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Pickens Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees Roy Cowart Inducted: 2013 Head Coach of Girls Basketball Team for 32 years from 1969- 2001. Had a total career record of 692-211. Led the Dragonnettes to 15 state playoff berths, 9 region championships and the State Championship in 1973-74. Was named Region Coach of the Year 9 times. D.B. Carroll Inducted: 2013 Basketball Coach at Jasper High & Pickens County High before 1957 consolidation. Coached 3 State Championship teams and 2 state runner-ups. Starting in 1949, team won 187 consecutive games. Named to the GACA and GA Prep Sports Halls of Fame. Chad Wigington Inducted: 2013 Class of 2005 Graduate. Lettered in Wrestling and Football. Won the State Wrestling Championship for heavyweights in 2005. Finished 2 nd in the State in 2004 and 3 rd in State in 2003. Had a career record of 151-13 with 127 career pins. Fred Anderson Inducted: 2013 Class of 1973 Graduate. Lettered in Football, Baseball, and Track & Field. Was an All-American in Football in 1972 and named an All-State player in 1970, 1971, 1972. 7,480 Career All-Purpose Yards with 52 Career Touchdowns. On the track, held school record for 400m Charlie Chastain Inducted: 2013 Class of 1969 Graduate. Lettered in Football, Basketball, and Baseball. Was named an All-American and All-State in Football in 1968. Set every receiving record for season and career during his football career. These receiving records lasted nearly 50 years before they were broken. Tommy Pye Inducted: 2013 Class of 1987 Graduate. Lettered in Football, Wresting, and Track & Field. In Track & Field was a State Champion in Shot Put in 1987. At the time, set the state Shot Put record. Owns the School record in Shot & Discus. Was a key member of the 1986 football team that finished 8-2-1. Steve Eubanks Inducted: 2013 Class of 1980 Graduate. Lettered in Football, Basketball, and Golf. Won the 1979 Individual Golf State Championship in Class AA. Shot a winning score of 72 at Lakeview Country Club and won championship by 2 strokes. Keisha Hall Inducted: 2013 Class of 1998 Graduate. Lettered in Basketball, Softball, and Track & Field. Was a State Champion in the Long Jump in 1996. Scored 1784 career points in her Basketball career and was named an All-State player in the 1996-97 & 1997-98 seasons. Named to the GA/TN All-Star team in 1998.

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Page 1: Pickens Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees - Amazon S3 · Pickens Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees Harold Culbreth Inducted: 2019 Coached Basketball, Baseball, Football, and Girls Golf

Pickens Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees Roy

Cowart Inducted: 2013

Head Coach of Girls Basketball

Team for 32 years from 1969-

2001. Had a total career record of

692-211. Led the Dragonnettes to

15 state playoff berths, 9 region

championships and the State

Championship in 1973-74. Was

named Region Coach of the Year 9

times.

D.B.

Carroll Inducted: 2013

Basketball Coach at Jasper High

& Pickens County High before

1957 consolidation. Coached 3

State Championship teams and 2

state runner-ups. Starting in

1949, team won 187 consecutive

games. Named to the GACA and

GA Prep Sports Halls of Fame.

Chad

Wigington Inducted: 2013

Class of 2005 Graduate. Lettered

in Wrestling and Football. Won

the State Wrestling Championship

for heavyweights in 2005.

Finished 2nd in the State in 2004

and 3rd in State in 2003. Had a

career record of 151-13 with 127

career pins.

Fred

Anderson Inducted: 2013

Class of 1973 Graduate. Lettered

in Football, Baseball, and Track

& Field. Was an All-American in

Football in 1972 and named an

All-State player in 1970, 1971,

1972. 7,480 Career All-Purpose

Yards with 52 Career

Touchdowns. On the track, held

school record for 400m

Charlie

Chastain Inducted: 2013

Class of 1969 Graduate. Lettered in

Football, Basketball, and Baseball.

Was named an All-American and

All-State in Football in 1968. Set

every receiving record for season

and career during his football

career. These receiving records

lasted nearly 50 years before they

were broken.

Tommy

Pye Inducted: 2013

Class of 1987 Graduate. Lettered

in Football, Wresting, and Track

& Field. In Track & Field was a

State Champion in Shot Put in

1987. At the time, set the state

Shot Put record. Owns the School

record in Shot & Discus. Was a

key member of the 1986 football

team that finished 8-2-1.

Steve

Eubanks Inducted: 2013

Class of 1980 Graduate. Lettered

in Football, Basketball, and Golf.

Won the 1979 Individual Golf

State Championship in Class AA.

