2003

WEEK OF 1 - ----------- EC to honor women's club teams

Decatur, MS 39327, Phone 635-2111 or call toll free, 1- 877-462-3222, ext. 327. The email address is sholling@eccc.edu.

l reunion acttvities and receive their ,1r<.tt} letters, accord– ing to event organizer and oach I ucille Wood. Wood c;aid the event is Dmething shL' hus ,mticipat– -:1 doing for a long time. "The ladies who played n the ECJC basketball, ten– tr .tis, and voile} ball teams c: .... RecipiE?nts of annual Alumni A:ssouation awards and members of women's "cluh te

from 1956 to the spring of 1975 truly paved the way for \\omen's sports as they are known today. "They wore wi~h p··~J~ homemade uniforms with felt cut-out num– bers sewn on. They paid for their own shoe~ and meals, and did not receive <>cholarships. They were true amateur athletes, and if it were not for these •..vomen, there would be no I'ltle IX and none of the opportunities that arc avail– able for women athletes today. They deserve to have EC letters just like the varsity athletes of today."

Wood noted that many club team members were campus leaders and involved in varwus activities. "AU were good shtdents with civic pride who wanted to play ball," Wood stated. Other reunion groups scheduled to meet include the Class of 1937, Classes of 1957, 1958 and 1959, the Alumni Band and Central– ettes, and members of all classes ending m "3." For more tnforrnation regardmg Homecoming 2003, contact the Foundation and Alumni Relations Office, East Central Community College, P.O. Box 129,

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