Georgia State University Athletics

Amber Hughes joined the GSU staff in Fall 2021.

Hughes will be responsible for team operations. She had a stellar career at Tennessee State where she excelled in sprints, hurdles and jumps. She earned USTFCCCA First Team All-America status her junior and senior seasons and was an All-America Honorable Mention as a sophomore. Hughes was also named Ohio Valley Conference Female Athlete of the Year in 2017 and earned twelve more major awards including two consecutive athlete of the year awards in indoor and outdoor events, and 26 individual championships in her conference.

Hughes started her professional career after graduating and ran her first pro race, where she won the 60m hurdle with a time of 8.08. She went on to finish top three in the 2019 USATF Indoor National Championships in the hurdles among many other accomplishments.