Shot a winning score of 72 at

Lakeview Country Club and won

championship by 2 strokes.

Keisha

Hall Inducted: 2013

Class of 1998 Graduate. Lettered

in Basketball, Softball, and Track

& Field. Was a State Champion

in the Long Jump in 1996. Scored

1784 career points in her

Basketball career and was named

an All-State player in the 1996-97

& 1997-98 seasons. Named to

the GA/TN All-Star team in 1998.

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Pickens Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees Allison

Thomason Inducted: 2014

Class of 2000 Graduate. Lettered in

Basketball and Softball. Was an

All-State Basketball player in

1998-99 & 1999-00. Named to the

2000 Southern Hoops All-Star

Team. Led team to 4 consecutive

state playoff appearances and is the

All-Time leading scorer in PHS

Girls Basketball history.

Carlos

Hampton Inducted: 2014

Class of 1995 Graduate. Lettered

in Basketball. Was named an All-

State player 3 times. Holds the

career (2,582), season (1,001) and

game (62) scoring records.

Averaged 38.5 points/game in the

1993-94 season. Also holds

records for most 3-pointers made

in a game, season, and career.

Jeremiah

Boswell Inducted: 2014

Class of 2001 Graduate. Lettered

in Basketball. Was a 3-time

Region Player of the Year and

named All-State in 1999-00 &

2000-01. Scored 1958 career

points and set school record for

Free Throw percentage. Led team

to 3 straight state playoff

appearances and an Elite 8 finish

in 1999-00.

Alonzo

Hampton Inducted: 2015

Class of 1972 Graduate. Lettered

in Football, Baseball, Basketball,

and Track & Field. Was an All-

State Football player in 1971 and

held record receiving yards in a

game for over 40 years. Both

stood for years. In Track & Field,

held the High Jump school record

from 1971-96.

Cay

Roland Inducted: 2015

Class of 1974 Graduate. Lettered in

Basketball and Tennis. Was a key

member of the 1973-74 Girls

Basketball team that won the Class

A State Championship. Was an

All-State player in 1974 and scored

1640 Career Points in her

basketball career with the

Dragonnettes.

Linda

McAfee Inducted: 2015

Class of 1974 Graduate. Lettered

in Basketball. Was named State

Most Valuable player at the

conclusion of the State

Championship 1973-74 season.

Named to the All-State team in

1974. Scored 1239 points in her

career with the Dragonnettes.

Don

Howell Inducted: 2016

Class of 1978 Graduate. Lettered

in Football, Basketball, and

Track. Was All-State Football in

1977 and still holds school record

for career sacks. Was a part of the

1976 defense that set the school

record for pass yards allowed.

In Boys Basketball, scored 1239

career points.

Marty

Bridges Inducted: 2016

Class of 1990 Graduate. Lettered

in football, basketball, and track.

In Football was a four-year starter

at Running back and was a great

player on both sides of the ball.

Set the Freshman rushing record

in 1986 with 1169 yards. Scored

1099 career points in basketball.

Page 3: Pickens Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees - Amazon S3 · Pickens Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees Harold Culbreth Inducted: 2019 Coached Basketball, Baseball, Football, and Girls Golf

Pickens Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees Don

Enis Inducted: 2016

Longtime coach in Football,

Baseball, and Basketball. As the

Head Football Coach for 8 years,

he coached 2 All-American and 8

All-State players. His 1971 team

was the first to win 8 games in a

season and set numerous defensive

team records that still stand. As a

baseball coach led the team to

back-to-back region titles in 1971

& 1972

Debbie

Deboard Inducted: 2016

Class of 1970 graduate. Lettered

in Basketball and Tennis. Set the

school record for points in a

season in basketball with 946 in

1969-70, averaging 38.6 points a

game. Set school record for

points in a game with 56. Scored

1276 career points. In Tennis

eared 1970 State berth as a

Singles player.

Katie

Frye Inducted: 2017

Class of 2001 graduate. Lettered

in Basketball, Softball, and

Tennis. In Basketball was All-

State, named a Georgia State All-

Star, and Region Player of the

Year in the 2000-01 season.

Scored 1904 career points and led

the team to 4 consecutive state

tournament appearances.

Don

Boggus Inducted: 2017

The “Voice of the Dragons”, was

a longtime public address

announcer for Pickens High

School Football from 1962-2000.

Was an active supporter of

athletics and the community.

Jordan

Shaw Inducted: 2017

Class of 2011 graduate. Lettered

in Football and Basketball. In

Football holds records for Total

Offense in a game and

Touchdowns in a game. Scored

1390 career points in basketball

and was named All-State in 2010.

