GADA Awards 2018

Female Scholarship Finalists

Agnes Kumi – Blessed Trinity
Maddie McCleary – Athens Academy
Alexandria Neal – Union Grove HS
Diarra Oden – Marist School
Anna Crowley – Calvary Day School

Female Scholarship Award Winner

Maggie O’Leary – Norcross HS

Male Scholarship Finalists

Wesley Potter- Sequoyah HS
Ryan Sullivan – Marist School
Coleman Hatmaker – Union Grove HS
Christopher Turko – Blessed Trinity
Oliver Stephan – Peachtree Ridge HS

Male Scholarship Award Winner

Ryan Iyer – Athens Academy

Athletic Director of the Year

The highest award the GADA presents every year is the State of Georgia Athletic Director of the Year Award. It is my pleasure to announce the 2017-2018 GADA Athletic Director of the Year:

Mark Kelly – St. Pius X

2018 GADA Award Winners

Each year the National Interscholastic Association of Athletic Administrators in cooperation with the GADA selects a NIAAA State Award of Merit winner. In addition, the GADA board also selects a state winner for each of the NIAAA national awards. The state winner for each award automatically becomes the Georgia nominee for the national awards. We would like to recognize the GADA state winners for each award.

NIAAA State Award of Merit: Dr. Curt Miller – Henry County Schools
NIAAA Distinguished Service Award Nominee: Jasper Jewell
NFHS Citation Award Nominee: Ruth Donahoo – Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School
Frank Kovaleski Professional Development Award Nominee: Nathan Turner – Forsyth County Schools
NIAAA Hall of Fame Nominee: Bob Ward – Retired

Classification ADs of the Year

For each of the six classification, and overall AD of the year is selected. At this time, we would like to recognize the overall ADs of the year for each classification. They are as follows:

Class A: Taylor Davis – Hebron Christian
Class 2A: Kandice Pritchett Mitchell – Atlanta Public Schools
Class 3A: Elli Connell – Monroe Area
Class 4A: Bryce Robinson – Upson-Lee
Class 5A: David Shields – Ware Co.
Class 6A: Jason Holcombe – Johns Creek
Class 7A: Brian DeBerry – Grayson

Congratulations to all of you. You are an outstanding group of leaders and we are pleased that your peers have chosen to recognize your commitment to Georgia Athletics.

NIAA Advanced Certifications

We would like to recognize athletic directors who have received advanced certifications through the NIAAA:

RMSAA
- Rusty Evans
CAA
- Christopher Kane
- Robert McFerrin/li>
- John Weyher
- Kevin Kenny
- Lawrence O’Hayer
- Kevin Strickland
CMAA
- Rusty Evans
- Dawn Odom
- Curt Miller

Regional AD Winners

Class 1A Region Winners

Region 1: John Williams – Calhoun County
Region 2: Winston Peterson – Clinch County
Region 3: Chad Griffin – Calvary Day
Region 4: Gabe Thesis – Schley County
Region 5: John Amosa – AIS
Region 6: Eddie Guth – Darlington School
Region 7: Chad Alligood – Washington-Wilkes
Region 8: Taylor Davis – Hebron Christian

Class 2A Region Winners

Region 1: Benjamin Tillman – Thomasville
Region 2: Chunk Reid – Vidalia
Region 3: Rex Hodges – Dodge County
Region 4: Bernard Bowman – Glenn Hills
Region 5: Shane Lassiter – Heard County
Region 6: Kandice Pritchett Mitchell – Atlanta Public Schools
Region 7: Telisa Chapman – Armuchee High School
Region 8: Lee Shaw – Rabun County

Class 3A Region Winners

Region 1: William Pate – Crisp Couny
Region 2: Brandon Jernigan – Pierce County
Region 3: Ashley Tremble-Hamer – Johnson-Savannah
Region 4: Chad Campbell – Peach County
Region 5: Charlycye Henderson – Redan High School
Region 6: Meredith Barnhill – Adairsville
Region 7: Nicky Jenkins – Lumpkin County
Region 8: Elli Connell – Monroe Area

Class 4A Region Winners

Region 1: Kendall Mills – Haradaway
Region 2: Bryce Robinson – Upson-Lee
Region 3: Lisa White – Cross Creek
Region 4: Jose Fernandez – Woodward Academy
Region 5: Mike Pauley – LaGrange
Region 6: Mark Lentych – Southwest Whitfield
Region 7: Alan Griffin, Jr. – White County
Region 8: Mark Kelly – St. Pius

Class 5A Region Winners

Region 1: Mike Chastain – Warner Robbins
Region 2: David Shields – Ware County
Region 3: Stacey Smith – McIntosh
Region 4: Britt Morton – Hampton
Region 5: Sharon Richard – Arabia Mountain
Region 6: Reginald Curry – Maynard Jackson
Region 7: Don Breedlove – Paulding County
Region 8: Jonathan Edwards – Johnson-Gainesville

Class 6A Region Winners

Region 1: Hank Wright – Lee County
Region 2: Ken Griffin – Bradwell Institute
Region 3: Charles Landy – Heritage Conyers
Region 4: Dorwyn Lyles – Charles Drew
Region 5: Albert Lindsey – Douglas County
Region 6: Matt Bradford – South Cobb
Region 7: Jason Holcombe – Johns Creek
Region 8: Matt McDonald – Lanier

Class 7A Region Winners

Region 1: Greg Tillery – Colquitt County
Region 2: Jeff Hudson – Campbell
Region 3: Sherri Thoroughman – Hillgrove
Region 4: Tonya Sebring – Woodstock High School
Region 5: Drew Ferrer – Lambert
Region 6: Matt Champitto – North Gwinnett
Region 7: Lashawn Smith – Meadowcreek
Region 8: Brian DeBerry – Grayson

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