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6 5 20 13 6 00 00 AM McKee looks forward to future baseball By STEVE SWOG~NSKY SportS Ed,tor

Caleb~~. Kee'' ~ball care.!r may or may not be O\"er

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E.Jther way, the Neshoba Central and East Central Community College alumni says be is satisfied with what he has accomplished.

I ~rue... I have been pla)1ng baseball since I "as three years old.· McKee said. "I don't kno" tf I will playagain. I am going to ~issLo:sippi State next fall and f'm gomg to talk to them about possibly walking on

"But r~rdless, I amgoing to M~isstppi State tomaJor in agricultural enJIIneenog. I want toget into 'ur,;~iog I have bad offers t'> go to other schools and pitch. But this is where aD of ID} friends are,· McKee said.

McKee, a left-handed pitcher, was pan ofthe East CentrJ.! Community College baseball team that won the state champiolll freshman season and to playone )Car at Ea>t Central," McKee said. "I had to build the stt·enw:h back in my arm. I did therapy and then aftera few weeks, staned throwing again. At first it was 20 pitches a couple oftimes a "eek, then 40 pitches, and finally 95-• Though he didn't play in anygames, McKee pitched in some ECCC scrimmages during his freshman year. He wa; ready when his sophomoreyear came around. McKee went 8·2 o n the mound and led ECCC pitchers with a 3.13 earned run a,·ernge. McKee also led in strikeouts "ith 83. McKee also received the Diamond Warriors' Scholar Athlete (lwurd after posting J 4.0 gpa. and was a co-recipient ofthe Jamie Clark Memorial Award.

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"He is an awesome young man," ECCC Coach Neal Holliman said. "He wus a tremendous as.et to our program as a person and player.

"Caleb plans to attend Mississippi State and continue playing and his degree. lie has 3 years remaining. He will be a walk-on, but I expect him to make it. He turned do"n man) 0-1 and D-ll offers from ,.el) good programs to follow hi~ desire to play at State," Holliman said

McKee w id be is looking forward to the next couple of)ears.

"I don\ kno" tfrll get to playat StJte," McKee >aid "My older bi'Qther, Joel played a couple ofyears at East Central and then went to State and didn't play.

"He has enjoyed tt Either way, so "~III" . · ..

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