BULLDOGS IN THE SPOTLIGHT COFFEE COUNTY “HUSTLE AWARD” Awarded for showing desire in the Spring
1961 – Bill Godfrey, FB 1962 – Ray Clark, DE 1963 – Benny Boyd, T 1964 – Wayne Swinford, RB 1965 – Jimmy Denney, G 1966 – John Kasay, OG; Marvin Tootle, DE 1967 – Pat Rodrigue, OG; David McKnight, DE 1968 – Penny Pennington, DB 1969 – Steve Greer, DG; Tim Callaway, DG 1970 – Charles Whittemore, SE 1971 – Chuck Heard, DT; Mixon Robinson, DE 1972 – Lynn Hunnicutt, DE 1973 – Mac McWhorter, OG 1974 – Abb Ansley, SAF 1975 – Joe Tereshinski, C 1976 – Jeff Sanders, DT 1977 – Jim Griffith, LB 1978 – Willie McClendon, TB 1979 – Robert Goodwin, DT 1980 – Hugh Nall, C 1981 – Keith Hall, DE 1982 – Tim Crowe, DG 1983 – Knox Culpepper, LB 1984 – Knox Culpepper, LB 1985 – John Brantley, LB 1986 – Steve Boswell, LB 1987 – Mike Brown, ROV 1988 – Todd Wheeler, C 1989 – Bill Goldberg, DT 1990 – Torrey Evans, LB 1991 – Chuck Carswell, DB; Russell DeFoor, C 1992 – Jack Swan, C 1993 – Shannon Mitchell, TE 1994 – Travis Jones, DT 1995 – David Weeks, C 1996 – Selma Calloway, FB; Gene Toodle, DE 1997 – Greg Bright, MLB; Hines Ward, SE 1998 – Antonio Cochran, LB; Olandis Gary, RB; Kirby Smart, FS; Chris Terry, OT 1999 – Rob Arnaud, RB; Orantes Grant, LB 2000 – Randy McMichael, TE; Marcus Stroud, DT; 2001 – Curt McGill, C; Jermaine Phillips, S 2002 – Michael Johnson, FLK; David Pollack, DE 2003 – Ray Gant, DT; Max Jean-Gilles, OT 2004 – Nick Jones, OG; Bryan McClendon, WR; David Pollack, DE; Will Thompson, DE 2005 – Mike Gilliam, CB; Nick Jones, OG; Quentin Moses, DE; Dennis Roland, OT 2006 – Tra Battle, ROV; Thomas Brown, RB; Ray Gant, DT; Nick Jones, C 2007 – Darius Dewberry, LB; Demarcus Dobbs, DE; Jason Johnson, RB; Jeff Owens, DL; Fernando Velasco, OL 2008 – Quintin Banks, SS; Rennie Curran, LB; Knowshon Moreno, TB 2009 – Joe Cox, QB, Demarcus Dobbs, DE; Bryan Evans, DB; Michael Moore, WR; Nick Williams, LB 2010 – Demarcus Dobbs, DL/LB; Washaun Ealey, TB; DeAngelo Tyson, DT 2011 – Kolton Houston, OT; Christian Robinson, ILB 2012 – Michael Erdman, SE; Kolton Houston, OG; Garrison Smith, DE
THE MARION HUBERT Outstanding student athletic trainer AWARD Presented in memory of Dr. Marion Hubert, football physician, 1936-83, to the undergrad student trainer for excellence in athletics, academics, leadership and service
1985 & 1986 – Mark Starnes, Warner Robins 1987 & 1987 – Michael Clanton, Athens 1989 & 1990 – David Toburen, Washington 1991 & 1992 – Kelly Ward, Roswell 1993 – Lew Blackman, Douglasville 1994 & 1995 – Doug Hubert, Athens 1996 – Jimbo Wood, Anniston, Ala. 1997 – Harris Patel, Norcross 1998 – Leigh Gordy, Meansville 1999 – Eric Claas, Watkinsville 2000 – James Williams, Morganton 2001 – Bryant Baugh, Lithonia 2002 – David Wright, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Maureen LeFevre, Norcross 2003 & 2004 – Christopher Felton, Watkinsville 2005 – Kristen Thayer, Duluth 2006 – Amanda Scott, Norcross Carrie Sizemore, Mineral Wells, W.Va. 2007 – Ben Seagraves, Athens 2008 – Anna Arp, Athens 2009 – Jordan Mellinger, Evans 2010 – Ashley Dykes, Alpharetta 2011 – Caleb Mellinger, Evans 2012 – Lindsay Tant, Marietta
THE Billy Payne Award
Honoring four-year football players with a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher.
