Positive Athlete Announces Regional Award Winners for the Atlanta Area

Photo courtesy of Dan McCauley

Positive Athlete has announced its tenth regional award winners for the Atlanta area, a region made up of schools located within Interstate 285 and throughout DeKalb County. Athletes representing 27 different boys and girls high school sports, two coaches and North Atlanta High School were recognized as the most positive in their respective categories. The winners were chosen from 6,800 different nominations by coaches, principals, ADs, teachers and parents.

The 27 different high school athletes come from 24 different schools and represent the 27 different categories of positive athlete honors. The 27 different recipients are Adonis Wimbush of Carver-Atlanta, Alan Gomez of Cross Keys, Amillia Mutert of Dunwoody, Anissa Brailsford of Druid Hills, Ansley Harrison of Chamblee Charter, Baikal Miller and Sisi Elkinson of Paideia, Briana Smith of South Atlanta, Brooke . Shelton of Booker T. Washington, Devon McClendon of Towers, Dionte Ashford of Southwest DeKalb, Dominick Reynolds of Cedar Grove, Eden McCarthy of Redan, Emma Kelly of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal, Graham Bauer and Martha Crisp of North Atlanta, Indiana Crawford of Lakeside -DeKalb, Jason Bond of Lithonia, Jaylen Smith and Shavion Jackson of ML King, Joel Joseph of Columbia, Keegan Nelson of Woodward Academy, Mar’Quavious Clayton of BEST Academy, Olivia Pajer of St. Pius X, Virginia Laster of Midtown, Will Moore of Pace Academy and Zoie Robinson of Arabia Mountain.

Two coaches were honored as regional award winners. Frederick Douglass head football coach Stanley Pritchett was named the boys’ head coach recipient of the award after helping the Astros to a 6-5 record, their best record since 2019. The recipient of the girls coach was Tucker head girls soccer coach Desmond Lee, who led the Tigers to a 12-8-1 record, their best season since 2017.

Along with the athletes and coaches, North Atlanta High School was named the most positive high school in the region, being honored over many other deserving schools in the area.

Recipients will be recognized on their high school campuses in early May. All regional award winners are now in the running to win the statewide award in the category in which they won their regional award. The 2024 statewide awards will be held at an awards ceremony in early June during which all statewide awards and scholarship recipients will be honored.