Lassiter Athletic Hall of Fame
Class of 2006
Dwight Brown - Community
Kristy Brown – Basketball, Track, Slow Pitch
Bruce Elder - Basketball
Meg Simpson – Basketball, Track, Volleyball
Mindy Lukens Warner – Cross Country/Track
Class of 2007
Josh Bryan – Football/Wrestling
Keith Gispert - Soccer
Maurice McGregor - Football
Neal Williams – Cross Country/Track
Class of 2008
Erin Batth - Basketball
Ben Boyd – Cross Country/Track
Fred Sanderson – Athletic Director, Principal, Superintendent
Class of 2014 (Coaches)
Neil Bloom - Soccer
Steve Day – Football/Wrestling
Frank Fillmann, Jr. - Baseball, Football, Administrator, Athletic Director
Ed Hutcherson – Cross Country/Track
Dwight Brown
Cobb Energy CEO
On behalf of Lassiter High School community and the county at large, Mr. Brown has become known for advocating the marriage of academics and athletics. He promotes the Auburn Creed which speaks of education, honesty, truthfulness, sound mind, body and spirit.
Dwight Brown is the face behind our Trojan House and Field House.
Kristy Brown
Class of 2001
Basketball-LHS
LHS Record / Points- Career and Season
Most Rebounds-Career and Season
Most Assists- Career
Basketball-Stetson
School Record- Rebounds/Single Game
Second in Career Rebounds
Second in Career Points
Bruce Elder
Class of 1988- National Merit Scholar
Basketball-LHS
HS Record Career Points Record- 1746 First Team – All County; Second Team – All State
Jersey No. 55- Retired
Basketball- Vanderbilt
Member of 1000 Point Club
Academic All- American
1993 SEC Championship- Sweet Sixteen
Margaret “Meg” Simpson
Class of 1998
Volleyball: All State All County
Basketball: Most points scored in a game, All State Honorable Mention, Team MVP for Yale, all Ivy League
Track: All State- High jump, LHS Record-High Jump
Mindy Lukins
Class of 1985
Cross Country & Track and Field
First Georgia Female Student to Break 5 Minute Mile
First Georgia Female Student To Run 5K Under 18 Minutes (17:47)
Competed on the University of Alabama’s Championship Cross Country & Track Team
Josh Bryan
Class of 1994
Football and Wrestling
Football- 4 Year Starter and Letterman ●All- Cobb County Football Team: 1993 ●1993 Best Defensive Lineman ● 1993 Permanent Captain
Wrestling- 4 Year Letterman: 275 Weight Class ● Region Champion: 10th, 11th, & 12th ● County Champion: 10th, 11th, & 12th ● Placed 1st at State Wrestling Tournament ● First Team All- County: 1993 & 1994 ● Wrestling HS All American 1994
USA Junior Olympic Team ● Wrestled at Georgia State
University
Keith Gispert
Class of 1995
Lassiter Boys Soccer
● ● MDJ Player of the Year: 1994 1994 State Player of the Year 1995
State All Star Team – 1995 ● 3 Time All-County Team 1993, 1994, 1995
2 Time County Scoring Leader
4 Years of Division 1 Collegiate Soccer (West Virginia &
Georgia State)
4 Years of Professional Arena Football (Chicago Rush)
Maurice McGregor
Class of 1992
Lassiter Football
LHS Rushing Record
All County Team: 1991 * All Metro Team: 1991
Played Football at the University of North Carolina as a
Scholarship Player
Winner of Charlie “Choo-Choo” Justice Award
Signed with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys
Neal Williams
Class of 1989
Cross Country & Track and Field
3 Time State Champion
Part of LHS First State Championship Team
Selected to the Georgia High School Track/Cross Country Hall of Fame
United States Air Force Academy 1993 Graduate
Erin Batth
Class of 1997
Lassiter Girls Basketball
Played College Basketball at Clemson University
Played in the WNBA – Cleveland – 2001 6th All-Time on Clemson Block List (116) Number 22 in Career Points (972)
Assistant Coach at Virginia Commonwealth University: 2004-2005
Ben Boyd
Class of 1993
Cross County & Track and Field
Lassiter- Region Record Holder: 2 Mile (9.14) ● State Champion-Cross County ● State Champion 1993: 1 Mile ● State Champion 1993: 2 Miles ●Ga HS Hall of Fame Inductee- 2001
Wake Forest University- Two Time All ACC Team: 1994, 1996
● ACC Champion: 1993, 1994 ● All ACC Team (Indoor
Track) 1996
Fred Sanderson
Assistant Principal/Athletic Director-1985-86
Principal- 1994-99
Superintendent of Schools- 2005-2011
Georgia School of Excellence-LHS, National School of Excellence- LHS
Synergy Program for Gifted Students- LHS: Reach Student Recognition Programs- LHS
Established 501(e)3 Foundation, Six State Championship Title Wins
Neil Bloom
Varsity Boys Soccer Coach – 15 Years
3 Region Championships: 1994, 1996, 2006
1 State Championship: 1996
3 All Americans 7 All South Region Players
6 State Players of the Year ● 39 Played College Soccer
2000 Teacher of the Year
1996 Coach of the Year- State
Steve Day
Cobb County Coach of the Year * 10 Times Region Coach
of the Year
2 Times Georgia Wrestling Coach of the Year
Wrestling – head coach: 31 Years * 10 Region Championships: 1985-1989, 2002-2004
2011, 2012 * Inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Georgia Chapter
Girls Golf – Started the Girls Golf Program
Head Coach – 12 Years * State Champions-2001 *3 Region Champions – 2001, 2002, 2009
Frank Fillmann, Jr,
Administrator -1985
Athletic Director-1986
He was instrumental in getting the football stadium built. The stadium
Is known as the Frank Fillmann Stadium and affectionally called
“The Frank”
Ed Hutcherson
2010 Georgia Track/Cross Country Hall of Fame Inductee
Originated the State Races
6 GATFXC Hall of Fame Inductees
Cross Country-Girls State Titles: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1993
*Boys State Title: 1988* Boys and Girls Combined: 20
Region Championships
Track – Girls State Championship: 2010 * Boys & Girls
Combined: 19 Region Titles
*45 State and Runner –up Individual Champions