NEWS

02-01-07

NEWS RELEASE

 For Immediate Release

Contact: Reginald Grant 323-376-1057

African American Scholar Athletes receive top Honors

 2007 Watkins Scholar Athlete Awards

Southern California Regional Awardees

• Christian T. Browne-Frazier, 3.0 G.P.A.

Verbum Dei High School

Los Angeles/ Watts (Private)

Primary Sport: Football

Committed to Texas Southern University

• Gino Gordon, 3.84 G.P.A.

Francis Parker High School

 San Diego (Private)

Primary Sport: Football

 Committed to Harvard

• Ryan Scarrllet, 3.2 G.P.A.

Santee Education Complex

Los Angeles (LAUSD)

Primary Sport: Basketball

• Lairin K. Taylor, 4.0 G.P.A.

Narbonne High School

Los Angeles (LAUSD) 

Primary Sport: Football

Phoenix Arizona Regional Winners

• Everson Griffen, GPA. 3.3

            Aqua Fria High School

Phoenix, Arizona

           Committed to USC

• Chazuray Hampton, GPA. 3.2

            Santa Cruz Valley Union High School

Phoenix, Arizona

Event Photos..

  Sponsors of this year’s event include Wachovia Securities, Disney, Pink’s Hot Dogs, Remy Martin, Nash Management Group, Chase Bank, Norman Lewis Limosine, Ehlers Cadillac, and Jostens Corporation who manufactures and donates the Watkins Award trophy and rings.

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Media representatives are invited to cover the awards ceremony. For more information about the Watkins Award, The Alliance, or to get tickets for the events visit our website at www.naaaa.com or email everedy@aol.com

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The Watkins Award is presented annually to African American scholar-athletes since 1992, the Watkins Award is named for Franklin D. Watkins, the coach of championship football and basketball teams in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  Previous winners of the Watkins Award include Arizona Cardinals Robert Tate, Darnell Dinkins of the Baltimore Ravens, LaVarr Arrington of the Washington Redskins, Grant Irons and Ronald Curry of the Oakland Raiders, Deryck Toles of the Indianapolis Colts, Ted Ginn of Ohio State and Justin Blalock of Texas.

The National Alliance of African American Athletes was founded in 1989.  The mission of The Alliance is to empower African American males through athletics, education and public programs.

11^th Annual Watkins “Teen Summit” ..information.

The nationwide “Watkins Award “for African American High School Male Scholar Athletes.