GEORGIA TECH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT

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1 GEORGIA TECH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT

2 Dear Yellow Jackets Fans, As I look back on my first full year as Georgia Tech s Athletic Director, I m so impressed by both the on- and off-the-field dedication of our coaches, staff and student-athletes, in addition to the amazing support of our proud Yellow Jackets fans and alumni. On the field of play, nine of our 17 athletic programs were represented in the NCAA postseason during the athletic season. Among the highlights were baseball winning the 2014 ACC tournament title and advancing to the NCAA Regional, another ACC golf title for Bruce Heppler s team which advanced to match play at the 2014 NCAA Championship, and women s basketball s seventh trip to the NCAA tournament in the last eight years. Golfer Ollie Schniederjans was named ACC Golfer of the Year, first-team All- America and is currently the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world. In the classroom, Georgia Tech student-athletes continue to set records. Our Graduation Success Rate (GSR) rose to 79 percent, an all-time high for Yellow Jackets Athletics. Football was also recognized in the Top 10 percent academically among all FBS programs. Ten of our combined 13 GSR sports saw their rate increase or remain the same, while four programs earned APR Public Recognition Awards for a top 10 percent national performance (golf, women s swimming/diving, women s tennis and volleyball). We had 159 student-athletes selected to the ACC Academic Honor Roll, including track and field s Elizabeth Lacksen for the sixth time, and 2014 golf graduate Bo Andrews for the fifth time. This Annual Report was created for our fans and alumni. It reflects the many successes our teams, coaches and studentathletes enjoyed in The Annual Report is a guide to not only our academics and athletics, but also a brief snapshot of our finances. I hope that you enjoy this annual publication. We look forward to another successful year in I want to personally thank all of you who support the Yellow Jackets athletic programs through your generous donations, your purchase of season tickets and in so many other ways. Your continued support is critical to our success. Georgia Tech is a very special place, and I am honored to be a part of the rich Yellow Jackets tradition. Thank you and Go Jackets! Sincerely, FROM THE AD S DESK Mike Bobinski Director of Athletics ANNUAL REPORT

3 WHAT S INSIDE PAGE 2 A Message from Mike Bobinski PAGE 3 Mission Statement PAGE 4 GTAA Board PAGE 5 Head Coaches / Administration PAGE Athletic Highlights PAGE 7 Media Coverage PAGE 8 NCAA Postseason PAGE 9 Total Person Program PAGE 10 Academics PAGE 11 Financials PAGE 12 Alexander-Tharpe Fund MISSION STATEMENT The Georgia Tech Athletic Association forms the front porch of the Institute and serves as a gathering place for students, alumni, fans and friends. We provide our student-athletes with the opportunity for academic and athletic success and personal growth. We promote diversity and equity. The integrity of our mission is enhanced by our commitment to adherence to the rules of the Institute, the Atlantic Coast Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. This environment we create allows our student-athletes to compete at the highest levels, and creates enjoyment for our supporters. We embrace our proud traditions and strive to enhance the future opportunities for our student-athletes, coaches, and staff ANNUAL REPORT 3

