DREW BUTLER
Hall of Fame Class 2018Peachtree Ridge High SchoolFootball
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- 2006 Kicker/Punter Georgia High School Association Football State Champion (AAAAA)
- 2006 Atlanta Journal Constitution All-State Punter (AAAAA)
- 2006 Georgia Sports Writers Association All-State Punter (AAAAA)
- 2006 Georgia Coaches Association All-State Kicker & Punter (AAAAA)
- 2009 Unanimous First Team All-American Punter while playing for the University of Georgia
- 2009 Ray Guy Award Winner (Nation’s Best Punter)
- 2009 First Team All-SEC Punter
- Led National College Athletics Association in Gross & Net Punting Average
- 2010 First Team Academic All-American Punter
- 2010 Second Team All-American Punter
- 2010 Second Team All-SEC Punter
- 2010 Ray Guy Award Finalist (Nation’s Best Punter)
- 2010 Named UGA’s Team of the Decade Punter
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- 2011 First Team Academic All American (Punter)
- 2011 William V. Campbell Trophy Finalist (Nation’s Top Scholar-Athlete)
- 2011 All-SEC Honorable Mention
- 2011 Two-Time UGA Team Captain
- 2011 All-Time Leader in Career Punting Average at UGA
- 2011 One of seven players in UGA Football history to be named an Academic & Athletic First Team All-American.
- 2011 One of eight players in UGA Football history to be voted a Unanimous First Team All-American
- 2012 Started all 16 games during rookie season for Pittsburgh Steelers
- 2012 Longest punt in Heinz Field history (79 yards) for Pittsburgh Steelers
- 2014 Led NFL in punts downed inside the 20 yard line while playing for the Arizona Cardinals.
- 2014 NFL Playoffs for Arizona Cardinals
- 2015 NFC West Champions (13-3) for Arizona Cardinals
- 2015 NFC Championship Game for Arizona Cardinals
DUSTIN KAWA
Hall of Fame Class 2015Shiloh High School, Class of 2000 Wrestling
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- Georgia record 7 straight youth state championships
- Two-time AAU national champion
- A three-time state champion at 171 pounds at Shiloh High School
- State champion sophomore, junior and senior year
- Compiled a four-year record in high school of 154-3
- First from Georgia to win Senior National Tournament (1999)
- Ranked No. 4 in the country at 189 by Wrestling USA magazine
- Named Georgia Wrestler of the Year (1999)
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- Four-time NCAA qualifier at North Carolina State
- NC State - finished second in the ACC Tournament (1999)
- Won National Wrestling Coaches Association Tournament at 171 pounds (1999)
- Posted a 23-9 record with three pins, six major decisions, and a technical fall, leading to ACC championship (2001)
- Posted 18-4 record at 165 weight (2002 - 03)
- Two-time ACC champion NC State
- Established The Wrestling Academy in Gwinnett (2004)
- Trains approximately 500 wrestlers per year
ERIC SHANTEAU
Hall of Fame Class 2014Parkview High School Swimming
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- Parkview – 3x state team champions - 2000, 2001, 2002
- Nine individual high school titles (including relays)
- First male in history of USA Swimming Scholastic All-American program to graduate with a 4.0 GPA and win a national title
- Auburn - 4x NCAA team champions and 4x SEC team champions (2002-2006)
- World University Games, silver medalist, 400-meter individual medley - 2003
- World University Games, gold medalist, 200-meter & 400 individual medley (first American to sweep these events at a world university games) – 2005
- Set American Record in 100 and 200 breaststroke (both still standing) - 2009
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- US Olympic Summer Games – 2008, 2012
- 5x US National Champion
- Broke world record, 400-meter medley relay (still standing) - 2009
- Gold medalist US Olympic team, 400-meter relay team – 2012
- Auburn University – 11x NCAA All-American
- 2x World Champion
EZZARD CHARLES
Hall of Fame Class 2010Lawrenceville High SchoolBoxing
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- 42-0 amateur record with two Golden Gloves titles
- Beat Archie Moore three times from 1946-1948
- World heavyweight champion from 1949-1951
- Won NBA Heavyweight title in 1949 vs. Jersey Joe Walcott
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- Won World Heavyweight crown in 1950 vs. Joe Louis
- First and only boxer to last 15 rounds with Rocky Marciano
- 1949 and 1950 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year
- Posted career record of 96-25-1 with 58 knockouts
GABBY (CURRY) THOMPSON
Hall of Fame Class 2026BufordVolleyball
- Led Buford High School to two state championships
- Three-time Georgia all-state team member
- Two-time Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year
- Two-time Georgia Player of the Year award winner
- Under Armour All-American
- Named all-area and all-county during all four years of high school
- Received an athletic scholarship to the University of Kentucky for volleyball
- Recognized as one of the best liberos in University of Kentucky’s program history
- Four-time SEC champion at the University of Kentucky
- Reached an SEC high of 15 digs in win over Auburn
- SEC Libero of the Year from 2018 to 2021
- Three-time All-Region Team, 2018 to 2021
- Three-time All SEC Team, 2018 to 2021
- Two-time All American Honorable Mention, 2018 to 2021
- Two-time USA Volleyball Senior National Team Roster Member
- Won gold as a member of Team USA at the 2019 Pan American Cup
- Placed seventh in the 2019 Pan American Games
- 2021 All American
- 2021 Academic All-American
- CoSIDA Academic All-District, 2021
- Led the University of Kentucky to its first ever national title and was the first school in SEC history to win a volleyball national championship
- NCAA DI Women’s Volleyball National Champion
- 2024 Professional Volleyball League’s National Champion with the Omaha Supernovas