For the first time in 50 years, Frederick Douglass High School has inducted a new class into the Astros Hall of Fame.
The 2026 Douglass High School Hall of Fame inductees include trailblazing officials, first-round draft picks, state champions, world champions, and more.
“We’re honoring some of our best athletes and coaches who have come out of Frederick Douglass High School,” Douglass High School athletic director Alana Allen said. “We have extraordinary history here at Frederick Douglass High School, and the people need to know about it. The whole community and the city of Atlanta need to know that greatness happens at Frederick Douglass High School.”
Super Bowl champion Jamal Lewis, Douglass High School’s first and only state basketball champions, and Shyronda Mifflin, the first woman from Douglass to play a professional sport were among the many honorees who came back to accept this honor in person.
“This is a school of excellence,” Lewis said. “This school has great tradition, and at the same time, there’s a lot of good people here, and they want the best for students. They just have to take advantage of it, and they can accomplish everything.”
Congratulations to the 2026 Frederick Douglass High School Hall of Fame Inductees:
- Jamal Lewis- Class of 1997
- College: University of Tennessee
- NFL Running Back- (2000-2009)
- 1st Round Pick, No. 5 overall – 2000 NFL Draft (Baltimore Ravens)
- Super Bowl XXXV Champion (Ravens)
- 2,066 rushing yard and 14 touchdown season (2003)
- 10,607 Career Rushing Yards, 58 Touchdowns
- All-State Running Back · Region Champion
- Tony Blount – Class of 1976
- College: University of Virginia
- All-State · Member of 1976 State Runner-Up team that made national headlines
- Drafted 1980 by New York Giants
- Stanley Pritchett – Class of 1992
- College: University of South Carolina
- All-State Tight End
- Drafted 1996 by Miami Dolphins
- 9-Year NFL Career with four teams (Miami, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta)
- Current head football coach at FDHS (sent multiple athletes to college)
- Ahmad Carroll – Class of 2001
- College: University of Arkansas
- National AAU Champion – 100m
- FDHS Track Record Holder
- All-SEC Defensive Back
- 1st Round Pick – 2004 NFL Draft (Green Bay Packers)
- NFL defensive back (2004-2009)
- Kevin Russell – Class of 1972
- College: Tennessee State
- Drafted to Eagles (1977)
- First FDHS Astro drafted to the NFL
- Jerome Boger – Class of 1973
- College: Morehouse College – Quarterback, 4‑year starter
- NFL Official (2004‑2022), promoted to Referee in 2006
- Referee for Super Bowl XLVII (2013)
- Chris Morris -Class of 1984
- College: Auburn University
- 1984 GHSA Basketball State Champion
- Georgia Mr. Basketball
- 1st Round Pick, #4 Overall – 1988 NBA Draft (New Jersey Nets)
- Nine seasons in the NBA (New Jersey, Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns)
- Harold Ellis – Class of 1988
- College: Morehouse College
- Two-time Player of the Year at Morehouse
- NBA (Los Angeles Clippers 1993-1995, Denver Nuggets 1997)
- Current Athletic Director at Morehouse College
- Jarvis Hayes – Class of 1999
- College: University of Georgia
- 1st Round Pick, #10 Overall – 2003 NBA Draft
- NBA (Washington Wizards 2003-2007, Detroit Pistons 2007-2008, New Jersey Nets 2008-2010)
- Shyronda Mifflin – Class of 1990
- Georgia All-State Basketball
- Basketball Scholarship to University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Professional Basketball Career
- First female athlete from FDHS to play professional sports
- Milton Campbell – Class of 1994
- College: University of North Carolina
- GHSA State Champion – 400m & 800m
- NCAA Track Champion
- World Indoor Champion (1999 Maebashi – 4x400m relay, 2006 Moscow -4x400m relay)
- Don Dollar
- Head Coach of 1984 Boys Basketball team
- Secured Douglass High School’s first and only Boys Basketball State Championship
- GHSA Hall of Fame Coach
- Bettye McClendon
- PE teacher/ Girls Basketball Coach
- First Black female official in NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament
- The FDHS 1984 Boys Basketball Team
- Won the first and only Boys Basketball State Championship for FDHS
- Led by Coach Don Dollar and standout Chris Morris
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