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Marcus Georges-Hunt, Justin Thomas among Tech athletes graduating

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May 7, 2016
Georgia Tech guard Marcus Georges-Hunt (3) shoots the winning basket in the final seconds of an NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame in Atlanta, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. Georgia Tech won 63-62. (AP Photo/Todd Kirkland)

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Sixty former and present Georgia Tech athletes will graduate Saturday, a group that includes a number who have achieved considerable distinction in their sports. They include several who have achieved All-ACC or All-America status while at Tech, including Marcus Georges-Hunt (men’s basketball), Jeremy Greenwald (men’s track), Nikita Kirillov (men’s track), Megan Kurey (women’s tennis), Maddie Lionberger (softball), Thomas Smith (baseball), Justin Thomas (football), Aaliyah Whiteside (women’s basketball) and Kendal Woodard (women’s tennis).

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Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.

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