Georgia Institute of Technology Athletics

Founded on October 13, 1885, the Georgia School of Technology opened its doors to 84 students. The School’s creation signaled the beginning of the transformation of the agrarian South to an industrial economy. During its first fifty years, Tech grew from a narrowly focused trade school to a regionally recognized technological university.

In 1948, the School’s name was changed to the Georgia Institute of Technology to reflect a growing focus on advanced technological and scientific research.

Georgia Tech’s campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of Atlanta, where more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive a focused, technologically based education. Georgia Tech offers many nationally recognized, top-ranked programs. Undergraduate and graduate degrees are offered in the Colleges of Architecture, Engineering, Sciences, Computing, Management, and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. Georgia Tech consistently ranks among U.S. News & World Report's top ten public universities in the United States.

The athletic teams at Georgia Tech compete in the NCAA Division I (!-A football) Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Recent Highlights:

• Georgia Tech volleyball standouts Jayme Gergen, Lindsey Laband and Lynnette Moster were named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) all-American teams. All three players helped lead the Yellow Jackets to 27-7 record, including a perfect 16-0 record in ACC play, as well as the school's second straight appearance in the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Tournament.
  
• Six Georgia Tech football players earned all-Atlantic Coast Conference recognition, including first-team all-ACC selections James Butler and Calvin Johnson. Defensive end Eric Henderson, linebacker Gerris Wilkinson and placekicker Travis Bell were named to the second-team, while linebacker Chris Reis earned honorable mention recognition.
  
• Georgia Tech men's cross country team recently placed eighth and the women's cross country team came in tenth in the ACC Championship.
  
• Georgia Tech's Nicholass Thompson, who has recorded 12 top-10 finishes in his career but never won a collegiate event, recently won the Western Refining College All-America Classic in El Paso, Texas.
  
• Sophomore All-American Vesna Stojanovska recently broke the school record in the women's 200-yard butterfly (2:01.89) to lead the Georgia Tech women's swimming and diving team to a second-place finish at the Georgia Tech Invitational. The women edged No. 23 Tennessee 783 to 750 points and finished behind No. 3 Florida (869.5), while the men finished third with 838.5 points, behind third-ranked Florida (1055.5) and NC State (889).
  
• Freshman George Gvelesiani and senior Noah Tyler won the Flight C doubles championship at the Crimson Tide Fall Tournament in Tuscaloosa, Ala. to lead the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
  
• The Yellow Jacket women's tennis team concluded play at the Georgia Tech Invitational, which the Jackets were hosting at the Bill Moore Tennis Center, and finished with a total of 18 singles wins and nine doubles victories in matches against players from Florida State, Maryland and Marshall in the three-day tournament. The Jackets were led on the courts by Kelly Anderson and Kacie Anson both of which went undefeated in both singles and doubles action in the tournament.

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