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Georgia ASA Hall of Fame / Atlanta ASA Hall of Honor

The Georgia ASA Hall of Fame is the highest honor a player, umpire, manager or commissioner can receive in Georgia ASA. The award is also given meritorious status to other individuals or organizations who have given their all the Georgia ASA. The award is chosen by the Georgia ASA staff and presented at the annual meeting. Honorees of the Georgia ASA Hall of Fame are as follows:

PLAYERS
Robert H. (Robin) Gresham, Rome, '01 Aaron Jackson, Columbus, '93
Diane Crocker Ralston Smith, Calhoun, '01 Stan Sumner, Dublin, '93
Karl Watkins, Machester, '00 Harry Willoughby, Sr., Athens, '93
Calvin Burgamy, Macon, '98 Laverne Carswell, Albany, '92
Ronnie Dempsey, Rome, '98 Bobby G. Clark, Columbus, '92
Herbert Newman, Bremen, '98 Franklin Lee Hart, Seale, AL, '92
Margie Pendley, Calhoun, '98 Harvel E. Johnson, Fortson, '92
Richard Prigmore, Duluth, '98 Jane Phelps, Madison, '92
R.V. "Red" Burgamy, Columbus, '96 Earl Babbitt, Jr., Augusta, '91
Albert Criswell, Carrollton, '96 John Cook, Whitesburg, '91
Silvin Little, Flowery Branch, '96 Jim Huggins, Tifton, '91
James Thwing, Warner Robins, '96 Blunt Patterson, Covington, '91
Betsy C. Golden, Columbus, '95 Mary Jean Underwood, Columbus, '91
Nancy Anderson Mark, Tifton, '95 Janice M. Howard, Albany, '90
Bob Nellams, Columbus, '95 Bob Lane, Statesboro, '90
Pat Rachels, Belvedere, '95 Tom Beall, Monticello, '89
Sally Wade Stephens, Belvedere, '95 Ricky Huggins, Savannah, '89
Lynn Avery, Albany, '94 Cecil Whitehead, Valdosta, '89
Carla Polk, Leesburg, '94 Larry Cook, Albany, '88
R. Addis Whitehead, Abbeville, '94 Richard Miles, Columbus, '88
Calvin Wood, Ellenwood, '94 Buck Salter, Augusta, '88
Kathy Greenway Wood, Madison, '94 Billy Bearden, Calhoun, '87
Mark Cauley, Macon, '93 Tommy Taylor, Tallahassee, '87
Clyburn Davis, Martinez, '93 Darby Cottle Veazey, Tifton, '87
Roxie Garrett, Social Circle, '93  
COMMISSIONERS
Bill Chester, Columbus, '01 Ronnie Young, Carrollton, '88
Craig F. Sowell, Tifton, '98 Al Bishop, Marietta, '87
Louise Thompson, Lithia Springs, '93 Rod Blaylock, Albany, '87
Mary Roth, Albany, '91 Billy Giles, Savannah, '87
Carl Hager, Savannah, '89 R.G. Jones, Columbus, '87
Bobby Simpson, Tifton, '89  
UMPIRES
Melvin B. Christian, Conyers, '01 Paul Eames, Albany, '93
Bill Durham, Dalton, '01 Steve Herring, Marietta, '93
Donald Morrow, Chula, '01 William McCord, Conyers, '93
Kenneth Skinner, Carrollton, '01 Earl Fales, Athens, '92
E.D. "Dee" Stanley, Covington, '01 Rick Cundey, Augusta, '91
Ray Hendrix, Canton, '98 Mike Ingram, Augusta, '91
Joe Farriba, Resaca, '98 Brockey Brock, Albany, '90
Alan Vanderheiden, Calhoun, '98 Don Brown, Columbus, '90
William Billy Hill, Valdosta, '96 Caudell Clark, Conyers, '90
John Nelson, Dalton, '96 Mike Pack, Waycross, '89
Richard Roark, Kennesaw, '96 J.J. Roark, Marietta, '89
James C. Johnson, Douglasville, '95 Fred Hyder, Columbus, '88
Jodie Rowell, Rome, '95 Earl O'Neal, Conyers, '88
Jim Sneddon, Carrollton, '95 Harold Russell, Marietta, '88
A.B. Malloy, Tifton, '94 Jim Herring, Kennesaw, '87
Virgil Thompson, Lithia Springs, '94 Kinard Latham, Columbus, '87
MANAGERS
Lynn Bennett, Adel, '98 Bobby Bodiford, Columbus, '92
Leonard Steed, Cave Springs, '98 Jimmy Spurlin, Tifton, '92
David Child, Manchester, '98 Bennie Griffin, Albany, '91
Tommy Foster, Douglasville, '96 Cotton Harris, Augusta, '91
James "Vic" Vickers, Tifton, '96 Bill Wood, Madison, '91
Dennis Barthelemy, Albany, '95 Earl Etheridge, Savannah, '90
Marvin Maddox, Cochran, '95 Charles S. Ware, Albany, '90
David Dixon, Tifton, '94 Bill Bryant, Manchester, '87
Harry Willoughby, Sr., Athens, '94 Tommy Cottle, Tifton, '87
MERITORIOUS
Albany Beverage Co. - Joe Carrol, Albany, '01 Billy Brewer, Watkinsville, '94
Buffalo Rock Co. - Hilton Longshore, Albany, 01 Gene Caruso/McDonald's, Albany, '93
Georgia Recreation and Parks Association, Conyers, '01 Nelson Bettis, Hull, '92
Larry Hanson, Valdosta, '01 R.D. "Dick" Johnson, Augusta, '92
Frances Pipkin, Columbus, '01 Bobby Minge, Rome, '90
Kevin Teate, Stockbridge, '98 Anderson Reed, Pinehurst, '88
Richard Craig, McDonough, '95 Larry Thompson, Savannah, '88
Harry Stone, Albany, '95 E.B. Hamilton, Tifton, '87

Prior to Atlanta ASA merging with Georgia ASA in 2006, The Atlanta ASA Umpire program honored its top umpires with membership in the Atlanta ASA Hall of Honor. Similar to the Georgia ASA Hall of Fame, The Atlanta ASA Hall of Honor is the highest honor an Atlanta ASA Umpire could receive. The award was chosen by the Atlanta ASA commissioner and Umpire in Chief and given annually at the Regional Umpire Clinic. The Atlanta ASA Hall of Honor Umpires are as follows:

Atlanta ASA Hall of Honor Umpires
Leroy Hambrick 1985  Carl Monroe 1997
E.J. "Lefty" Leonard 1986  Basil Hall 1997
Robert Barton 1986  Ralph Miller  1998
Wallace Turner 1987  Lisa Miller 1999
Charles Meyers 1988  Roosevelt Clinkscale 2001
Fred McCoy 1989  Jack Couse 2001
Scott Frizzell 1990  Dave Lloyd 2002
Dave Hubbard 1990  Harry Gibson 2003
Ray Norris 1991  Graybill Daniel 2004
Robert Newman 1992  Frank Fenters 2004
Gerald Apple 1993  Ralph Gordon 2005
Jimmy Derrick 1994  Steve Marcus 2006
Dick Gayler 1995  Tim Smith 2006
Earl Morris 1996

 

 

 
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