For Information, Contact: For Print: March 18, 2004 Jackie Bradford, President (770)822-6040

The Atlanta Tipoff Club is proud to announce the following High School Awards:

• Mr. and Miss Georgia Basketball • State Prep Coaches of the Year • Metro Atlanta Prep Teams, Players, Coaches, and Officials of the Year • Steve Schmidt Outstanding Contribution to Georgia Basketball

All winners will receive their awards at the 36th Naismith Awards Banquet on April 9, 2004 at the Georgia World Congress , Atlanta, GA.

All media are invited to attend the Naismith Awards Banquet on April 9, 2004, at 7:00 pm. Please mail in ticket request form or fax to (770)822-0449 by March 29, 2004 in order to receive complimentary tickets to the Banquet. Further information about the Atlanta Tipoff Club and the Naismith Awards Banquet, including ticket information, can be accessed on the world wide web at www.naismithawards.com.

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SPECIAL GEORGIA BASKETBALL AWARDS

PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

Miss Georgia Basketball

Tasha Humphrey Gainesville High School

Mr. Georgia Basketball

Dwight Howard Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy

Metro Atlanta Prep Player of the Year

Ashley Thomas,

Randolph Morris, Landmark Christian School

GARLAND F. PINHOLSTER PREP COACHES OF THE YEAR

State Coach of the Year

Joseph Williams, Randolph-Clay High School

Dennis C. Watkins, Jr., Stephenson High School

Metro Atlanta Prep Coach of the Year

Roger Fleetwood, South Gwinnett High School

Manson Hill, Gainesville High School

CHARLIE BLOODWORTH METRO ATLANTA OFFICIALS OF THE YEAR

Mark Lancaster, Atlanta Area Basketball Officials

A.T. Thompson, Metropolitan Basketball Officials Association

STEVE SCHMIDT OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO GEORGIA BASKETBALL

Bobby Cremins

George Eanes

METRO ATLANTA PREP TEAMS OF THE YEAR

Metro Atlanta Girls’ Prep Team of the Year Beth Adcock, Flowery Branch High School Megan Darrah, East Coweta High School Sparkle Davis, Paideia School Angelique Gray, Stone Mountain High School Sara Kate Greene, Parkview High School Amy Horton, Haralson County High School Christie Lautsch, Campbell High School Becca Lightfoot, Providence Christian Academy Nikki Luckhurst, Wesleyan School Daphne Mitchell, Woodward Academy Amy Mohr, Forsyth Central High School , Lindsey Moss, Chattahoochee High School Whitney Randolph, Johnson High School Angel Robinson, Marietta High School Ivy Smith, Cedar Shoals High School Nikki Sosebee, Jackson County High School Shekiya Tarpkins, Social Circle High School Ashley Thomas, Stephenson High School Ashley Van Ryn, Greater Atlanta Christian School Jamica Wyatt, Newton High School

Metro Atlanta Boy’s Prep Team of the Year Rasheem Barrett, Jay Brown, Griffin High School Sharaud Curry, Wheeler High School Frank Davis, East Hall High School Toney Douglass, Jonesboro High School Robert Dozier, Anthony Fisher, Chattahoochee High School Galen Gardenhire, Campbell High School Devario Hudson, Columbia High School Ryan Lamb, Whitefield Academy Taj McCullough, G.W. Carver-Atlanta High School Mike Mercer, South Gwinnett High School Archie Miaway, Randolph Morris, Landmark Christian School Drew Prehmus, Wesleyan School Marcus Sarden, South Atlanta High School Octavius Spann, Banneker High School Gary Springer, Creekside High School Channing Toney, Brookwood High School An’Juan Wilderness, Louis Williams, South Gwinnett High School