Meet The Bulldogs
Chance Veazey 5-9, 175, Fr., L-R Tifton, Ga. Tift Co. HS
#15 INF High School: A graduate of Tift County where he played for Chuck Beale *A four-year letterman as an infielder for the Blue Devils and two-time MVP *Batted a team-best .444 with four home runs, 14 RBI and 25 runs scored as a senior and registered a team-high .728 slugging percentage, a .573 on-base percentage and hit .474 with runners in scoring position as team went 11-16 *Batted .453 with three home runs, 24 RBI and 23 runs scored as a junior *Also posted a .707 slugging percentage, a .588 on-base percentage and hit .520 with runners in scoring position as a junior as team went 15-14 *A four-time All-Region selection *An Honor Roll student and graduate *Played summer baseball for Team Georgia and earned All-Tournament honors
Shortly after leaving a study session on campus at the Miller Learning Center on Oct. 28, Chance Veazey’s life changed forever. He was involved in a scooter accident and suffered a spinal cord injury. Currently, he has paralysis from the waist down. After a week at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, he moved to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta for an intense six-week rehabilitation program. At Shepherd, Veazey earned the “Superman” towel, which for 10 years has been passed down among the patients who are working the hardest and graduate from the program. His rehabilitation continues, and his attitude and effort to return to his life inspires everyone who meets him. Along with his passion for baseball, Chance is an avid outdoorsman. During the Thanksgiving holiday, he got to hunt on land owned by professional baseball players Ryan Klesko and John Smoltz. Chance bagged an 11-point buck, the biggest deer he had ever killed. Support for Chance has come from all around the country including the Bulldog nation and his hometown of Tifton. Thousands of people have followed Chance’s story online at Caringbridge.org.
Personal: Born Aug. 8, 1990 *Son of Todd and Darby Veazey *Chance’s mother Darby was an All-America softball student-athlete at Florida State and was the first woman inducted in to the FSU Athletic Hall of Fame *Chance and current Bulldog catcher Christian Glisson and outfielder Israel Troupe were teammates at Tift County in 2006 when the Blue Devils advanced to the state quarterfinals in Class AAAAA *Major: Pre-Business
By the end of fall practice, Chance had earned the starting job at second base.
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He plans to return to UGA some this spring and then fulltime next fall. Chance will continue his education, his training regimen with athletic trainer Mike Dillon and work with the baseball program.
In the last fall scrimmage, Chance had three hits including a home run in his final at-bat. 6 SEC Titles: 1933, 1953, 1954, 2001, 2004, 2008