2012

ECCC's Leal, Anderson receive region, state honors

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In addition to sharing RBI honors with Anderson, tbe 6-foot, 205-pound Velez batted .304 with two home runs and 14 doubles. Hampton, a 5-foot-10, 200-pound outfielder, posted a .301 batting aver– age and bad three home runs and 10 doubles. He collected 32 RBis. Hampton is a product of ~anih Waiya High School. Humphries, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound right-handed hurler, posted a 5-1 mark and bad three saves. He bad a 3.3-1 earned r un average and fanned 20 batters. Humphries also received the Scholar Athlete, Team Captain and Jamie Clark awards and was selected Most Improved Pitcher. He is a product of Louisville High School. Well , a 6-foot-2, 172- pound right-hander. also went 5-1 and was credited with one save. He posted a team-best 2.70 earned run average and fanned 31 batters. Wells is a product of West Jones High School. "We are very proud of all these young men wbo re<:eived post-season hon– ors:· said Holliman. ~1 feel aU have benefited from being at East Central and we have certainly benefit– ted from them being in our program. We \USh them all the best in tbejr future endeavors." The Diamond War-riors finished fourth in the MAC.JC South Division \\-ith a 12-12 record and adYanced to the state playoffs en route to a 25- 2:1 record.

year ac: whether to go play professional bascba)l or continue his college carec1' at Delta State.·· Leal batted .321 with three home runs and six doubles. He collected 27 RBis. Leal also received the Diamond Warriors' team captain award a nd was a co·rccipient of Most Yaluable Defensive Player honorg Holliman said Ander– son·s selection to tbe ~\11- HegJon team as a fresh– man is a "tremendous honor. MTim has continued to mature on the field and is grlming into his abilities on a daily basis,~ said Holliman. .: He"ill be play– ing this summer in the .Jayhawk League in Dodge l'itv. Kan.. wbi<:h L'i one of the premier collegiate wooden bat league in the country: · Holliman said Ander– son plans to return to EC for his sophomore season and expects the 6-foot-1. 171-pound product of Hillcrest (.Ala.) High School "to bring even more things to the table next vcar" Anderson posted a team best .362 batting average and had .our homers and ::1.:! ~ d. L b 1 c~. He and first basema n/o u tfi e l d c r R1carao \elez of Puerto Rico led the team "itb 39 RBis each. Velez joins fellow soph– omore" Fred Hampton. Evan Humphl'iec:. and Casey Well~-> on the MA.C.JC All,.State econd

Sophomore catcher Carlos Leal and_ fr_esh– man middle mfleld– cr{outfielder 'l'im Ander– ,..0n head a list of East c e n t r a I from Community school Coller,e base- reports ball players who received honors fol– lov.ing the 2012 cam– paign. Bntb players were ·elected All-Region 23 and were named first team MACJC All-State. Leal is the only catch– er named on the All– Region team and was a unanunous choice at the position tbrough~ut.th~ MAC.JC {MiSSlSSlppl Asrsociation of Commun– itv and Junior Colleges). according to Diamond Warrior head coach l eal 'Holliman who had hi~ praises for the 6- foot, 190-pound product from Puerto Rico.

Carlos Leal

"Cados bas been a tremendous asset to the ibasehall program ~t Ea.::;t Central," sald Holliman. "His work ethic, loyalty,. and lead– er--htp are prune e:m~­ ples of what we deslfe m our program. He ~as already signed a nah~n­ tu letter of intent Wlth Delta State University,

Tim Anderson elected in the 2012 Major League Dr~t.. . "He will de!imtel~ have some decisions to make for the upcomin~

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