Weeks before a violent crash rocked the University of Georgia’s football program, a team official learned that a staff member had an extensive record of speeding and intervened to minimize her latest citation.
Nevertheless, the football program allowed recruiting analyst Chandler LeCroy to continue driving prospective recruits around Athens in university vehicles after she received her fourth speeding ticket in six years on Oct. 30. On country roads, on city streets, on four-lane highways, the police cited LeCroy, 24, each time for driving at least 19 mph over the speed limit.
After the latest ticket, for driving 77 mph in a 55-mph zone, a football team official who frequently intercedes when players get into trouble tried to get LeCroy’s penalties reduced in court, an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows. Bryant Gantt, the team’s director of player support, asked a Morgan County court clerk to amend the ticket to indicate LeCroy was driving only 14 mph over the speed limit, the clerk said. The change would have allowed LeCroy to avoid an added $200 fine under the state’s super speeder law, as well as points on her driver’s license that could lead to a suspension of her driving privileges.
