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    Baseball coach Cantrell tallies 900th victory

    February 24, 2020
    UNG baseball head coach Tom Cantrell won his 900th game on Feb. 7.

    Article By: Clark Leonard

    University of North Georgia (UNG) baseball head coach Tom Cantrell won his 900th game of his career Feb. 7 when the Nighthawks defeated Peach Belt Conference opponent Claflin University 4-0.

    Cantrell has won 723 of those games as head coach at UNG, where he is in his 21st season after relaunching the program in 2000. He previously won 177 games in four seasons as head coach at Perimeter College at Georgia State University, which was DeKalb Junior College at the time.

    His Nighthawks have won three of the past five Peach Belt Conference regular-season championships, and Cantrell's UNG teams have tallied 40-win seasons six times in his tenure. His team won 57 games, the most in his tenure, in 2005 and reached the NCAA Division II Championship round in 2017.

    Cantrell has been recognized for his success on the field and for the impact he has had shaping and mentoring young men by being inducted into the Georgia Dugout Club's Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016. He has been named his conference's Coach of the Year six times. Cantrell was the NCAA Division II Southeast Region Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2017. 

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    Tennis players named All-Americans

    Tennis players named All-Americans

    Three UNG tennis players were Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Americans, and head coach Kent Norsworthy won Women's Coach of the Year for the Southeast Region.
    UNG names Athletics Hall of Fame class

    UNG names Athletics Hall of Fame class

    The UNG Athletics Hall of Fame has announced five new members who will be inducted at a Sept. 15 ceremony.
    Malasek earns PBC Scholar-Athlete award

    Malasek earns PBC Scholar-Athlete award

    UNG women's soccer player Taylor Malasek is the Peach Belt Conference Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
    Nighthawks wrap up season in Final Four

    Nighthawks wrap up season in Final Four

    The UNG softball team earned a pair of victories in Denver to finish its season among the final four NCAA Division II teams contending for a national title.

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