2001

Former ECJC Club Team Members Honored at Homecoming These former East Central Comll'lunity College ath– letes who were members of women's club teams from 1956-1975 were presented varsity letters during a spe– cial ceremony held during homecoming activities in October on the Decatur campus. Former ECJC coach LuciJle Wood, event organizer, made the presentation to her former players "who truly paved the way for women's sports as they are known today." Included in the group are former basketball, tennis and volley– ball team members who participated in their respec– tive sport without receiving scholarships or varsity letters. The players also furnished their own uni– forms. First row, from left, are Ann Sigrest Willi.tnts,

Columbia; Gail Dubard l,i hour, Clinton; Lois Blount Cooper, Decatur; Patsy r),l uigan Clark, Louisville; Linda Lea GJasglow, Gr(•t•~wi U e; Brenda Waggoner Kirby, Forest; coach Wuodj Decatur; Nan Shields Morgan, Ridgeland; jo 1\lgnn Blackburn, Decatur; Annette Duncan Presley, J~lrkson; Lynn Russell HJycs, Decatur; Donna Kl1ksey Durr, Raymond; and Lucy Young, Vicksburg. stcond row, from left, are Lib Smith IJilJ, Forest; Sh;lwn Osborn Brown, Austin, 'r(!xas; Hetty 'l',tdh;Sk Haney, Brandon; Patsy l~1dlock Hollingsworth, Murton; Billie McCrory W.1tkins, Porest; Sylvia 1-1/rn Bush, Newton; Brenda Garvin McMulJtm, Oc\·atuf: Sandy Puckett Keenan,

Bay Springs; Becky Carter Phillips and Ann Hall, bnth of Philadelphia; Wanda Elliott N< Walnut; and Dana Griffis Carson, Meridian. row, frum ldt, are Peggy Nickell McQueen, Rod:, Ark.; Rita Jones Waggoner, Forest; Rit. Gibbon, Birmingham, Ala.; Elaine Moore Jo Pearl; Cynda Gibbon Barfield, Baton Rouge, Lind.1 I I ill Eal