Waycross-Ware County Sports Hall of Fame

Taylor Smith – 2017

Taylor Smith Inducted 2017 Taylor Smith (deceased) won his first junior tournament at the age of 6. From there, destiny beckoned. His love for golf and his God-given talents carried him all the way to the PGA Tour. He played in his first PGA event at age 20. The...

Dustin Hudson – 2017

Dustin Hudson Inducted 2017 A versatile athlete, Dustin Hudson was good enough as a freshman to start in baseball and football. A ninth-grader during the final year of Waycross High, he started at line- backer in the fall and clubbed six homers in the spring. Moving...

Leroy Herring – 2017

Leeroy Herring Inducted 2017 Waycross High track and field Coach Leroy Herring (deceased) had a knack for find- ing talent in his student-athletes and bringing out the best in them, his guidance leading them to college where many of them continued to prosper...

Richard Young – 2016

Richard Young Inducted 2016 Waycross High was blessed through the years of its existence with competent and talented coaches. Certainly Richard Young ranks high among that number. Football, basketball and golf athletes wearing the Red and Black were among those...

Benjamin Silas – 2016

Benjamin Silas Inducted 2016 The late Benjamin Silas will forever be remembered by those who played for and studied under him while he was a coach, teacher and administrator in Waycross. Silas began his exemplary career at Center High in 1959 and coached the Center...

Donnie Miller – 2016

Donnie Miller Inducted 2016 Possibly the best all-around athlete to ever play for the Waycross High Bulldogs, Donnie Miller was a multi-sport leader in the early 1960s. He made the Georgia football and golf All-State teams and was a catalyst for athletic glory on the...