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ECCC baseball stadium named in memory of former

Recommend Names for Campus Building and Facilities. In ai:ldition to naming the base– ball stadium, Harrison said various projects are planned as memorials to Coach Clark and will be com– pleted when funds are available. Contributions may be sent to I the Jamie Clark Memorial Fund, The, Warrior Club, East Central Community College, P. 0. Box 129, Decatur, Miss. 39327. The Warrior baseball field is named in memory of former team l}lember Chris Gay IV of Meqdian. Gay and classmate Mandy Chamblee of Philadelphia were killed in an automobile acci– ·dent during the 1987 fall semester.

East Central Community College in Decatur has named its baseball stadium in memorv offer– mer head coach Jamie Cl~k who died in July after losing a six· month battle to cancer. -\ ceremony to officially dedi– cate "Jamie Clark Stadium" will be held at the first home game of the 2002 season. according lO ECCC President Dr. Phil A. Sutphin. Also at the ume. Clark's jersey number •-H ~ will be retired. The Diamond

an inoperable brain tumor prior to the 2001 season, led the Diamond Warriors to thfir only state cham– pionship in 1998. He guided East Central to a 365-301-1 overall mark during his 14-year tenure. Efforts to name the baseball sta– dium in Clark's honor were led by Ricky Harrison, Warrior Club president; Jake Yarborough, Diamond Warrior head coach and former Clark assistant; and Larry Blackburn, former ECCC staff member. The proposal was approved by the College's Board of Trustees at its November 13 meeting follow– ing a recommendation by the Committee to Study and

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