2000

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Wee s named scholar/ athlete All-American at EC

e ral Community tudent-athlete Chris

A civil engineering major, Weems has maintained a 4.0 grade point average at East Central. He was named th e

We m of ewton has been named to the .J.C. Grid-Wire

Scbola~ Athlete AIJ– Amencan Team for the 1999 ,ea:,on. WE'E.'m, is one of onb t \\ o Mississippi pia~ ers chosen for the prcstigiou~

,_..-~-~- College's HEADWAE (Higher Education Appreciation Day - Working Toward Aca– demic Excellence) Stu– dent of the Year for 1999-2000, and

award, which is sponsored by the Seattle Scahawks National Football L..--...L-----L--' son. LeaguE.' team. The selectiOn of Chris Weems

received special recog– nition during program activities held in Jack-

Weems is also a standout first base-

Weems. an All-State punlt•r and President's List scholar. came as no surprise to Warrior head foot bali coach Terry Underwood who nominated him for tlie honor. "I am \'Cry happy that Chris has received this honor and he is obviously very deserving of the award. He is an outstand– ing footba ll player and an out– standing student. In my opin– ion, Chris Weems is the model athlete," Underwood said. \Veems, \\ ho was a mcmhc1· of the Warrior football team for just his sophomore season , averaged 40.8 yards per punt on 54 attempts. He tied for sec– ond place honors among state punters. He helped lead EC to an 8-3 mark last fall. W<>ems plan:s to continue his athletic career as an 111\ it– ed walk -on at Mississippi State University, where he hns received an academ1c :scholar– ship.

man outfielder on the ECCC baseball team, and was the ·recipient of the Diamond War– rior Academic Award last year. Among other honors he has received include the National Collegiate Engineering Award and J. Andy :\1il1er Freshman Engineering Award. He wat; also named an All– American Schola r and wa s ~~ected to Who's Who Among Students in American Commu– nity and Jumor Colleges. In addition, Weems partici– pates in various clubs and organizations, serving as vice president of Alpha Alph a Epsilon. "The Engineers," and secretary-treasurer of Mu Alpha Theta, an organization for students interes ted in mathematics. A graduate of Newton High School, Weems is the son of .Johnie Floyd Weems, Jr. and Dr :Ailge ta Weems of Newton.

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