and some comparisons to last year as well.

THE FLATS – The No. 11 Georgia Tech volleyball team rallied for a thrilling five-set victory on Friday night, coming back to defeat Florida State (21-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-18, 16-14) inside O’Keefe Gymnasium. A career night from Paola Pimentel alongside another 20/20 double-double from Tamara Otene vaulted the Yellow Jackets to victory in front of yet another sold out crowd.
Quick Hits

• Georgia Tech has now won eight straight matches over the Seminoles, the longest winning streak in series history.
• Tech leads the all-time series, 38-22, including an excellent 23-10 record inside O’Keefe.
• This is the 21st consecutive sellout at O’Keefe Gymnasium dating back to the 2021 season.
• Senior libero Paola Pimentel set a new career best with 29 digs, bringing her career total to 1,002. She becomes the 7th Yellow Jacket in the modern scoring era to achieve 1,000 career digs.
• It was her seventh 20+ dig match of the season and the 11th of her career.
• Pimentel has reached 1,000 digs while averaging 3.58 digs/set, the second highest career average in program history.
• Senior outside hitter Tamara Otene maintained her incredible form, making 20 kills and 23 digs tonight. She is now averaging 21 kills and 19 digs over her last three matches.
• This was her third consecutive double-double and second consecutive 20/20 match, the longest streak of her career.
• She becomes the first Yellow Jacket to ever accomplish back-to-back 20/20 double-doubles and is just the fifth to ever achieve multiple such matches over a career.
• The New Zealand native has now registered nine consecutive double-digit dig matches, continuing her career-best streak.
• Otene owns 938 career kills, the most on the roster as she closes in on her 1,000th career kill.
• Freshman opposite Larissa Mendes delivered a career-best 21 kills. She becomes the first Tech freshman to record 20+ kills in an ACC match since Julia Bergmann’s 24 kill performance at Pitt (Nov. 8, 2019).
• The Brazilian has made 10+ kills in 13 of her first 17 collegiate matches.
• Freshman setter Heloise Soaresset a career-high with 59 assists, the most assists by a Yellow Jacket freshman in the modern scoring era.
• She is the first Jacket setter to reach the 50 assist mark this year.
• Junior outside hitter Bianca Bertolino notched her 40th ace of the season in the second set. It’s the first time she has reached 40 aces in a single season as she becomes the first Jacket to reach the milestone since 2019 (Bergmann – 64). She finished the night with three aces, bringing her season total to 42 and her career mark to 96.
• She finished with 21 kills and 13 digs for her sixth double-double of the year and second in as many matches.
• Tech has won back-to-back five-set matches for the first time since 2019 (Nov. 1 – Nov. 3)
  
  
  Set By Set
  Set 1 (FSU, 25-21): FSU came out firing from the service line but a pair of early kills from Mendes, along with strong serving from Otene, helped the Jackets take an early 6-5 advantage. The Seminoles responded with a 7-0 run, taking a 8-14 lead. With the set dangerously close to slipping away, Soares executed a perfect no-look, backwards dump at the net to stop the run and send Bertolino to the service line, where the Jackets feasted, winning the next five points and drawing back within one, 13-14. Both sides traded points from there until the final points, when some untimely Tech errors allowed FSU to take the opening set by four points. Otene (five), Bertolino (four) and Mendes (three) combined for 12 of Tech’s 13 kills in the set as Pimentel led the back row with eight digs.
  
  Set 2 (GT, 25-23): Mendes found another gear offensively in the second, smashing six early kills to help the Jackets get out to a 13-11 lead. Otene took over from there, delivering back-to-back kills and an ace to put Tech in front 17-13. The Jackets held FSU at bey for the remainder of the set, with Otene bringing O’Keefe to its feet with some devastating back row attacks. Bertonilo delivered the finishing blow to lock the match at one-set apiece. Mendes led all attackers with nine kills in the second set, bringing her match total to 12 kills on .500 hitting. Soares settled into the set nicely distributing 15 assists with Otene leading the charge on the back row, posting four digs.
  
