WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump shook hands with the five male staffers and coaches of the University of Georgia women's tennis team but did not shake hands with the players during a White House visit on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. The team was at the White House to mark its NCAA championship win.

In a photo shared by press aide Margo Martin, Trump and five Georgia staffers and coaches took up the front row of a stage setup, with 11 women standing in the background on a riser. The men standing alongside Trump in the photo were Georgia deputy athletic director Ford Williams, athletic director Josh Brooks, head coach Drake Bernstein, associate head coach Jarryd Chaplin and assistant coach Will Reynolds. In a video also shared by Martin, Trump approached the group and shook the hands of the five men but did not shake hands with the women.

The Georgia women's tennis team shared the photo on its official account later in the day with the caption: "An honor to represent the University of Georgia at the White House today! @realDonaldTrump thanks for having us out!"

Georgia won the NCAA Division I women's tennis championship last May. The team was among seven teams honored for their titles at the White House that week. Four of the teams honored at Tuesday's event were women's sports teams and one was a mixed-gender rifle team. Championship teams across American sports traditionally receive invitations from the president to visit the White House after their victories. Before 2019, no women's championship team had made a solo visit to the White House under Trump, though some women's teams participated in joint events celebrating men's and women's teams.

Former tennis star Martina Navratilova wrote on X: "A photo is worth a thousand words …" Earlier this year, the U.S. women's hockey team declined an invitation to visit the White House after winning gold at the Milano Cortina Olympics, citing scheduling and previous commitments.

The decision to decline the invitation came after Trump joked about needing to invite the women's team while on a phone call with the gold-winning U.S. men's team. The men's hockey team visited the White House and attended the State of the Union as guests of Trump.

Hilary Knight, captain of the U.S. women's hockey team, said: "We're just focusing on celebrating the women in our room, the extraordinary efforts, and continue to celebrate three gold medals in program history as well as the double gold for both men's and women's at the same time. And really not detract from that with a distasteful joke."