Hall of Fame Class of 2022

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The Best of the Best: Georgia State Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2022

The Georgia State Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2022 was recognized and officially inducted at the annual Golden Panther Awards, held Monday night at the GSU Convocation Center.

The Georgia State Athletics Hall of Fame represents the "best of the best" in the history of GSU Athletics. The Class of 2022:
 
JANSEN BUTTON, BEACH VOLLEYBALL
A member of Georgia State's inaugural beach volleyball team in 2013, Jansen Button helped the Panthers' fledgling program to back-to-back appearances in the national championships with the 2015 AVCA Championship and the 2016 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship.
 
In 2015, Button was named an All-American as she advanced to the quarterfinals of the AVCA Pairs Championship. The following year, she was a first-team all-conference selection in the CCSA.
 
Button teamed with Sara Olivova for 83 career victories, the GSU record for victories by a pair. The duo posted a 23-9 record in 2014, a 24-14 mark in 2015 and a 25-11 record in 2016.
 
Also a Dean's List student, the native of Menifee, Calif., earned her degree in 2016. Jansen Button John is married to former Georgia State football standout Ulrick John.
 
ROBERT DAVIS, FOOTBALL
Georgia State football's all-time leading receiver, Robert Davis was the first three-time All-Sun Belt Conference player in GSU history and the first to receive first-team All-Sun Belt honors in two straight years.
 
The Warner Robins, Ga., native is the Panthers' career leader in receptions and receiving yards while ranking second in touchdown receptions, 100-yard games and all-purpose yards. He ranks in the Top Five in Sun Belt Conference history in career receptions and receiving yards.
 
Davis helped lead the Panthers to Georgia State's in 2015, just the program's sixth season of existence.
 
He was also a member of the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll and earned his degree in 2017.
 
The third Panther to be drafted by the NFL, Davis was selected by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round of the 2017 NFL Draft and played three seasons in the league.
 
CHARLOTTE LORENTZEN, WOMEN'S GOLF
Charlotte Lorentzen is one of the most successful golfers in Georgia State history who played in four consecutive NCAA Regionals and finished in the Top 20 three times from 2009 through 2012.
 
A two-time conference medalist, she was named Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Year as a freshman and then CAA Golfer of the Year the next three seasons.
 
After winning five individual tournament titles, Lorentzen owns the top career scoring average in program history, and her career-low round was a school-record 64.
 
The native of Soroe, Denmark was also a three-time All-America Scholar.
 
BOB REINHART, MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH
Long-time men's basketball head coach Bob Reinhart was the first coach in any sport to lead Georgia State to the NCAA Tournament when he took the Panthers to the Big Dance in 1991.
 
He enjoyed a nine-year coaching career at Georgia State from 1985-1994, winning 107 games and helping to lay a foundation for the future success enjoyed by the program. He was responsible for the first back-to-back winning seasons in program history (1990-91 and 1991-92) and the school's first conference tournament championship.
 
In 1991, Reinhart led the fifth-seeded Panthers to three improbable wins to claim the TAAC tournament title and advance to the NCAA tournament. GSU defeated host Stetson 70-64 in the opening round and No. 1 seed UTSA 94-84 in the semifinals before capturing the tournament with an 80-60 win over Little Rock. That earned the first of the Georgia State program's six NCAA Tournament berths.
 
Also a member of the Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame, Coach Reinhart was a highly successful head coach at Decatur High School, and he also enjoyed a long career as an assistant coach and scout in the NBA.
 
 
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