1997 – Richard “Trey” Sipe, Hines Ward 1998 – Kirby Smart, Matt Stinchcomb 1999 – Steve Herndon, Brad Register 2000 – Brett Millican 2001 – Brady Pate 2002 – Brett Kirouac, Braxton Snyder, Jon Stinchcomb 2004 – David Greene, Jake Hooten, Bill Koehler, Jeremy Thomas 2005 – John DeGenova, Lee Jackson, Brian Jordan, Bryan McClendon, Ryan Schnetzer, D.J. Shockley, Russ Tanner 2006 – Joe Tereshinski III, Quentin Moses, Stephen White, Joseph O’Keefe 2007 – Chris Gaunder, Justin Lyles 2008 – Wes Jacobs, Brian Mimbs, Brannan Southerland, Andrew Gully 2009 – Joe Cox, Casey Nickels 2010 – Shaun Chapas, Kris Durham, Andrew Johnson, Christian Norton, Aron White, Charles White 2011 – Matt DeGenova, Drew Butler, Mohamed Massaquoi, Josh Sailors
THE Mike castRonis AWARD ...for the man who “never, never, never gave up the fight”
1992 – Mack Strong 2003 – David Pollack 1993 – Earl Fouch 2004 – David Pollack 1994 – Will Muschamp 2005 – Will Thompson 1995 – David Weeks 2006 – Tra Battle 1996 – Bryan Jones 2007 – Kregg Lumpkin 1997 – Hines Ward 2008 – Drew Williams, Jake Fleming B. Southerland 1998 – Chris Terry 2009 – Jeff Owens 1999 – Miles Luckie 2010 – Shaun Chapas 2000 – Jonas Jennings 2011 – Chris Burnette, 2001 – David Jacobs Alex Ogletree 2002 – Tony Gilbert
Georgia-Florida Hall of Fame
Since Jacksonville became home for the annual Georgia-Florida game in 1933, the tradition and competition have grown between these two renowned programs. In celebration of the nation’s premiere rivalry, the Jacksonville Sports and Entertainment Board, a division of the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission, created the Hall of Fame to preserve the remarkable records, notable careers and outstanding memories of the series. University of Georgia Inductees 1996 – Buck Belue, Vince Dooley, Frank Sinkwich, Herschel Walker 1997 – Mike Cavan, Terry Hoage, Matt Robinson 1998 – Wally Butts, Jake Scott, Bill Stanfill, Tommy Thurson, Charley Trippi 1999 – Lindsay Scott 2000 – Richard Appleby, John Rauch 2001 – Charley Britt, Robert Edwards 2002 – Bob Etter, Ray Goff 2003 – Kevin Butler, George Patton 2004 – Larry Munson, Erk Russell 2005 – Cy Grant, Kevin McLee 2006 – Rodney Hampton, Willie McClendon 2007 – Dan Magill, Tim Worley 2008 – Gene Washington, Eric Zeier 2009 – Garrison Hearst, David Pollack 2010 – Zeke Bratkowski, Knox Culpepper 2011 - John Brantley, Bill Saye
Bowl Game Halls of Fame
Inductees into Hall of Fame of various bowl games as listed: Cotton Bowl – Kent Lawrence Gator Bowl – Jack Bush, Wally Butts and Vince Dooley Independence Bowl – Andre Hastings Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl – Vince Dooley Rose Bowl – Charley Trippi Sun Bowl – Vince Dooley Citrus Bowl – Lars Tate, Vince Dooley Sun Bowl – Jim Wilson (75th ann. team)
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