Brad Stewart - The 61st Ashley Dearing Award

Brad Stewart pic Score Atlanta

The 61st annual Ashley Dearing Award goes to Benedictine junior Brad Stewart.

One of most prestigious if not the one trophy that most Savannah multi-sport prep athletes dream about is the Ashley Dearing Award. All nominations must have played football, basketball and a spring sport during the school year. This year Brad marks the 61st recipient to a long list of outstanding three sport athletes from Savannah Georgia. Below is a list of all of the prevoius winners.

Stewart is a three-sport athlete, in football, baseball and basketball at Benedictine since his freshman. He has received numerous awards over the past two years in each sport he has played. Stewart has football scholarship offers from Marshall and Army.

Ashley Dearing Award Winners

Year	Winner	School	Year	Winner	School
1953-54	Elmer Lott	Savannah High	1984-85	Peter Brennan	Benedictine
1954-55	Charlie Moore	Benedictine	1985-86	Lee Lane	Calvary
1955-56	Carlos Mobley	Savannah High	1986-87	Corey Ladson	Tompkins
1956-57	Tom Brown	Benedictine	1987-88	*Keith Jones	Savannah High
1957-58	Jimmy Miller	Savannah High	1988-89	Pee Wee Kelly	Savannah Christian
1958-59	Ronnie Braddock	Benedictine	1989-90	Lloyd Rowland	Savannah Christian
1959-60	Terry Tyler	Savannah High	1990-91	Marcel Cooper	Groves
1960-61	Larry Patterson	Benedictine	1991-92	Barry Kleinpeter	Calvary
1961-62	Tommy Brennan	Benedictine	1992-93	Bill Sparks	Country Day
1962-63	Dewey Warren	Jenkins	1993-94	Majid Lanier	Beach
1963-64	Danny Sims	Savannah High	1994-95	Ronnie Rockett	Jenkins
1964-65	Roger Grove	Groves	1995-96	Terry Bryant	Johnson
1965-66	Peter Schmidt	Country Day	1996-97	**Tommy McNamara	Benedictine
1966-67	Julian Smiley	Savannah High	1997-98	Kris Edge	Savannah Christian
1967-68	Joby Wright	Johnson	1998-99	Rashad Chisholm	Savannah High
1968-69	David Sasser	Groves	1999-00	**Danny McNamara	Benedictine
1969-70	Bobby Reagan	Country Day	2000-01	*Lamar Owens, Jr. ***	Benedictine
1970-71	Lawrence Maner	Benedictine	2001-02	Ben Patrick	Jenkins
1971-72	Gene Dotson	Benedictine	2002-03	Joey Boaen	Sav.  Country Day
1972-73	Jo Jo White	Richard Arnold	2003-04	Sage Glasper	Groves
1973-74	Shan Saunders	Country Day	2004-05	Kellen Stanley	Savannah Christian
1974-75	Ricky McBride	Groves	2005-06	Demarcus Dobbs	Calvary
1975-76	*Rufus Kelly	Savannah High	2006-07	Scott Reed	Groves
1976-77	Mark Grainger	Sav. Christian	2007-08	John Moesch	Sav. Country Day
1977-78	Randy Lanier	Benedictine	2008-09	Jesse Morrell	Bethesda
1978-79	*Lamar Owens***	Tompkins	2009-10	*Dominic DeMasi	Calvary
1979-80	Larry Brobst	Sav. Christian	2010-11	Dominic DeMasi****	Calvary
1980-81	Greg Amick	Country Day	2011-12	Jonathon Chamblee	Savannah Christian
1981-82	Robbie White	Sav.  Christian	2012-13	Paris Baker	Jenkins
1982-83	Paul Jurgensen	Benedictine	2013-14	*Brad Stewart	Benedicitne*
1983-84	Earl Mason	Groves

KEY:   * ONLY JUNIORS TO WIN AWARD    ** ONLY BROTHERS TO WIN AWARD

*** ONLY FATHER  & SON TO WIN AWARD  ****ONLY ATHLETE TO WIN BACK TO BACK

The 61st Ashley Dearing Award Nominations 2014

It’s that time of year again, The 61^st Ashley Dearing Award. The award is named after the late Ashley Dearing, a former Savannah auto dealer and strong supporter of local high school sports. It is given to a male high school athlete in Savannah, who has participated in football, basketball and a spring sport. Ashley loved high school sports in Savannah, and it is evident in his Greater Savannah Athletic Hall of Fame bio.

