The Positive Athlete organization has named their Regional Award Winners for the Atlanta region, where student-athletes representing 27 different boys’ and girls’ high school sports, two coaches, and North Atlanta High School have been selected as the “Most Positive” in their categories.
In addition to excellence on the field, each nominated Positive Athlete was required to show characteristics such as an optimistic attitude, teammate encouragement, servant leadership, heart for others, ability to admit imperfections, giving 100 percent all the time, and realizing the team as more important than the individual.
Positive Athlete’s Atlanta Region consists of schools located inside I-285 and in DeKalb County. In total, 26 different public and private high schools were represented among the winners for this year’s awards cycle. This year, over 6,800 nominations from coaches, principals, athletic directors, teachers, and parents were
submitted for the Positive Athlete program state-wide, representing over 420 public and private high schools.
In addition to recognizing the athletes and coaches, North Atlanta High School in Atlanta was honored as the Most Positive High School in the region after an impressive number of quality nominations.
| Adonis Wimbush, Carver (Atlanta), Boys Basketball Alan Gomez, Cross Keys, Baseball Amelia Mutert, Dunwoody, Girls Golf Anissa Brailsford, Druid Hills, Girls Basketball Ansley Harrison, Chamblee Charter, Girls Soccer Baikal Miller, Paideia School, Girls Track & Field Briana Smith, South Atlanta Girls, Alternative Sport Brooke Shelton, B.T. Washington, Flag Football Desmond Lee, Tucker, Girls Coach Devon Mcclendon, Towers Boys, Cross Country Dionte Ashford, Southwest Dekalb, Boys Soccer Dominick Reynolds, Cedar Grove, Wrestling Eden Mccarthy, Redan, Volleyball Emma Kelly, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal, Girls Cross Country Graham Bauer, North Atlanta, Boys Tennis Indiana Crawford, Lakeside (Dekalb), Boys Lacrosse Jason Bond, Lithonia, Football Jaylen Smith, M. L. King, Boys Golf Joel Joseph, Columbia Boys, Swimming & Diving Keegan Nelson, Woodward Academy, Softball Mar’quavious, Clayton B.E.S.T. Academy, Boys Alternative Sport Martha Crisp, North Atlanta, Girls Lacrosse Olivia Pajer, St. Pius X Catholic, Girls Swimming & Diving Shavion Jackson, M. L. King, Boys Track & Field Sisi Elkinson, Paideia School, Girls Multi-sport Stanley Pritchett, Frederick Douglass, Boys Coach Virginia Laster, Midtown, Girls Tennis Will Moore, Pace Academy, Boys Multi-sport Zoie Robinson, Arabia Mountain, Cheerleading |
