FEATURE ARTICLES:
Alumni Columns
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by the Office
of Development
and Alumni
Relations
in cooperation
with the
Office of
Public Relations
and Publications.
Phone: (706) 737-1759
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Editor: Ginger Chew
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Augusta, GA 30904
Augusta State
University is a
member of the
University System
of Georgia
Why the Jaguars?
The
nickname "Jaguars" was taken from the initials of the school
when it became a junior college in 1925. As the Junior College of Augusta,
the letters JAG were the idea behind the school's nickname the "Jaguars."
The first team to carry the school name was ironically a football team,
which was the first and last time a football program existed at the
Augusta school. The team posted a 3-3 record with wins over Erskine,
Belmont Abbey and Young Harris College and lost to Carlisle, The Citadel
and Blue Ridge. After one year the team was dropped because it dragged
down the relatively inexpensive and longer established basketball program.
Be sure to visit
the Alumni Association web site at:
www.aug.edu/alumni/Welcome.html
Join the Alumni
Association online! Visit
www.aug.edu/alumni/alummembershipform.html
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