  Set 3 (FSU, 25-18): The Jackets got their middle blockers engaged early in the third with Boezi (two) and Peirce (two) combining for four of the first five kills of the set. The Seminoles were able to match that with some strong blocking, going on a 5-1 run to take a 4-9 advantage. Otene secured her career-best third double-double in as many matches with a dig that resulted in another kill from Mendes, but the Jackets couldn’t cut into the lead enough and would drop the set by seven points.
  
  Set 4 (GT, 25-18): The Georgia Tech defense came to play in the fourth as Pimentel and Otene dug nearly every ball that came their way to help the Jackets overcome a 4-9 deficit to claw back and go on a 6-0 scoring run to flip a 13-16 score line into a 19-16 lead thanks to a great run of serve from Otene. With the sold-out crowd firmly behind them, the Jackets maintained momentum and would go on to win the set by seven points, winning 12 of the final 14 points along the way. Despite the rough start, GT delivered its most kills (21) on its highest efficiency (.432 hitting) while also putting up its most digs (25) of any set on the night. Bertolino headlined the offense with nine kills on .529 hitting
  
  Set 5 (GT, 16-14): Bertolino set the tone at the service line, putting FSU out of system on her first two serves before sending back-to-back aces. FSU was forced to use both timeouts after the first four points in an effort to stop the onslaught as Tech jumped ahead, 4-0. FSU battled back to tie the score, 5-5, forcing a GT timeout. Three of the next four Tech points came from errors as the Jackets took advantage of sloppy play for a 9-7 lead. Both sides would trade sideouts until FSU went on a late 3-0 run to force match point. With their backs against the wall, the Jackets turned to Otene who delivered with a kill, followed by two digs in a rally that ended in Bertolino’s 20th kill of the night, giving GT match point. With the match on the line, it was Bertolino again, from Soares, to polish off another five-set victory. Bertolino finished the fifth set with three kills on .500 hitting and two aces without committing an error as Otene paced the offense with four kills.
  
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  Georgia Tech will wrap up the weekend against Miami (11-6, 4-3 ACC) on Sunday at 1 p.m. in O’Keefe Gymnasium.

Not sure if the game is being discussed elsewhere

GT commit Greco is absolutely killing it at WR for Mill Creek

@Russell Johnson we have to be considering this dude as a 2-way player right?

Going to keep this thread locked as I break down where I am hearing the Georgia Tech coaches are this weekend, and who they are likely there to see.

Each coach is going to get their own post, and I plan to go as in-depth as I can depending on the reporting.

Let's get to it, starting with special teams coach Ricky Brumfield..

Per GT Athletics-

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech baseball program announced today the addition of Georgia Tech Hall of Famer Deck McGuire and Jason Richman to its coaching staff ahead of the 2024 season. The Yellow Jackets also announced the elevation of Zeke Pinkham to assistant coach.

McGuire joins the Jackets as an undergraduate assistant coach as he returns to The Flats to complete his Georgia Tech degree, while Richman joins as director of pitching development, overseeing analytics and sports science.

“I’m excited about the coaching staff that we’ve put together this year,” head coach Danny Hall said. “It’s a staff full of experience, energy and knowledge that will be great to work with day to day and will be a terrific benefit to our players.”

Pinkham has served as Georgia Tech’s volunteer assistant coach since 2020, working primarily with catchers, as well as helping coach offense and base-running. Pinkham was instrumental in the tutelage of freshman all-American and unanimous first-team all-American Kevin Parada, who became Georgia Tech’s 16th first-round MLB Draft pick when he was selected 11th overall by the New York Mets in 2022.

An Elizabethtown, Ky. native, he arrived on The Flats after a year as the graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, Louisville. Prior to coaching, Pinkham was a three-year starting catcher with the Cardinals and appeared in two College World Series (2017, 2019).

One of the top pitchers in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the late 2000s, McGuire was named the conference’s top pitcher in 2009 while at Georgia Tech, becoming a first-team all-American as well. A two-time first-team all-ACC selection (2009-10), he also earned third-team honors in 2010. The Richmond, Va. native was named the ACC Pitcher of the Year in 2009 after going 11-2 in 16 starts for a 3.50 ERA, striking out 118 batters and walking just 41. Overall, McGuire finished his career on The Flats with a 28-7 record in 49 appearances and 5 starts, acquiring a career ERA of 3.28 over 291.0 innings.

