Greater New Orleans Amateur Athlete of the MonthThe Greater New Orleans Sports Selection Committee began in 1958 when James Collins spearheaded a group of sports journalists to form a sports awards committee to immortalize local sports history. For 12 years, the committee honored local athletes each month. In 1970, the Sugar Bowl stepped in to sponsor and revitalize the committee, leading to the creation of the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame in 1971, honoring 10 legends from the Crescent City in its first induction class. While adding the responsibility of selecting Hall of Famers, the committee has continued to recognize the top amateur athlete in the Greater New Orleans area each month - the honors enter their 52nd year in 2010. To be eligible, an athlete must be a native of the greater New Orleans area or must compete for a team in the metropolitan region. Each of the monthly award winners are honored in the summer at the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony, hosted by the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

Brittany Powell, a junior forward for the Xavier University women's basketball team, has been named the Allstate Sugar Bowl Greater New Orleans Amateur Athlete of the Month for January.

Powell led Xavier to a 9-2 month of January, including nine straight Gulf Coast Athletic Conference victories to take over first place in the league. She averaged 17.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game while shooting 60 percent from the field and 85 percent from the free-throw line. She was named the GCAC Player of the Week three times during the month and after scoring 29 and 27 points in back-to-back games was also named the NAIA Division I National Player of the Week and the Louisiana Player of the Week. Her 29- and 27-point games are the top two scoring performances by a Xavier female in the last six years. After opening the month with two non-league losses by a total of three points, the Gold Nuggets rattled off nine straight victories. They remain in first place in the GCAC and are now ranked No. 19 in the nation.

Powell was selected in tight balloting which included three other outstanding candidates: Tulane standout Roshaundra Barnes, Loyola scoring machine Ryan Brock and Country Day star Matt Derenbecker. Barnes has been the spark for the Green Wave women's basketball team, which leads Conference USA and is bidding to make a return to the NCAA Tournament; Brock is sixth nationally in scoring in NAIA with 21.4 points per game; and Derenbecker is arguably the top high school basketball player in the state, averaging 25.1 points, 11 rebounds and five assists per game.

Allstate Sugar Bowl Amateur Athlete of the Month Honors

2010

 January Brittany Powell
 Basketball Xavier University


2009

 December Torrey Pierce
 Football John Curtis HS
 November Carvin Johnson
 Football Rummel HS
 October James Gillum
 Football Pearl River HS
 September Gavin Webster
 Football Lutcher HS
 August Lucas LeBlanc
 Baseball New Orleans Boosters
 July Raymond Winter
 Baseball Peake BMW
 June Ryan Shimpf
 Baseball Louisiana State
 May Chad Gough-Fortenberry
 Baseball Northshore HS
 April Daniela Holmqvist
 Golf Tulane University
 March Olivia Grayson
 Basketball Archbishop Chapelle HS
  Matt Derenbecker
 Basketball Metairie Park Country Day HS
 February Tony Wood
 Wrestling Archbishop Rummel HS
 January Jada Frazier
 Basketball University of New Orleans
  Patrick Mullins
 Soccer Jesuit HS

2008

 December Blake Matherne
 Football Belle Chasse HS
 November Sara Radosevic
 Volleyball Tulane University
 October Tyrelll Fenroy
 Football U. of Louisiana-Lafayette
  Jarrell Johnson
 Football Archbishop Rummel HS
 September Scott Buisson
 Football Y. of Arkansas-Monticello
 August Jordan Rittiner
 Baseball Jesuit HS/Retief Oil
 July Brian Blackwell
 Track Destrehan HS/St. Charles Striders
  Quinton Johnson
 Track East St. John HS/St. Charles Striders
  Henry Lennox
 Track Destrehan HS/St. Charles Striders
  Torrie Zeno
 Track East St. John HS/St. Charles Striders
 June Andrew Noto
 Golf Hahnville HS
 May Kevin Dessauer
 Tennis Louisiana State
 April Meghan Patterson
 Softball Mount Carmel Academy
 March Greg Monroe
 Basketball Destrehan HS
 February Bo McCalebb
 Basketball University of New Orleans
 January Breana Turner
 Basketball De La Salle HS


2007

 December Damaris Johnson
 Football Destrehan HS
 November Meggie Schmidt
 X-Country Sacred Heart Academy
 October Matt Forté  Football Tulane University
  Rhegan Whollerman
 Volleyball Newman HS
 September Matt Forté  Football Tulane University
 August Jerad Comarda
 Baseball New Orleans Boosters
 July Matty Ott
 Baseball Holy Cross HS/Ponnstein's
 June Kevin Barry
 Baseball Brother Martin HS
 May Joey Butler
 Baseball University of New Orleans
 April Ashley Brignac
 Softball John Curtis HS
 March Johnny Giavotella
 Baseball University of New Orleans
 February Greg Monroe
 Basketball Helen Cox HS
 January Jami Montagnino
 Basketball Tulane University

 
2006

 December Bo McCalebb
 Basketball University of New Orleans
 November Daniel Borne
 Football Archbishop Shaw HS
 October Suzanne Jaydel
 Volleyball Sacred Heart Academy
 September Joe McKnight
 Football John Curtis HS
 August Not Awarded - Katrina
  
 July Not Awarded - Katrina  
 June Not Awarded - Katrina  
 May Not Awarded - Katrina  
 April
 Not Awarded - Katrina  
 March Not Awarded - Katrina  
 February Not Awarded - Katrina  
 January Not Awarded - Katrina  


2005

 December Not Awarded - Katrina  
 November Not Awarded - Katrina  
 October Not Awarded - Katrina  
 September Not Awarded - Katrina  
 August Not Awarded - Katrina  
 February Bo McCalebb
 Basketball University of New Orleans
    


2004

 December Patrick Jackson
 Football West St. John HS
 November Kirk Bush
 Football John Curtis HS
 October Roydell Williams
 Football Tulane University
 September Ryan Perrilloux
 Football East St. John HS
 August Kirk Cunningham
 Baseball American Legion
 July Kyle Beerbohm
 Baseball American Legion
 June Johnny Giavotella
 Baseball Jesuit HS
 May Michael Kogan
 Tennis Tulane University
 April Jessica Barksdale
 Softball John Curtis HS
 March Thomas Diamond
 Baseball University of New Orleans
 February Bo McCalebb
 Basketball University of New Orleans
 January D.J. Augustin
 Basketball Brother Martin HS

 
2002

 November Anthony Cannon
 Football Tulane University
    

 


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