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Velez joins fellow sophomores Fred Hampton, Evan Humphries and Casey Wells on the MACJC All-State Second Team In addition to sharing RBI honors with Ander– son, the 6', 205-pound Velez batted .304 with two home runs and 14 doubles. Hampton, a 5-10, 200-pound outfielder, posted a .301 batting average and had three home runs and 10 dou– bles. He collected 32 RBis. Hampton is a product ofNanih Waiya High School. Humphries, a 6-3, 200-pound right– handed hurler, posted a 5-1 mark and had three saves. He had a 3.34 earned run average and fanned 20 batters. Humphries also re– ceived the Scholar Ath– lete, Team Captain and Jamie Clark awards

East Central," said Hol– liman. "His work ethic, loyalty and leadership are prime examples of what we desire in our program. He has al– ready signed a national letter of intent with Delta State University, but very possibly will be selected in the 2012 Majc;>r League Draft. He will definitely have some decisions to make for the upcoming year as whether to go play professional baseball or continue his college ca– reer at Delta State. Leal batted .321 with three home runs and six doubles. He col– lected 27 RBis. Leal also received the Dia– mond Warriors' team captain award and was a co-recipient of most valuable defensive player honors. Holliman saidAnder– son's selection to the All-Region team as a

freshman is a "tremen– dous honor." "Tim has continued to mature on the field and is growing into his abilities on a daily basis," said Holliman. "He will be playing this summer in the Jay– hawk League in Dodge City, Kansas, which is one of the premier colle– giate wooden bat leagues in the country." Holliman said Ander– son plans to return to EC for his sophomore season and expects the 6-1, 171-pound product of Hillcrest (Ala.) High School "to bring even more things to the table next year." Anderson posted a team best .362 batting average and had four homers and nine dou– bles. He and first base– man/outfielder Ricardo Velez ofPuerto Rico led the team with 39 RBis each.

Sophomore catcher Carlos Leal and fresh– man middle infielder/outfielder Tim Anderson head a list of East Central Commu– nity College baseball players who received honors following the 2012 campaign. Both players were se– lected All-Region 23 and were named first teamMACJC All-State. Leal is the only catcher named on the All-Region team and was a unanimous choice at the position throughout the MACJC (Mississippi Associa– tion of Community and Junior Colleges), ac– cording to Diamond Wnrrior head coach Nt•alllolliman who had h111h prsus('s for the 6', IHO pound product ltc llll l'lh!r·to Rit'o. !'Gutlo~ hnH been a tr·c)nu!nilous usHt'llo the hus tlhull prormm at

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Humphries and was selected most improved pitcher. He is a product of Louisville High School. Wells, a 6-2, 172- pound right-hander, also went 5-1 and was credited with one save. He posted a team-best 2. 70 earned run aver– age and fanned 31 bat– ters . Wells is a product of West Jones High School in Laurel. "We are very proud of all these young men who received post-sea– son honors," said Holli– man. "I feel all have

benefited from being at East Central and we have certainly benefit– ted from them being in our program. We wish them all the best in their future endeav– ors." The Diamond War– riors finished fourth in the MACJC South Di– vision with a 12-12 record and advanced to the state playoffs en route to a 25-23 record. Holliman's staff in– cludes assistants Justin Brewer and Jack Edmonson. a. a:: $ e: a:: a.