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OECATUR--East Central Community College sophomore Eric Gunn of

77th annual.meeting ofthe Missis~tppi A:-soc1auon of Career a

standing Post-Secondary Student of the Y car at the

Tee~~ Recei, ing honors is be– b duc:moJ:' lWfJ on the commg routine for Gunn, Pearl campus of Hmds who is also a recipient of Commun ty Coll~:ge. an ECCC Student of the Gunn. an honor st~dent 10 Month Award for Out– the College's draftmg and standing Achievement in design techn~log} pro- Drafting and Design Tech– gram, 1::. the ~trst ECCC nC'Iogy. He has also re– studenttorecetveth~ pre~- ceiYed numerous a.: a– ttgiou~ award. \\htch IS demic and leadershtp presented to the top voca- scholarslups. tional-technical student A Nat ional Dean's List representing the state's Scholar. Gurul t:-. a mem– community and jumor col- ber ofTheta Xt Chapter ~.1! leges. Phi Theta Kappa. the in-

At Lake, the 200 I honor graduate received the ge– ometry award, advanced geometry award, and the advanced biology award. He was also a two-year lettennan in football and recei ved the Iron Man Award and Academ·ic Award. He lettered five years in varsity baseball, receiving second teamAll– State and All-District hon– ors in addition to bemg p resented the Ho rnet Award, .300 Club Award and Academic Award an honor he received on ~wo occasions. He al so re– ceived awards for most improved player and for having the highest batting average. Gunn attended the Forest– Scott County Career and Tcchnology Center during hisjuniorand senior years, where he mai ntained a 4.0 grade point average 10 the Building Trades I and II classes. Gunn's success in carpentry, cabinetmaking and masonry earned him the Outstanding Student BuildingTrades ll Award. _ He also captured first – piace honors in the carpen– try compet ition at the Dis– trict and State SkillsUSA– VJCA contests and placed ninth in the national event held in Kansas City. Mls– soun Gunn \\Ill recene an -\:>sociate ')( Applied S'- lt.:nCe degree Jn draftmg and design lechnology from ECCC 10 \-fay 2003. He p.ans ~v (;Ontmue 1.s educauon at the L"nn er– sit_y of Southern M1ssis– s ippl and p ur sue a bachelor's degree in con– struction engineering tech- n nln nu

ternational honor :.t1Ctet~ of the two-year college. and the Co llege's SkillsUS.-\-\"ICA t\·oca– tional Industnal Clubs of America) chapter. In addttion. he has sen ed as a ~tudent rccrmter for ECCC and represented the College in radio and tele– ,·isio;conunerctals and 111 the video recntitmg pre– sentatiOn. which is shown to prospect1Ye students tn the five-county district. ECCC Draftmg and De– sign Technology instruc– tor Ricky Harrison nomi– nated Gunn for the state ACT£ award. and letters of recommendation were submitted by fellow in– structor Polly Mayes; John

"GUNN" continued from page one Anthony, building trades instructor at tb; Lake- Scott County Career and Technology Center. Prior to enrolling at East Central , Gunn attended Lake Attendance Center and the Forest-Scott Connty Careef and Tech– nology Center, where he also rece ived numerous honors.

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