Cooperative Sportsmanship Award

Fri­day, Oct. 18, was a spe­cial night at Rich­mond Hill High School. Not only was it the last foot­ball game played in Wild­cat Sta­di­um, but it was also the night Rich­mond Hill was award­ed a Geor­gia High School Asso­ci­a­tion (GHSA) Coop­er­a­tive Spir­it Sports­man­ship Award.

Pre­sent­ed by Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive CEO Chris Fettes to Ath­let­ic Direc­tor and Assis­tant Prin­ci­pal Sta­cy Ben­nett, this award rec­og­nizes high schools that demon­strate exem­plary sports­man­ship and eth­i­cal con­duct in all sports through­out the school year.

“Sports­man­ship is not only about how you play the game, but also how you treat oth­ers,” says Fettes. “We are hon­ored to sup­port this award cel­e­brat­ing high schools that fos­ter a cul­ture of respect, fair­ness and respon­si­bil­i­ty among stu­dents, coach­es, par­ents and spec­ta­tors. This school and oth­ers being rec­og­nized are set­ting pos­i­tive exam­ples for their com­mu­ni­ties and the future of our state.”

Georgia’s elec­tric mem­ber­ship coop­er­a­tives have pre­sent­ed this award annu­al­ly since 2006 to deserv­ing high schools across the state to rec­og­nize pos­i­tive behav­ior in ath­let­ics, because it reflects elec­tric co-ops’ val­ues of integri­ty, inno­va­tion, account­abil­i­ty and com­mit­ment to com­mu­ni­ty.