Club Times: May June 2024

Sports ppreciation Night Presentation of the Buz McGriff Award and Induction of Members into the AAC Hall of Fame THURSDAY, MAY 9 | $ 145 ++ 5:30 pm Cocktail Hour & Children's Autograph Signing, 1 Autograph & 1 photo per child 6:30 pm Dinner and Program

2024 Buz McGriff Award Recipient Andruw Jones Andruw Jones played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball, including 12 seasons with the Atlanta Braves. Initially drafted by the Braves at age 16, Mr. Jones is widely considered to be the best player to come out of his home country of Curacao. After playing for the Braves, he went on to play for the Dodgers, Rangers, White Sox and Yankees to finish his career. Best known for his defensive prowess, Jones won 10 consecutive Gold Glove awards with the Braves, a feat accomplished by just four other players in baseball history. As one of the most prolific players to wear a Braves uniform, he is just the third player in franchise history to record seven 30-homer seasons, and was the youngest player to ever hit a home run in a World Series game at age 19.

10-Time NL Gold Glove Award Winner (1998– 2007) 5-Time All-Star (2000, 2002–03, 2005–06) MVP Runner-up in 2005 Led the majors with 51 home runs in 2005 Led the National League with 128 RBIs in 2005 NL Silver Slugger Award in 2005 NL Hank Aaron Award as the league's best offensive player in 2005 NL player of the Month for June and August 2005 Major League Player of the Year for 2005, as chosen by the MLBPA Number 25 retired by the Atlanta Braves on September 9, 2023

2024 AAC Hall of Fame Inductees

Todd Peterson AAC member since 1999 • NFL Placekicker: 159 games, 12 seasons, 5 teams • Converted 79.4% of FG attempts and 99.1% of PAT attempts • Scored 100 or more points in 6 NFL seasons • Scored 1043 points; At retirement, one of only 34 players with 1000 or more career points • Kicked 12 game-winning field goals; NFL record only player to make GWFGs with 5 different teams • 1999 Season - NFL record at time, Most 40+ yard FGs in a season (Seahawks, 14, since broken) • 1999 Season - Second in FGs made (34) and Third in Points Scored (134 • University of Georgia - 1992 Academic All America (Football) and Sphinx Inductee (1993) • Grew up in Valdosta, GA; was inducted into the Valdosta Sports Hall of Fame in 2007

Courtney Swaim Trimble AAC member since 2003 • Member of the victorious U.S. Curtis Cup Team 2002 • Competed on the Futures Tour with four top-five finishes • Competed in the U.S. Women’s Open 2002, 2004 • 4-year letterwinner at Auburn University; runner-up at the 2002 NCAA Championship • All-SEC honors 1999, 2001, 2002 and 1st Team All-American honors 2002 • Assistant Women’s Golf Coach – Auburn University 2006-2009; Head Women’s Golf Coach University of Central Florida 2009-2012; Head Women’s Golf Coach University of Louisville 2012-2019 • Individual state high school champion – Duluth High School 1998 • Gwinnett County Hall of Fame Inductee 2013

Jerry Rhea AAC member since 2020 • Athletic Trainer for the Atlanta • Induction into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1985 • Recipient of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Distinguished Service Athletic Trainer Award in 1991 • Induction into the GATA’s Hall of Fame in 2004; also named an award after him • Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS) created the Jerry “Hawk” Rhea Award • Induction into the PFATS Hall of Fame in 2022 • Pro Football Hall of Fame Award of Excellence, 2022 • Atlanta Falcon’s Training Room was named after him in 2022 Falcons from 1969 until 1994 and for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics