May 26, 2017
THE FLATS – Utilizing their “down time” to prepare for life beyond Georgia Tech and athletics competition, more than 70 Georgia Tech student-athletes are currently confirmed to be participating in a variety of internships this summer.
Taking advantage of the vast professional network available to them in Atlanta and beyond, Georgia Tech student-athletes’ internships are in a wide range of fields, from Fortune 500 companies to innovative startups to units within the Institute and the athletics department.
Georgia Tech student-athletes participating in internships this summer include*:
Football
Cheyenne Hunt – AECOM
Josh Selembo – AT&T
Tyler Merriweather – Barton Executive Search
Melvin Davis – Northwestern Mutual
Bennett Barton – Parkwood Development
Andrew Marshall – AFS Logistics
Will Bryan- GT Strength and Conditioning Department
Jalen Johnson- Kinnucan’s
Clinton Lynch- Flexdev LLC
Jake Whitley- Lexicon Technologies
Dez Branch – Kinnucans
Brant Mitchell – Costco
Qua Searcy – Barton Executive Search
Step Durham – Gordon Family Dentistry
JJ Green – GTRI
Ricky Jeune – GTRI
Antono Messick – GT Office of Sponsored Programs
Keshun Freeman – Barton Executive
Kyle Cerge-Henderson – GTRI
Shaun Kagawa – Barton Executive
Corey Griffin – Barton Executive
Tre’ Jackson – Lexicon Technologies
Matt Jordan – Lexicon Technologies
Terrell Lewis – FS 360, LCC
Brad Stewart – Southern Company
Tyler Cooksey – Reeves Young
Bailey Ivemeyer – Chromalloy
Men’s Basketball
Josh Okogie – Barton Executive Search
Women’s Basketball
Imani Tilford – GTAA Facilities, Operations, & Events
Elo Edeferioka – Coca Cola
Women’s Volleyball
Ashley Askin – CBRE
Gabby Benda – New Acquisitions
Sydney Wilson – Childs Advisory Partners
Softball
Allison Brandvold – AT&T
Draven Sonnon – Relevance Advisors
Kendall Chadwick – Melt Sports and Entertainment and Atlanta Dream
Men’s Tennis
Elijah Melendez – NCR Corporation
Michael Kay – Streetlights Residential
Women’s Tennis
Johnnise Renaud – The Dream
Women’s Track & Field/XC
Bria Matthews – Norfolk Southern
Courtney Naser – Norfolk Southern
Kenya Collins – GTMI
Shannon Innis – Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Haley Stumvoll – NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
Angelica Henderson – AT&T
Erin Gant – General Electric
Amy Ruiz – Inglett & Stubbs
Avery Bartlett – The Home Depot
Andreas Ward – Boston Scientific
Kristin Fairey – Bosch
Charlotte Stephens – Dominion Aesthetic Technologies
Men’s Track & Field/XC
Gabriel Darosa – Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)
Alex Grady – The Home Depot
Corson Teasley – Kubota
Andres Littig – The Home Depot
Matthew Munns – AT&T
Ryan Peck – P&G
Mitchell Sanders – Gulfstream Aerospace
Bennett Hillier – U-Haul
Eamon McCoy – College Ave Student Loans
William Solomon – Southeast Psych
Preston Smith – Pfizer
Christian Bowles – Solvay Specialty Polymers
Nahom Solomon – Intel
Patrick Fleming – Fiserv
Men’s Swimming & Diving
Ben Southern – Shadow-Soft (out of athletic eligibility)
Clay Hering – Sherwood Swim and Racquet Club
Noah Harasz – Fivebox, LLC
Joseph Portillo – Kirsch
Women’s Swimming & Diving
Tamir Cohen Gonen – GT CRC
Emily Dykstra – Voith Hydro
Chloe Miller – Cherokee Town Club
Kayla Williams – Children’s Health Care of Atlanta
Alex Reiger – LeasePlanUSA
Sara Al Khatib – GTAA Nutrition Center
Lila Best – Emory Law
Study Abroad
Mary Claire Solomon (WTC) – France
Anna Hightower (WTC)
Rebecca Dow (WTC)
* confirmed as of June 5
Georgia Tech student-athletes have the unique combination at competing at the highest level of collegiate athletics as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference while also attending one of the world’s most prestigious academic institutions (ranked the No. 7 overall public university in the nation and the No. 10 engineering school in the world by U.S. News & World Report).
Georgia Tech student-athletes — 78.3 percent of which major in business or engineering — compiled a mean grade point average of 3.0 for the spring semester. Individually, 56.5 percent of the Yellow Jackets’ student-athletes had a 3.0 GPA or better and 45 percent earned a spot on the Institute’s Dean’s List or Faculty Honors.
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