December 2001: Vol. 81, No. 1

FALL SPORTS ROUNDUP Football The play of the year came with just five seconds left in the Tennessee game before 107,592 fans in Knoxville, when Verron Haynes caught David Green's soft toss in the Vols' checkerboard-square end zone to give Georgia a thrilling 26-24 victory. As GM was going to press, the Dogs—led by Haynes' 192 yards rushing—had just become bowl-eligible with a 35-15 win at Ole Miss. Men's basketball Ezra Williams scored 26 points to lead Georgia to a 75-62 victory over Furman in the season opener, and the Hayes brothers (see story at left) made significant contributions. Jarvis scored nine points and blocked three shots; Jonas had six points , 10 rebounds, and a pair of blocked shots. Swimming The beat goes on for Jack Bauerle (AB '75), whose Lady Swim Dogs have won three straight NCAA titles. He notched his 300th dual meet victory at Cal, signed prep butterfly standout Mary DeScenza to a letter of intent to attend UGA, and Kim Black was named NCAA Woman of the Year. Counting Kristy Kowal last year and Lisa Coole in '97, the Georgia swimming program has won this coveted national award three of the last five times it's been given. Women's golf The defending NCAA champs beat six top-10 teams and five more top-25s in winning the Auburn-Derby Invitational in November, giving second-year coach Todd McCorkle his first regular-season victory at Georgia. Soccer Georgia made it to the second round of the NCAAs before losing to Florida 3-0 on their home field in Gainesville. Mid-fielder Andrea Velasco, who transferred to UGA from Florida, and defender Carolyn Cayard made the All-SEC first and second teams, respectively. Volleyball Senior Stacy Buerger made second team All-SEC and was named to the conference's academic honor roll for the third straight year.

Transfers from Western Carolina light it up from inside and out
Hayes twins: double trouble for opponents

It worked for Andy Landers, so why shouldn't Jim Harrick go the twins route?

In four years at Georgia, Lady Dog basketball stars Kelly and Coco Miller combined for 4,308 points. They came to play every night, and their mirror-image abilities produced career scoring averages—16.6 and 16.4—that are as lookalike as their faces.

"I didn't want to split up," says Jarvis (right) of his desire to play on the same team with Jonas (left). "We grew up together and we're best friends. I couldn't have found a better roommate."

And now Harrick has reason to expect similar heroics on the men's side from Jarvis and Jonas Hayes, who sat out last year after transferring from Western Carolina.

Jarvis, who led the Southern Conference in scoring as a freshman, would doubtlessly have signed with a higher-profile program—but the Hayes brothers were a package deal and Western Carolina was one of only three schools that wanted Jonas, too.

In an interview with AJC writer Mark Schlabach (ABJ '96), Jesse Bonner, who coached the twins at Atlanta's Douglass High, said "a lot of schools were turned off by them wanting to go together." But Bonner saw Jonas as the secret weapon. "Jarvis looked better with dunks and three-pointers, but Jonas did the dirty work—the rebounds, blocked shots, and defense."

And that's an apt description of how the 6'7" Hayes brothers performed in Georgia's two exhibition games and in their 2001-02 season opener against Furman on Nov. 16.

In a 122-75 thrashing of Anchorage-Alaska, Jarvis drilled his first shot—a three-pointer—and later scored 11 consecutive points, capped off by a thunderous dunk that built a 20-point lead. He finished with 26 points, and Jonas chipped in with 17, plus 10 rebounds. The EA Sports All-Stars came to Athens, having beaten North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and Jarvis shot them right out of the gym. He scored 40 points, including 9 of 10 three-pointers, in a 111-98 romp.

"He was the best wing player we've played against," said EA coach Maz Trakh. "Man, can he shoot . . . what a player."

In March, the Hayes brothers had to sit in the stands and watch Georgia lose to Missouri 70-68 in the first round of the NCAAs. That was particularly hard for Jarvis, who scored 24 points against Missouri during his freshman year at Western Carolina before transferring. This season, he and Jonas will get their chance to shine in the bright lights of the SEC.

—Kent Hannon

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