4 GTAA BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Georgia Tech Athletic Association is a non-profit organization responsible for maintaining the intercollegiate athletic program at Tech. The Athletic Association is overseen by the GTAA Board of Trustees, chaired by the President of the Institute, and composed of eight faculty members, three alumni members, and three student members. The roster below reflects Board membership. OFFICERS Chair: Dr. G.P. Bud Peterson (President) Vice Chair: Dr. Sue Ann Allen (Faculty Athletics Representative) Secretary: Mr. Bill Todd Treasurer: Mr. Steven G. Swant Director of Athletics: Mr. Mike Bobinski FACULTY MEMBERS (VOTING) Dr. Sue Ann Allen Dr. Reggie DesRoches Dr. Usha Nair-Reichert Dr. Greg Nobles Dr. Colin Potts Mr. William Bill Todd Dr. John Tone Dr. Debby Turner ALUMNI MEMBERS (VOTING) Mr. Michael Anderson Mr. Lawton Mac Nease III Ms. Janice Wittschiebe STUDENT MEMBERS (VOTING) Ms. Shayla Bivins, SAAB President Mr. Dillon Roseen, Undergraduate SGA President Mr. Arren Washington, Graduate SGA President NON-VOTING MEMBERS Mr. Mike Bobinski, Director of Athletics Mr. Joe Irwin, Georgia Tech Alumni Association Liaison Mr. Pat McKenna, Vice President, Legal Counsel Mr. Brittany Miles, Editor, Technique Ms. Aisha Oliver-Staley, Director Of Affiliate Organizations Dr. Bill Schafer, Vice President, Student Affairs Mr. Al Trujillo, Georgia Tech Foundation Liaison ANNUAL REPORT

5 HEAD COACHES Michelle Collier Volleyball Alan Drosky Women s Track & Field Cross Country Brian Gregory Men s Basketball Danny Hall Baseball Rodney Harmon Women s Tennis Courtney Hart Swimming & Diving Bruce Heppler Golf Grover Hinsdale Men s Track & Field Katie Hodges Cheerleading Shelly Hoerner Softball Paul Johnson Football MaChelle Joseph Women s Basketball Kenny Thorne Men s Tennis ADMINISTRATION Mike Bobinski Director of Athletics Brett Daniels Deputy AD Ryan Bamford Senior Associate AD Shoshanna Engel Associate AD Compliance Jim Hall Associate AD / AVP Development Phyllis LaBaw Associate AD Student Services Marvin Lewis Associate AD Finance & Administration Jack Thompson Associate AD Senior Director, Development Rick Thorpe Associate AD Sales & Fan Experience Theresa Wenzel Associate AD SWA Doug Allvine Assistant AD Special Projects John Portland Assistant AD Facilities, Operations & Events Chris Yandle Assistant AD Communications & Public Relations ANNUAL REPORT 5

6 HIGHLIGHTS 1 OLLIE BECOMES HOUSEHOLD NAME Ollie Schniederjans was named 2014 ACC Player of the Year, ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, first-team All-American and finished the amateur season ranked No. 1 in the world. 2 BASEBALL WINS ACC...AGAIN Danny Hall s team won its ninth ACC Championship, tying Clemson for the most in league history. 3 THE STREAK CONTINUES Football reaches its 17th straight bowl game, tied for the second-longest streak in the nation. 4 CHAMPIONS! 2014 ITA All-Americans Megan Kurey and Kendal Woodard won the 2013 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Doubles Championship. 5 SHE S NO. 1 Tyaunna Marshall became Georgia Tech s all-time leading scorer and the first Yellow Jacket to reach 2,000 career points. 6 MATCH PLAY Golf won its seventh ACC title in the last nine years, while advancing to match play at the 2014 NCAA Championship for the fourth time in five years. 7 UPSET CITY Trae Golden hit six clutch free throwns in the final seconds to seal Tech s road upset win at No. 7 Syracuse. 8 ALL-REGION Cross country runners Brandon Lasater and Jeremy Greenwald earned NCAA South All-Region honors, the first time Tech had two honorees since ANOTHER UPSET Volleyball notched a four-set upset win over No. 18 Florida State, its first win over a ranked opponent since November DOWN GO THE DAWGS Brian Gregory s team takes down the Georgia Bulldogs for the third straight time a first since early 1990s ANNUAL REPORT

