Tag: georgia tech
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Inside Georgia Tech: 2014 Hall of Fame Class Announced
Two-time first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference football stars James Butler and Luke Manget, as well as Georgia Tech’s all-time leading shot-blocker in basketball, Alvin Jones, are among six former Yellow Jacket student-athletes who have been elected to the 2014 Georgia Tech Hall of Fame. NCAA track champion Michael Johnson, former ACC volleyball player of the year Lynnette Moster and two-time Johnny Bench…
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Georgia Tech’s Mason named to Outland Trophy Watch List
Georgia Tech senior offensive lineman and 2013 first-team All-ACC secection Shaquille Mason was named to the preseason watch list for the Outland Trophy, selected by the Football Writers Association of America. The Outland Trophy goes annually to the nation’s top down lineman, including both offense and defense. Mason, a native of Columbia, Tenn., has helped…
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Inside Georgia Tech: New broadcaster joins football announce team,
Roddy Jones joins GT football broadcast team Roddy Jones, one of the most popular players in recent Yellow Jacket football history and an accomplished scholar-athlete while attending Georgia Tech, will join the Tech-IMG Radio Network broadcast team as color analyst. Jones will be alongside Brandon Gaudin, the second-year radio play-by-play voice of the Yellow…
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Georgia Tech names John Portland Assistant Athletic Director
Georgia Tech’s new assistant athletic director for facilities, operations and events is John Portland, who has worked the past five years as an administrator in the Georgia State University athletics department. In Portland’s last two years with the Panthers he served as senior associate athletic director for internal operations. From 2009 to 2012, Portland…
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Inside Georgia Tech: Yellow Jackets selected in MLB Draft, announce volleyball schedule
Six Yellow Jackets selected in MLB Draft Five Georgia Tech baseball players had their names called Saturday on the final day of the 2014 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. With six total draftees in 2014, it marks the 14th consecutive year that no less than four Yellow Jackets have been selected in an…
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Inside Georgia Tech: Waggoner named to football’s Player Personnel staff
Release from Georgia Tech media relations: Brad Waggoner, who began his association with Georgia Tech football 20 years ago as a linebacker for the Yellow Jackets, was named assistant director of player personnel. The hiring of Waggoner, coupled with the promotion of Pete Hurt to director of player personnel, completes the Yellow Jacket…
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