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I I J [II \\ lllfllc It I, whc•1 t' hi'< I II IIIII I l 1111 I"""' I I I I '" lit! h• I l 1 udt I 1 ' 1111 r toiHt II hl•llfllltllill l Ill lit lit I n IIVfol t hi ul \111\ t. ol tlii· '·'"'''' l lwh ·" hcml t\11 Sl" "' lilt• -.111111111'1 of l!lhX lie bt.'~anlu-.ronunun.ity/JU!lior ~:ollege coaching cnrcer m .196~ at East Missi!>sippi Comrmtn1~y Col– lege in Scooba. leading the Lwns to a 16-4 rc·c.·ord and the f\IACJC North Division titll'. }Gipalrick rctunwd to high school comp( tition in 1971 and led the Loui~vilh Wildcats to a 3--t-5-l n·conl and two Choctaw Confer– l'nce crowns and tlw Northwest Athletic Conh·renn· championship. He leH Louil'vill<· in 1975 and l't'lllrned tv tlw con11nunily /junior colleg<> st•Hing wlwr<" he aJ,tain found sucn·-.-.. He ll•d Norlhwel'!l Missi!\sippi Community Culk·~e to a 26-13-2 nlark and a MACJC North Division lith· during his founear t<•nure. Ht• gC' Bowl in Garland. Texas. His two-year n·cord at Holme~ was 15-8. . Kilpatrick completed Ius coaching career at East C~nt~. with his most success coiDJn~ m 1987. The Warriors were MACJC ::>outh Division runners-up and fell in first-round action lo eventual s lcl!e champion Northwest. fin– ishing with ~~ 7-4 mark. Kilpatrick was unable to lead lhe Warriors to another post-

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Jamie Clark Serving as East Central Com– munity College's baseball coa~h was a "dream job" to the l11teJarrue Clark according to his widow, Audr~y Clark Hasley, who lives in Austin. Texas. Clark's "dream job" resulted in a "dream season" in 1998 as he led the Diamond Warriors to their first slate championship en route to a :~2-22 record. Clark was named "MACJC Baseball Coach of the Year" following U1e successful cam- paign. . Clark. who be~an his tl'nure m 1988 INI the ECCC baseball pro– s.,rr~ through lht.• 2001 campaign, amassing an overall 365-30~-1 rc•cord. His first Diamond Warnor o.;quad went 17-25. then came ll o.;traighl non-losing seasons (tht 1991 team finislwd at 20-20). Tht' most sea$on wins camE' in 1997, when the Diamond Warriors- led by current major leaguer Marcus Thames of the Detroit Tigers- col– lected 10 victories and finished state runners-up. Regarding her late hus~and's selection to the ECCCAthletic Hall of F'ame, Audrey said, "Jamie would bt! so grateful and proud lo b<' inclut.lt'd in the Athletic Hall of Fame ... but he would make sure that this prestigious r ecognition

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