“Dearing has been a long-time booster of local sports and is most noted for his annual award to the most versatile high school athlete, which he has been awarding since 1953. A year later, Dearing also began awarding the Dearing Cup, presented to the Armstrong Atlantic State University basketball player with the best foul shot percentage. Dearing has served as a member of the Savannah Recreation Commission, the Board of Trustees of the Victor B. Jenkins Boys Club, and the Greater Savannah Athletic Hall of Fame Trustees. He has also been on the advisory council of the Chatham County Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He received the Honorary F Award from the University of Florida for interest in athletics and sports programs at the school. Dearing was named “1969 Man of the Year” for service to youth by the Savannah Co-Ed Hi-Y Council by the Savannah YMCA.”

This year there are 60 nominations as listed below. The 61^st Ashley Dearing Award recipient will be announced shortly. The nominee that receives the most votes from the Ashley Dearing Award committee is declared the winner. The committee is made up of members of the media, WJCL, WSAV, WTOC, and the Savannah Morning News and all athletic directors in Chatham County who have varsity football, basketball, and varsity spring sports. Good luck to all candidates.

SCHOOL	61st Ashley Dearing Nominations 2014
Beach	1.      Bryant, Marlon (Senior); football, basketball, soccer 2.      Peterson, Malik (Senior); football, basketball, baseball
Benedictine	3.      Holguin, Joseph (Junior); football, basketball, baseball 4.      Johnson, Noah (Freshman); football, basketball, track 5.      Kennedy, John (Freshman); football, basketball, track 6.      King, Adam (Freshman); football, basketball, baseball 7.      Kropp, Will (Feshman ); football, basketball, golf 8.      Mahoney, Brendan (Freshman); football, basketball, lacrosse 9.      Marini, Chase (Sophomore); football, basketball, baseball 10.   Marini, Cooper (Freshman); football, basketball, baseball 11.   Moore, Philip (Freshman); football, basketball, baseball 12.   Muller, Jack (Junior); football, basketball, lacrosse 13.   Stewart, Brad (Junior); football, basketball, baseball 14.   Werntz, Drew (Junior); football, basketball, track 15.   Whitfield, Nick (Freshman); football, basketball, track 16.   Williams, Josh (Junior); football, basketball, track 17.   Winders, Ben (Freshman); football, basketball, track 18.   Wright, Ben (Senior); football, basketball, baseball
Bible Baptist	19.   Boatwright, Chad (Senior); football, basketball, baseball 20.   Campbell, Kennard (Senior); football, basketball, baseball 21.   Campbell, William (Junior); football, basketball, baseball 22.   Cowart, Chris (Senior); football, basketball, soccer 23.   Gale, Brighton (Junior); football, basketball, baseball
Calvary	Bivens, Adante (Freshman); football, basketball, track Bostick, Kobe (Freshman); football, basketball, track Calderon, Salvador (Freshman); football, basketball, track Elton, Marc (Junior); football, basketball, baseball  Gaylord, Evan (Freshman);  football, basketball, baseball Herndon, Alex (Sophomore): football, basketball, track Wells, Thomas (Freshman); football, basketball, baseball
Groves	31.   Davis, Jerry (Senior);  football, basketball, track 32.   Mitchell, Clarence (Junior);  football, basketball, soccer
Jenkins	33.   Benlevi, Malik (Junior); football, basketball, track                    34.   Futch, Montraveon (Freshman); football, basketball, track         35.   Lanier, Jamelle (Senior); football, basketball, track 36.   Smalls, Melvin  (Freshman); football, basketball,track
Johnson	37.   Darryl  Meyers (Senior); football, basketball, track 38.   Dushad Morris (Senior); football, basketball, baseball
Memorial Day School	39.   Cooper, Miacah (Junior); football, basketball, track 40.   Dukes, Kendarius(Senior); football, basketball, track 41.   Ford, Kevin (Sophomore); football, basketball, baseball, track 42.   Habersham, McKinley (Junior); football basketball, track 43.   Latson, Marlin (Senior); football, basketball, track 44.   Washington, Earl (Senior); football basketball, track 45.   Wright, Deric (Senior); football, basketball, track
Savannah Christian	Bateman, Nick (Junior); football basketball, lacrosee Haeussler, Ben (Sophomore); football basketball,  baseball Mertz,  JT  (Junior); football, basketball, track Reese, Evan  (Freshman); football, basketball, track
Sav. Country Day	Ben Johnson (Senior);  football, basketball, soccer Demetrius Robertson (Sophomore); football, basketball, track
Savannah High	Anderson, Dustin (Freshman); football, basketball, baseball Newton ,Eric (Junior); football, basketball, baseball Norman, Jamal (Senior); football, basketball, track
St. Andrews	Chisner, Daniel (Junior); football basketball, track 56.   Hall, Michael (Junior); -football basketball, soccer Mayo, Nate (Junior); football basketball, baseball, track Morgan, J.D.  (Junior); football, basketball, track 59.   Shapard, Thomas (Junior); football basketball,  baseball
Windsor Forest	60.   Moore, Sherman (Junior); football basketball, soccer