2004

EC hands out spring awards From school reports - ---- - -- -- - - Coaches at Ea<;t Central Commum– ty College in Decatur handed out a host of awards during thei• recent Spring Sports Award~ Banquet Neshoba Centml'~ Dc~mond Jones and Tawon Walker ea~.:h [lld.cd up a piece of hardware 10 men·, ha,l..ethall. as Jone~ wa' named the Bc't Rcbounder :uHI Wall..c 1 tlw Mo't Improved Pla~u Othl'l W;IIIICll\ honon•tl im'li1lll'tl Ryan I habon ( NnH I IIIII!& of the:. Year) AI With' t\\a1tin1 i\\\llltl"l Stephen Dyl'" (111·.1 I >tl\• n.;iH~ I'I·•Y er), JJillill v. ,tym: ll_ul)IH:Il (Mo\.1 Valuable Playn) Mmtin Wlt~ ,,1"' tt·•o••uiwJ 1111 111 selcclt()l\ ..., illl MA( J( . \llo!:\1.11, ""'' both he and lllll'hl" Wl l•' ,,;•l'••w•in!•l for bc1ng IMilli.'d h111111111llh~ IIICIIIIIIII on lhc MACK' All St.IW ll'illll Here's a rundown of the l•lh•~• awards handed out at I•<:CC's t.pd1l banquet: • ·women's ba'>k~thull : Fn.'llhlutm India Backstrom of Ne~hoha Cl•nt111l walked away w1th lhe Mo!>.l hnpn•vc·•l Player Award for the Lady Wa11uus

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r:ormer Nashoba Central standout Jacob Townsend, second from left, was one of the big winne rs during tho ECCC baseball awards presentation held recently at Decatur. Townsend , the Most Valuable Offen– Givo Pl.1ym, is picturocl nlon(] wtth (from left) Robby Carey, Drew Kenna and Corey Coward. n;unnl HK Newcomer of lhe Year and Other ba~cball winners included

w~'' tl'UIV.Illll'tl fur hcing named All- Drew Kenna and Jim Talley, who ~li\C)JC "'lall' l·u't Team and All- received the Team Captain awards; ltc 1 ~iilll :l I lenun;unl'llt Team. wh1le Robby Carey, who was named lhc I J!110t\~ (hny ·was the llc-.t Ollcn-.1vc Mo-.t Valuable Defensive Player; and I 1 I.ive state selections. 1.. I.

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Rita Birden and K1myaua Vivc:l('tll' had lhe biggest mghts for the I<. women. Birden, the Delta StJtl'. signee, won the Best Defender and

See AWARDS , page 9A ( • ) ; )

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