Milton Wall Of Fame Ceremony Set For Saturday

MILTON, GA — The City of Milton will hold an outdoor ceremony Saturday morning to formally unveil the seven members of Milton's "Wall of Fame" - a place to honor standout athletes, coaches, as well as parks and recreation contributors.

The event will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday near the Wall of Fame by the roundabout in Bell Memorial Park. The outdoor ceremony, which should take less than 30 minutes, is being held just before Hopewell Baseball's fall championship for its recreational program.

Last fall, the City of Milton launched the Wall of Fame with six inaugural honorees. You can learn more about those six and the Wall of Fame by clicking here.

The new 2020 honorees are:

• Jack Dunn: After getting his start with Hopewell Baseball, Dunn became a star shortstop at Northwestern University before being drafted, in 2019, by the Washington Nationals. He's now playing in the Minor Leagues.

• Ron Hill: A beloved coach and teacher - spending the last part of his career at The Mount Vernon School - Hill spent eight years as an instrumental member of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board in his adopted hometown of Milton.
• Van Kottis: Another longtime PRAB member, Kottis helped guide the transformation of Bell Memorial Park and was key in making the Milton Steelers football program free to residents, among other contributions.
• Amanda Marshall: A four-year softball starter at Milton High School, Marshall went on to play for Division I Nicholls State University and travelled the world as a member of Great Britain's national softball team.
• Ryan Stachler: Stachler not only played golf in the 2016 U.S. Open and 2018 U.S. Amateur, he also holds the distinction of winning state titles for Milton High (2012) and Cambridge High (2015). He also golfed at the University of South Carolina.
• Todd Michael Strada: A 4-time Georgia state boy's gymnastics champ while in high school, Strada moved onto what was then one of the NCAA's top programs at the University of Iowa. At one point, he ranked No. 2 among all male NCAA gymnasts.
• Tessa Whittington (Lynam): A Milton High softball standout like Marshall, then-Tessa Lynam played at LSU and later Baylor where she finished in the top 10 in 20 (pitching and hitting) categories for the school. She's now an accomplished coach.

Photos of each of the honorees can be found on the City of Milton's Facebook page, where a new person has been celebrated each day this week.

For more information about Milton's Wall of Fame, contact Interim Parks and Recreation Manager Tom McKlveen by phone at 678-242-2519 or by email at tom.mcklveen@cityofmiltonga.us.