Coweta Sports Hall of Fame to induct 3

The Coweta Sports Hall of Fame is set to grow by three new inductees at its 20th Annual Banquet on Saturday, April 15, at the Coweta County Fairgrounds and Conference Center.

The 2023 Coweta Sports Hall of Fame Class will include Matt Donahue, Vernon Strickland and James Warner. Each were standout athletes at Newnan High School.

Tickets are now on sale for the Banquet which begins with dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the ceremony will follow at 7 p.m. The tickets are $45 each and can be purchased by mail. The Hall of Fame says to mail the ticket request with payment to: Coweta Sports Hall of Fame, P.O. Box 2627, Newnan GA 30263. Make checks payable to the Coweta Sports Hall of Fame. For additional information, contact Cheryl Roberts at 706-672-2311 or by email at croberts2258@hotmail.com.

Donahue was a standout pitcher for the Newnan Cougars in the mid 1980’s who went on to play baseball at the junior college level, then starred in the Atlantic Coast Conference at North Carolina State before being drafted by the Florida Marlins.

Strickland played football at Newnan High School for legendary coach Max Bass from 1988-1990, graduating in 1991, before walking on at Georgia Tech and later earning spots on rosters with various NFL teams.

Warner played football and basketball at Newnan High School before going on to Athens to become a 4-year letterman in football for the Georgia Bulldogs.

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