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Georgia ASA Hall of Fame / Graybill Daniel Memorial Award

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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:

HALL OF FAME PLAYERS
Billy Bearden	1987	Stan Sumner	1993
Tommy Taylor	1987	Harry Willoughby, Sr.	1993
Darby Cottle Veazey	1987	Lynn Avery	1994
Larry Cook	1988	Carla Polk	1994
Richard Miles	1988	R. Addis Whitehead	1994
Buck Salter	1988	Calvin Wood	1994
Tom Beall	1989	Kathy Greenway Wood	1994
Ricky Huggins	1989	Betsy C. Golden	1995
Cecil Whitehead	1989	Nancy Anderson Mark	1995
Janice M. Howard	1990	Bob Nellams	1995
Bob Lane	1990	Pat Rachels	1995
Earl Babbitt, Jr.	1991	Sally Wade Stephens	1995
John Cook	1991	R.V. "Red" Burgamy	1996
Jim Huggins	1991	Albert Criswell	1996
Blunt Patterson	1991	Silvin Little	1996
Mary Jean Underwood	1991	James Thwing	1996
Laverne Carswell	1992	Calvin Burgamy	1998
Bobby G. Clark	1992	Ronnie Dempsey	1998
Franklin Lee Hart	1992	Herbert Newman	1998
Harvel E. Johnson	1992	Margie Pendley	1998
Jane Phelps	1992	Richard Prigmore	1998
Mark Cauley	1993	Karl Watkins, Machester	2000
Clyburn Davis	1993	Robert H. (Robin) Gresham	2001
Roxie Garrett	1993	Diane Crocker Ralston Smith	2001
Aaron Jackson	1993
HALL OF FAME COMMISSIONERS
Al Bishop	1987	Bobby Simpson	1989
Rod Blaylock	1987	Mary Roth	1991
Billy Giles	1987	Louise Thompson	1993
R.G. Jones	1987	Craig F. Sowell	1998
Ronnie Young	1988	Bill Chester	2001
Carl Hager	1989
HALL OF FAME UMPIRES Leroy Hambrick 1985 Jodie Rowell 1995 Robert Barton 1986 Jim Sneddon 1995 E.J. "Lefty" Leonard 1986 William Billy Hill 1996 Kinard Latham 1987 Earl Morris 1996 Jim Herring 1987 John Nelson 1996 Wallace Turner 1987 Richard Roark 1996 Fred Hyder 1988 Basil Hall 1997 Charles Meyers 1988 Carl Monroe 1997 Earl O'Neal 1988 Joe Farriba 1998 Harold Russell 1988 Ray Hendrix 1998 Fred McCoy 1989 Ralph Miller  1998 Mike Pack 1989 Alan Vanderheiden 1998 J.J. Roark 1989 Lisa Miller 1999 Brockey Brock 1990 Melvin B. Christian 2001 Don Brown 1990 Roosevelt Clinkscale 2001 Caudell Clark 1990 Jack Clouse 2001 Scott Frizzell 1990 Bill Durham 2001 Dave Hubbard 1990 Donald Morrow 2001 Rick Cundey 1991 Kenneth Skinner 2001 Mike Ingram 1991 E.D. "Dee" Stanley 2001 Ray Norris 1991 Dave Lloyd 2002 Earl Fales 1992 Harry Gibson 2003 Robert Newman 1992 Graybill Daniel 2004 Gerald Apple 1993 Frank Fenters 2004 Paul Eames 1993 Ralph Gordon 2005 Steve Herring 1993 Steve Marcus 2006 William McCord 1993 Tim Smith 2006 Jimmy Derrick 1994 Allen Hollaway 2010 A.B. Malloy 1994 Larry McCaden 2010 Virgil Thompson 1994 Bobbie Ragland 2010 Dick Gayler 1995 Edward "Chico" Lilly, Jr. 2011 James C. Johnson 1995
HALL OF FAME MANAGERS
Bill Bryant	1987	David Dixon	1994
Tommy Cottle	1987	Harry Willoughby, Sr.	1994
Earl Etheridge	1990	Dennis Barthelemy	1995
Charles S. Ware	1990	Marvin Maddox	1995
Bennie Griffin	1991	Tommy Foster	1996
Cotton Harris	1991	James "Vic" Vickers	1996
Bill Wood	1991	Lynn Bennett	1998
Bobby Bodiford	1992	Leonard Steed	1998
Jimmy Spurlin	1992	David Child	1998
HALL OF FAME MERITORIOUS SERVICE
E.B. Hamilton	1987	Harry Stone	1995
Anderson Reed	1988	Kevin Teate	1998
Larry Thompson	1988	Albany Beverage Co. - Joe Carrol	2001
Bobby Minge	1990	Buffalo Rock Co. - Hilton Longshore	2001
Nelson Bettis	1992	Georgia Recreation and Parks Association	2001
R.D. "Dick" Johnson	1992	Larry Hanson	2001
Gene Caruso/McDonald's	1993	Frances Pipkin	2001
Billy Brewer	1994	Richard Meeks	2011
Richard Craig	1995	Glenn Stewart	2011

In January, 2005, Atlanta ASA Commissioner, Graybill Daniel created the Commissioner's Award to honor individuals who have contributed greatly to the Atlanta ASA Umpire Program and Atlanta ASA overall. After the merger with Georgia ASA in 2006 and the passing of Graybill Daniel in spring 2005, the award was renamed to the Graybill Daniel Memorial Award. This award is presented at the annual state umpire clinic in the early part of the year. The recipients of the award are as follows:

GRAYBILL DANIEL MEMORIAL AWARD WINNERS

Jimmy Derrick	2005
Al Dattolo	2006
Bob Earwood	2007
Dick Gayler	2008
Carl Monroe	2009
Dave Lloyd	2010
Tim Smith	2011
Caudell Clark	2011