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UNG honors mayor of Cumming

Gravitt lauded for dedication, vision

Cumming Mayor H. Ford Gravitt received the Presidential Leadership Award on Friday night during the University of North Georgia’s second annual Scholarship Ball at the Lanier Technical College Forsyth Conference Center.

CUMMING -- Cumming’s longtime mayor received the highest honor presented by the University of North Georgia during an event Friday night.

H. Ford Gravitt — now in his 48thyear of service to the city of Cumming, first as a city councilman and for more than four decades as mayor — was presented with the Presidential Leadership Award during the university’s second annual Scholarship Ball at the Lanier Technical College Forsyth Conference Center.

First held last year in Gainesville, the black-tie event raises money for student scholarships and celebrates the university’sBut he will not play high school football at Matthews (N.C.) Butler this fall. Instead, LeMay will prepare for his future at the University of Georgia, where he plans to enroll in January, his family said in a statement released Tuesday.

It is believed to be the first time a major recruit after opted not to play his senior season. But it does come with a twist.

LeMay was given a 40-day reassignment to an alternate school (essentially an out-of-school suspension) for what the family is describing as a "youthful indiscretion" he committed at the end of last school year.

Because of it, LeMay likely would not have been eligible to play at Butler until November, if at all.

LeMay could have transferred to another school - where he could have played