2005

CC Names 2005 Homedoming Hono: his association with ECCC by most recently serving as Alumni Association president.

successfully led the boys' and girls' soccer teams and girls' slow-pitch and fast-pitch softball squads. She r eceivt'c I several "Coach of the Year" awards and other honors throughout her 23 year career. She is also a former vol leyball and tennis standout at ECCC' where she also served as manager of the Lady Warrior basketball team. Nan Davis Anderson of Decatur i~ being honored as the College's Academic Instructor of the Year. Anderson, who joined tl),e ECCC stnf I in 2004, serves as an instructor in Ihe Associate Degree Nursing progran1 The Oktibbeha County native is also former member of the nursing facult at Calhoun Community College in Huntsville, Ala. Selected as Career-Technical Instructor of the Year is Lori I r ud..,,.-. Luke of Newton. Luke, who servc-'1 '' a practical nursing instructor, h;ts

n employed at ECCC since 2001. In lddition to her teaching duties, Luke etrves as an adviser for HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) and lltWsUSA chapters. Homecoming activities officially get IDderway on Friday; Oct 14 when an Alumni Baseball game is scheduled at '-rote Clark Memorial Stadium. For 1a0re information about the Diamond Warrior Alumni contest, contact Coach Jake Yarborough at ext. 374. Reunion groups scheduled to meet ing Homecoming activities on ay; Oct. 15, include members of classes ending in "5"; Classes of 17, 1958 and 1959; the 1956-1963 men's .etball teams coached by Denver la'lcJreen; and the Alumni Band and tntralettes. 'Mle College will also recognize and ~r the 1954-55 and 1955-56 football )lams on their 50th anniversary.

A ceremony officia ECCC Memorabilia I Library is also part t ties. In addition , the "Bt exhibit, which will bt the Associate Degree Building, will be avn t "Between Fences" is 1 "Museum on Main Sl ration between the St Institution and Miss t: Humanities Councll . For more informal' Homecoming 2005, em Hollingsworth, cxecut Office of Foundation Relations, East Cenlr. College, P. 0 . Box l?CJ, 39327, Phone 601-63b ~ free, 1-877-462-3222, ex address is sholllng(l•·i~

Also being honored are two new members of the College's Athletic Hall of Fame - Dr. Bob Tom Johnson of Forest and Lucy Young of Vicksburg. Johnson, a 1963 ECCC graduate, helped lead the Warrior basketball team to the state tournament semi– fmals and a 22-3 record his sophomore season. He was an honorable mention All-State selection and continued his basketball career at the University of Southern Mississippi. Johnson was also a former basketball standout at Morton High School where he earned AU-Little Dixie Conference honors. Young, a 1971 ECCC graduate and Morton native, experienced a stellar coaching career at Warren Central High School, where she began and

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