GADA Awards 2018

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

• Maggie O’Leary – Norcross HS

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

• Ryan Iyer – Athens Academy

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

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

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.

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