Supporting the Team

Bill and Susan Reeves

For more than two decades, Bill (B.B.A. '59) and Susan Reeves have been committed to elevating athletics at Georgia State.

Their gifts to the athletic program, such as the Reeves Fieldhouse in Panthersville, are opportunities, they say, to continue thanking GSU for providing a way for Reeves to finish his degree while running a business and raising a family.

"Georgia State's evening school allowed me to attend college, and I've always appreciated that," said Reeves, who has served on the Georgia State Athletic Board since 1988. "I have thoroughly enjoyed being associated with Georgia State over the years and being able to watch it grow. Now we're getting football, and I think it's going to be great for alumni like myself to rekindle associations."

The Reeves have owned and operated several businesses including Bill Reeves Realty, Reeves Contracting Company and Gwinnett National Bank.

Their entrepreneurial success has allowed them to donate to numerous projects and organizations on campus including annual athletic scholarships, the cheerleading squad and the Georgia State Pep Band. The Reeves Fieldhouse, dedicated in 2003, was built to provide a locker room, meeting room, laundry room and coaches' offices for the baseball team.

"No matter how much you have done to give back to Georgia State, the rewards are always 10 times that," said Mrs. Reeves, who was designated a Georgia State honorary alumna in 2004. "The young people we get to know are so much of a reward to us. We are very richly blessed by Georgia State."