7 MEDIA REGIONAL & NATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE Atlanta is the nation s ninth-largest media market and the third-largest in the ACC behind only Chicago (third) and Boston (seventh). More than 100 of Georgia Tech s athletic events were televised during the season. Every year, Yellow Jackets athletics are televised from coast to coast on the ESPN family of networks as part of the ACC television package. Prior to the start of the season, Georgia Tech in partnership with IMG College inked a deal with WCNN to be its new flagship radio network (680 AM/93.7 FM/1230 AM, 98.9 FM). SOCIAL & DIGITAL MEDIA STRATEGY Georgia Tech athletics is on display across the globe and is accessible 24/7 via various forms of media, including our social media networks (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube), our new Georgia Tech Game Day App, and the official site of the Yellow Jackets, RamblinWreck.com, which features unique content that can t be found anywhere else. RAMBLINWRECK.COM Backed by a robust content strategy aimed at curating content across all sports, RamblinWreck.com continues to be the best source for up-to-date information, schedules, statistics, features and digital content. INFOGRAPHICS Georgia Tech is one of the college athletics leaders in producing high-quality, information-rich infographics. Georgia Tech s #SWARMSTATS contain easily digestible tidbits that can be shared across GT s various platforms. GAME DAY APP The Georgia Tech Gameday App is packed with robust social, on-campus and stat-driven features that enhance the gameday experience by delivering free live game audio and much more. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: /GTAthletics YouTube: RamblinWreckTube As social media continues to evolve and saturate our daily lives, our goals are: to be among the nation s trendsetters in collegiate athletics; provide unique, engaging and quality content; build an online community; provide the best customer service; and to share and spread the ideas of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the GTAA ANNUAL REPORT 7

8 NCAA POSTSEASON PLAY 10 of Georgia Tech s 17 athletics programs were represented in the NCAA postseason during the athletic season. BASEBALL NCAA Oxford Regional WOMEN S BASKETBALL NCAA First Round MEN S CROSS COUNTRY NCAA South Regional WOMEN S CROSS COUNTRY NCAA South Regional FOOTBALL Music City Bowl GOLF NCAA Championship Match Play MEN S SWIMMING NCAA Championship WOMEN S TENNIS NCAA Second Round MEN S TRACK NCAA Championship WOMEN S TRACK NCAA Second Round ANNUAL REPORT

9 TOTAL PERSON PROGRAM xxxx xxxxx Through this multifaceted program Georgia Tech student-athletes have the opportunity to learn the elements of success beyond the classroom or playing field. They gain skills that remain with them for a lifetime, preparing for the career and personal challenges ahead. Addressing virtually every area of a well-rounded educational experience, the Total Person Program focuses on the following components: Life Skills Academic Support and Degree Completion Personal Growth & Development Career Planning and Placement Counseling and Wellness Leadership Commitment to Excellence Community Outreach Degree Completion Program This program helps former student-athletes complete their degrees (both financially & administratively). Participants include those student-athletes who left prior to graduation to pursue professional athletics, those student-athletes who are declared medically unable to continue playing, and those student-athletes that exhausted eligibility and still have degree requirements to complete. Each year more than a dozen student-athletes participate in this program. Recent participants and degree recipients include: Josh Nesbitt (spring 2014 grad), Gary Guyton (spring 2014 grad), Jarrett Jack (summer 2014 grad), PJ Daniels (spring 2013 grad), and Zach Peacock (summer 2012 grad) HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Career Development and Placement Numerous Career workshops (resumes, business cards, job/intern search strategy, etc.) Career Fairs (Institute wide as well as Student-Athlete focused) Mentor lunches and dinners Personal Well-Being Leadership Academy five-session course run jointly between the Institute and GTAA designed to provide an introduction and foundation for leadership skills. Speaker Series Topics included: Substance Abuse, Financial Literacy, Sexual/Gender Violence Prevention, and more. Academic Integrity Seminar Nutrition consultations Community Outreach Dozens of volunteer activities across a variety of different community areas. For a more in-depth view of the Total Person Program, please visit Student-Athlete Advisory Board (SAAB) SAAB is a committee of student-athletes representing each sports team within the Georgia Tech Athletic Association. The SAAB is a bridge linking student-athlete concerns with the GTAA administration. Along with major community service projects involving multiple teams, the board is called upon to give input on improving studentathlete welfare at Georgia Tech ANNUAL REPORT 9

