1996

of service to the mlle;;e. Students at ECCC achieved success and won numerous awards and honors dun;;g the 1995 athletic season, such as Brian Parks of Nev.'to::-. who was named Most Valuable Ten– nis Player. In baseball. Chris Ezelle of Union was "tamed Most Improved Player ard Sec– ond Team All-State. In softball, Tawana Carter of Union received the C"ach's Award; Chastity Bou-ds of Lawrence was namf:\j. All– Region 23; Shannon Hal7'50n of Union received the Most Improved Player Award Ryan Buteux of Lawrence ar.: Jason Vanderporten of Newtr- were named Most Valuable ... ~rsons; and Tish Vance of Li~ . Rock received the Offensive nward All-Region 23 and All-S:a:-e. Several Newton Cou:-:y stu– dents excelled in ba,ke-ball–

my Smith, Jason Jones and J.B. Ware, all of Union High School; and Denise Overstreet, Joel Rendleman, Jason Vanderpor– ten and Sammy Boykin, all of Newton High School. The Warrior Corps is the offi– cial student host and recruiting group for the college. Students are selected by a college inter– view panel. Members are Vicki Adcock and Staci Strebeck, both of DecatUJ:; Valeria Buggs, Sin- cere Moncrief, Brian Parks and Jon Sharp, all of Newton; Amy Phillips, Sandi Baldwin and Christina Miller, all of Union; Lisa Harrison of Little Rock; and Daniele Strait of Hickory. Vicki Adcock, Lisa Harrison, Lucas Harms, Jim Savell and Lee Rigdon of Decatur starred in the ECCC Players' dinner theatre production of Neil Simon's Rumors, which sold out for all three performances.

Hi.:r-ory, and Brandi Harber ,Free Throw Award and All– Star), J.J. Moorehead (Team Co– Captain), and O.J. Nichols (Freshman of the Year), all of Union. Other Newton County stu– dents received recognition in extracurricular areas. Members of the Warrior Marching Band include Lisa Harrison, Kristi Gordon, Melissa McLelland, Kerry Gibbon, Lori White, Leslie Terrell, Clay Hammond, Jason Jackson, Vicki Adcock, Mingo Tingle, Melissa McDill, Alex Savell, Jeremy Swindle, Josh Bamberg, Brian Green, Glen Hansford, Susan Smith, Dandy Shepard, Lucas Harms, Jim Savell, Daniele Strait, Staci Strebeck and Robert Evans, all from Newton County High School; Valeria Buggs of Nc.,v– ton Academy; Kristi Conrad, Gayla Penson, Lakeshi Buckley, n --!endon, Rvan McDill, Jim-

such as Cynthia Ellis Offensive Player) ·-:I Hurst (Hustle Aw.>-rd