100% Tobacco-Free Sports is proud to announce the 2011-2012 100% Tobacco-Free Sports Middle School Basketball Players of the Year:
Malik Velmar 7th Grade Providence Creek/Team Final AAU
Maurice Williams 8th Grade Providence Creek/ECE AAU
Isaiah Russell 7th Grade Providence Creek/ECE AAU
Noah Taylor 6th Grade Eastern Christian Academy/ECE AAU
Javier Worthy 8th Grade Smyrna Middle School/ DFS-Taylor AAU
Awards will be delivered to the athlete's school by April 15, 2012.
100% Tobacco-Free Sports and the sponsored events are made possible through the Delaware Division of Public Health's Tobacco Prevention Community Contract. Funding for the contract is provided by the Delaware Health Fund and managed by the American Lung Association of Delaware.

100% Tobacco-Free Sports®
100% Tobacco-Free Sports was launched in 2002 with the mission of using the popularity of sports to develop positive life skills needed to resist peer and media pressure to engage in the risky behavior of tobacco, drugs and alcohol use. Founded by husband and wife team, Alvin and Paula Jackson, this youth targeting organization interacts with local schools, neighborhood/community orgiganizations to conduct sponsored sporting events. Events that aid in accomplishing our program’s ultimate goal of helping to instill in our youth the vital importance of making a wise and healthy choice concerning tobacco, drugs and alcohol use. Below is a list past and future 100% Tobacco-Free Sports® ’ sponsored events: