Tuesday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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Honor Roll
The honors continue for John Milledge alum Harrison Bryant.
The junior from Florida Atlantic is a first-team Conference USA all-conference pick, after starting 12 games and catching 45 passes for 662 yards and four touchdowns, leading conference tight ends in yards and 13th in the league among all pass-catchers in yards per game and 11th in total yards. ...
Warner Robins quarterback Dylan Fromm is a finalist for the Mr. Georgia award handed out by the Atlanta Touchdown Club.
And teammate wideout Marcayll Jones is a finalist for the Little Peach Award, which goes to the top underclassmen.
Fromm is on the list with Blessed Trinity's Steele Chambers, Rome running back Jamious Griffin, Cedar Grove wideout Jason Haselwood, Lee County athlete Jammie Robinson, and Douglas County defensive end Mataio Soli.
And Jones is joined by Valdosta quarterback Tate Rodemaker, Archer quarterback Carter Peevy, ELCA running back Keaton Mitchell, Troup County athlete Kobe Hudson, Marietta athlete Arik Gilbert, Callaway running back Tank Bigsby, and Marietta quarterback Harrison Bailey. ...
KeKe Calloway is the second Mercer women's basketball player in two seasons picked as a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award.
She's one of 30 women's basketball student-athletes in NCAA Division I and only one from the Southern Conference. Former teammate and current assistant Sydni Means was on the list last year.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as a senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.
The senior from Mary Persons is averaging 20.1 points through eight games. Her average of 4.6 assists has her a game or two awy from passing her career-high in a single season.
Calloway has also grabbed her second conference player of the week honor in three weeks, after dropping 21 points on Georgia, and following up with 25 points - 21 in teh second half - in a win over Kennesaw State. ...
Recent signings
Central Georgia Tech's Evins Desire has signed with Florida A&M for men's basketball. ...
Jones County had some signings on Thursday.
Cross country and track standout Erin Leonard signed with LSU for cross country and Dawson Barnes signed with Young Harris in the Peach Belt for baseball. ...
Houston County wrestling standout Reed Vincent signed Wednesday with Emmanuel College. He finished sixth last spring at 152 in the GHSA wrestling Class 6A tournament.
Bear baseball players Chandler Dawson and Cam Jones followed up commitments by signing with Georgia State.
Jones was a first-team Georgia Dugout all-stater last spring while Dawson made the second team. Jones pitched 59 innings and Jones 43.2 on the 2016 state title team. Last year, Dawson was 4-2 with a 1.68 ERA and Jones went 11-3 with a 1.59 ERA.
Jones was the Region 1-6A pitcher of the year last year, and Dawson made the first team.
Mercer welcomes Florida State, former Peach County standout to Hawkins
Mercer welcomes one of the ACC’s hottest teams Wednesday when Florida State visits Hawkins Arena in women’s basketball.
And Peach County alum Nausia Woolfolk is having a quality year for the Seminoles.
Woolfolk, among the top players in Central Georgia throughout her Trojan career, is averaging 30.4 minutes a game, and scoring 13.1 on 40.2-percent shooting, 27.5 percent from 3. The junior adds 4.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists.
She had three points and three rebounds in 18 minutes in FSU’s 83-40 win at Hawkins a year ago.
Around Georgia
‘Megatron’ went into the College Football Hall of Fame
Portland’s midfield a key focus for the United
Column: Atlanta’s Young just has to start shooting better
Football updates
Georgia
No worries about bouncing back
Georgia Tech
Assistants stay on the recruiting trail
Stansbury addresses the search and the bowl
Falcons
Ryan’s getting hammered, and yes, Quinn is worried