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Georgia’s Murray, Couch to be honored Tuesday at Peach of an Athlete Banquet

Mar 25, 2013 by Georgia Sports Communications

ATHENS——-University of Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray and gymnast Noel Couch will be honored at the Peach of an Athlete Role Model Banquet at the Cobb Energy Centre in Atlanta on Tuesday. Murray and Couch were named Peach of an Athlete honorees by the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and Murray was named the overall male winner. They are among 12 collegiate student-athletes statewide to ...

Tagged: uga sports, university of georgia, aaron murray, noel couch

Uga football's Chris Burnette a finalist for 2013 Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar Award

Mar 20, 2013 by Georgia Sports Communications

ATHENS, Ga. - Georgia football’s senior guard Chris Burnette has been named one of 10 male finalists for the 2013 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award, which is sponsored by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine and the NCAA. The winners will be profiled in the April 11 edition of the publication. The finalists were chosen from over 500 outstanding minority student-athletes. Burnette, a 6-2, 322-pound native of...

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Uga football's Chris Burnette a finalist for 2013 Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar Award

Mar 20, 2013 by Georgia Sports Communications

ATHENS, Ga. - Georgia football’s senior guard Chris Burnette has been named one of 10 male finalists for the 2013 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award, which is sponsored by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine and the NCAA. The winners will be profiled in the April 11 edition of the publication. The finalists were chosen from over 500 outstanding minority student-athletes. Burnette, a 6-2, 322-pound native of...

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Georgia falls to LSU in SEC Tournament

Mar 15, 2013 by Georgia Sports Communications

NASHVILLE—Georgia sophomore Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored a career-high 32 points and picked up his seventh career double-double, but Georgia’s second half comeback came up just short as the Bulldogs fell to LSU 68-63 in the second round of the SEC Tournament Thursday afternoon at the Bridgestone Arena. Freshman Charles Mann also contributed 15 points, including 12-of-14 from the free-throw line. “Certainly, a hard f...

Tagged: uga hoops, georgia basketball, mark fox, kenny gaines, vincent williams, kentavious caldwellpope, nemanja djurisic

Georgia diver blank qualifies for NCAAs

Mar 13, 2013 by Georgia Sports Communications

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Georgia diver Ann-Perry Blank placed third on the women’s platform on Wednesday at the Zone B Championships, securing her place in next week’s NCAA Championships. Blank’s berth means Georgia will be the only squad at the NCAAs with the full complement of 17 divers and two divers. Laura Ryan won the 3-meter title on Monday to earn an NCAAs spot. The NCAAs will take place March 21-23 ...

Tagged: uga diving, annperry blank