Georgia High School Association (GHSA) and Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (GEMC) today announced the 38 GHSA-member high schools that will receive the 2010 Georgia EMC Cooperative Spirit Sportsmanship Award. The award honors exemplary sportsmanship demonstrated during the 2009-2010 school year.
Sponsored by GHSA and Georgia’s EMCs, the Cooperative Spirit Sportsmanship Award program was introduced in 2006 to honor GHSA-member schools that exhibit outstanding sportsmanship. The awards program is designed to promote sportsmanship by honoring those who do it well, reinforcing GHSA’s philosophy: “Student athletes, coaches, spectators, and all others associated with high school activities programs should adhere to the fundamental values of respect, fairness, honesty and responsibility.”
The program honors student athletes along with fellow students, school staff, parents and game spectators, making the award not only a school but also a community honor.
Cooperative Spirit Sportsmanship Awards are presented annually to GHSA-member high schools in the 40 regions in all five classifications. Region GHSA secretaries select winners based on sportsmanship demonstrated during the year.
“The Georgia High School Association believes that sportsmanship is really good citizenship expressed in the athletic arena,” stated Dr. Ralph Swearngin, GHSA Executive Director. “Schools that are recognized for having their players, coaches, and spectators exhibit good sportsmanship are worthy of praise. The GHSA is appreciative of the work done by Georgia EMC to provide this recognition to those schools.”
Representatives from the EMCs will present sportsmanship trophies to winning high schools within their service territories at presentations during fall athletic events. Winners of the 2010 Georgia EMC Cooperative Spirit Sportsmanship Awards include:
Region Winners
1-AAAAA Warner Robins High School
2-AAAAA Greenbrier High School
3-AAAAA Johnson High School, Savannah
4-AAAAA Newnan High School
5-AAAAA South Cobb High School
6-AAAAA Pope High School
7-AAAAA Peachtree Ridge High School
8-AAAAA Meadowcreek High School
1-AAAA Lee County High School
2-AAAA Ware County High School
3-AAAA Evans High School
4-AAAA Ola High School
5-AAAA Sandy Creek High School
6-AAAA Lakeside High School, DeKalb
7-AAAA Sprayberry High School
8-AAAA Heritage High School, Conyers
1-AAA Worth County High School
2-AAA Kendrick High School
3-AAA West Laurens High School
4-AAA Spalding High School
5-AAA Columbia High School
6-AAA Heritage High School, Catoosa
1-AA Early County High School
2-AA Appling County High School
3-AA Toombs County High School
4-AA Northeast High School
5-AA Manchester High School
6-AA Westminster School
7-AA Chattooga High School
8-AA Dawson County High School
1-A Ware County Magnet High School
2-A Schley County High School
3-A Calvary Day School
4-A Georgia Military Academy
5-A Our Lady of Mercy High School
6-A Bremen High School
7-A Providence Christian School
8-A Towns County High School
The Georgia High School Association is a voluntary organization composed of more than 400 public and private high schools and it strives to promote good sportsmanship and a cooperative spirit among its member schools.
Georgia EMC is a statewide trade organization representing the state’s 42 EMCs, Oglethorpe Power Corp. and Georgia Transmission Corp. Through a statewide network, Georgia’s EMCs provide electricity and related services to 4.48 million people, nearly half of Georgia’s population, across 73 percent of the state’s land area. Georgia’s 42 electric membership cooperatives serve more customers than any other state network of EMCs in the nation.
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