AAASP 2019 ASPIRE Awards Celebration to be held This Sunday.

The American Association of Adapted Sports Programs, Inc. (AAASP) will honor 33 key people and organizations this weekend for their outstanding contributions to support student athletes with physical disabilities to get “off the sidelines and into the game.” The Second Annual ASPIRE Awards Celebration, emceed by local Atlanta veteran sports anchor Sam Crenshaw (GPB, 92.9 the Game, Atlanta City TV, voice of Georgia State Basketball on ESPN3), will be held this Sunday, October 27th at the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel. Adapted Sports Programs in Recreation and Education (ASPIRE) Award recognizes the significant contributions of these individuals and organizations that have been central to the mission of making adapted sports programming available nationwide. Through these programs, student athletes with physical disabilities across the country reap the physical, social emotional and academic benefits of competitive athletics resulting in personal and social empowerment. Nominees for this years’ program are listed below:

Atlanta Public Schools, School-Based Program Award, Atlanta, GA
Ben Harbin, Founder’s Award
Beth McLaughlin, Advocacy Award, Houston County, GA
Christy Jones, Advocacy Award, Houston County, GA
David Roberson, Outstanding Male and Female Athletes Award, DeKalb County, GA
Delton Schoates, Advocacy Award, DeKalb County, GA
Demarco Pittman, Advocacy Award, Clayton County, GA
Desmond Washington, Outstanding Male and Female Athletes Award, Clayton County, GA
Dr. Mark Scott, Advocacy Award, Houston County, GA
Dr. Ralph Swearngin, Founder’s Award
Dr. James R. Hines, Founder’s Award
Ellen Williams, Founder’s Award
Encinitas Union School District, School-Based Program Award, Encinitas, CA
Everette Schoates, Community-Based Program Award, DeKalb County, GA
Gil Tyree, Media Award, Voice America
Hal Simpson, Community-Based Program Award, Atlanta GA
Houston County Sharks, School-Based Program Award, Houston County, GA
Jeff McDaniel, The Gail Hendricks Volunteerism Award, Houston County, GA
Jesse Cochran, Outstanding Male and Female Athletes Award, Meriwether County, GA
Jordan Kozloski, Outstanding Male and Female Athletes Award and Outstanding Senior Athlete Award, Houston County, GA
Keith DeBrosse, Outstanding Male and Female Athletes Award, DeKalb County, GA
Keonte Rankins, Outstanding Male and Female Athletes Award and Outstanding Senior Athlete Award, Clayton County, GA
Leslie Sweatman, Founder’s Award
Logan Wegienka, Outstanding Male and Female Athletes Award, Meriwether County, GA
Monica Luna, School-Based Program Award, Albuquerque, NM
Najee Smothers, Outstanding Male and Female Athletes Award, DeKalb County, GA
O’lando Hicks, Outstanding Male and Female Athletes Award, Houston County, GA
Oglebay Institute’s School of Dance, Community-Based Program Award, Wheeling, WV
Ricardo Applewhite, The Gail Hendricks Volunteerism Award, Clayton County, GA
Sail Sand Point, Community-Based Program Award, Seattle, WA
Samantha Redd, Outstanding Male and Female Athletes Award , Clayton County, GA
Samuel Milliken, Outstanding Senior Athlete Award, Gwinnett County, GA
Dr. Zabrina Cannady, Advocacy Award, Houston County, GA We are honored to have #1 International MegaSuccess TedX Speaker and TV Host, the Unstoppable Tracy Schmitt as our Special Guest Speaker at our 2019 ASPIRE Awards event! Unstoppable Tracy will share her high energy, and amazing story with all the attendees. More about Unstoppable Tracy here: https://www.unstoppabletracy.c... .

Thank you to the following 2019 AAASP ASPIRE Awards Sponsors: Kyocera, the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel, the Georgia Department of Education, Flaghouse, the Georgia High School Association, the AAASP Board of Directors, the National Alliance of Black Interpreters, Michelle Sims, Floors Sag or Shake?, and Emily and Aloyce Shaw.

Join us for the 2019 ASPIRE Awards Ceremony on October 27th where the nominees for this year’s awards will be celebrated.

Date/Time: Sunday, October 27, 2019 - 4:30-7:00 pm
Place: Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel
One Hartsfield Centre Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30354

Please visit http://bit.ly/ASPIREAwardstick... to purchase tickets for this year’s event.
The American Association of Adapted Sports Programs (AAASP), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is a not-for-profit association dedicated to developing interscholastic adapted sports programs in partnership with national, state, and local educational agencies. It represents a standardized approach to extracurricular adapted team sports and has developed one of the nation's most comprehensive school-based athletic programs for students with physical disabilities attending grades 1-12. For more information, please visit our website at http://adaptedsports.org or join our conversations on Twitter at: @AdaptedSports.