Phil Niekro Scholarship Awards
One purpose of the Braves 400 club is to promote baseball throughout Georgia. One way we do this is to award two $1,000 scholarships in the name of Hall of Famer Phil Niekro. Scholarship funds are raised through the sale of limited edition Phil Niekro prints, and proceeds from the annual silent auction held as part of the Gameboree. This year's recipients are the Georgia Institute of Technology and Morris Brown College.
Joe Simpson, Coach Danny Hall, Coach Guy, and Phil Niekro	Georgia Institute of Technology The premiere intercollegiate baseball program inthe state, the Yellow Jackets open the 2001 season ranked #1 by Collegiate Baseball. Coach Danny Hall's squad hopes to defend their ACC regular season and tournament championship on the way to earning a berth in the College World Series in Omaha, NE. Coach Hall was National Coach of the Year in 1997. He joined the Yellow Jackets in 1994 after being head coach at Kent State for six years. His overall record as a head coach is: 511-253 (.669).

Morris Brown College Established in 1885, Morris Brown College offers majors in more than 30 areas of study. The Wolverines will have their work cut out for them in 2001 as Head Coach Barry Cross leads Morris Brown in their inaugural season of NCAA baseball. With an aggressive 52 plus game schedule, Coach Cross' team will be battle-tested come April.