The 2009 Golden Spikes Award semifinalist and National Pitcher of the Year finalist was selected 11th overall in the 2010 MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. He pitched in 48 games over two major league seasons (2017-18) with Cincinnati, Toronto and the Los Angeles Angels and also played in the Korean Baseball Organization in 2019. He was enshrined in the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.

Richman joins the Yellow Jackets after a three-year stint as the pitching coach at USC Aiken. He helped the Pacers to an 11-year improvement in 2022, reaching the PBC Tournament semifinals after a 20-10 conference season. He tutored multiple all-conference and all-region selections. Prior to USC Aiken, Richman was the player development coach at his alma mater, Georgia Southern for three seasons. As a player in Statesboro, Richman was tabbed the 2014 Southern Conference Most Outstanding Player and was the Tom Walter/Pete Frates College Baseball Inspiration Award Winner.

He was drafted in the 18th round of the 2015 MLB Draft to the Texas Rangers, working his way to AAA with the Rangers and Dodgers.

2023-24 Baseball Staff (with bio links)

1. Danny Hall – head coach (31st season)
2. James Ramsey – associate head coach (sixth season)
3. Matt Taylor – pitching coach (first season)
4. Zeke Pinkham – assistant coach (fourth season)
5. Jason Richman – director of pitching (first season)
6. Deck McGuire – undergraduate assistant coach (first season)
7. Matt Wieters – undergraduate assistant coach (second season)
8. Tyler Gibson – director of operations (second season)
9. Steve Tamborra – player development coach (24th season)
10. Paul Wolkoff – assistant director of sports medicine/baseball (15th season)

Ethan Mackenny - 6
Eric Singleton - 6
Evan Dickens - 5
Jacob Cruz - 5

Taye Seymore - 4
Bailey Stockton - 2
Nacari Ashley - 2
Ashton Heflin - 1
Zion Taylor- 1

Patrick Screws - 0
Gabe Fortson - 0
Benjamin Galloway - 0
Elias Cloy - 0
Shymeik Jones - 0
Ezra Odinjor - 0
Nico Dowdell - 0
Steven Jones - 0
Bryston Dixon - 0
Malcolm Pugh - 0

Four-star Top 100 recruit Chase McCarty is set to announce his decision on Friday.
Login to view embedded media I am hearing that with time running out, Georgia Tech is right there with a couple other finalists, but that barring a change of heart it appears Georgia Tech is going to come up just short.

Does not sound like Damon Stoudamire and his staff are ready to give up.

If you made me make a prediction, right now, it would be to Houston but things can change.

McCarty is an Alabama native, but is currently enrolled at IMG Academy.

Did we predict the Miami upset? Did we predict the Bowling Green Debacle? Only you can decide as the Bois crack a cold one and recap the first third of the season. Fellow Conspiracy theorist, Lee, hops on the pod and gives us the web of impacts from George O'Leary's success at Georgia Tech and eventual move to Notre Dame, with the ripple affects from his firing.

Koby Young's big day leads the way as the first edition of Following the Future drops post-decommitment of four-star DL C.J. Jackson..

Now that the Braves have completely collapsed and broke the heart of fans everywhere, it is time to get back to business.

Georgia Tech has a very strong class right now, but there are several spots that they are looking to upgrade as they close out the 2024 class.

Let's talk about that. I have a column I am going to write today with an in-depth look at what's next for the 2024 class, some names I am hearing may be coming back into the picture, and more.

This week's Q&A will take place on Saturday at 8:30pm.

Should be a fun one. I'll go for as long as y'all have questions.

-RJ

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I think my the Miracle in Miami has my vote because we still have a lot to play for this year and the sheer impossibilities that existed around that outcome to keep our season hopes alive. What say you?

Here are a few gifs i decided to breakdown to give an idea of what happened on field vs. Miami. These are used to give others a different perspective on how to watch football. I don’t do this to disparage players or coaches, but to give insight to GT enthusiast on what I’ve learned as a player and avid football fan.

