CCSD Leader To Be Inducted Into Sports Hall Of Fame

Press release from CCSD:

May 1, 2023

A Cherokee County School District leader will be inducted into the Cherokee County Sports Hall of Fame next month!

Tonya Sebring, who serves as CCSD’s supervisor of student activities and athletics, will be inducted as part of the organization’s annual enshrinement banquet on May 5.

Ms. Sebring coached the first softball team in Cherokee County history to win a Georgia High Schools Association state championship at Woodstock High School in 2006. In honor of her success, she was named 2006 Georgia Athletic Coaches Association’s State Softball Coach of the Year. During her coaching career at Woodstock and Etowah High Schools, Ms. Sebring also led her teams to four region championships and 15 consecutive winning seasons. She earned multiple county and region Coach of the Year awards during her tenure.

“Congratulations to Tonya on earning this very special accolade to add to her impressive record of athletic achievement,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower said. “Tonya is a role model to many student athletes, coaches and athletic directors for her successes on the field and in her profession as a teacher, coach, administrator and athletics leader. Kudos on this honor and thank you for all you do for our students!”

Following her success as a coach and teacher, Ms. Sebring began serving as an assistant principal at Etowah High School and then as assistant principal and athletic director at Woodstock High School. She was named in 2018 to her current role overseeing all CCSD high school athletics and activities. In this role, she helped CCSD earned national renown for the successful 2020 launch of its flag football program, and she has been invited to present on the program to high school athletic leaders across the country. CCSD also has earned top honors for athletic program safety, including the 2021 National Athletic Trainers’ Association Safe Sports School award.

The first softball player at Kennesaw State University to sign a scholarship and a member of its inaugural fast-pitch team, Ms. Sebring was inducted in 2006 by her alma mater into the Kennesaw State Softball Circle of Honor. She served for eight years as the state softball chair for the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association and was inducted in 2017 into the Georgia Dugout Club Hall of Fame.

The Cherokee County Sports Hall of Fame this year also will induct former Sequoyah High School football star D.J. Bleisath, who played for Tennessee Tech, the Oakland Raiders and the Arena Football League. The event is at 6 p.m. at Woodstock City Church; tickets can be purchased online at https://ccshof.ticketleap.com/

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