On September 21, 2025, Team Handball at UGA played in its first-ever competition: a scrimmage against Auburn Team Handball.
The roster for that first match — Lourdes Calvo, William Dunnaway, Taha Arif, Kyle McDole, Michael Andrews, and Huxley Ponchot, coached by Chris McCormick — marked the beginning of competitive handball at UGA.
Since the program was still brand new and didn't always have enough players to field a complete team, UGA players spent that first year competing alongside athletes from Auburn, Atlanta, DC, and Ohio State programs. Those partnerships gave our players valuable experience while our own men's and women's programs kept growing — and set up the run that would carry us all the way to a bronze medal at College Nationals the following spring.