10 ACADEMICS TECH SETS HIGH MARKS IN GSR REPORT In , Georgia Tech s student-athlete Graduation Success Rate (GSR) rose to 79 percent, an all-time high for Yellow Jackets Athletics. Ten of Tech s combined 13 GSR sports saw their GSR increase or remain the same [baseball, men s basketball, men s and women s track/cc, football, golf, men s and women s swimming/diving, women s tennis and volleyball]. Women s tennis and volleyball joined golf and women s swimming/diving with perfect 100% GSR (four-year average). Football scored a new GSR high mark of 63%. Stand-alone, the football GSR freshman class had a graduation success rate of 73%. APR PUBLIC RECOGNITION AWARDS Four Georgia Tech teams now rank among the nation s best when it comes to the Academic Progress Rate (APR) football, golf, women s tennis, and men s swimming doubling last year s count of two nationally-recognized teams. All four were recognized by the NCAA for producing an APR ranking in the top 10 percent nationally within those sports. Georgia Tech s football program had improved its APR every year under head coach Paul Johnson and this year matched its score from last year of 983. For coach Bruce Heppler s golf team, it is business as usual. Since the APR began, the Yellow Jacket golf program has recorded a perfect 1,000 score every year. 159 STUDENT-ATHLETES NAMED TO ACC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL Georgia Tech had 159 student-athletes selected to the 57th annual Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll, including track and field student-athlete Elizabeth Lacksen for the sixth time, and 2014 golf graduate Bo Andrews for the fifth time. 13 Yellow Jackets earned a place on the honor roll for the fourth time. Ollie Schniederjans is one of 30 ACC student-athletes on the list who also was named an ACC Player of the Year in The Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of 3.0 or better for the full academic year. The conference recognized a record 3,967 student-athletes for their hard work in the classroom during the academic year APR SCORES SPORT Single Year Multi-Year 4 Class Avg Baseball Basketball (M) Basketball (W) Cross Country (M) Cross Country (W) Football Golf Softball Swimming (M) Swimming (W) Tennis (M) Tennis (W) Indoor Track (M) Indoor Track (W) Outdoor Track (M) Outdoor Track (W) Volleyball ANNUAL REPORT

11 FINANCIALS FISCAL YEAR 2014 The Georgia Tech Athletic Association completed fiscal year with a net operating loss of $348,000. This will be covered by our GTAA Fund Balance (TABLE A), which essentially serves as a contingency account to offset any annual shortfall or fund significant emergent expenses. GTAA s long term financial health is dependent on maintaining and growing our endowment base which supports facility enhancements, scholarships, and the Total Person Program. On a very positive note, the overall GTAA endowment base grew during the fiscal year by approximately $5 million to a net value of nearly $110 million. Included in that total, the balance in the Facility Quasi-Endowments (TABLE B) grew $2.5 million to a new total of $34.2 million. FY14 REVENUES ($67.7 MILLION) Student Fees $5.074M Institutional Support $2.034M A-T & Endowment Draws $11.801M Other $1.812M ACC Distribution $19.061M Ticket Sales $10.531M TABLE A (GTAA FUND BALANCE) FY12 FY13 FY14 Beginning Balance $5,579,000 $4,905,000 $2,527,000 Plus investment earnings (loss) ($96,000) $422,000 $2,461,000 Less Draw ($711,000) ($950,000) ($489,000) Net Income (Loss) $133,000 ($1,850,000) ($348,000) Ending Balance $4,905,000 $2,527,000 $4,151,000 Sponsorships $8.068M Club Seats & Suites $4.130M FY14 EXPENSES ($68.1 MILLION) Guarantees $250K TECH Fund $5.003M TABLE B (FACILITY QUASI-ENDOWMENT ACCOUNTS) FY12 FY13 FY14 Beginning Balance $23,767,000 $27,909,000 $31,742,000 Proj. investment growth (loss) ($126,000) $2,960,000 $5,046,000 Additions to accounts $4,668,000 $3,589,000 $3,101,000 Draw to fund debt serivce ($400,000) ($2,716,000) ($5,650,000) Ending Balance $27,909,000 $31,742,000 $34,239,000 FISCAL YEAR 2015 Beginning in FY 15, the GTAA will receive approximately $5 million in new funding from the ACC resulting from television revenue generated by the new college football playoff, the addition of Notre Dame to the conference, and the conference s new Orange Bowl agreement. This new funding will provide the GTAA with flexibility in the annual budgeting process and an increased ability to address operating needs for the athletic program. The additional funding along with strategic cash management increases the likelihood of GTAA finishing FY 15 with positive net income. Other $16.886M Debt Service $13.292M Capital Repairs $1.561M Personnel $23.056M Scholarships $9.019M Travel/Postseason $4.298M ANNUAL REPORT 11

