Former Georgia gymnastics standout Courtney Kupets was named College Athlete of the Year presented by AT&T on Monday night at the 2010 Atlanta Sports Awards at the Fox Theater in downtown Atlanta.

Courtney Kupets

Sponsored by the Atlanta Sports Council, the Atlanta Sports Awards honors the most accomplished athletes and teams at all levels throughout the metro Atlanta community.

As a senior in 2009, Kupets led Georgia to its fifth straight NCAA Championship, and she won the all-around, bars, beam and floor individual competitions. She became the first gymnast ever to win a national title in all four events and received five First-Team All-America honors, making a total of 15 for her career, the maximum for only competing three years.

Kupets is the all-time NCAA leader with nine individual championships and was named SEC Athlete of the Year, as well as the AAI National, NCAA Southeast Regional and SEC Gymnast of the Year. Kupets became the third Gym Dog ever to record a 10.0 in all four events, and she had seven 10.0s in 2009, including three at the NCAAs. Kupets also won the Honda-Broderick Cup as the nation’s top collegiate female athlete.

Other Georgia finalists included Drew Butler (football) for College Athlete of the Year, Anne Marie Armstrong (women’s basketball) for High School Athlete of the Year and the Georgia gymnastics team for Team of the Year.