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, I\ o ECEC' players set to move on By Marty Stamper staff wrtter DEC I\TUR- East CentraKrl ~~~~ n homores ISuu munitY Co\\ege_s~pCox signed bas- Chancy anhd 1 ~hips with four-year ketba\\ sc o a morning in the schools TWues~aPhysica\ Education Brackeen- 00 Building. . d ""th the Univer- h ._tgne ... . h'l C aney · M'ssissippl, w 1 e sity of Souther_n I_:_ - Cox inked .wtth . ...-~•v':il!s. the University of Tenness~e at Martin. Both were part of ECCC's ~choo\- , record setung 31-

4 Region ~lll d MACJC stale championsh~p an as freshmen championsh•wP te~n;s' 20-10 Region and the LadY arn~e.am this past )C(lll runner-up season. . homore, Chan<.>Y aver- As a sop . . 4 3 assists and 4.2 aged 13.1 PS~t~a~ recently named rebounds. d team AH-Amer– an r-.:JCAA seco_n \~cted to the al\– ican. She was se ears and played region team bo~ Y MACJC All-Star in last weeken s c tral t Choctaw en · 1 5 Game a d lO points anc Cox average h more. She was rebounds a" a sop o ........ Coo<> s:r.• -•-

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proud that I get to go down there. It's a good family envi– ronment. Coach Ooye) McNelis is looking to turn things around, so I'm excited." Next year will be devoted strictly to basketball, Chaney said. But softball will only be a year away. "I doubt I would have signed with them if I could have only played one sport. The one thing I wanted to do was play both sports at the next level," Chaney said. "I wouldn't trade these two years at ECCC for anything in the world. The friendships that I made with my team– mates and the relationship that I have with the coaches, I wouldn't trade for anlQ!ing.

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this, along with the champi- Martin." onships, but I'm ready to

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a second-team aU-state choice as a ...ophomon and also played in the all-star game. Both Chaney and Cox had rea"-otb for cho• •sing their respt:clive ~chools. For Chancy, it wa:. a l hance to play both ba...ketball12005-06 and 2006-07) and softball (2006-07 and 2007-11~). kA Jot of people wanted me to go to Southern Miss becau..,c it's clo~e to home," Chaney said. "They recruited me out of high school for :-oft- ;. ball. "At one point. I didn't think I was going to get to L go, but fortunately it worked out," Chaney added. ''I'm just ~-""""'. l ,..,....., _ ., • •

move on to Sot lhern and ~l'e kl tball coach Brad Hodge if we can win ...ome champi- $aid it is tough to see the two onships there." players leave the program. For Cox, it was a chance to 'They provided a lot for us reunite with former Lady over th<.' two years," Hodge Warriors a~sistanl coach said. "It is a bittersweet LaCole Brooks, now an assiS- feeling, but this is what their tant at UTM. goal was when they came "That had a little bit to do here and this is what we with it," Cox said. "It's a good promised them- an oppor– coaching staff up there. I got tunity to move on and extend along well with the players their career. and felt like it wa... a good fit "I think both institutions for me. are getting two fine athletes "It was a great experience that want to do whatever it playing het e. We had a lot of takes to win. We're pr'oud for success. Going to the them. Thcy'vt: been a special _ national tournament last year part to us and to East Ceo– was the best experience ever. tral. It's an exciting moment_ Hopefullv. I can ge 1t exp<."" for all of us."

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