This game was about playing a full 60min and the defense being able to bounce back from adversity this week. The most noticeable adjustment this week on defense was something myself & @Kelly Quinlan i mentioned wk 1 was getting Moala out of the MLB position. This allowed him to flow freely without having OL in his face every play



Read & react defense definition has definitely been modified in the minds of GT fans due to previous DCs, but here is a great job by Moala & Sims seeing it, believing what they see and reacting to it. This was a big confidence booster for the much maligned defense

The offense has been stuck in a rut a bit partially bc of how overly aggressive defenses been playing us. We utilize motion and counter action to create match ups vs. Da U man coverage




Though i believe #12 Blaylock should’ve attempted to run a drag or spot route in the area of the guy in man coverage, this is a helluva play by Miami. That’s just a playmaker making a play



The second biggest adjustment from the D was the communication. You could hear the safeties telling where they would be positioned to the rest of the defense. You could hear the safety scream “sky right” signaling he’s coming down in the box over the strong side usually to the TE. As a LB hearing that, i know i can take 2 steps over to the left line and align over the DE with that safety coming in the box like that. #7 Tatum is misaligned which forces the poor angle but being unblocked he should have a TFL here. Good job by Harvey coming up, breaking down, and making the tackle in space



Again, i can’t remember the last time our defense has played on string like this. Great zone coverage by Moala. He has the curl/flat. He stays down the hash as his read, which is who is ever the eligible #2 receiver to his side which is the RB, checks and release to flat. The perfect job here is he didn’t immediately run to the flat until the ball was thrown bc that would open a window for a curl or in breaking route in the area he vacated. Now look at beautiful vice tackle by the LB& CB to get it to 3rd and medium



Great job by #1 Brooks reading the QB eyes as the deep middle safety. Looked very Morgan Burnett-esque here. As @Russell Johnson alluded, this is the first game Brooks looked healthy and he played like it




Clinic tape here. This is the funky coverage i talked about last week called 3 Cloud. the CBs are in flats and the nickel drops back and takes care of the deep 3rd. Look at how underneath guys are rerouting WR & passing routes off to the next zone guy. CPL has to make this pick. Good job by Lee squeezing the post and undercutting it bc there is no room behind him for WR to go



Miami O telegraphed their plays all night with the RB alignment. I wish i could phone down to the sideline and the tell the guys that bc that would’ve saved us a TD. We got a mesh wheel play by Miami. It’s covered pretty well except for one person and that’s #7 Tatum. There is no ball fake, so there is no need to take that much of a read step. He should be in the middle of the field a yard 1st down line limiting the visibility of this throw



I believe this is 2/3 wks our CBs have done a good job as Cov 2 CBs mid pointing flat and corner route and getting the INT

Not a great day King but he got it done he it counted. The rain played big role in some throws in the game







Twice it appears the ball is either slipping out of his hands on relatively easy throws. Fortunately we scored on both drives




Now this is the toughness and want to Key preaches. I love watching Haynes run with the ball. Great job by #2 Leonard leading the way and taking out 2 guys



Blown assignment by CPL. We are in 3 cloud again and he’s responsible for the middle deep 3rd. He doesn’t appear to get any depth or eyes on the routes which allows thd post to be open. If played correctly, this is another bad read and/or INT


Based on the number defensive clips, you guys can guess how well i thought of the defensive performance. If we play even somewhat like this, then we will have chance to win every game left on the schedule. Great penetration by #99 Douse forcing the RB lateral and good job the LB& CB finishing home


Another great job by the DL occupying the OL squarely so that one of the LBs would be free (depending on the who the RB picks up). Great job the LBs timing this blitz and not tipping it as Moala gets thru unabated

I don’t think they have since they started doing the live crew at 8pm games on ACC Network, if they have I can’t remember but if we beat BC I hope they will come for the UNC Game at 8 pm Kickoff with an WhiteOut Game!!!!

Had a snake on the welcome mat inside my garage under the stairs leading into the house. My toddler stepped over it without noticing it. I about lost my shit. It got pick axed and decapitated. I hate snakes.

