Sports Shorts

Jack declares for NBA draft

Junior guard Jarrett Jack announced on May 5 that he would be making himself eligible for the upcoming NBA draft. Jack has elected to not sign an agent and will be eligible to attend the NBA's pre-draft camp in Chicago on June 7-10 at his own expense.

Jack has until June 21, a week before the draft, to remove himself from consideration, or he will lose his remaining eligibility.

Jack led Tech to the Final Four in 2004 and has led the team to a 64-37 record under his watch. Jack is currently 26th at Tech in career points (1,265) and fifth in assists(543).

Golf starts NCAA Championship

After a final round push to finish 3 strokes above No. 10 Georgia Southern, the No. 3 Jackets made the cut and will be playing this weekend for the NCAA Championship in Owings Mill, Md.

This will be the team's eighth consecutive year playing for the NCAA Championship. They have finished in the top-five four of the last five years.

Track advances eight to NCAAs

The women's track team placed sixth and the menfinished 25th at the NCAA East Regional this past weekend. Senior Dore Madere broke the school record in the women's discus throwing 170 feet, 9 inches and Chaunte Howard won the East Region women's high jump title for the second consecutive year.

Ashlee Kidd, Andriane Lapsley, Shantrell Moss, Dana Rogers, Brandy Depland and Montrell Person all qualified to join Madere and Howard for the NCAA Championships in Sacramento, Calif.

Warren gets top job at Jacksonville

On April 20, assistant coach Cliff Warren accepted the men's basketball head coaching position at Jacksonville University.

Warren has been on Head Coach Paul Hewitt's staff for the last eight years. In that time, he helped lead Tech and Siena to a combined seven postseason berths, including four NCAA Tournament bids.

Warren had been instrumental in developing point guards Tony Akins and Jarrett Jack. Warren has added the Tech influence to his staff by hiring former forward Jon Babul and former point guard Winston Neal.