Georgia Soccer

Georgia Soccer has hired Greg Griffith as its new Executive Director. Griffith comes to Georgia Soccer from The US Soccer Foundation where he was the Director of Development. In his position with the Foundation, he increased revenues from $1 million in 2008 to an anticipated $7 for fiscal 2014. Griffith, who was a four-year player at James Madison University, begins his duties on January 6. He [show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]replaces Rick Skirvin, who retired from Georgia Soccer earlier this fall after 15 years as a board member and Executive Director…..After traveling 14,000 miles and starting the season 0-5, the Georgia State Panthers won nine of their last 14 games to finish 9-9-1, including a 1-1 draw on the road against then #6-ranked Washington……Armstrong Atlantic State University sophomore defender Taylor Russell (Marietta, Ga.,) has been named NCAA Division II All-America. She had been named the Disney’s Division II National Player of the Week earlier in the season. She anchored a Pirates defense that allowed only 14 goals this past season…..Valdosta State bowed out of the NCAA Division II playoffs with a 1-0 loss to Florida Tech in the first round of South Regional play…..The Georgia State women’s team finished strong in their first season in the Sun Belt Conference. Sophomore Ashley Nagy led the league in game-winning goals with four, and scored eight goals and 19 points to top the team scoring…..University of Georgia freshmen Marion Crowder (Madison, Miss.) and Gabby Seiler (Peachtree City, Ga.) were invited to the U.S. Soccer Under-20 Women’s National Team training camp in November. Crowder led the Bulldogs in both goals (11) and points (23) this past season, and was just one shy of tying the Georgia school record for goals by a rookie…..For the first time, Georgia Southern Men’s and Women’s soccer will hold a combined Alumni Day celebration at Eagle Field in Statesboro, Ga. Both teams will hold their annual alumni games between current and former players on Saturday, April 26, 2014…..Two women’s soccer players were among eight West Georgia athletes who have been named Ingram Scholars, which requires an overall GPA of at least 3.75.