7 Year Scheduling Rotation

Not a fan of this. Screw the rivalries. This is so easy to figure out, but some programs are stubborn.

Hiram OL Jameson Riggs: "HOLY COW. Way to play until the end, and bounce back coming off of last week."

Wakulla (Fla.) CB Nehemiah Chandler: "This performance hit right on the spot of what I was talking about last week. Way to never give up, and finish the game. Haynes King is THAT guy.

Warner Robins WR Isiah Canion: "That was crazyyyyyyyy. The group chat with the commits is blowing up. Everybody is just hype."

Parkview RB Trelain Maddox: "Dumb play calling by Miami, but hey a win is a win"

Prince Avenue Christian QB Aaron Philo: "I've still got adrenaline from the game and I didn't even play."

ATLANTA- Georgia Tech football coach Brent Key spoke to the media on Tuesday as the Jackets enjoy a week to focus on themselves with a bye. Key explained his plan for the week and how new defensive coordinator Kevin Sherrer plans to continue to make tweaks to the Tech defense to imprint his philosophy after taking over for Andrew Thacker last week as the principal play caller on defense.

Key said the structure of how they do things on defense has been the biggest adjustment so far

“I just walked out of a staff meeting and the biggest thing we are doing is more organizational on that side. Just where everyone is on the field, the way he is calling it, we’ve got multiple signals and multiple different ways to get calls in and there are probably five or six different ways to get defensive calls in,” Key said. “The substitutions and when they are coming in because we have more personnel groupings on defense that we are using, just the management of all of those things. That is a big part of what today is for us as a defensive staff. Getting those things together.”

The changes on that side of the ball are beyond just the on-the-field product as Sherrer aims to do things his way with Key’s backing.

“How are we going to present the opponent each week, the information we are going to give to the kids? The information we are going to show in a unit presentation of the whole defense. What’s in the scouting reports, how are we doing corrections, each day how are we addressing corrections, practicing fundamentals, some of the group work things and so it is really more of an organizational thing right now that we are focusing on. Once we get those things really cleaned up today and tomorrow then we will go more into the schematic stuff,” Key said of the defensive adjustments.

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Key said that Miami had a good crowd and the atmosphere was pretty good and the rain cooled things off a little bit, it turned into a great night for the Jackets. He said he was happiest for the kids and the staff to be able to rebound and get the win on Saturday night. He said the discussion about not letting BG define them was big and now they have to put together a good week of work during the bye week. He said the most important practice of the year was today and the most important practice of the year will be tomorrow’s practice and that is the approach the team has to take.

He said to that end he asked the linemen in front of him in the team meeting what they ate last night and they gave all sorts of answers and he asked them if they are hungry now and they said they are starving and he said that is how they need to feel. You are always hungry to win, hungry to get better and hungry to play the right way with competitive discipline in the game and to compete for 60 minutes they way they did. They have to have the same hunger this week and attack the week the same way.

Thursday they will start to work on Boston College. He said his food analogy resonated with the players.

He said he also spoke to the team about the media narrative from the game being so much about Mario Cristobal and his mistakes more than the effort and plays that led them to winning the game. He said that the players on the field all made the choice to play until the final whistle and if they all didn’t play that last at 100% that wouldn’t have happened. Then they flip it around and go 74 yards in 26 seconds. “We had to wash a stigma off of us that we had as a football team and we went out and did that.”

Key said they were back practicing today and school is out both yesterday and today for fall break, but the team worked today and they did some good-on-good work and did a team lift and a 30-minute team run period. They watched film as well and were in shells for the practice. They did 20-25 at the end to work on fundamentals and techniques and basic football stuff. Some 7v7, 1v1s both pass and pass rush stuff. They worked on some specific situations and blitz pick ups from the first six games that were issues and they did some work vs scouts and a long special teams period. Tomorrow they will go 2 hours and 20 minutes in the same model and then Thursday they will work on BC. The team will break Friday and Saturday and then come back on Sunday to start BC week.

