"
The Student-Athlete Achievement Program" Team had an amazing, beautiful & wonderful "
3rd Annual South Fulton
Scholarship Student-Athlete Luncheon" on May 2, 2017 honoring and recognizing
all the young men and ladies (2016 - 2017) that have signed "Letters of
Intent" to play collegiate sports!!!
(Barry Brown serving as the Master of Ceremonies)
Thank you to City Councilwoman of Fairburn, GA
Lydia Glaize for heading this awesome community event!!!
S/O to the
Athletic Directors,
Coaches and
Scholarship Student-Athletes
from
Langston Hughes,
Westlake,
Creekside,
Tri-Cities,
Banneker and Landmark Christian!!!
*Our
special guests included:
Lydia Arnold (Active Member of
the Student Movement of the 1960's);
Eric Berry (Creekside
High/University of Tennessee/Kansas City Chiefs);
Tavares Stephens (Spoken Word/Inspirational Music Artist); Coach
Bryan Spencer (All About U Sports Academy);
Mrs. Lamar (Aerotropolis Alliance Executive Director);
Silas SiMan Alexander
(On-Air Personality Magic 107.5 FM Atlanta, GA);
Mr. & Mrs. Berry
(The Eric Berry Foundation);
Donald Payne, Jr. (Stetson University; 2017
Free Agent Signee with the Baltimore Ravens) ...
(Barry Brown, Eric Berry, Si-Man, Tavares Stephens & Bryan Spencer)
*Legacy Award Presentations to ...
Benjamin D. Brown (Posthumously; My Dad; Student Gov't President during
the Student Movement of the 1960's; GA House of Representatives;
Founding member of the GA Legislative Black Caucus & the GA Assoc.
of Black Elected Officials; Deputy Campaign Director for President Jimmy
Carter; 1st African-American named Deputy Chairman of the Democratic
National Convention; Vice Chairman of Carter-Mondale Re-election
Committee.) ...
Coach William M. Spencer (1st African-American
to win Michigan Plaque Award for most outstanding athlete over a four
year period in the states of Michigan & Ohio; 1st African-American
Football Coach at Cornell University & Syracuse University.) ...
Dewey McClain (GA House of Representatives; President of the AFL-CIO; Former NFL Player)!!!
*Thank you to our outstanding Sponsors: Advance Disposal (Platinum); The Eric Berry Foundation (Gold); Aim Steel (Gold) ...
Barry Brown with
Jasmine Branch (Creekside High School; Hilbert College Volleyball Signee), one of the 2017 South Fulton Scholarship Student-Athletes with her copy of
The Student-Athlete Playbook (Success in the Classroom, Sports & Life!)
Tavares Stephens, Jaden Hunter (Westlake High School; University of Georgia Football Signee) and Barry Brown!
Eric Berry sharing a great message with the South Fulton Scholarship Student-Athletes!
What's your "Why?"
Tavares Stephens sharing his spoken word gift with the South Fulton Scholarship Student-Athletes!
