8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): March 23, 2007

                               Delta Apparel, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                     Georgia
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                          (State or Other Jurisdiction
                                of Incorporation)


       1-15583                                            58-2508794
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(Commission File Number)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)


2750 Premiere Parkway, Suite 100, Duluth, Georgia                      30097
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   (Address of principal executive offices)                          (Zip Code)


                                 (678) 775-6900
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               (Registrant's Telephone Number Including Area Code)


                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.

     On March 23, 2007, the Company's board of directors  appointed Elizabeth J.
Gatewood,  Ph.D. as a director of the Company,  filling a new seat on the board.
Dr.   Gatewood   (age  62)  is  the  Director  of  the   University   Office  of
Entrepreneurship  & Liberal Arts at Wake Forest  University,  a position she has
held since 2004. The Office is focused on creating and sustaining an environment
that fosters entrepreneurial  thinking across the entire campus community.  From
1998 to 2004,  she  served as the Jack M.  Gill  Chair of  Entrepreneurship  and
Director of The Johnson  Center for  Entrepreneurship  &  Innovation  at Indiana
University.  The Board has  determined  that Dr.  Gatewood is  "independent"  as
defined by AMEX Rule 121A.  Dr.  Gatewood has not been appointed to serve on any
committees of the Company's board of directors. Dr. Gatewood will participate in
the Company's 2004 Non-Employee  Director Stock Plan and will receive a grant of
options for 188 shares of the  company's  common  stock,  which  represents  the
standard grant to each of our directors for service during fiscal year 2007, pro
rated for the  portion of our fiscal year 2007 during  which Dr.  Gatewood  will
serve as a director.


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                         DELTA APPAREL, INC.


Date: March 29, 2007                     /s/ Deborah H. Merrill
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                                         Deborah H. Merrill
                                         Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                                         and Treasurer




EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number  Description
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99.1            Press release issued by Delta Apparel, Inc. on March 29, 2007.

EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

       Delta Apparel Appoints New Member to Board of Directors

    DULUTH, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2007--Delta Apparel, Inc.
(AMEX: DLA) today announced that it has elected Elizabeth J. Gatewood,
Ph.D. to its board of directors.

    Dr. Gatewood is the Director of the University Office of
Entrepreneurship & Liberal Arts at Wake Forest University, a position
she has held since 2004. The Office of Entrepreneurship & Liberal Art
is focused on creating and sustaining an environment that fosters
entrepreneurial thinking and action across the entire campus
community. From 1998 to 2004, she served as the Jack M. Gill Chair of
Entrepreneurship and Director of The Johnson Center for
Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Indiana University. She was named as
one of the top ten best entrepreneurship center directors in the
United States by Entrepreneur Magazine. Prior to her appointment at
Indiana University, Dr. Gatewood was the Executive Director of the
Gulf Coast Small Business Development Center Network, an organization
providing training and consulting services to entrepreneurs and small
business owners in the 36 counties of the greater Houston region.

    She is a co-founder of the "Diana" project, a research study of
women business owners and equity capital access, funded by the
Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, the US Small Business
Administration, and the National Women's Business Council. She and her
colleagues were recently announced as the winners of the FSF-NUTEK
International Award for scientific work of outstanding quality and
importance. Her book with four colleagues, Clearing the Hurdles: Women
Building High-Growth Businesses, was published in 2004 by Prentice
Hall. Her work in entrepreneurial cognition received the National
Foundation of Independent Business Award for best paper at the 2001
Babson-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Her
research has been published in the Journal of Business Venturing, the
Journal of Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, the
Journal of Small Business Management, and Entrepreneurship and
Regional Development. Dr. Gatewood holds a BS in Psychology from
Purdue University and an MBA in Finance and Ph.D. in Business
Administration with a specialty in strategy from the University of
Georgia.

    "Betsy brings a wealth of experience and strategic analysis to our
company," commented Robert W. Humphreys, President and CEO of Delta
Apparel. "We are pleased to welcome Betsy, and are confident she will
make a significant contribution to our Board of Directors."

    About Delta Apparel, Inc.

    Delta Apparel, Inc., along with its wholly owned subsidiaries, M.
J. Soffe Company and Junkfood Clothing Company, is a marketer,
manufacturer and distributor of high quality branded and private label
activewear apparel. The Company specializes in selling a variety of
casual and athletic activewear tops and bottoms, embellished and
unembellished T-shirts, and fleece products for the ever-changing
apparel market. The Company focuses on its broad distribution of
apparel products to specialty and boutique stores, high-end and
mid-tier retail stores, sporting goods stores, screen printers, and
private label accounts. In addition, certain products are sold in
college bookstores and to the U.S. Military. The Company's operations
are located throughout the United States, Honduras, El Salvador and
Mexico and the Company employs approximately 6,000 people worldwide.
Additional information on the Company is available at
www.deltaapparel.com.

    CONTACT: Delta Apparel, Inc.
             Deborah Merrill, 864-232-5200 x6620
             Chief Financial Officer
             or
             Investor Relations
             Integrated Corporate Relations
             Bill Zima, 203-682-8200