As anticipated, South Carolina Gamecocks linebacker Zay Brown is another NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision player to transfer to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he will have three years of eligibility. He redshirted in 2017 and got in no games in 2018 but was a first-team Georgia Class AAAAA all-state selection at Clarke Central High School in Athens as a senior in 2016, when he had 80 tackles and three interceptions and became a three-star college prospect. "Zay is another one that I knew about as a high school recruit," UTC coach Rusty Wright said in a Thursday release. "Like all of the guys we have added over the last few weeks, he helps fit a need and will be an immediate factor on the football field."
Bill BarryGeneral
» Longtime Sewanee athletic trainer and sports facilities overseer Bill Barry died Wednesday in Winchester, and there will be a memorial service for him Friday in Monteagle. A Knoxville native, he was 73. Beginning in 1969 he spent 25 years as the Tigers' head trainer, during which time he worked more than 300 consecutive home and away football games, and then was the facilities and business manager for 20 years. "His many contributions to the athletics department over the past four and a half decades are immeasurable," athletic director Mark Webb said when Barry retired from the department in 2014, "and I know our entire athletics staff offers him our heartfelt gratitude." Barry was inducted into the Tennessee Athletic Trainers Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Sewanee athletics hall 10 years later. The service is set for 4 p.m. EDT at Cumberland Funeral Home in Monteagle (207 Mabee Ave.); visitation begins at 2 EDT.
» Ten athletes in Lee University's spring sports made the Gulf South Conference all-academic teams with grade point averages of 3.20 or higher on a 4.0 scale, and 99 Flames and Lady Flames - second in the league to Montevallo's 126 - were on the GSC spring honor roll for 3.0s or better. The 10 were tennis player Carly Sickinger (4.0), women's golfers Judianne Speach (4.0) and Haverly Harrold (3.52), men's golfer Evan Spence (3.90), lacrosse player Becca Broadwick (3.78), baseball star Miguel Pimentel (3.30) and track and field athletes Moises Ponce (3.90), Kiley Brock (3.70), Charlee Boxall (3.63) and Casey Guthrey (3.36).
Tennis
» UTC incoming freshman Jessie Young from Canton, Georgia, won the women's open singles title in the Atlanta City Open tennis tournament last weekend. She won all four of her matches in straight sets and lost only two games, combined, in the round of 16 and the quarterfinals. A graduate of Cambridge High School in Alpharetta, Young is the third-ranked girls' player in Georgia and No. 82 nationally, according to TennisRecruiting.net.
Basketball
» Covenant College has announced the hiring of Jon Gin as the full-time assistant for women's basketball coach Skylar Bareford. Gin was an assistant coach the past three years at NCAA Division II member Gannon University, which won 31 conference games in that time. Recruiting and defensive instruction were his main priorities. He began his career at North Florida, his alma mater, and later assisted at Trevecca Nazarene (2013-15) and Moravian Prep Academy (2015-16). Trevecca went 36-19 overall and 28-4 in conference play while he was there getting a master's degree. "We are so excited to have Jon join our program," Bareford said in a Covenant release. "He brings a wealth of coaching experience at the collegiate level, and it was clear throughout the search process that Jon would help us in every area moving forward. Jon has a great heart, contagious energy and a selfless attitude. I am excited to work with him to continue building a Christ-centered and service-oriented program together." Said Gin: "I just want to thank God for giving me this incredible opportunity. When I first came to the mountaintop, I knew Covenant College was a special place. ... I'm excited for a coaching role that combines my passion for basketball with my passion for God."