2001

WEEK OF ~q Alo/

ECCC names baseball stadium after Clark

ba...,eball stadium, Harri...,on said variou" projects are planned as memorial-. to Clark and "ill be completed ' ~n funds are a atlab Contributions rna\ be sent to the Janue Oark :Y1cmoria1 Fund, The \\am or Club, East Central Comm– un ty College, P. 0. Box 129, Decatur, ~15 39327.

East Central Commumty College in Decatur has named its baseball stadium m memory of~----~

former head coach Jamie Clark, who died in July after losmg a six-month bat– tle to cancer. A ceremony to officially dedicate "Jamie

Jamie

Clark Clark Stadium" will be held at the first home game of the 2002 season. Also at that nme, Clark's jersey number "41" will be retired. The Diamond \Yarriors' home opener i!> scheduled for Feb. 18 against East Mississippi at 1 p.m. Clark. who \\as diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor prior to the 2001 sea– son, led the Dtamond Warriors to their only state champi– onship in 1998. He guided EC to a 365-301-1 overall mark during his 14-year tenure. Efforts to name the base– ball stadium in Clark's honor were led by Ricky Harrison, Warrior Club president; Jake Yarborough, Diamond War– rior head coach and former Clark assistant; and Larry Blackburn, former EC staff member. The proposal was approved by the ColJege's Board of Trustees at its Nov. 13 meeting. In addition to naming the

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