Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame

• • Credited with bringing successful football model to Gwinnett
  • Accomplished a number of firsts, including GCPS' first state title in football in 1996
  • Longtime representative on the Georgia High School Assoc. Exec. Committee
  • Coach 1996 Brookwood HS football state champions
  • 149-35 in 15 years in Gwinnett County
  • Region Coach-of-the-Year, 6 times
  • State of Georgia Coach-of-the-Year, 2 times
  • NFL National Coach-of-the-Year, 1 time- 1996
  • Region Athletic Director-of-the-Year, 3 times
• • AAAA/AAAAA Athletic Director-of-the-Year, 2 times
  • Statewide Athletic Director-of-the-Year, 2 times
  • Nicknamed“ the Godfather” of Gwinnett football by Gwinnett coaches
  • Widely acknowledged as responsible for starting the tremendous athletic facility development in Gwinnet County
  • Member Georgia HS Association’s Executive Committee, GHSA
  • Longtime executive director of the Touchdown Club of Gwinnett until retirement
  • Executive director of the Corky Kell Kickoff Classic
  • Master of Science degree
  • Inducted into the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame

Brookwood, Gwinnett icon Dave Hunter added as namesake of Corky Kell Classic

• • Led GAC to two state titles and scored 2,276 career pts
  • Started as freshman at UGA
  • All SEC, UGA
  • All American, UGA
  • Averaged 12.7 points per game at UGA and 1,665 career points put her 10th on the Bulldog’ all-time scoring list.
  • School record for steals in a career and steals in a season
  • Avg. 9.6 pts was third in SEC in steals 3 per game
• • Named Miss Georgia Basketball as a senior
  • Started in 122 pf 131 games
  • No. 10 on Georgia's all-time scoring list
  • Drafted 12th overall to WNBA
  • WNBA 4 seasons, as well as offseason stints with pro teams
  • 2011-12 retired averaging 24.4 pts per game for Hapol Tel Aviv Israeli League
  • Named to Auburn Basketball staff 2012
   
• GAC grad Sherill Baker hired to Georgia State coaching staff
• Hall fo Famer Sherill Baker hired as assistant coach at Kennesaw State
• Greater Atlanta Christian, UGA star Sherill Baker named SEC Legend
• Greater Atlanta Christian Grad Sherill Baker Promoted at Bucknell

• • 1998 individual state high school champion
  • 3 time Gwinnett County Female Golfer of the Year
  • Played on boys and girls high school golf team
  • All-SEC, Auburn University
  • Played in two U.S. Opens, finishing T-61st in 2004
• • Member of 2002 victorious, U.S. Curtis Cup team
  • 2002 NCAA First-team All-American at Auburn University, where her team finished 2nd in the NCAA Championship in 2002
  • Member of Futures Tour, LPGA feeder tour, before entering coaching
  • Courtney spent three and a half years as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Auburn University, where she helped coach the Tigers to the 2006 and 2009 SEC Championships and mentored 3 first team All-Americans
  • Current Head Coach at the University of Louisville, former Head Coach at the University of Central Florida

• • 2003 scored 46 touchdowns, breaking Herschel Walker’s GA high school single-season record of 42
  • 2003 Gwinnett County Back of the Year
  • 2003 Parade Magazine All American
  • 2004 Offensive Player of Year - GA Athletic Coaches Association
  • 2004 Running Back of the Year -Touchdown Club of Atlanta
  • 2004 scholar athlete recipient Watkins Award, presented by National Alliance of African American Athletes, NAAA
  • 2004 Player of Year - Gwinnett Daily Post, Gainesville Times, Fox 5 TV Sports Team
  • 2003 Georgia Player of the Year, Gatorade
  • 2003 Georgia Player of the Year, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • Notre Dame, during first season for the Irish set the freshman rushing record, gaining 786 yards on 185 carries (4.2 average), and breaking a 30-year-old school record
  • Led the Irish in rushing in all three seasons
  • Recorded the sixth-best single-season rushing total in Notre Dame history as a junior with career-high 1,267 yards on 255 carries and holds career record for most receptions as a running back at Notre Dame
  • Ranked 4th All-time for career rushing yards at Notre Dame, 4th in school history to eclipse 1,000 rushing yards in consecutive seasons
  • NFL 2007-2010, Houston Texans, Denver Broncos
  • College football analyst for FOX in Los Angeles, CA
  • ESPN and Fox Sports Broadcaster

Gwinnett puts five in inaugural Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame class

• • Helped U.S. to best-ever finish in the World Cup, advancing to the quarterfinals
  • Started and assisted first goal of World Cup win over Mexico
  • Played every minute for U.S. in fourth-place finish at 2002 Olympics U.S. National Team Man of the Match twice
  • Once in World Cup qualifying win over Mexico
  • MLS player since 1998 for Chicago Fire and Kansas City Wizards
  • Voted U.S. Soccer Youth Player of the Year in 1998
  • Led Parkview to two state titles with 64 career goals
  • Helped Panthers to 57-match streak without a loss
  • Represented the United States in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups
• • Pushed the US to their best-ever Quarterfinal finish in 02' World Cup with an assist in the 2nd Round win over Mexico
  • At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, led the US team in scoring, giving the US its highest finish of 4th Place
  • Played 14 years in MLS, playing for the Chicago Fire, Kansas City Wizards, and DC United, finished career with 80 goals, 49 assists in 267 games
  • Won an MLS Championship in 98', and 3 US Open Cup Championships in 98', 00', 04'
  • Voted US Soccer Youth Player of the Year in 1998
  • Voted Georgia High school Soccer Player of the Year in 1995
  • Helped Parkview Panthers to a 57-match unbeaten streak, winning two State Titles and scoring 64 career goals
  • Retired at end of 2012 season and is currently an assistant coach at DC United

• National Soccer's Hall of Fame 2017 nominee
• Josh Wolff hard at work as head coach of Austin FC, new MLS team for 2021
• Josh Wolff Officially announced as head coach of MLS Austin FC