Named to the All-Region Team 3

consecutive years from 2009-11.

Donyell

Benson Inducted: 2018

Class of 1982 Graduate. Lettered

in Basketball and Softball. In

Basketball, scored 1838 career

points and held the career scoring

record from 1982-97. 2nd team

All-State in 1981 and Honorable

Mention All-State in 1982. Also

led the team in rebounds in 2

years of her career.

Whitney

Propes Inducted: 2018

Class of 2004 graduate. Lettered

in Softball and Track & Field.

Was the 2003 AAA State Player

of the Year in Softball and led

team to the region championship.

Was a region champion in 4

events in Track & Field (100m,

200m, Triple Jump, 100m

hurdles)

Angie

Davis Inducted: 2018

Class of 1997 Graduate. Lettered

in Basketball, Track, and Softball.

In Basketball scored 2021 career

points to break the career scoring

record at the time. She was a

member of the 1996-97 Region

Championship team and was

voted team MVP 3 consecutive

years from 1995-97

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Pickens Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees Harold

Culbreth Inducted: 2019

Coached Basketball, Baseball,

Football, and Girls Golf. Was the

Head Boys Basketball coach from

1994-07 and has the most wins of

any coach in school history (191).

Coached in 5 state tournament

games and led the 1999-00 team to

the region championship and an

Elite Eight finish.

Two-time region champion in Girls

Golf (2008 & 2009)

Matthew

Dunn Inducted: 2019

Class of 2002 Graduate.

Lettered in Baseball and

Basketball. Had a career batting

average over .400 and recorded

over 100 career stolen bases. In

Basketball, had 795 career points,

165 steals, and 347 assists. He

was a member of the 1999-00

Region Championship Basketball

team. Was named honorable

mention All-State.

Stephen

Hunter Inducted: 2019

Class of 2005 Graduate.

Letterman in Football, Basketball,

and Golf. Scored 1148 points in

Basketball with 518 career

rebounds. Was a member of the

2003 Golf Region Championship

team. In football, holds the career

interception record (9) and scored

7 TDs and had 862 receiving

yards in his career.

Lawson

Family Inducted: 2019

For decades the Lawson family

showed outstanding support and

contributions to Pickens High

Athletics.

Steve

Sewell To be inducted:

May 2020

Tyler

Craig To be inducted:

May 2020

Paula

Vansant To be inducted:

May 2020

Dunn Family/

Jasper Drug To be inducted:

May 2020

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Pickens Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees 1973-74 Girls Basketball

Team Inducted: 2013

Won the 1973-74 Class A State Championship.

Defeated Haralson Co. 44-36 in State Championship Game.

Finished the season with a record of 29-2.

Sylvia Benson

Judy Bryant

Shelia Bryant

Sandra Haygood

Debbie Hubbard

Linda McAfee

Elaine Painter

Cindy Qualls

Debbie Qualls

Cathy Roland

Cay Roland

Nina Stancil

Casey Stanfield

Dolores Stewart

Jan Thomason

Head Coach: Roy Cowart

Asst. Coach Ron Byers

1949-50 Girls Basketball

Team Inducted: 2014

Won the 1950 Class B State Championship.

Defeated Glenville 40-30 in State Championship Game.

Beginning of a 187 consecutive regular season winning streak.

Sybil Anderson

Elise Bryant

Geraldine Barnes

Ruth Burgess

Jean Burton

Norma Jean Cagle

Anne Floyd

Roxie Jones

Frankie McJunkins

Doris Mosley

Virginia Moore

Jimmie McJunkins

Geneva Long

Coach: D.B. Carroll

1950-51 Girls Basketball

Team Inducted: 2014

Won the 1951 Class B State Championship.

Defeated Adrian 46-37 in State Championship Game.

Part of a 187 consecutive regular season winning streak.

Jean Burton

Frankie McJunkins

Doris Mosley

Carolyn Prather

Shirley Garland

Jimmie McJunkins

Sybil Westbrook

Peggy Taylor

Roxie Jones

Betty Sue Mills

Virginia Moore

Judy Mosley

Coach D.B. Carroll

1953-54 Girls Basketball

Team Inducted: 2014

Won the 1954 Class B State Championship.

Defeated Wrightsville 73-47 in State Championship Game.

Part of a 187 consecutive regular season winning streak.

Sue Anderson

Marie Kirk

Barbara Prather

Peggy Taylor

Frances Wigington

Kathryn Floyd

Shirley Long

Carolyn Prather

Marilyn Williams

Janet Johnson

Mary Parker

Janet Trippe

Ola Bell Stanacil

Coach: D.B. Carroll