“Perseverance was his only option.”

Those were the first words said by Scott Myers of the Bryant-Jordan Foundation as he announced the Ken and Betty Joy Blankenship Achievement Award during the Bryant-Jordan Banquet which was streamed on WOTM-TV on Monday night. After that first sentence, it was pretty clear who Myers was talking about.

Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.