ATHLETICS AT GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE

COLORS: Gold, Cardinal, Blue MASCOT: Jaguar

AFFILATION: NJCAA CONFERENCE: GJCAA

RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Baseball

Head Coach:                                               Tom Cantrell

Assistant Coach:                                      Hal Gaalema

Recent Accomplishments

·    Runner-up NJCAA national tournament 1977
·    1998 GJCAA, Region XVII and East Central District Championships; NJCAA tournament appearance       and finished ninth in national poll with a 42-18 record
·    13 players drafted in the 90’s; also in 90’s 12 All-Tournament players, 18 All-Region selections, 6               All-Americans and 1 Academic All-Americans
·    Tom Cantrell awarded the 1998 GJCAA Coach-of-the-Year and East Central Region Coach-of-the-Year

Softball

Head Coach:                         Bonnie Young
Assistant Coach:                 Ed Schutte

Recent Accomplishments

· Finished second in the state last season,
   their best finish since switching to fast
   pitch three years ago

Basketball (Men’s)

Head Coach:                          Alfred Barney
Assistant Coach:                  Greg Smarr

Recent Accomplishments

· District X Champions and National
    Tournament appearance in 1998;
    also finished 9th in national poll
· Top Ten in national poll in 1999

 

 

Basketball (Women’s)

Head Coach:                                 James Waldon
Assistant Coach:                         Angela Tribue

Recent Accomplishments

· In second year of action since program was disbanded in 1988

Soccer (Men’s)

Head Coach:                                 Marc Zagara
Assistant Coach:                         Ron Moore

Recent Accomplishments

· State runners-up in 1998; Josh Littleton consensus All-American 1998

· Marc Zagara has completed seven seasons at the school with a 101-36-2 record Under Zagara the team has four state championships, one southeast championship and one national fourth place finish

· Zagara has coached seven All-Americans and 22 first team All-State selections; his team has been nationally ranked every year Zagara has been at the school

Soccer (Women’s)

Head Coach:                                 Steve Keiss
Assistant Coach:
                        Franklin Lawson

Recent Accomplishments

· State runners-up in 1998
· Finished the season with an 11-5 overall record and 7-3 conference mark

Tennis (Men’s)

Head Coach:                                 Billy Pate
Assistant Coach:
                        Adam Shafran

Recent Accomplishments

· 1998 National Champions
· Three first team All-Americans and two second team All-Americans in 1998
· Pre-season number one in 1999
· Mario Toledo won the National Rolex Small College Championship in 1998

Tennis (Women’s)

Head Coach:                                 Joyce Garrett
Assistant Coach:
                        Shannon Reed

Recent Accomplishments

· GJCAA runners-up in 1998
· Qualified two players for national tournament in 1998 at the one and two singles, as well as one doubles
· Sent players to national tournament for 14 consecutive years (and counting)

Sports Information Director:     Daryl Brooks

Source: Physical Education/Athletics