ATLANTA, GA (April 17, 2024) – For the tenth consecutive year, the Positive Athlete organization has named their Regional Award Winners for the South Atlanta Region, where Student-Athletes representing 27 different boys’ and girls’ high school sports and  two coaches have been selected as the “Most Positive” in their categories. Positive Athlete’s South Atlanta Region consists of schools located in the following counties: Butts, Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Newton, Rockdale, South Fulton, Spalding. In total, 27 different public and private high schools were represented amongst the winners for this year’s awards cycle.

This year, over 6,800 nominations from coaches, principals, athletic directors, teachers, and parents were submitted for the Positive Athlete program state-wide, representing over 420 public and private high schools.

Former Forest Park High School, University of Georgia and Pittsburgh Steelers star, Hines Ward, and local businessman Scott Pederson created Positive Athlete as a movement for more positivity in youth sports. In addition to excellence on the field, each nominated Positive Athlete was required to show characteristics such as an optimistic attitude, teammate encouragement, servant leadership, heart for others, ability to admit imperfections, giving 100 percent all the time, and realizing the team as more important than the individual.

Here is a list of the CCPS Student Athlete 2023-2024 South Atlanta Regional Award Winners:

ALEXANDER LEE, CHARLES DREW BOYS GOLF
ARTHUR SELVY, FOREST PARK WRESTLING
CHANCE ST. HILL, ELITE SCHOLARS BOYS SOCCER
DANIYAH KING, JONESBORO SOFTBALL
JAYLEN SCOTT, MUNDY’S MILL BOYS TRACK & FIELD
LEXIE WILLIAMS , NORTH CLAYTON GIRLS ALTERNATIVE SPORT                                      NICHOLAS ANDERSON, LOVEJOY BOYS CROSS COUNTRY                
NYLA COLE , RIVERDALE GIRLS BASKETBALL                                                                            NICHOLAS CARROLL, MT. ZION (JONESBORO) GIRLS COACH

All of these award winners will be recognized on campus at their local high schools, and now have a chance to win a state-wide award in their sport category, which will be announced in early May. The 2024 Georgia Positive Athlete Awards will be held in early June, and will be a night in which all scholarship winners and state-wide award winners are recognized.

Regional Scholarship winners for the South Atlanta Region are still being determined by corporate partners and will be announced in the next few weeks.  Positive Athlete, INC. is an organization based in Georgia that seeks to promote the benefits of positivity to young athletes around the country through awards, scholarships and special opportunities. Positive Athlete Georgia has awarded regional winners of Positive Athlete awards around the State of GA for the past 10 years, in which over $350,000 in scholarships have been awarded.