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Georgia ASA Hall of Fame / Atlanta ASA Hall of Honor / 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. Umpires who have been entered into the Georgia ASA Hall of Fame are as follows (Click here for a list of all inductees into the Georgia ASA Hall of Fame):

Kinard Latham	1987	Jim Sneddon	1995
Jim Herring	1987	Jodie Rowell	1995
Harold Russell	1988	James C. Johnson	1995
Earl O'Neal	1988	Richard Roark	1996
Fred Hyder	1988	John Nelson	1996
J.J. Roark	1989	William Billy Hill	1996
Mike Pack	1989	Alan Vanderheiden	1998
Caudell Clark	1990	Joe Farriba	1998
Don Brown	1990	Ray Hendrix	1998
Brockey Brock	1990	E.D. "Dee" Stanley	2001
Mike Ingram	1991	Kenneth Skinner	2001
Rick Cundey	1991	Donald Morrow	2001
Earl Fales	1992	Bill Durham	2001
William McCord	1993	Melvin B. Christian	2001
Steve Herring	1993	Allen Hollaway	2010
Paul Eames	1993	Larry McCaden	2010
Virgil Thompson	1994	Bobbie Ragland	2010
A.B. Malloy	1994

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. Candidates were nominated by umpire associations and recommended to the Atlanta ASA commissioner and Umpire in Chief who would select the recipients of the award. 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

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

Jimmy Derrick	2005
Al Dattolo	2006
Bob Earwood	2007
Dick Gayler	2008
Carl Monroe	2009
Dave Lloyd	2010