James Edward “Bull” Mitchell Inducted 2018 Earning the respect of his coaches, teammates and opponents at every level of the game – high school, college and pro – James Edward Mitchell was a force on the football field. Playing for Coach Dale Williams at...
Mike Cuneo Inducted 2018 Mike Cuneo, one of the elite tennis stars produced by Waycross -Ware County, was a well-rounded athlete at Waycross High School in the late 1970s. After a sensational high school career, he earned All-American status at two different colleges....
Marian Fesperman Block Inducted 2018 When Marian Fesperman entered high school at Southwood School in 1979, the Lady Warriors varsity basketball program got the upgrade of its history. The multi- talented athlete and her teammates joined the state GISA championship...
David Whitaker Inducted 2017 David Whitaker was an ace pitcher and a slugger for Coach James Conoly’s Ware County High Gators in the 1980s, batting over .400 three seasons straight, hitting a school record (at the time) seven home runs in the 11th grade, striking out...
Tony Tanner Inducted 2017 Ware County High School rolled almost all the way through the state playoffs in 1978 behind the quarterbacking of Tony Tanner. Tanner, a three-year starter who Coach Bruce Bennett would equate to being “like a coach on the field,” was at the...
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...