Tyrin Lawrence, the 2019 Georgia Class 3A Player of the Year at Morgan County High School and a 1,000-point career scorer at Vanderbilt, will return to his home state and play for the Georgia Bulldogs during the 2024-25 campaign. Head coach Mike White announced Lawrence’s signing on Tuesday.
A 6-4, 200-pound guard from Monticello, Ga., Lawrence started 79 of 104 games played for Vanderbilt over the past four seasons, including 61 of 63 contests as a junior and senior. He wrapped up his career with the Commodores with exactly 1,000 points (9.6 ppg) as well as 385 rebounds, 134 assists and 96 steals. Lawrence notched 47 double-figure scoring outputs, including 14 20-point performances, with a career-high 25 points against Yale in the opening round of the 2023 NIT.
Lawrence averaged 13.1 ppg in 2022-23. Last season, he upped those contributions to 14.1 ppg overall and a team-high 14.6 ppg in SEC action. Lawrence was a standout in the classroom as well, earning SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition in 2021, 2023 and 2024 and graduating as a double major in Human and Organizational Development & Sociology.
Lawrence capped his high school career by leading Morgan County to the Georgia 3A state title as a senior in 2019. The Bulldogs finished 30-2 that season, headlining a three-year run when MCHS was a combined 84-10 and also finished as state runner-up in 2017 and reached the semifinals of the 2018 state tourney. Lawrence was twice named all-state by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, earning first-team honors in 2019 after being a second-team selection in 2018.
Lawrence also played a postgraduate season at Sunrise Christian Academy, where he was part of a class that sent seven players to Division I programs.
Lawrence is the seventh newcomer set to join Georgia’s roster for the 2024-25 season. That group includes a pair of top-50 prep prospects in the Class of 2024 and five transfers.
A 6-4, 200-pound guard from Monticello, Ga., Lawrence started 79 of 104 games played for Vanderbilt over the past four seasons, including 61 of 63 contests as a junior and senior. He wrapped up his career with the Commodores with exactly 1,000 points (9.6 ppg) as well as 385 rebounds, 134 assists and 96 steals. Lawrence notched 47 double-figure scoring outputs, including 14 20-point performances, with a career-high 25 points against Yale in the opening round of the 2023 NIT.
Lawrence averaged 13.1 ppg in 2022-23. Last season, he upped those contributions to 14.1 ppg overall and a team-high 14.6 ppg in SEC action. Lawrence was a standout in the classroom as well, earning SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition in 2021, 2023 and 2024 and graduating as a double major in Human and Organizational Development & Sociology.
Lawrence capped his high school career by leading Morgan County to the Georgia 3A state title as a senior in 2019. The Bulldogs finished 30-2 that season, headlining a three-year run when MCHS was a combined 84-10 and also finished as state runner-up in 2017 and reached the semifinals of the 2018 state tourney. Lawrence was twice named all-state by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, earning first-team honors in 2019 after being a second-team selection in 2018.
Lawrence also played a postgraduate season at Sunrise Christian Academy, where he was part of a class that sent seven players to Division I programs.
Lawrence is the seventh newcomer set to join Georgia’s roster for the 2024-25 season. That group includes a pair of top-50 prep prospects in the Class of 2024 and five transfers.
