This Carter-Hoffman statue is fo the famed Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets* mascot. It stands about 5" tall. The lettering has faded a bit, but is still legible. There are some scuffs to the paint & wood, but overall it is still in excellent condition.

*The term Yellow Jacket or Yellowjacket has been used to refer to G.T. students and the various sports teams as early as the 1890s. Fans of Georgia Tech would often wear yellow jackets to sporting events in support of the early Georgia Tech teams. The early football teams, lacking gold fabric for jerseys, wore yellow jerseys. John Heisman told the Atlanta Constitution that he wanted his teams to be referred to as the Yellow Jackets in October 1905. In November 1906, the Atlanta Journal portrayed a University of Georgia football player being attacked by a yellowjacket with the words "Somebody's about to get stung" as the caption. This was the first time that the Georgia Tech sports teams were referred to as the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in print.

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