Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame

JOYCE PIERCE

Hall of Fame Class 2018Norcross High School Basketball

- 1989 Gwinnett County Player of the Year
- 1992 All ACC Tournament Team
- 2010 ACC Legend
- Played professionally in France with SPO Rouen
- Records currently at GA Tech:
- Most Free throws attempted
- Best Free throw percentage for a game 100%
- Most free throws made in a game 20 out of 20
- 2nd most points scored in a season 596 -Held record for 22 years
- Most free throws attempted in a season
- 1st Most free throws made in a season
- 3rd in most double doubles
- 2nd Highest scoring average per game
- Lead Tech in scoring and rebounding all 3 years she played
- Member of GA Tech’s 1000 point club
- Most rebounds for GA Tech at an NCAA tournament game
- First GT Player to receive Kodak All American Honorable Mention
- USA Basketball U.S. Olympic Team Trials Invitee 1992
- USA Basketball Jones Cup Member......Gold Medal (Taipai, Taiwan)
- USA Basketball U.S. Junior National Team 1992
- USA Basketball U.S. Olympic Festival South Team 1990
- Elected ALL ACC all three of her years playing at GT
- Record for Most points in a game at NHS (44)
- Georgia Tech Women Out Front Honoree 2013

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JUAN DANIELS

Hall of Fame Class 2016Norcross High School, Class of 1991 Football

- Star wide receiver at Norcross
- Caught 50 passes for 1,237 yards at Norcross (1991)
- All-State Punter (1990, 1991)
- First Place Class AAAA state title in triple jump (1992)
- Led University of Georgia in receiving with 46 catches for 726 yards (1995)
- Career totals of 2,000 receiving yards and 16 touchdown catches
- Ranks sixth in Bulldog history with 120 catches
- Played in NFL of Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals
- Member of Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe
- Member of Nashville Kats of Arena Football League
- Member of United States Flag and Touch Football League Hall of Fame

KIBWÉ JOHNSON

Hall of Fame Class 2014 North Gwinnett High School, Class of 2000Track/Field

- Pan-American Games, hammer throw silver medalist – 2007
- USA Track and Field National Title, weight throw – 2008
- 3x USA Champion
- Pan-American Games, gold medalist – 2011
- Pan-American Games record holder
- Only third American to pass 80 meters in hammer throw
- Represented US in World Championships – 2007, 2011
- US Olympian, 2012, first to make the final since 1996
- Highest world ranking of 3rd – 2011 (allathletics.com)
- 2x GA state HS champion - discus
- NCAA all –division record holder 35lb weight throw
- 3rd person ever to throw 35lb weight 25m (82’)
- Best discus/hammer combination all-time
- Starred in Football and track at NG
- All conference selection- SS Moorpark Junior College Football 10-1 (2002)
- NCAA Field Athlete of the Year – 2007
- 3x NCAA Champion
- Sponsors New York Athletic Club and NIKE
North Gwinnett grad, two-time Olympian Kibwé Johnson hired as SPIRE Institute throws coach
North Gwinnett Grad Kibwe Johnson Named to USA Track and Field World Indoors Staff

KYLE MAYNARD

Hall of Fame Class 2017 Collins Hill High School, Class of 2004 Wrestling

- GNC's World's Strongest Teen (2004), after successfully butter?y pressing 23 repetitions of 240 lbs.
- Wrestled in the state & national championships (2004)
- Honorary bachelors of Public Service from Edinburgh University (2006)
- Featured in ESPN/Net?ix documentary "A Fighting Chance"
- Delivered opening ceremonies speech for over 15,000 participants at the Junior Olympics
- Delivered closing keynote speech for the National Speakers Association annual convention
- Becoming one of the youngest, if not the youngest, speaker ever to do so.
- Made dozens of appearances on ESPN, CNN, HBO, ABC, CBS, as well as international print/digital media.
- Featured in Nike commercial "Unlimited Will", Named by Adweek as the most memorable of all commercials aired during the 2016 Olympics.
- First quadruple amputee to ?ght in Mixed Martial Arts, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu purple belt
- Spoken to thousands of active-duty military and wounded American veterans
- Spoken more than 900 times to hundreds of thousands of people on ?ve continents
- First quadruple amputee to reach the summits of Mount Kilimanjaro & Mount Aconcagua
- Two-time ESPY award winner - Best athlete with a disability ESPN
- Secretary of Health and Human Services Highest Recognition Award
- Gym Owner No Excuses CrossFit (Suwanee, GA)
- Author of "No Excuses", Regnery Publishing, NY Times bestseller The true story of a congenital amputee who became a champion in wrestling and in life.
- Public Speaker, Washington Speakers Bureau, Keppler Speakers, Speak Inc., JCL Management

LOUIS WILLIAMS

Hall of Fame Class 2013South Gwinnett High SchoolBasketball

- Second all-time leading scorer in Georgia high school basketball history
- Four-time All-State athlete
- Led South Gwinnett to AAAAA Georgia State Championship
- Averaged 27.5 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game
- Voted “Most Athletic" Senior Superlative - 2005
- University of Georgia's "Mr. Basketball" during junior and senior year
- NBA Athlete – Philadelphia 76ers (2005-2012), Atlanta Hawks (2012-Present)
- Gwinnett’s first male athlete named Naismith Prep Player of the Year - 2005
- McDonald's All-American East Team - 2005
- Graduated from South Gwinnett High School - 2005
- Founded Lou Williams Foundation to encourage student scholastic achievement - 2007
- Hosts annual summer camp at South Gwinnett High School for athletes ages 10–16

Save the Date! The 13th Annual Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame is set for May 2, 2024!