Debbie Ferguson (born: January 16, 1976) ia a Bahamian sprint athlete. Debbie attended St Andrew's School in Nassau, Bahamas and graduated in 1994. She is still fondly remembered by many of her peers, teachers, and administrators. Debbie graduated from University of Georgia from where she launched her senior athletics career since which she has gained medals at the Summer Olympics, IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games.

Kimberly A. "Kim" Black is a 2001 graduate of the University of Georgia who was named the NCAA Woman of the Year Award for 2001 and was also awarded a NCAA Post-Graduate scholarship in 2001. She was on the U.S. Women's swimming team in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. During her swimming career at Georgia, she was a four – time All-American and helped lead the Lady Bulldogs to three straight NCAA championships.

Lisa Ann Coole (born 1975 in Rockford, Illinois, died May 16, 1998 in Champaign, Illinois) was a 1997 graduate of the University of Georgia who was named the NCAA Woman of the Year Award for 1997 and was also awarded the Today's Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 1998. She won two NCAA titles and 19 All-America honors making her the most-decorated swimmer in UGA history. Coole was killed in an automobile accident on May 16, 1998 in Champaign, …

Jeffrey Scott Keppinger (born April 21, 1980 in Miami, Florida) is a Major League Baseball second baseman currently playing for the Cincinnati Reds. He bats and throws right-handed. Keppinger compiled a .380 batting average at the University of Georgia where, in the 2001 College World Series, he hit a two-run home run off star pitcher Mark Prior. That same year, he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 4th round of the Major League Baseball Draft.

Vicki Goetze-Ackerman (born October 17, 1972 in Mishicot, Wisconsin, The United States of America) is an American golfing champion. Living in Hull, Georgia, she was voted "Player of the Year" from 1988 to 1990 by the American Junior Golf Association. In 1989 she was still only 16 years old when she defeated Brandie Burton to become the third youngest winner in the history of the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship at the Pinehurst Country Club, in Pinehurst, …

Buck Belue played American football and baseball at the University of Georgia from 1978 to 1981. He was the quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1980, when the team was 12-0 and, after beating Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl, was named the consesus national champion. One of the key plays in the 1980 season was a 93-yard touchdown pass from Belue to wide receiver Lindsay Scott that lead to a victory over the University of Florida, …

Robert Ligon "Bob" McWhorter played football and baseball at the University of Georgia. As a halfback, he scored 61 touchdowns from 1910 to 1913. In 1913, McWhorter became UGA’s first All-American. He was the captain of both the baseball and football teams in his senior year. He was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity, Phi Kappa Literary Society, and Phi Beta Kappa at Georgia. Although he was offered a professional baseball contract, …

Amanda Weir (b. March 11, 1986) is an American swimmer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Weir swam the third leg in the US team for the Women's 4x100m freestyle relay. Leading after her leg of the relay, the US team finished second to the Australians, setting an American Record with their finishing time. Weir earned a Silver medal in the 4x100 Medley relay by helping her team qualify for the final.

Tim Simpson (born May 6, 1956) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour, and currently plays on the Champions Tour. Simpson was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended high school at Woodward Academy where he was the Atlanta Junior Champion, Georgia Junior Champion and Westlake National Junior Champion. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, and was a member of the golf team.

Kara Lynn Joyce (born October 25, 1985 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American swimmer. She competed in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, finishing fifth in the 50 meter freestyle and 100 meter freestyle races, as well as winning a pair of silver medals in the 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay and the 4 x 100 m Medley Relay. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Kara Lynn split her high school years between Rochester, New York and Ann Arbor, Michigan, …

Spurgeon Ferdinand "Spud" Chandler (September 12 1907 - January 9 1990) was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the New York Yankees from 1937 through 1947.

Herschel Walker (born March 3, 1962, in Wrightsville, Georgia) is a former professional American football player in the United States Football League and the National Football League.

Kristina Ann "Kristy" Kowal (born on October 9, 1978 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an international top swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the 2000 Olympics, she was second and touched out teammate Amanda Beard. Kowal began swimming primarily to be with her friends. She was never very fast as a young child and was on the "C" team for years.

Gerry "Bubba" Watson (born November 5, 1978) is an American professional golfer. Watson was born in Bagdad, Florida. He played golf for Faulkner State Community College in Alabama, where he was a junior college All-American. After that he played golf at the University of Georgia (UGA) in 2000 and 2001. While at UGA, he helped lead the Bulldogs to a SEC Championship in 2000. After his career at UGA, Watson played on the Nationwide Tour from 2002 until 2005.

James Umbricht (September 17, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois - April 8, 1964 in Houston, Texas) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was an effective righthanded relief pitcher who appeared in 88 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1959-61) and Houston Colt .45s (1962-63) but became known throughout baseball and the Houston area for his battle against cancer.

Mikael Pernfors is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He is best remembered for reaching the men's singles final at the French Open in 1986. Although he played a topspin-heavy baseline game with a two-handed backhand, like his countrymen Björn Borg and Mats Wilander, the 5-foot-8 Pernfors lacked their consistency and relied on a crowd-pleasing game full of variety, liberally employing the drop shot and the topspin lob.

