Bulldog baseball coach.

*Women's tennis and women's track and field won national titles during the indoor season, while gymnastics finished No. 6 nationally, its best finish since 2016.

*Brooks highlighted new women's basketball coach Ayla Guzzardo and the head coach of Georgia gymnastics Cecile Canqueteau-Landi.

*This successful spring athletics seasons includes a record-setting year for baseball, a NCAA Super Regional berth by softball and men's golf's trip to the NCAA Championships. Women's track and field is ranked No. 1 and men's track and field is ranked No. 3 nationally.

*Women's tennis earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Championships and advanced to the semifinals for the fourth-straight year. Georgia also hosted the NCAA Tennis Championships, welcoming close to 10,000 spectators to Athens.

*On the fundraising side, all active and completed capital projects for Georgia Athletics have been fully funded.

*Active projects include the football practice complex, the Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium culvert maintenance and sanitary sewer project and Sanford Stadium's master plan.

*Brooks congratulated the entire UGA staff on a successful Live Between the Hedges concert and announced the Soccer in Sanford game, which will take place Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m.

*Brooks concluded his remarks by highlighting the new Georgia football radio team of Jeff Dantzler and Jon Stinchcomb.

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