Woodstock Student Wins Georgia Positive Athlete Award

WOODSTOCK, GA -- A Woodstock High School student has been named a Georgia Positive Athlete Award winner. 

Sophomore Katie Beckham is one of only 28 student athletes to receive the statewide honor sponsored by Positive Athlete Georgia, a subsidiary of Celebrate Positive LLC, which promotes the benefits of positivity to young athletes around the world, the Cherokee County School District said. 

The third annual Georgia Positive Athlete Awards ceremony was presented Tuesday by The College Football Hall of Fame and Chick-fil-a Fan Experience. Katie was selected as the volleyball honoree for the state.  

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More than 3,400 students were nominated by coaches, principals, athletic directors, teachers and parents.  In addition to excellence on the field, each nominated Positive Athlete was required to show characteristics such as an optimistic attitude, teammate encouragement, servant leadership, heart for others, ability to admit imperfections, giving 100 percent all the time and realizing the team as more important than the individual.

“We did not put out a search for the best athletes in Georgia,” said Hines Ward, former Forest Park High School, University of Georgia and Pittsburgh Steelers star who formed Positive Athlete with local businessman Scott Pederson.  “We put out a search for kids with positive attitudes whose efforts don’t necessarily show up on the stat sheets.  These kids are also positive role models in their schools who get involved in charitable causes, have already learned the meaning of giving back at an early age, and many have overcome difficult circumstances and remained positive.” 

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