Woodward Academy

For the school in Iowa, see Woodward–Granger Community School District

Woodward Academy
Location
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College Park , Georgia United States
Information
Type	Independent, college preparatory
Motto	"Excellence, Character, Opportunity"
Established	1900
President	F. Stuart Gulley
Faculty	315
Gender	Coeducational
Number of students	2,703
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Red, black, and white
Mascot	Eddie the Eagle
Website	www.woodward.edu

Woodward Academy (also known as Woodward or WA) is an independent, co-educational college-preparatory school for pre-kindergarten to 12th grade on two campuses located in College Park and Johns Creek, Georgia, United States, within the Atlanta metropolitan area.

History[]

Woodward Academy was founded in 1900 as Georgia Military Academy. Originally an all-male school, in 1964 it became coeducational and was renamed Woodward Academy in 1966. The boarding program was discontinued in 1993. Woodward draws its students from 23 metro Atlanta counties taken to school by MARTA, Woodward buses, parents, or carpool. The school has two campuses – the Main Campus in College Park (preK-12) and Woodward North in Johns Creek (preK-6).^[1]

Academics[]

Woodward Academy is divided into five schools. Located on the Main Campus in historic College Park are the Upper, Middle, Lower, and Primary schools. The second campus, Woodward North, serves preK through sixth grade. The Primary School has students in preK through 3rd grade, the Lower School has 4th through 6th grade students, the Middle School has 7th and 8th grade students, and the Upper School has students in 9th grade through 12th grade.^[2]

Athletics[]

Woodward Academy's athletics program sponsors 18 varsity sports across fall, winter and spring seasons. Woodward (formerly Georgia Military Academy) has won 84 State Championships administered by the Georgia High School Association.

State Championships[]

• Basketball (Boys): 2020
• Basketball (Girls): 1995, 1996, 1999, 2021
• Football: 1970, 1980
• Golf (Boys): 1970, 1972, 1974, 2013
• Golf (Girls): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
• Riflery: 2002, 2003, 2004
• Soccer (Boys): 1999, 2004, 2005, 2012
• Soccer (Girls): 2006
• Swimming (Boys): 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1987
• Swimming (Girls): 2014
• Tennis (Boys): 1987, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2021
• Tennis (Girls): 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015
• Track (Girls): 1986, 2014, 2021
• Volleyball (Girls): 1993, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010
• Wrestling: 1969, 1971, 1972, 2013, 2019 (Traditional), 2019 (Dual), 2020 (Traditional), 2020 (Dual)
• Literary: 1964, 1968
• Debate: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Notable alumni[]

Government[]

U.S. Representative John Flynt, 1954-1979

• Irlo "Bud" Bronson, Jr. – former Florida State Representative, 1983–1993
• Amy Carter (1985) – daughter of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
• John James Flynt, Jr. – former U.S. Representative, Georgia's 4th Congressional District, 1954–1979
• Spencer Frye (1986) – Georgia State Representative, 2013–present
• Phil Gramm (1961) – former U.S. Senator, Texas, 1985–2002; U.S. Representative, Texas's 6th Congressional District, 1979–1985
• Marty Harbin – Georgia State Senator, 2015–present
• Brian Jack (2006) – White House Political Director, 2018–2021
• Walter E. Johnston, III (1953) – former U.S. Representative, North Carolina's 6th Congressional District, 1981–1983
• Burt Jones (1998) – Georgia State Senator, 2013–present
• David Knight – Georgia State Representative, 2005–present
• Thomas J. Pearsall (1923) – former Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, 1947–1949; author of the Pearsall Plan, a school integration initiative
• Williamson S. Stuckey, Jr. (1952) – former U.S. Representative, Georgia's 8th Congressional District, 1967–1977; Chairman of Stuckey’s Corporation, 1985–2019
• Randolph W. Thrower (1930) – former U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1969–1971
• Andy Welch (1990) – Georgia State Representative, 2011–present
• Bruce Williamson (1972) – Georgia State Representative, 2011–present
• Fred Wood – Idaho State Representative, 2006–present

Athletics[]

MLB player Erskine Mayer, 1912-1919

• Andrew Adams (2011) – NFL player, 2016–present
• Henry Anderson (2010) – NFL player, 2015–present; 93rd pick of the 2015 NFL Draft
• Kiesha Brown (1996) – former WNBA player, 2002–2010
• A. J. Cole III (2014) – NFL player, 2019–present
• Delino DeShields, Jr. (2010) – MLB player, 2015–present; 8th overall pick of the 2010 MLB Draft
• Elijah Holyfield (2016) – NFL player, 2019–present; son of Evander Holyfield
• Julian Jenkins (2002) – former NFL player, 2006; 156th pick of the 2006 NFL Draft
• Dan Lyle (1988) - United States national rugby union team player, 1994–2003
• Tommy Lyons (1966) – former NFL player, 1971–1976; 350th pick of the 1971 NFL Draft
• Spider Maxwell (1983), former collegiate gymnast; 1987 Nissen Award Winner
• Erskine Mayer (1907) – former MLB player, 1912–1919
• Tim Simpson (1974) – former PGA Tour golfer, 1977–1998; former PGA Tour Champions golfer, 2006–2011
• Reed Sorenson (2004) – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver, 2005–present
• Juwan Thompson (2010) – former NFL player, 2014–2016

Military[]

Medal of Honor recipient Stephen W. Pless

• Julien J. LeBourgeois – former Vice Admiral, United States Navy; President of the U.S. Naval War College, 1974–1977
• Stephen W. Pless (1957) – former Major, United States Marine Corps; Medal of Honor recipient

Business[]

• Michael C. Carlos (1944) – former Chairman and CEO of the National Distributing Company; philanthropist
• Edwin W. Pauley (1919) – oil company executive; philanthropist
• Robert W. Woodruff (1908) – former President of The Coca–Cola Company, 1923–1955; philanthropist

Academia[]

• Phillip Griffiths – mathematician
• James F. Jones, Jr. (1965) – President of the Sweet Briar College, 2014–present; former President of Trinity College, 2004–2014; former President of Kalamazoo College, 1996–2004
• Sheryl McCollum – professor, crime analyst, non–profit founder/director
• William Tate – former Dean of Men at University of Georgia, 1946–1971

Entertainment[]

• Scott Budnick (1995) – film producer, most notably of The Hangover
• Roshani Chokshi (2009) – author
• Sterling Holloway (1920) – film and voice actor
• Jeffrey Stepakoff (1981) – film and TV writer, most notably of Dawson's Creek; author

References[]

External links[]

• Woodward Academy