Brookwood hosts 2023 Hall of Fame ceremony

This years inductees included several names that are in the Warrior athletics history books. Charles Allen played basketball and football at Brookwood and was a threeyear starter on the football team. He helped lead the Warriors to eight shut out games in his senior season and was a member of the best defense in school history in 1975, helping Brookwood to a 13-0 record and a state title.

Julie Bryan Moran was a three sport athlete playing basketball, tennis and running track for the Warriors. She was a stand out on the hardwood helping lead the Warriors to their first region title as a sophomore and setting a school record in her senior year with 41 rebounds in a single game. She went on to have a very successful broadcasting career working with ESPN, NBA, ABC and ET. She worked with big names like Julius Erving and was named the first female host of the Emmy award-winning Wide World of Sports.

“It just means everything because I think when you work in the sports world like I did any ESPN and ABC, learning how to win, fall, pick yourself up, fail and work with other colleagues it just helped me so much in my work environment,” Moran said. “Just being part of a team. I learned teamwork here, I learned success and failure here and it just helped me in every aspect of my broadcasting career.”

Drew Balfour played baseball for the Warriors, but is best remembered for his remarkable achievements on the gridiron. Balfour played running back, receiver and quarterback for the football team and was also a four-year starter at cornerback. He finished his Brookwood football career with 1890 rushing yards and 32 touchdowns, 1278 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns and complete 72% of his passes for 274 yards. He helped lead the Warriors to an undefeated season and a state title in his junior year.

Steve Miller played basketball, football, baseball and ran track for Brookwood. He was twice all region and once all state as a senior at halfback in football. He broke Brookwood’s single game rushing record multiple times in his career and was named MVP of the 1975 football state championship team.

Finally, there was Rick Singletary, who played football, basketball and golf for the Warriors. He led the football team as a receiver and in ’77 was a starter on the first Brookwood basketball team to go undefeated and win a state title. In his senior year with the basketball team, Singletary averaged 14 points four rebounds and almost seven assists per game on his way to being named all-region and team MVP. He played on the golf team for five years and was a member of 5 state championship teams over the course of his time at Brookwood and was named Most Valuable Senior Athlete in 1978.

The ceremony concluded with the singing of the Brookwood School Alma Mater song after which the inductees enjoyed some food above the gym with family and friends. A night to remember for all as Brookwood honored athletes that have forever left their mark as a Warrior.