ATHENS — Haley Rose decided to attend the University of Georgia before she ever set foot on campus.
She knew plenty about the university — her grandfather, Harold Black, was one of UGA’s first black students to enroll and the first African American graduate from the Terry College of Business. But UGA’s sport management program finalized her decision.
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