support staff Brendan Dwyer
Jeremy Jenkins
Fifth season
Fifth season
Brendan Dwyer joined the UGA Athletic Association in July 2011 as Assistant Director of Event Management. His duties include working with women’s basketball, baseball, soccer and track & field.
Jeremy Jenkins was named assistant manager of ticket operations for the University of Georgia Athletic Association in May 2011.
Event Management
Prior to coming to Athens, he was the Operations Manager at American University, where he was the lead event manager for soccer and swimming and diving and assisted with basketball. He also served as liaison between the athletic department and renters of American’s athletic facilities. Before leaving his mark at American, Dwyer was an event supervisor with Event Partners Inc. from 2008-09, assisting with operations of Carolina First Arena in Charleston, S.C.; Heritage Park Amphitheater in Simpsonville, N.C.; Appalachian State football stadium; and Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum. Dwyer also served as an intern at Clemson from 2007-08. A native of Silver Spring, Md., Dwyer earned two degrees from East Carolina University, his bachelor’s in communications and a master’s in sports management. He also assisted in multiple areas of ECU’s athletic department while a student there.
Cory Kopaniasz Academic Counseling
Ticketing
In that position, Jenkins coordinates all ticketing operations for both the women’s basketball and baseball programs, as well as shared responsibilities with the football and gymnastics programs. Jenkins also has the pleasure of working alongside his grandfather, Tony Williams, who has been a member of the Athletic Association’s ticket office personnel for more than a decade. Prior to coming to Athens, Jenkins worked for a year and a half in the ticket office of the Atlanta Falcons, beginning as a ticket sales trainee before being promoted to group events and fundraising coordinator. Jenkins received his bachelor’s degree in sport management from UGA in August 2009 and was a member of a competitive paintball team during his days as a student. A native of nearby Watkinsville, Jenkins graduated from Oconee County High School in 2005. He is married to the former Candice Phillips of Savannah, Ga., and their family includes two dogs, Dozer and Kasha.
Student Staff
sixth season
Cory Kopaniasz joined UGA’s academic counseling staff in January 1999 and became a full-time employee in July 2000. He served as the academic center’s intern and graduate assistant before taking over full-time duties. Kopaniasz assists the Lady Bulldogs in a variety of academic issues, including classroom performance, progression toward degrees, arranging of tutors and mentors, and the improvement of their study skills and strategies. He also advises the men’s basketball team and has previously worked with Georgia’s baseball, football, gymnastics, swimming & diving and tennis programs. Because of his father’s employment for NATO, Kopaniasz lived for a short time in Brussels, Belgium, where he graduated from Brussels American High School. He received his bachelor’s in Economics from UGA in 2000, and two years later, he earned his master’s degree in Sport Studies from Georgia. Kopaniasz served as Associate Director for Academic Support at Ole Miss in 2008 before returning to his alma mater. He is married to the former Candace Waters and they have one son, Caden.
Bryce Dillard
Glenda Dowdy
Alicia Hampton
Keimairra Haylock
Kyle Nelson
Joshua Oshinski
Additional Support Staff
Ryan Leonard Graduate Assistant
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Daneidra Watkins Program Coordinator