For the second straight year, a returning standout offensive lineman for the University of West Georgia Wolves football team has earned early national recognition. Senior guard Garrison Ushery was recently named a preseason Division II All-American by The Sporting News in the publication’s 2014 College Football Preview edition.
Garrison, a rising senior from Austell, Georgia, and South Cobb High School, has quickly earned the respect of his new head coach, Will Hall. A transfer from Saint Augustine’s University in North Carolina prior to the 2012 season, Garrison is entering his third season in the UWG program. Last year he earned All-Gulf South Conference First Team honors as he helped lead the Wolves’ attack to several new school records. Read more ...
A record setting year of academic achievement continued Tuesday for student-athletes at the University of West Georgia. Three top spring sports performers were named as members of the 2014 Gulf South Conference All-Academic Team.
Earning the honors from UWG were men's golfer Kevin Clarke, Jaime Jordan from women's golf, and baseball's Galen Smith. The trio received the honor following a joint vote of the league's sports information directors and faculty athletic representatives. Read more ...
Nicole Yancey spent four years at the University of West Georgia setting the standard for third basemen and hitting in general. On Wednesday, that standard grew even more, as Nicole was named a First Team All-American by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
With the announcement, Nicole becomes the first UWG softball player to earn the title and the fifth athlete this year at West Georgia to be named All-American, joining Melissa Holt (Volleyball), William Wright (Football), Brandon White (Football), and James Dugan (Football). Read more ...
By all accounts, the inaugural WESTPY Awards Banquet was a tremendous success for the University of West Georgia. On the night of May 15, more than 300 UWG supporters gathered at the Campus Center to celebrate and recognize the accomplishments from the 2013-14 athletic year.
The guests arrived between 6 and 6:30 p.m., and it was clear from the start that they understood what this event was about. Fans arrived dressed in their best, with jacket and tie fitting in nicely with the lovely dresses. Each of the ladies who entered were treated to a rose to commemorate the evening, and the athletes came decked out and ready to see who would become Mr. or Miss Wolf, the highest honor any athlete can receive at UWG. Read more ...
On the evening of Thursday, May 15, 2014, a new tradition began in the Campus Center Ballroom at the University of West Georgia, as the UWG Athletic Department hosted the Inaugural WESTPY Awards Banquet.
Twenty-eight different awards were presented, with categories ranging from Best Blooper to Mr. and Miss Wolf. Each recipient received a beautiful Alpha, which is the award standard now for UWG athletics. The Alpha is West Georgia's version of the Oscar at the Academy Awards. Read more ...
When I arrived at the University of West Georgia in the fall of 2001, we had one of the top football programs in the southeast. UWG was a name to be feared in all facets of the game and we had the All-Americans to prove it. We had eight straight seasons of eight wins or more and we had tradition.
That fall, West Georgia put a team on the field that featured Nate Coggins and Marquis Floyd, each two-time All-Americans. In the offensive backfield, there was Nick Price, another All-American. And the first game that I saw UWG play was against Arkansas-Monticello, and we wore them slap out all afternoon long at Grisham Stadium. Read more ...
The Wolves said their final goodbyes to three seniors at the end of the Gulf South Conference Championship in 2013, and now Head Coach of UWG Volleyball, Gary Lee, looks to help rebuild with bringing in some new faces to the 2014 team.
The Wolves are coming off their best overall campaign in Lee's six-year tenure, finishing the year with a 17-13 overall record and reaching the finals in the 2013 GSC Championship against the University of West Florida.
The 2014 class begins with junior transfer Nicole McDaniel out of Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida. Nicole began her collegiate career at Valdosta State University in the 2012 season. Read more ...
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