Week 12 Student-Athlete of the Week: Reed Chandley, Cherokee
Reed Chandley, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound senior kicker/punter at Cherokee, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week. Chandley has a 3.4 GPA and was the leading scorer on his team with 44 points (17 extra points and nine field goals).
Week 11 Student-Athlete of the Week: Ashton Woods, Walton
Ashton Woods, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound senior linebacker, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week. Woods has 90 tackles, 13 tackles for losses and seven sacks this season for the Region 5-7A champion Raiders, who are 9-0 and ranked No. 2. He has a 3.88 GPA.
Week 10 Student-Athlete of the Week: Tyler Denny, Prince Avenue Christian
Tyler Denny, a 5-foot-11, 190-pound senior kicker and punter at Prince Avenue Christian, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week. Denny, who has a 3.9 GPA, has contributed 60 kicking points (51-of-52 on extra points, 3-for-3 on field goals) with a punting average of 36.9 yards and a long of 51 yards.
Week 9 Student-Athlete of the Week: Sam Nazarian, Mount Vernon
Sam Nazarian, a 5-foot-10, 175-pound quarterback at Mount Vernon, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week. Nazarian has a 4.3 GPA and scored a 33 on the ACT. He has passed for about 1,471 yards and has 25 combined passing and rushing touchdowns this season for the 5-2 Mustangs.
Week 8 Student-Athlete of the Week: Christian Johnson, Pace Academy
Christian Johnson, a 6-foot-2, 203-pound senior running back/linebacker at Pace Academy, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week. Johnson has a 93.6 GPA and has Division I football offers from Army, Indiana, Memphis, Cincinnati and South Florida, among others.
Week 7 Student-Athlete of the Week: Xaden Benson, North Atlanta
Xaden Benson, a 6-foot, 180-pound senior wide receiver and defensive back at North Atlanta, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week. Benson, who has a 4.2 GPA, has 386 yards receiving with eight total touchdowns (five offensive, three defensive) and three interceptions.
Week 6 Student-Athlete of the Week: Jackson Hughes, Marist
Jackson Hughes, a 5-foot-11, 225-pound senior fullback at Marist, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week. Hughes has a 4.2 GPA and is being recruited to play college football by Johns Hopkins, Davidson, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Cornell, Washington and Lee, and Stetson, among others.
Week 5 Student-Athlete of the Week: Landon Dolhancyk, McIntosh
Landon Dolhancyk, a 6-foot-5 senior wide receiver at McIntosh, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week. Dolhancyk is third in the state (all classes) in receiving yards with 550 yards on 32 catches for the Class 5A Chiefs, whose 4-1 start is their best since 2017.
Week 4 Student-Athlete of the Week: Wes Pope, Telfair County
Wes Pope, a junior offensive lineman at Telfair County, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the week. Pope, who has a 4.0 GPA and is ranked No. 1 in his class, plays football, tennis, and golf.
Week 3 Student-Athlete of the Week: Norcross’s A.J. Watkins
A.J. Watkins, a 6-foot-2, 195-pound senior quarterback at Norcross, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week. Watkins has passed for 2,963 yards and 35 touchdowns and rushed for 1,249 yards and 14 touchdowns in his career. He has a 3.34 GPA. Watkins is committed to the Air Force Academy.
Week 2 Student-Athlete of the Week: Douglas County’s Sire Hardaway
Sire Hardaway, a 6-foot, 160-pound senior quarterback at Douglas County, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the week. Hardaway has a 3.75 GPA and has led the Tigers to a 2-0 record. He has completed 50 of 59 passing attempts (84.7%) for 644 yards and seven touchdowns. He has also rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown.
Week 1 Student-Athlete of the Week: Mount Paran Christian’s George Childs
George Childs kicked the winning field goal in overtime in the Eagles’ 29-26 victory over Midtown last week. He has a 4.3 GPA and is a member of the National Honor Society, as well as the Math and Spanish National Honor Societies.