The Georgia Gwinnett College Office of Athletics has had two administrators, a staff member and a student-athlete earning Continental Athletic Conference honors for their performances and achievements during the 2024-25 athletic season.

Executive Athletics Director Dr. Ian Potter was named the conference's Athletic Director of the Year, Assistant Athletics Director of External Operations Matt Mahony was the Charles Morris Administrator of the Year, and Amber Corcoran was the Athletic Trainer of the Year. Junior softball outfielder Enna Lackey earned the Dr. LeRoy Walker Champion of Character award.

Potter completed his first season leading the Grizzlies after being associated with the Office of Athletics since its inaugural season in 2012-13. He manages a budget of approximately $4 million for the Office of Athletics and supervises a department with more than 30 coaches and staff members. 

During the 2024-25 athletic season, all six of GGC's teams competed in the NAIA national tournament, the women's tennis team won the program's ninth straight NAIA national championship, and three teams captured conference championships.

In Fall 2024, Potter launched and directed GGC Athletics' first crowdfunding campaign, raising more than $65,000 to support student-athlete scholarships, facility enhancements, and the overall student-athlete experience. He also secured more than $80,000 in corporate sponsorships and increased membership in the office's Grizzly Club.

Academically, GGC Athletics achieved a department-wide record 3.34 grade-point average for the spring 2025 semester and a 3.27 overall GPA for the 2024-25 academic year. A total of 165 student-athletes earned AD Honor Roll academic honors, with 52 making the Dean's List and 43 were named to the President's List. Twenty-eight student-athletes were honored as NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athletes at the conclusion of the spring 2025 season. Six student-athletes were named Academic All-Americans by the College Sports Communicators during the athletic year.

Corcoran completed her first full season as a member of GGC's athletic training staff, and she was instrumental in the treatment and rehabilitation of student-athletes within the Office of Athletics' six intercollegiate teams.

Corcoran also mentored student interns and coordinated the scheduling and delegation of the college's three athletic trainers to cover all home athletic and postseason events during the 2024-25 year.

"Amber has elevated the standard of care, helped cultivate a culture of trust and safety, and consistently represented GGC with professionalism and pride at conference and national events," said Potter. "She upholds the NAIA's core values of integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, and servant leadership. Her efforts reflect the very best of what the NAIA stands for."

Mahony was promoted to his current position in March 2025 after being the Office of Athletics' Broadcast and Video Coordinator since 2013.

"Matt exemplifies everything the Charles Morris Award represents: dedication, innovation, and an unwavering focus on student success and institutional advancement," stated Potter.

Mahony oversees the video broadcasts of GGC athletic events and the office's branding initiatives, while assisting in bringing corporate sponsorships that support teams and student-athletes. He led the external operations staff to hire the office's first full-time director of marketing and fan engagement. These efforts will enhance the gameday experience for eight teams, including the emerging men's and women's basketball programs for the 2025-26 athletic season.

Mahony continues to lead the internship program through GGC's Cinema and Media Arts Production academic program, which has become one of the NAIA's most respected and innovative collegiate broadcasting platforms. The Grizzly Digital Network broadcast more than 150 athletic events during the 2024-25 athletic year, including conference championship tournaments in men's and women's soccer, baseball and softball, and NAIA Opening Round tournaments for the softball and baseball.

"Matt challenges the athletics communications office to be creative and distribute non-traditional content on the website and social media platforms in support of GGC teams and student-athletes. He is also well connected on the GGC campus and has established relationships with faculty and staff that has helped the Office of Athletics throughout campus and Gwinnett County and Lawrenceville communities," said GGC Director of Sports Information Dale Long, who also serves as the CAC's Sports Information Director.

Lackey completed her junior season helping to roam the outfield for the Grizzlies, having a .429 batting average in 30 games during the 2025 season. She helped the team post a 48-10 record and a semifinal-round finish in the NAIA World Series after winning the Lawrenceville Opening Round and CAC Championship tournaments.

The Rincon, Georgia, native has a three-year .346 batting average, 54 runs and 47 stolen bases across 71 career games. She was the CAC Freshman of the Year in 2023 and was named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association's Region 1 Freshman of the Year that season. Lackey has helped lead GGC to three NAIA World Series appearances and three conference championships.

The award honors outstanding student-athletes for their academic and athletic accomplishments, leadership skills, and dedication to living the core values of NAIA's Champions of Character. Eligible student-athletes must have at least junior academic status and a 3.00 or higher cumulative grade-point average, athletic achievements, and campus and community leadership.

Off the diamond, Lackey is a junior cadet in GGC's Reserved Officers' Training Corp program and helped organize the softball team's 2025 Military Appreciation Day, helping other ROTC cadets in participating in pregame festivities.

"I am a student-athlete for the Georgia Gwinnett Softball Team and a University of Georgia Army ROTC cadet. Both programs encourage responsibility, respect, integrity, and leadership. This has helped me on the softball field and in the field for ROTC. Learning the importance of responsibility has helped me learn implied tasks, accountability, behavioral actions, and positive mentality," stated Lackey in an essay that was part of the Dr. LeRoy Walker Champion of Character application.

She added, "As a softball player, I use responsibility in many ways, such as keeping up with equipment, learning teammates' class schedules to ensure tardiness and accountability, knowing the practice plan and game-day schedule in order to keep up with priorities of work, and learning the ways of teaching and communicating when having new teammates."

Lackey also has led elements of GGC's preseason and in-season conditioning and balanced the demands of being a student-athlete along with a ROTC cadet.

"Enna arrived at GGC determined to be a great student-athlete. She has grown in strength mentally and physically. Enna is a hard-working student and always achieves well on her ROTC scores too," said Head Coach Kat Ihlenburg. "In the fall of 2024 Enna led conditioning in combined efforts with the ROTC and GGC softball team. She planned her team's work to be interwoven with the cadet work for the ROTC program. Her strengths in leadership and respect have made her an easy person to trust and follow because of her hard work."

Dr. Walker was a former NAIA president and president emeritus of the U.S. Olympic Committee.