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If Lyndi Rae Davis had another year of eligibility, she might leave campus with a PhD.
By the end of her junior season at UGA, she had completed undergraduate degree requirements in sports management and is on her way towards earning a Masters degree in her final year of eligibility as the Lady Dog softball team’s regular catcher.
Graduation this spring will be a sad day for her, however. While she already has an opportunity that she is excited about, she is a Dawg who does not want to go. She has enjoyed campus life to the fullest while enveloped in the embrace of her alma mater that will forever have her singing the praises of her favorite University.
“Going back to Athenstown” will always be a lifelong anthem. She just can’t get enough of the campus and living a Dawg’s life. When she arrived as a freshman, she couldn’t wait to call home each week and tell her parents what she was doing and who her new best friends were.
She loved class, she loved campus activities, she loved her sport and her teammates and was overwhelmed with the smorgasbord of athletic competition. She is a fan of all sports and sees as many Bulldog games as possible. There has never been a time when she wasn’t a happy camper unless she didn’t perform up to her expectations at the plate in her own sport.
Growing up in Calhoun where her parents, Lynn and Michael Davis, were entrenched in the school business—they taught and coached—life was all about games and community involvement. That is a family tradition which began with her grandfather, Ray Lamb, who won three state championships in high school football at Warrenton and Commerce.
One of the most highly respected high school coaches in the state, he was a member of the University of Georgia football staff following his successful high school career.
He and his wife, Linda,…
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Author : Athens Banner-Herald
Publish date : 2025-03-13 08:05:00
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