The annual meeting of the Georgia Dugout Club took place from Thursday January 20 – Saturday January 22nd. The meeting concluded in its customary fashion with it’s Hall of Fame inductees and 2010 Coach of the year awards. This season, Pope High School was fortunate to have Coach Alan Savransky awarded one of the 2010 assistant coach of the year awards.

The assistant coach of the year award is given to a coach who dedicates him or herself above and beyond the normal demands and scope of the normal coaching expectations. Assistant coaches of the year are renowned for their self-sacrifice and dedication to the betterment of the players in their program.

The assistant coach of the year award is the highest honor an assistant softball coach in the state of Georgia can be awarded. The process for being awarded this prestigious honor is a recommendation from the head coach of the team. Once nominated, all nominees are reviewed by a selection committee. The selection committee compares all nominees and selects those that they feel are most deserving for the 2010 season.

In 2010, Coach Savransky assisted Pope to it’s 2nd ever state playoff appearance in Pope history. It is not coincidental that the only two times Pope has ever been to the state playoffs are the only two times Coach Savransky has been on the softball coaching staff with the other state playoff appearance being in 2006. Coach Savransky also helped Pope to a region record 10 wins and a school record 19 victories. Coach Savransky also assisted in tallying Pope’s first state playoff victory ever when Pope defeated Creekview in the 2nd game of the best of three series in October.

These impressive achievements coupled with the long hours spent working with the players of the program and the sacrifices of missing his daughter’s softball games at rival Walton High make Coach Savransky a more than deserving recipient.

Pope High School is proud of Coach Savransky and would like to thank him for his hard work and dedication put forth this season. Pope fastpitch is lucky to have a coach of Coach Savransky’s caliber and high character.