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2025 Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Winners

April 30, 2025

Congratulations to Coach Roy Williams, John Watkins, and Shea Trip for winning the 2025 Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup! This prestigious award honors athletes and professionals who exemplify outstanding character, leadership, and citizenship both on and off the field. As a Hall of Fame coach who led the North Carolina Tar Heels and Kansas Jayhawks, Coach Williams…

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ABW Announces 2025 Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Collegiate FINALISTS

February 20, 2025

Buy Tickets for 2025 Award Ceremony 3 Male & 3 Female Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup FINALISTS 3 Male & 3 Female Finalists will be invited to attend this year’s Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Awards in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday, April 25th @ The College Football Hall of Fame. For those who were not selected as…

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2025 Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Event poster

2025 Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Nominees

January 12, 2025

Congratulations! Finalists will be notified via email on February 15, 2025. Congratulations on this tremendous recognition of your hard work, character, and commitment to excellence.

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President Carter, Character, and the Code

January 6, 2025

President Jimmy Carter was not reelected to a second term, and his time in office at the time was considered a failure (despite some notable accomplishments).  However, there have been few Presidents as admired for their basic goodness and strength of character as Carter, and none (we can think of) who have made as great…

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The 21st Annual Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup

September 13, 2024

Nomination deadline is midnight, January 15, 2025 John Wooden, who won ten national championships during the years 1964-1975 as basketball coach at UCLA, is commonly regarded as the greatest college coach of any sport who ever lived.  Universally regarded as one of the finest human beings to ever grace the world of sports, his character,…

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The 17th Annual Vincent J. Dooley Scholarship Recipients for School Year 2023-2024

May 4, 2024

The 2024 Vincent J. Dooley Scholarship winners were announced at the Athletes for a Better World (ABW) Awards ceremony, which was held at North Atlanta High School on May 4th, 2024.  The female winner was Mary Rozier of Eagles Landing High School and this year we had two male winners, Nathan Hayes from Effingham County…

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Athletes For A Better World and Theta Delta Chi fraternity are partnering for Hobart and William Smith Color Run

February 23, 2024

Athletes For A Better World and Theta Delta Chi fraternity are partnering for the 2nd annual Hobart and William Smith Color Run, taking place on May 3, 2024 at 2:30 pm. Athletes For A Better World and Theta Delta Chi aim to promote positive values through sports. Both organizations aim to make a positive impact…

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Second Annual ABW Golf Tournament Thanks Its Patrons!

December 2, 2022

The Second Annual ABW Golf Tournament conducted on November 28th at Country Club of Roswell was an outstanding success as noted by the players and sponsors. Proceeds from the event will benefit the ABW college scholarship fund. Workday was the Title Sponsor, and the Silver Sponsors were Invisors, Macrospect, and Slalom. Golfers enjoyed a challenging…

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ABW GOLF TOURNAMENT

August 23, 2022

FIND OUT HOW TO PLAY FOR FREE! ABW GOLF TOURNAMENT Monday, November 28, 2022 Country Club of Roswell   Go to www.donorrise.com/ABWGolf/Golf2022 to register. View Updates tab to be an Ambassador fundraiser to play free and win prizes! Go to www.abwgolf.givesmart.com for the Auction! Questions? Contact John White at johngfgs@gmail.com or 404-310-7176  

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Athletes For A Better World Selects SSEC to Lead Sports Marketing Efforts

January 14, 2022

Athletes for a Better World (ABW) has selected Sports Sponsorships and Events Consulting, LLC (SSEC) to lead sponsorship and sports marketing strategies on behalf of the national non-profit organization. ABW oversees and operates The Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup and the Vincent J. Dooley Awards & Scholarships. Both programs were developed to celebrate athletes and their…

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