Waycross-Ware County Sports Hall of Fame

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...

Edwin Lastinger – 2016

Edwin Lastinger Inducted 2016 An All-State football player and team captain for the 1976 Bruce Bennett-coached Ware County Gators, Edwin Lastinger played in some of the biggest games in the history of the Green, White and Gold. A senior in ’76, he led the rushing...

Arias Davis – 2016

Arias Davis Inducted 2016 Arias Davis was a standout high school player for Coach E.B. Price at Waycross High and Ware County High School. For his senior year he was a part of the historic rst basketball team at the newly consolidated Ware County High School. In 1995...

Craig Barnes – 2016

Craig Barnes Inducted 2016 Craig Barnes is one of a handful of local distance runners achieving state, regional and national notoriety. A Ware County High and Valdosta State athletic standout, he knew few peers on the track four decades ago. Barnes placed in the top...