12 ALEXANDER-THARPE FUND The Alexander-Tharpe Fund (A-T) is a subsidiary of the GTAA and serves as the primary fund-raising arm. New gifts and commitments to A-T for FY 2014 were in excess of $25 million. Once again we are extremely grateful to our friends and fans of Georgia Tech athletics for their financial support. Gifts and commitments fall into three categories: endowments, current operations and facilities. A-T continues on the very ambitious goal of fully endowing scholarships for all student-athletes at Tech within the decade. Special recognition goes out to two groups affiliated with the Alexander-Tharpe Fund. Golden Jackets: This is our highest level of recognition. These donors have made cumulative cash gifts of $1,000,000 to Georgia Tech athletics. A-T Board of Directors: This volunteer group of Georgia Tech athletic supporters provide oversight and advice towards the efforts and direction of the Alexander-Tharpe Fund organization. OFFICERS Chair: Dr. G.P. Bud Peterson (President) Vice Chair: Dr. Sue Ann Allen (FAR) Secretary: Mr. Bill Todd Treasurer: Mr. Steven G. Swant Director of Athletics: Mr. Mike Bobinski GOLDEN JACKETS Mrs. Bennie H. Abell (d) Bob Anclien Greta & Jeffrey A. Beech Kathy Betty Hugh Brannon (d) Mr. & Mrs. John Brock III Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Byers Jr. Lee Candler (d) Eugene M. Clary (d) Jacqueline M. & William R. Collins Jr. David W. Dorman Tom E. Dupree Jr. Dr. & Mrs. H. Allen Ecker Libby & Gary T. Jones George W. Mathews Desiree B. (d) & William E. Moore (d) Lawton M. Nease III James L. Nicol Mrs. Albert N. Parker Poland Family W. Thomas Towles Steve & Judy Zelnak 16 Anonymous d deceased BOARD MEMBERS Mr. Michael K. Anderson Mr. J. Gordon Beckham Mr. Vance D. Bell Mr. Leo Benatar Mrs. Kathy T. Betty Mrs. Jeni S. Bogdan Mr. Thomas G. Boren Mrs. Mary R. Brock Mr. Mark A. Buffington Mr. A. Russell Chandler III Mrs. Katie C. Davidson Mr. David W. Dorman Mr. James O. Etheredge Mr. Thomas A. Fanning Mr. D. Shawn Fowler Mr. W. Gregg Garrett Mr. Jere W. Goldsmith IV Mrs. Diane T. Griffin Mr. James M. Hamilton Mrs. Claire P. James Mr. Joel S. Langsfeld Mrs. Lorri O. McClain Mr. Thomas E. Noonan Mr. Saket P. Shailendra Mr. Andrew J. Somoza Mr. James H. Terry II Mr. William T. Towles Mrs. Dancy H. Wynne Mr. Stephen P. Zelnak Jr ANNUAL REPORT