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Recent grad and boys basketball team selected for top awards.
The Woodward tradition has been to win with honor.
We desire to field champions, but only by maintaining the integrity of our athletes, our school, and our community. Woodward student-athletes have an opportunity to challenge themselves through sport and to build upon characteristics of leadership and citizenship, while cultivating teamwork, self-discipline, and responsibility.
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At Woodward, our student-athletes are recognized for their achievements in the classroom and on the playing field. We invite you to read more about their accomplishments.
Hall of Fame
Denny Flandreau
Swimming
Collegiate Swimmer
1957
juwan thompson
Football
Professional Football Player
2010
dan lyle
Rugby
Professional Rugby Player
1988
coach jim waller
Basketball (Coach)
WBCA Victory Club Award (Coach)
2006 GIRLS GOLF TEAM
GOLF
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER
2006
AKEEM HARDNETT
Track
SEC Championship Winner
2004
Keith Harris
Football
Collegiate Football Player
1971
Will Jones
Football
Collegiate Football Player
1984
MICHAEL "SPIDER" MAXWELL
Gymnastics
All-American Gymnast
1983
Lacey Agnew
GolfProfessional Golfer
2006
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Sport NameSchool or Professional Team
Graduation Year
ATHLETES IN THE NEWS
![Senior Named Positive Athlete]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1588277395/woodward/w0suvimikwtgb2da7kbd/JennaBenedictPositiveAthlete_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1588277395/woodward/w0suvimikwtgb2da7kbd/JennaBenedictPositiveAthlete_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1588277395/woodward/w0suvimikwtgb2da7kbd/JennaBenedictPositiveAthlete_1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1588277395/woodward/w0suvimikwtgb2da7kbd/JennaBenedictPositiveAthlete_1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1588277395/woodward/w0suvimikwtgb2da7kbd/JennaBenedictPositiveAthlete_1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1588277395/woodward/w0suvimikwtgb2da7kbd/JennaBenedictPositiveAthlete_1.jpg","width":2200}])
Senior varsity cheerleader Jenna Benedict has been named a 2019-2020 Atlanta Region by Positive Athlete Georgia.
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Senior Walker Kessler has been named the Gatorade Georgia Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
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Woodward Academy’s Boys Basketball team captured the school’s first ever Boy’s State Championship at the Macon Centreplex over Spring Break.
![Colby Harley]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1582119191/woodward/wmfarnzfvzy1qccbimnc/ColbyHarley.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1582119191/woodward/wmfarnzfvzy1qccbimnc/ColbyHarley.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1582119191/woodward/wmfarnzfvzy1qccbimnc/ColbyHarley.png","width":750}])
Sophomore Colby Harley competed in the USA Fencing Junior Olympics last weekend.
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Woodward successfully defended their AAAA State Traditional Wrestling Championship recently at the Macon Centreplex.
![Third-grader George P.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1582116180/woodward/bbsblrmw5zwae7k6wqpr/GeorgePatterson.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1582116180/woodward/bbsblrmw5zwae7k6wqpr/GeorgePatterson.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1582116180/woodward/bbsblrmw5zwae7k6wqpr/GeorgePatterson.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1582116180/woodward/bbsblrmw5zwae7k6wqpr/GeorgePatterson.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1582116180/woodward/bbsblrmw5zwae7k6wqpr/GeorgePatterson.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1582116180/woodward/bbsblrmw5zwae7k6wqpr/GeorgePatterson.jpg","width":2200}])
Third-grader George P. recently won first place for the state of Georgia in the Elks Hoop Shoot Free Throw Contest.
![Walker Kessler '20]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1581706677/woodward/gfjpwsohrkohkd6jnsih/IMG_1131.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1581706677/woodward/gfjpwsohrkohkd6jnsih/IMG_1131.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1581706677/woodward/gfjpwsohrkohkd6jnsih/IMG_1131.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1581706677/woodward/gfjpwsohrkohkd6jnsih/IMG_1131.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1581706677/woodward/gfjpwsohrkohkd6jnsih/IMG_1131.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1581706677/woodward/gfjpwsohrkohkd6jnsih/IMG_1131.jpg","width":2200}])
Senior Walker Kessler was named a 2020 McDonald's All American.
![Andrew Hines]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1581691118/woodward/ht9zf5wv9ctmgf33qopf/AndrewHinesB2CAward.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1581691118/woodward/ht9zf5wv9ctmgf33qopf/AndrewHinesB2CAward.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1581691118/woodward/ht9zf5wv9ctmgf33qopf/AndrewHinesB2CAward.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1581691118/woodward/ht9zf5wv9ctmgf33qopf/AndrewHinesB2CAward.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1581691118/woodward/ht9zf5wv9ctmgf33qopf/AndrewHinesB2CAward.jpg","width":1382}])
Eighth-grader Andrew Hines III was recently named the Overall Wide Receiver of the Year.
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Woodward Academy celebrated 22 National Letter of Intent signees.
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