Charles Henry "Chip" Beck (born September 12, 1956) is an American golfer who was a three time All-American at the University of Georgia. He has four victories on the PGA Tour and twenty runner-up finishes. Beck was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He was the runner-up at the 1993 Masters Tournament, and was tied for runner-up at the 1986 and 1989 U.S. Open championships.

Terry Diehl (born November 9, 1949) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour from 1973-1983. Diehl was born and raised in Rochester, New York. He attended the University of Georgia from 1968-1971 and was a member of the golf team, an All-American in 1969. Diehl had more than 20 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events including a win at the 1974 San Antonio Texas Open; he shot a 19-under-par 269 and won by one stroke over Mike Hill.

Melvin M. Dickinson was a football and baseball player at the University of Georgia (1900-1903), the head football coach for the Georgia football team (1903 & 1905), the coach of the Georgia baseball team (1901, 1904 & 1905) and a professional baseball player in the Texas League (1904).

Courtney Anne Kupets (born July 27, 1986 in Bedford, Texas) is an American gymnast. She is best known for her 2003 and 2004 all-around national championships (with Carly Patterson as co-champion in 2004); her membership on the 2002 and 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 2004 Olympic teams; and her individual bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2004 Olympics. During her elite career, Kupets resided in Gaithersburg, Maryland and trained at Hill's Angels, …

Gwen Torrence (born June 12, 1965) was a sprint athlete and an Olympic gold medalist from the United States. She was born in Decatur, Georgia. She attended Columbia High School, then the University of Georgia. Torrence has won medals at nearly every major athletics competition, including the Summer Olympics, Outdoor & Indoor World Championships, Pan American Games, Goodwill Games, and World University Games.

Franklin Langham (born May 8, 1968) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour in 1996, 1998-2002 and 2005 and on the Nationwide Tour in 1993-95, 1997, 2003-04 and 2006. Langham played golf at the University of Georgia from 1989 to 1991 and was named an All-American in 1991. Langham was born in Thomson, Georgia. He has two victories on the Nationwide Tour and has had finished runner-up on four occasions in PGA Tour events.

Daniel Hamilton "Dan" Magill, Jr., longtime Sports Information Director, Head Tennis Coach, and Georgia Bulldog Club secretary for the University of Georgia, is known throughout the state of Georgia and the South for his unparalleled contributions to the Georgia Bulldog athletic program. Magill is also an accomplished tennis player, still competing in (and winning) tournaments today.

Dr. Hervey Milton Cleckley (1903 - January 28, 1984) was an American psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of psychopathy. Cleckely was born in Augusta, Georgia and graduated from the Academy of Richmond County in 1921. He graduated in 1924 summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens. He was a Rhodes Scholar and graduated from Oxford University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1926.

Cris Howell Carpenter (born April 5, 1965, in St. Augustine, Florida) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of the University of Georgia. Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round of the 1987 MLB amateur draft, Carpenter would make his Major League Baseball debut with the St. Louis Cardinals on May 14, 1988, and appear in his final game on April 26, 1996. Over his career, he had 27 wins, 414 1/3 innings pitched, …

Richard Ellington Hawes was an United States naval officer who served in World War I and World War II.

Nanci Bowen (born March 31 1967 in Tifton, Georgia) is an American golfer. She attended the University of Georgia and her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1991. Her first and only victory on the Tour came at one of the major championships, the 1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore.

Katherine Elaine Heenan, known as Katie, was born November 26 1985 in Indianapolis, Indiana to John and Lisa Heenan. She was a 7 time U.S. National gymnast and currently competes for the Georgia Gymdogs. Katie began gymnastics as a toddler and quickly rose to the elite level in 1997 at the age of 11. She competed in her first national championships in 1998 and placed sixth on beam in the junior division. She sat out the 1999 season due to an injury, …

Roy "Buckshot" Jones (born July 23, 1970 in Monticello, Georgia), is an auto racing driver who has competed in NASCAR and sprint cars. He currently runs in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series. Jones earned the nickname "Buckshot" from his grandfather after he ran into a table and showed no signs of pain or agony. His racing career began as a hobby during his studies at the University of Georgia, where he earned a business degree.

Jack Bauerle is the head coach of the University of Georgia (UGA) men's and women's swimming teams. In the spring of 2006, he finished his 27th year as a head coach for UGA. Bauerle began coaching the women's team in 1979 and then became head coach for the men as well in 1983.

Robert Forrest "Spec" Towns (February 6, 1914 - April 4, 1991) was an American track and field athlete. He was the 1936 Olympic champion in the 110 m hurdles, and broke the World Record in that distance three times. Born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, Towns went to school in Augusta, Georgia, where he played football in high school. In 1933, he gained a track scholarship for the University of Georgia (UGA) after a track journalist had seen him high jumping in his back yard.

Yoav Gath (born November 8, 1980, in Haifa) is a backstroke swimmer from Israel, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he competed in the 200m backstroke, advancing to the semifinals after posting the 13th fastest time in the preliminaries (2:00.80). In his semifinal heat, he finished in 2:03.80, and did not advance to the finals; Gath finished in 16th place overall.