UGA RUF Staff
Rev. Ben Coppedge
Campus minister
Caysie Ashton
Campus staff for Upperclassmen girls
Ben is the campus minister at UGA RUF. During the tail end of his undergrad years at UGA, God brought him to new life in Jesus. He also went to grad school at UGA, served as an RUF intern, and met Anna—his wife of 12 years now. After living a few years in Philadelphia while attending seminary, he and Anna moved West and served the amazing students at New Mexico State University RUF for 4 and a half years. Anna and Ben share life and a boatload of chaos with their four energetic kiddos—Eli (9), Addie (7), Noah (6), and Evangeline (4). Ben’s here at UGA for you and would love to meet up! You can reach him at 706-372-4627 or Ben.Coppedge@ruf.org.
Caysie originally hails from Omaha, Nebraska and spent her college years at the University of Kentucky--go Cats! She studied Integrated Strategic Communication and Spanish (we’re still not sure what that means but we know she’s sharp). She loves college students and knows they need Jesus as much as she does. She’s excited to be returning for a second year to work with UGA RUF and walk with students toward truly knowing the Lord. Caysie loves Cookout milkshakes, Lucky Charms, and cherry Icees (and probably some healthier stuff, too). She’s always up for watching a sunset and loves the experience of doing something she’s never done before. If you’re reading this, she wants to meet you! You can reach Caysie at 402-889-3163 or Caysie.Ashton@ruf.org.
Grace Bailey
Girls’ Intern
Felicity Holton
Girls’ intern
Eliot Jones
Guys’ intern
As a military kid, Grace grew up all over the U.S., but Utah is home right now. She graduated from Auburn University in 2021 with a degree in Elementary Education and loved her time there. Grace loves hiking, tacos, coffee shops, walks with friends, being creative, and doing just about anything outside. RUF was so impactful to her walk with Christ in college, so she is so excited to walk alongside students at UGA. Grace is really excited about finding fun 1 on 1 spots in Athens and getting to know each of you! You can reach Grace at 801-332-0144 or at grace.bailey@ruf.org.
Felicity is from Haymarket, Virginia and graduated from Virginia Tech in 2023 with a degree in Computational Modeling & Data Analytics. Throughout college, Felicity became passionate about deepening her desire to know and love Jesus, and RUF helped her do just that. Since RUF had such a profound impact on her, she is so excited to serve the students at UGA and walk alongside them toward Jesus! Felicity loves taking walks, exploring Athens, doing puzzles, cheering on any and all athletics, and late night ice cream. She is excited to get to know you! You can reach Felicity at 304-546-7476 or at felicity.holton@ruf.org.
Growing up in Chattanooga, TN, Eliot grew lots of love for adventure and the great outdoors. This love of all things outside and hilly encouraged him to graduate from Mississippi State (which is very outside and very not hilly) with a degree in forestry in 2023. Eliot loved being a part of RUF while it relentlessly loved him, helped him pursue Jesus, and taught him how to peel crawfish. He is so excited to finally get to work with RUF, love students, pursue Christ, spread the gospel, and spend so many hours playing pickleball. Eliot is so glad he still gets to say “Go Dawgs!” You can reach Eliot at 919-336-9905 or at eliot.jones@ruf.org.