Key was asked about changes in coverages and he said that Sherrer put in some tweaks in coverages and played some different coverages in certain downs and distances compared to the past and in different parts of the field. It was more about what they felt like was best by down and distance in the game it was steered more toward GT than Tyler Van Dyke, but they ended up being good change ups that threw off Van Dyke apparently.

Key said their red zone play calls in the game were going to be based on a few things, but he wanted to be aggressive in the game going for it on 4th downs where approiate and when to kick FGs and when to go for it. He said how the GT defense plays will also dictate how aggressive he is in those situations.

Key said that recruiting is going well and they have to stay the course there. The majority of the staff will go out on Thursday to be in place for Friday and then everyone who is local will go out Friday including himself. He is planning to go to 3 HS games on Friday night. He said it is full speed ahead on recruiting.

Key said he was pleased with how the secondary tackled on Saturday and he said he wants his guys to be aggressive and take their shot to make the play and don't sit there and stutter and have your head down, if you don't make the tackle trust the other 10 guys to clean it up. They rallied to the ball better and had 5-6-7 guys come to rally around and make the tackle.

Key said the highs of Miami and the lows of BG are something he has to manage as the leader of the program and he has 120 players and 55-60 staff that feed off what he says and how he acts. They are waiting to see change when he walks in the door and he can't do that, he has to stay ni the middle and never be too high or too low. That is their process of building the program and you won't see him too overly excited about a win two or three days later and he won't be in the dumps after a loss two or three days later either. The game was 20 seconds away from a different outcome but that doesn't change who they are as a team or people. When you win people have less bad that they find in the game and more good and that is the world they live in. Everyone wants affirmation and to talk about the good things, but he wants to talk about the bad things and why they had to win on the last play of the game instead of winning by 14. That's the way he looks at it and there are good and bad things after every game and they need to address both.

On Jordan Williams, Key said he was running around today, but didn't do the contact stuff. He said that Jordan was pissed he wasn't on the trip to Miami and that he almost threw his TV through the window both good and bad during the game watching it at home. He is moving around better.

On Chase Lane, he is out there and it is giving it a go. He said with both Lane and Williams iti s a pain tolerance thing more than jeopardy of reinjury or anything like that.

Key said that he is very fortunate and he kisses his wife and daughter every morning before he leaves the house and he is usually home at 8 pm every night so he can put his daughter to bed at night. Those two mean the world to him and that is why he is working so hard for them. He said last night he got home at 7:30 pm because of the bye week instead of 8 pm and that was great. He will be out on Friday and then Saturday he is going to stay home and have pancakes with them and watch CFB games. That is how he will spend his bye week.

Across the country here:

Tech Schedule and Results | Pairings and Leaderboard (Golfstat) | Golf Club of Georgia

THE FLATS – Looking for its first victory of the fall season and its third the history of its annual home event, Georgia Tech’s golf team returns to action this weekend, hosting the 17th Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational Friday through Sunday at the Golf Club of Georgia in Alpharetta.

Tech comes into its third fall event ranked No. 3 in the Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll and No. 12 in the current Golfweek/Sagarin ratings after finishing third at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational and eighth at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational in its first two events.

Six teams in the 14-team field played in last year’s NCAA Championship, with three (Tech, Pepperdine and Virginia) advancing to match play. Like last fall, all 10 Georgia Tech players are competing in two teams at the Golf Club of Georgia this weekend, with the primary team composed of the top five players, and a B team composed of the rest. The B team also will compete for a team score.

After guiding the Yellow Jackets to the program’s 19th Atlantic Coast Conference championship and a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championship, head coach Bruce Heppler has three starters back for his 29th season on The Flats, including seniors Bartley Forrester (Gainesville, Ga.) and Christo Lamprecht (George, South Africa) and sophomore Hiroshi Tai (Singapore), each of whom are ranked among the world’s top 100 amateur players. All three are in the Jackets’ “A” lineup this weekend as Tai looks to defend his individual title from 2022, and Lamprecht looks to build on a fall in which he has a victory and a runner-up finish.

The tournament will utilize a split-tee format each day, with competition beginning at 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday, 8:30 a.m. for the final round Sunday. Tech’s A team is paired with Tennessee and UCLA for Friday’s opening round, and with Clemson and Pepperdine for Saturday’s second round, beginning each round from the first tee at 9:55 a.m. Pairings for the Sunday’s final round will be set based on the leaderboard through the conclusion of 36 holes.

