May 27, 2009

For some Georgia Tech student-athletes, the summer is when they get better -- a time for work and working out. For others, there is travel overseas. A sample of what various Yellow Jacket student-athletes are up to this summer:

Women's Tennis
Viet Ha Ngo -- going to Spain
Lynn Blau -- going to France and home to Luxembourg
Amanda McDowell -- will travel with USTA Collegiate Team
Irina Falconi -- will train at home in Jupiter and in Tampa; hopes to make USTA Collegiate Team

Women's Basketball
Metra Walthour -- hopes to intern with Turner Sports
Shaday Woolcock -- interning for the second straight summer with the Georgia Tech Communication and Marketing department

Men's Basketball
Lance Storrs -- participated in John Lucas' skills camp recently in Houston. Also, playing on a traveling team of college players for a week in Nassau, Bahamas
Brad Sheehan -- going to participate in the Pete Newell big man camp in August
Iman Shumpert -- has been invited to be a college counselor in the Darren Williams Nike Skills Camp and the LeBron James Camp
D'Andre Bell -- is going home to Los Angeles

Men's Golf
Cameron Tringale -- rather than turn pro after the NCAA Championship, will remain an amateur this summer, play a full amateur schedule and try to make the Walker Cup team.

Volleyball
Alison Campbell -- traveling to Africa for fun
Asia Stawicka -- going back to her native Germany to visit family

Men's Tennis
Dean O'Brien -- going to the Canary Islands this summer to play in a futures tournament
Miguel Muguruza -- just returned from Aruba

Football
Sean Bedford -- working at Turner Broadcasting
Austin Barrick -- working at Druid Hills Golf Club
Michael Ray -- working for Brasfield & Gorrie
Brad Sellers -- working at Druid Hills Golf Club
Kyle Jackson -- working at Drew, Eckl & Farham, LLP
Demaryius Thomas -- working with FCA, summer school
Steven Powers -- working at Camp Winshope
Kevin Crosby -- internship with Smith Barney
Stephen Mann -- internship at Rockwell Collins
Jason Davis -- internship with Northwestern Mutual
Osahon Tongo -- internship with Velvet Suite

Track and Field
Billy Mateker -- has a fellowship for undergraduate research in advanced materials at Tech. Specifically, he is going to research carbon nanotubes for use in electronics.
Mellany Stanislaus -- going to Spain at the end of June to study and earn credits for Spanish minor
Mykhail Chambers -- interning with Ameren Utilities in Illinois. Will also participate in Athletes in Action track and field development camp in Ohio.
Alana Clooten -- interning with Accenture - an Atlanta consulting firm - working on a project with Cox Communications

Softball
Jen Yee -- playing for Team Canada
Whitney Haller -- will be an intern at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Caroline Hilton -- will be doing research in the air transportation lab here at Georgia Tech and will work on air traffic control and auto pilot systems