Georgia tied a school record with 4 titles in 2024-25. All were in women’s sports.
At Georgia, football certainly enjoys the limelight, particularly after winning back-to-back national championships in 2021 and 2022.
But it’s not the only team bringing titles to Athens. Three women’s sports helped the Bulldogs secure four national championships in the 2024-25 school year, which ties the school record from 1998-99.
In addition to two titles from women’s tennis, the equestrian team won its eighth National Collegiate Equestrian Association title in April and the women’s track and field team won its first outdoor NCAA championship in June. Women’s tennis nabbed its third NCAA championship and the first since 2000.
“If you look back to when we got those football national championships, it almost feels a little bit like some glory days of Georgia athletics,” said women’s tennis coach Drake Bernstein, whose team won both the ITA National Indoor Championships in February and the NCAA Championships in May. “And this year kind of obviously feels exceptional with what equestrian and track did, also. So just being in the same sentence as other national champions and, I don’t know, playing a role in making this year special for UGA athletics is a big deal for all of us over here.”
For tennis, an experienced roster achieved something it had chipped away at for years, losing in the round of 16 in 2022, advancing to the final four in 2023, losing in the finals in 2024 and now going out on top at NCAAs.
Also beneficial was the Bulldogs prioritizing women’s sports, per Bernstein.
Women’s sports at Georgia are no stranger to championships — think 10 national championships for the gymnastics team, including five in a row from 2005-2009 under coach Suzanne Yoculan — and strong attendance.
The Gym Dawgs sold out Stegeman Coliseum in their win vs. Boise State in January (attendance: 10,224), and this past softball season featured a season attendance record at Jack Turner Stadium (52,704 total fans). In October, Georgia volleyball drew 8,376 at its 3-2 win vs. South Carolina at Stegeman, breaking the record for the largest crowd to watch an NCAA volleyball game in the state.
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