ROSTER OUTLOOK – Lamprecht, a first-team All-American in 2023, won The Amateur Championship and was low amateur at The Open Championship over the summer and has risen to No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking following his victory at Olympia Fields. Forrester, an All-ACC performer in 2022 with two collegiate victories, is No. 41 in the WAGR, and Tai, who won two tournaments as a freshman, is No. 68.

Competition for spots in the lineup comes from five other returnees in seniors Adam Bratton (Newburgh, Ind.), Aidan Kramer (Oviedo, Fla.) and Andy Mao (Johns Creek, Ga.), as well as junior Benjamin Reuter (Naarden, The Netherlands) and sophomore Aidan Tran (Fresno, Calif.). They have combined to compete in 39 collegiate events in their careers, while Kramer and Mao both have summer amateur victories under the belts.

Heppler added a pair of freshmen to the mix in Kale Fontenot (Lafayette, La.) and Carson Kim (Yorba Linda, Calif.), both of whom ranked among the top 15 junior golfers in the class of 2023 and made the lineup for Tech’s fall opener at Olympia Fields.

TECH LINEUP – All three of Tech’s returning starters – Lamprecht, Forrester and Tai – are in the lineup for the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate along with Kramer and Tran.

Lamprecht set a 36-hole record score of 131 (-9) in winning the individual title at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational by a stroke, and narrowly missed a second title at the Ben Hogan Collegiate, losing medalist honors in a playoff. The 6-foot-8 senior also had three runner-up finishes and a third-place showing last year, and is challenging the Tech career stroke average mark at 70.16 over 104 collegiate stroke-play rounds.

Forrester, a fifth-year senior who won the 2022 Calusa Cup and the 2020 Puerto Rico Classic, has 105 stroke play rounds under his belt and a 71.77 stroke average for his career. Tai defending his 2022 title at the Golf Club of Georgia, one of two victories in a stellar freshman campaign in which he also was the ACC Championship runner-up.

Kramer is competing in his second event of the fall, 10th of his career, while Tran also is making his second start of the fall after competing in five events as a freshman.

Tech’s “B” team consists of seniors Bratton and Mao, sophomore Rackley, making his collegiate debut, and freshmen Fontenot and Kim.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION – The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, formerly called the United States Collegiate Championship, is contested at the Yellow Jackets’ home club. The tournament will be played exclusively on the 7,092-yard, par 72 Lakeside Course, 18 holes each day Friday through Sunday. Competition begins at 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Admission is free all three days.

Twelve of the 14 teams competing at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate played in NCAA regionals last spring, six advancing to the NCAA Championship, and three (Tech, Pepperdine, Virginia) reaching match play. Six teams are currently ranked among the top 25 in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings.

The full field with Golfweek/Sagarin ranking in parentheses) - Charlotte, Clemson, Duke (26), East Tennessee State (11), Georgia Tech (12), Northwestern (41), Pepperdine, Southern California, Tennessee (5), Texas A&M (21), UCLA (32), Virginia (25), Wake Forest (39), Washington (7).

TECH’S GOLF CLUB OF GEORGIA COLLEGIATE HISTORY – Georgia Tech has won the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate twice in the event’s 16-year history, in 2010 and 2012. James White, who set tournament records for 18-hole score (62) and 54-hole score (204, broken in 2014), won medalist honors in 2010, while Ollie Schniederjans won it in 2013 for Tech’s only individual titles.

Clemson, Oklahoma State, Southern California and Texas also have won twice. The Tigers captured the inaugural title in 2006 and again in 2009, the Longhorns won in 2014 and shared the title with Virginia in 2016, the Cowboys won in 2013 and 2017, and the Trojans in 2008 and 2019. The tournament was not played in the fall of 2020 due to COVID-19, and Pepperdine and Stanford have captured the last two titles.

The Yellow Jackets finished runner-up last fall in this event, and have finished in the top five 12 times in 16 years.