On the Field

  • The Hard Way

    The Hard Way

    It wasn’t what she expected to hear. “Everything she was saying was, ‘You’re not going to come here and start,’” said former Georgia Tech women’s basketball star Sasha Goodlett, HTS 12, on her first conversation with coach MaChelle Joseph. “‘You’re going to have to earn it.’” Joseph has given that sales pitch to recruits since more

  • From ACC to CSI

    From ACC to CSI

    Kaylee Isaacs, a first-year biology major, has her future planned: Help the Tech cross country team to dominate the ACC, graduate and then work as a forensic scientist. Why did you come to Tech? The excellent academics, coaching staff and the sweet group of girls I met while visiting made Tech the obvious choice for more

  • Thrillerdome 2.0 Nears Completion

    Thrillerdome 2.0 Nears Completion

    You can forgive Paul Griffin a sports metaphor when he describes the construction of Hank McCamish Pavilion, the new home for the Yellow Jackets basketball squads, as coming “down the stretch.” Griffin, Tech’s senior associate director of athletics, has overseen the project since its May 2011 groundbreaking. The new arena is being built on the more

  • Georgia Tech Volleyball’s European Vacation

    Georgia Tech Volleyball’s European Vacation

    While navigating a handful of perils—fish heads, layovers, drooling flight-mates, knockoff designer purses, strange electrical outlets and a lack of Ranch dressing—the Tech volleyball team bonded over a 10-day summer excursion to Europe. As an assistant volleyball coach at the University of Texas in 2004, Tonya Johnson organized a European trip for the players and more

  • Yellow Jackets Go for the Gold

    Yellow Jackets Go for the Gold

    With the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics right around the corner, a number of Tech alums are narrowing their focus on the medal stands—or at least the qualifying rounds. Here’s a look at some of the promising competitors angling for spots at this summer’s games (the Olympics kick off on July 27, the Paralympics on August more