UGA Bulldogs mourn death of facility worker

By Joe Johnson

University of Georgia players and coaches alike are mourning the recent death of a beloved worker at their facility.

They even dedicated their win on Saturday against Mississippi State to Kimberly Allen, who died in her Athens home on November 5th.

“We dedicated this win to Ms. Kim Allen, who’s a co-worker of ours, worked in our facility,” said Coach Kirby Smart. “She was an incredible lady.”

Running back Nate Frazier has fond memories of the 45-year-.old UGA employee.

“Ms. Kim was one of the best people I’ve met,” he said. “Ms. Kim was always smiling. She was always positive energy. It’s never a day you see Ms. Kim in the facility without a smile on her face. ... So after my touchdown, I said thank you God. And I said, thank you Ms. Kim because it just meant so much to me. It hit me real hard losing Ms. Kim,but she’s in a better place. She was too good for this world, so God put her in heaven, in a better place.”

Smart noted Allen’s positivity and how she was the first person he saw each morning.

“I’ve never met a more positive person than Ms. Kim. So we wanted to make sure she enjoyed that from up above,” he said.