As a University of Georgia Honors College student studying economics and international business, Alex Womack spent a lot of time focused on numbers but also took the time to focus on his community.
His passion for community service and academic excellence earned him Terry College of Business 2025 Student of the Year honors.
Each spring since 2012, the Terry College Alumni Board recognizes a graduating senior who exemplifies the ideals of the Terry College and demonstrates the skills and commitment required to succeed in college, business and life. The awards selection committee is composed of emeritus members of the Terry College Alumni Board.
Womack, who grew up in Bogart, Georgia, demonstrated his commitment to service by spending much of his college career as an assistant scoutmaster, a peer tutor for the UGA Office For Student Success and Achievement, and as director for case administration for the University Judiciary.
Womack served as president of the Atlas Business Society and president of the Chess Dawgs. He also was a project leader with Terry Student Consulting and as a management consulting member for the Corsair Society.
In addition to being an Eagle Scout, he was a UGA Presidential Scholar and a Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholar. He interned management consulting group GovStrive and at the housing nonprofit Live Forward.
After graduation, Womack will join McKinsey & Company in Atlanta before attending Harvard Law School in 2027 through a deferred enrollment program.
In addition to Womack, the board recognized four other Student of the Year Finalists at Terry College of Business’s 2025 Honors Day on April 2.
The finalists, who were selected based on academics, financial responsibility and community and campus leadership, are:
Ethan Craig is majoring in finance and economics. Originally from Durango, Colorado, Craig has spent his four years at UGA learning everything he could about the markets — beginning as a freshman in the Magellan Program and Kennedy Society. By his senior year, Craig was serving as president of Apollo Society and as technology, media and telecommunications sector leader for the UGA Student Managed Investment Fund. He was also a markets and enterprises teaching assistant for the Corsair Society, where he earned a reputation as a dedicated mentor to younger students. He interned with Canaccord Genuity in their Global Capital Markets operation in New York City and will return as an investment banking analyst after graduation.
Mattie Garrett, of Marietta, Georgia, is a double major studying finance and management information systems in the UGA Honors College and earned certificates in personal and organizational leadership and entrepreneurship. She is a UGA Foundation Fellow, a Presidential Scholar, a Leonard Leadership Scholar and a Sea Island Scholar. Garrett is an avid traveler and studied away in London, Italy, South Korea, Austria and Ecuador. While at the Terry College, she served as an event coordination intern for the Isakson Initiative, director of activities for the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and as a member of Women in Finance and the UGA Society of Entrepreneurs. Garrett has interned with the Classic City Collective, Signature FD and Goldman Sachs. After graduation, she will take on a full-time position with Goldman Sachs.
Madeline Pierce, of Marietta, Georgia, is a double major in management information systems and international business. She is the senior coordinator for the Terry Women’s Initiative, a Leonard Leadership Scholar, a Presidential Scholar, a member of Women in Technology and a Sea Island Scholar. She also served as director of philanthropy for the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. While at the Terry College, Pierce studied away in Australia and New Zealand, focusing on sustainability and international business. She interned with Booz Allen Hamilton for two years, has worked in the Terry College Undergraduate Student Services Office and as a baseball clinic assistant for the Atlanta Braves. After graduation, Pierce begins a full-time position with Cox Enterprises in Atlanta.
Whit Thoms, originally from Dallas, Texas, is a finance major and will also graduate with certificates in Personal and Organizational Leadership and Entrepreneurship. He is a Leonard Leadership Scholar, a Terry College Ambassador, a member of UGA’s Real Estate Society, a Greek Life leader in UGA HEROs and a Student Government Association board member. He was a first-place winner in the Georgia NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Competition, a Terry peer interview coach, a member of Terry Student Consulting, and a former summer analyst with CBRE. After graduation, Thoms joins Crow Holdings as a real estate private equity analyst in Dallas, Texas.