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UGA baseball player accused of yelling racial slurs dismissed from team

Adam Sasser has been dismissed from the baseball team after he was being investigated for allegedly making slurs during the football game on Saturday in Athens.

ATHENS — A University of Georgia baseball player accused of yelling racial slurs during last week's Georgia-Tennessee game has been dismissed from the team.

UGA athletic director Greg McGarity and head coach Scott Stricklin said Wednesday that first baseman Adam Sasser is no longer with the team.

UGA student Klarissa Gulebian told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that she witnessed the incident and shared what she heard on social media. The slurs were allegedly directed to UGA quarterback Justin Fields, a freshman from Cobb County.

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Sasser was one of Georgia's top hitters last season and was named second-team All-SEC.

Information from our investigative partners at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution was used in this report. 

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