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Chaney receives more NJCAA If the National Junior College Athletic Association had such an honor as Miss NJCAA. the organization would do well to give it to Kristin Chaney. by

Certainly. I didn 't "ant to go backwards-. I C'ither wanted to get S<'rond team or go upward<; and fortunately I did "The main thing was

Not many athletes can match Marty · Chaney ·s four-time All-American Stam. r status on the junior college level. pe The 2005 East Central Community College graduate v ..·as recently named to the NJCAA Division 11 Softball AJI-American first team She was the only Mississippian to receive that honor. Throw in second-team All-American awards in softball her freshman year and basketball her sophomore year and you get the feeling the folks at NJCAA headquarters in Colorado Springs. Colo.. will recall her name many years from now. "It's a great honor.· said Chaney. who has already em oiled at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattit'sburg. where she will play basketball this winter She will play both basket ball and softball the fol lowing year. "I wasn't shocked," Chaney added. "It was what I was striving for Anything less than second– team All-American meant I went down (from last year) instt>ad of up and my goal was to go forward instead of backward. "I was proud of that first team award.

us winning as a team, but I didn't want to go dO\\In.· She was also named Distinguished Academic All-American. which ....... "------.L-1• point average for 45 semester hours. Chaney had alr<'ady been named to the MACJC all-state and Region 23 softball teams this spring. • She helped lead the Lady Warriors to a school– record 34 wins and five losses in 2005. The Lady Warriors were the MACJC Central Division champions and finished third in the MACJC state/Region 23 Tournament which ECCC hosted in early May Chaney. who split lime at shortstop and catch– er. led the Lady Warriors with a 494 batting aver– age Sh<' had three triples. four doubles. and 12 recognizes student ath– letes \\ho maintained a minimum 3.8 grade Kristin Chaney

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