President John's Message
R.T. (Skipper) Hoke Leadership Awards
For at least 32 years Roswell
Rotary has honored a player on the Roswell High School football team who
exemplified leadership throughout his football career. This award is voted on
by his peers - his fellow football players. Originally called the Outstanding
Leadership Award, for years we invited the entire football team, coaches, and
cheerleaders to join us for lunch to honor the recipient of the award.
Before Roswell Rotary began this tradition, the local Jaycees held a yearly
banquet for the community to present a similar award.
Longtime
member Skipper Hoke was a banker, community leader, and a huge booster of all
things Roswell High School and its sports teams. For years he helped lead our
Roswell Rotary Relays, often working the scoring table throughout the
day. After his death in 2016, we renamed this award after him to honor
the impact and dedication Skipper gave to our young people and athletics in our
community.
Last
year, we expanded our awards to honor leaders from our two other high schools
on Woodstock Road - Fellowship Christian and Blessed Trinity Catholic High
Schools. This week we welcome the award winners, their families, and
coaches to our lunch meeting to receive these honors. Our keynote message
will be given by new Georgia Tech Offensive Coordinator Buster Faulkner.
Having just been on the staff at the National Champion Georgia Bulldogs for the
last three years, Buster was essentially the quarterback coach and instrumental
in the success of their star QB Stetson Bennett.
Hope
to see you Thursday as we honor these fine young men.
R.T. (Skipper) Hoke Leadership Awards
Buster Faulkner - Keynote Speaker
Offensive Coordinator at Georgia Tech
Buster
Faulkner, who boasts 18 years of experience on college football staffs –
including 11 as an offensive coordinator – and three national championship
rings, is in his first season as the offensive coordinator at Georgia Tech.
Faulkner
comes to Tech after winning two national titles in three seasons as an
offensive quality control assistant for quarterbacks at Georgia (2020-22). At
UGA, he played a significant role in constructing and fielding one of the
college football’s top offenses, highlighted by the Bulldogs finishing in the
top five nationally both in scoring (41.3 ppg) and total offense (501.1 ypg)
in 2022. Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett IV finished fourth in voting for
the 2022 Heisman Trophy in Faulkner’s final year on the UGA staff.
Prior
to his three-year stint at Georgia, he spent the previous 10 seasons as
offensive coordinator at Southern Miss (2019), Arkansas State (2016-18), Middle
Tennessee (2011-15*) and Murray State (2010). His 11 seasons as a coordinator
also includes a season as OC at Valdosta State in 2008. He also coached
quarterbacks at Central Arkansas in 2009, coached QBs at Valdosta State in 2007
and was a graduate assistant at Georgia in 2006.
In
all, he has won three national championships, six conference titles and five
division crowns at the collegiate level and a state championship at the high
school level as a player and coach at Parkview High School.
He
and his wife, Tia, have a son, Harrison, and two daughters, Hadley and Haisley.
Event Date Saturday Feb. 11
Hearts for Honduras Tickets on Sale
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Sandestin FL Apr. 27-30
Pig Roast and Corn Hole and a Rockin' Good Time
District Conference 2023
District Conference … is it just a bunch of meetings and listening to speeches? Not if Roswell Rotary has anything to do with it. Arrive on Thursday and make your way to the best Hospitality Suite … Roswell Rotary’s ... where it is always Rockin’!!
With a District Governor who taught agriculture at UGA, what better way to kick it off than with Pig Roast and Cornhole tournament on Thursday evening. Green Acres may be the place to be, but Arnold the Pig will not survive the first night! And after last fall’s Polio Cornhole warmup event, Roswell Rotary is sure to rule!
We are a mighty force for good during the year and an even mightier force for FUN at the conference. We need your fun and creativity and cornhole skills! Make your reservations today!
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