| The Circle of Honor is the UGA Athletic Association's all-sports recognition program which is designed to recognize and pay tribute to extraordinary student-athletes and coaches who, by their performance and conduct, have brought honor to the University and themselves, and who by their actions have contributed to the tradition of the Georgia Bulldogs. The criteria also stipulates that each recipient has earned his or her academic degree. | |
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Dan Magill, Inducted 1996 Coached two NCAA Men's Tennis Team Champions 1980 National Coach of the Year |
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Bob McWhorter, Inducted 1996 1913 Football All-American College Football Hall of Fame |
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Frank Sinkwich, Inducted 1996 1942 Heisman Trophy Winner College Football Hall of Fame |
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Teresa Edwards, Inducted 1996 Four-time W. Basketball Olympian Consensus All-American, 1985, '86 |
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Charley Trippi, Inducted 1996 1946 Football All-America College Football Hall of Fame |
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Terri Moody Luckhurst, Inducted 1997 1981 National W. Golf Champion UGA's first female scholarship athlete |
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Forrest "Spec" Towns , Inducted 1997 1936 Olympic 110-High Hurdles Gold Medalist; 1936 NCAA High Hurdles Champ |
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Reid Patterson, Inducted 1997 1953 NCAA 100-Meter Freestyle Champion Set World Record, 50-meter free |
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Katrina McClain, Inducted 1998 Three-time W. Basketball Olympian 1987 National Player of the Year |
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Allen Miller, Inducted 1998 Four-time tennis All-American 1983 NCAA Doubles Champion |
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Vernon "Catfish" Smith, Inducted 1998 1931 football All-American College Football Hall of Fame |
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Fran Tarkenton, Inducted 1998 1960 All-American College Football Hall of Fame |
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Lisa Coole, Inducted 1999 1996 NCAA, 100-Butterfly Champion 1997 NCAA Woman of the Year |
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William C. "Bill" Hartman, Inducted 1999 1937 Football All-American College Football Hall of Fame |
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Dr. Tom Lyons, Inducted 1999 FB All-American, 1969, '70 1995 NCAA Silver Ann. Award |
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Alec Kessler, Inducted 2000 1990 SEC Player of the Year Two-time Academic All-American |
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Bill Stanfill, Inducted 2000 1968 Outland Trophy winner |
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Lucy Wener, Inducted 2000 Three-time NCAA uneven bars champion |
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Spurgeon "Spud" Chandler, Inducted 2000 New York Yankees World Series hero |
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Terry Hoage, Inducted 2001 Two-time consensus All-America Academic All-America NCAA Top Six Recipient |
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John Rauch, Inducted 2001 All-America QB, 1948 Head Coach, Oakland Raiders, Super Bowl II |
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Liz Murphey, Inducted 2001 Women's Golf Coaches Hall of Fame, Women's Athletic Dir. |
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Al Parker, Inducted 2001 Four-year All-American, 1989, '90 Volvo, All-America Tennis, Collegiate Champion |
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George Patton, Inducted 2002 Two-time football All-American DT 1966 SEC Lineman of the Year |
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Janet Harris, Inducted 2002 Four-time basketball All-American All-time UGA scorer, rebounder |
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Zippy Morocco, Inducted 2002 Football, Basketball Star First UGA Basketball All-American |
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John Carson, Inducted 2003 All-American End, 1953 Four-sport letterman |
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Mike Castronis, Inducted 2003 All-American tackle, 1945 UGA Freshman, JV Coach |
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Cindy Schreyer, Inducted 2003 1984 NCAA Women's Golf Champion; 1984 Honda Broderick National Player of the Year |
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Scott Woerner, Inducted 2003 1980 All-American DB 1980 Nation's leading punt returner |
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Vince Dooley, Inducted 2004 Hall of Fame Football Coach (1964-88) Director of Athletics (1979-2004) Six SEC Titles; 1980 National Champions |
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Herb St. John, Inducted 2004 1946 All-SEC |
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Sheila Taormina, Inducted 2004 4 Time All-America Swimmer 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist 1996, 2000 Olympic Games |
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Angela Lettiere, Inducted 2005 1994 NCAA singles championship, three consecutive ITA Grand Slam Finals; 1st women's Grand Slam national champion doubles team 1994 National Player of the Year and SEC Player of the Year; SEC Academic Honor Roll |
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Jim Wilson, Inducted 2005 1964 All-America; 2001 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame; 1950-75 All-Time Team. |
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Corrinne Wright, Inducted 2005 1985 and 1986 U.S. National Team 1989 NCAA All-Around national champion and co-champion of the floor exercise event that same year; eight-time All-American 1989, 1990 All SEC |
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George Bezecny, Inducted 2006 Four year men's tennis lettermen (1982-85) All-America honors; All-SEC |
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Heather Stepp, Inducted 2006 1992 NCAA vault title; 1993 NCAA vault and floor exercise titles; 1992 Honda Inspiration Award; 1993 SEC Gymnast of the Year |
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Dick Copas, Inducted 2006 Hall of Fame men's golf coach 17 NCAA Championship appearances, seven SEC titles |
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Zeke Bratkowski, Inducted 2006 Record-setting quarterback 14-year career in the NFL |
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Priscilla Pacheco, Inducted 2006 Volleyball All-American |
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Kim Arnold, Inducted 2009 |
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Bernadette Mattox, Inducted 2009 |
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Brent Noon, Inducted 2009 |
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Matt Stinchcomb, Inducted 2009 |
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Eric Zeier, Inducted 2010 QB, All-time SEC career passing record |
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Debbie Ferguson, Inducted 2010 Four-time track Olympian |
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Billy Payne, Inducted 2012 All-SEC and All-America defensive end |
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Courtney Shealy, Inducted 2012 Five-time NCAA and 19-time SEC champion, 2000 NCAA Female Swimmer of the Year, finished with the maximum 28 All-America honors 2000 Olympics two time gold medalist |
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Kristy Kowal, Inducted 2012 Eight-time NCAA champion and a 16-time SEC champion, 2000 NCAA Woman of the Year, Top VIII Award 2000 Olympics silver medalist |
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Karin Lichey, Inducted 2013 Four-year letterwinner, five All-America honors, won the 1998 national title on floor, earned 11 All-America citations, named the winner of the 1999 Honda Award as the nation's top gymnast |
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Saudia Roundtree, Inducted 2013 Naismith National Player of the Year, Kodak All-America 1st team, SEC Player of the Year |
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Jon Stinchcomb, Inducted 2013 First-Team All-American, Academic All-America Team, All-SEC |
