
Hoke
County’s Ronald Womack voted
N.C.
STEP “No Spit” All-Star of the Year
Womack honored as the state’s best baseball player who
has pledged not to use spit tobacco
In
the regular season, Womack was 6-1 with four saves and a 0.12 earned run average
with 114 strike outs and 20 walks. Womack
gave us just 19 hits during the regular season and opponents hit just .101
against him. Womack earned the N.C.
STEP “No Spit” All-Star of the Week honors for week three after giving up
just one hit and recording 20 strike outs in
"The
Sports Flash" (TSF) Radio Network commissioned Jostens, Inc. to design the
ring that will be presented to the N.C. STEP "No Spit" All-Star of the
Year. Jostens, Inc. has designed rings for the best athletes in the world,
including the 2007 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox. Fans selected the
design of the ring that will be presented to Hoke County's Ronald
Womack. Click
here to view the design of the ring.
Womack is the second-ever N.C. STEP “No Spit” All-Star of the Year for
baseball, joining
Each finalist pledged not to
use spit or smokeless tobacco, understanding that smokeless does not mean
harmless, as spit tobacco contains more than 28 cancer-causing agents.
These cancer-causing agents are present in cigarettes, cigars, smoke, and
all forms of smokeless tobacco, including spit, snuff, and chew.
The nominees have made the healthy lifestyle choice not to use spit
tobacco.
In the Oral Health America 2006
Spit Tobacco Report Card, the nation received a “D” for the use of spit
tobacco. That means between 12 to 20
percent of all high school males in the country have used spit tobacco in the
last 30 days. The campaign intends
to educate young people in
NC
STEP is an effort designed to educate
The
The
TSF Radio Network delivers customized, local sports reports to 174 network
affiliates in 14 different states, reaching a weekly listening audience of more
than 2.3 million people. TSF has 30
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| Online Votes | E-Mailed Votes | Total Votes | |
| Ronald Womack - Hoke County | 262 | 1,153 (14,748 faxed) | 16,163 |
| Trey Drewery - West Lincoln | 156 | 419 (12,769 faxed) | 13,344 |
| Ryan Cranmer - Croatan | 126 | 813 (6,455 faxed) | 7,394 |
| Michael Bass - Fairmont | 99 | 1,407 (5,349 faxed) | 6,855 |
| Rai Robinson - Kings Mountain | 144 | 1,097 (3,123 faxed) | 4,364 |
| Jared Fortune - SouthLake Christian | 47 | 222 (389 faxed) | 658 |
| Corey Dick - Albemarle | 32 | 343 | 375 |
| Jon Sharpe - Watauga | 20 | 260 | 280 |
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View the ring that will be presented to the N.C. STEP "No Spit" All-Star of the Year |
Download the N.C. STEP "No Spit" All-Star Pledge for Student-Athletes
Download the N.C. STEP "No Spit" Pledge for Coaches
Download the N.C. STEP "No Spit" Pledge for Parents
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