STATESBORO, Ga. – Nearly 120 Lady Eagles participated in the fourth annual Women's Football Clinic Saturday, presented by Core Credit Union, International Diamond Center and the Athletic Foundation, for an evening packed with prizes, tours and drills.
Participants began arriving at 3:30 p.m. at the Bishop Field House for food and refreshments. Among the prizes were prize packs, gift cards, gift baskets, assorted gifts and more. After check-in the ladies enjoyed lunch and an open bar, before
Danny Reed and Head coach
Chad Lunsford welcomed the group to get things started. Coach Lunsford introduced each member of his staff, who in turn introduced their wives.
With introductions complete, the ladies were split into two teams based on their blue or white jerseys and headed over to the Ted Smith Football Center. As one team met with Strength & Conditioning coach
Matt Greenhalgh in the weight room, the others met with Coach
Bob DeBesse and Scott Sloan to go over the X's and O's of the team.
Once the team in the weight room was finished, the squad moved to the training room to meet with head athletic trainer
Brandy Clouse. In the training room they learned about the $5,000 equipment that is stationed in between each of the training tables.
Before heading out to the field, both teams headed to the locker room to meet with Coach Lunsford. While in the locker room, Lunsford cued the crowd to a G-A-T-A chant and then rushed out of the locker room to the field for the final events.
For the final event before the door prizes were handed out, the group of ladies participated in on field drills. The drills included tackling dummies, passing into a net, running back hurdle drills and kicking field goals. Players like
Wesley Fields,
Tyler Bass,
Shai Werts,
Lane Ecton and
LaBaron Anthony helped out to assist the women with each of their drills and enhance the experience.
The final segment featured equipment manager
Neal Spivey going over the cost of each piece of equipment, looking at over $1,800 spent per player, and more than $206,000 for the entire team with game day and workout clothing. Several Georgia Southern Eagles modeled the Travel Gear, Home and Away Uniforms and practice gear for the room. The event wrapped up with dozens of door prizes and gifts handed out.
Georgia Southern kicks off the season at home in 28 days against South Carolina State. Be sure to buy your tickets and Pack Paulson for the first game.
