Hammerin’ Hank Delivers Commencement Speech at Young Harris College

Major League Baseball legend Henry “Hank” Aaron delivered the address at Young Harris College’s Commencement ceremony last Saturday.

Aaron has a longstanding friendship with YHC alumnus former U.S. Senator and Georgia Governor Zell Miller, ’51. In 2014, Aaron received YHC’s Nancy Louise Haynes Stephens Sanderson Robertson Outstanding Friend Award for his generous contributions and friendship to the College.

Approximately 187 students, the College’s largest graduating class to date, participated in the graduation ceremony, receiving bachelor’s degrees in art, biology, business and public policy, music, and much more.