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~~UE~pn~~~-------------------~--~------~~~-­ nation \\ith tv."' national _i\ra– dern.ic Teams of the Year - Men's Tennis and Women's Tennis. In addition to that, 15 East Central student-athletes were recognized for outstand– ing individual academic 8 for NJCAA. Academic Men ~ ~ cer Team of ihe Year by pt•~t­ inga 3.13 eradepoint a\~~ and mbSt-d earru.ng the top honor by tw-o hundredths (.0'2) of a point. - 3.00), and Blake Dubuisson of Long Beach and Puerto Rico native Fernando Gonzalez, who received NJCAA Awards for Exem– plaryAchievement (3.60-3. 79 GPA).

~poUltS\~ Squad mem~ and their respective high sdiOOis include Kelsey Tadlock and Haley Chapman, both of ~C\\ton County; Amber Pierce and Hannah Smith, both of Leake Academy; Nan Hartness and Hayden Fryery, both of Wm– ston Academy; and Alana Turner !-lorel}('e. Tlldlock al recei\"ed an 1be an'tC!' temD5 squad acbie\"ed a 3.76 gradepomt av– erage to claim the most presti– gious national honor. EC teammembers and their respective high schools in– cluded Blake Cochran and BrandonSt. Clair, both of New– ton County; Andrew Hanna, Newton County Academy; Chris Mays, Loui5"ille; Hunter Mayo and JoshPeoples, both of Leake Academy; and Lucas Calvert, Neshoba Central Cochran and Hanna were also recipients of :-.iJCAA Pin– nacle Awards for Academic Excellence, presented to stu– dent athletes who achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point awr– age. Calvert and Mayo received NJCAA Exemplary Achieve– ment awards. DianneO'Neill and ~ie Wat– son served as EC tennis roaches. The Soccer Warriors fin- ,. a

achievement. Those numbers are remarkable when consid– ering the size of our student body and the number of stu– dent-athlete' t-Il!" ·lled 8l our ~I wam to ,......._

Team members who re– ceived NJCAAAwards for Su– perior Ac&lemic Achievement presented to student-atbl~ acbie\~a 3.SD toaro GPA

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earned a _ A.t... Award for E.xt·mplary Academic E.wmpJarr Aehi€'\ement (3.60 Achievement (3.60 - 3.79 -3.79 GPA). Potter is a product GP A). of the Mississippi School for Since the program's incep- Math and Science. tion in 2005, the Lady Soccer Kenneth Thompson serves Warriors have never finished as bead coach. lower than sbdh in the nation The State Champion Dia- and earned NJCAA.Armiemic moodWarriors placed third for Team of the Year honors ••n NJCAA Academic Baseball three occasions,most reo :ntly Team of the Year with a 3.35 in 2011 and 2009. grade point average. The Kenneth Tbomp n recognition marks the fourth as Lady \\'arrlor consecutiveyear EC's baseball EC'-.;:, ftbaD

- lk- ru sUd be JS ~ proud and appn.>c1ative" of EC roaches and student-athletes for their performance in the area of scholastic achievement. "Their accomplishments in the academic arena are out– standing, both as individuals and as a team," said Harris. "Our coaches are to be com– mended for their work in this area as they stress academics when we recruit student-ath– letes to our institution. We would love to win every ball game in which we participate; however, we also want our stu– dent-athletes to be positioned when they leave us to be suc– cessful in life." ECCC's women's and men's tennis teams received the high– est honors as each was recog– nized as 2012-13 NJCAA AcademicTeam of theYear. The Lady Warrior tennis team led the nation with a 3.77 llndar

team has finished in the top 20 1:..~ ..= · in the nation and second 3.:12 2!ade straight year the squad placf'd

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in the top three. fb Receiving individual bonors _ ·were CalebMcKee· f ~JCAA Award"for Acadenuc Sax:e::;s (4.0 GPA): Ryan LouL"'ille, Temux:e Ne~oba C Central,

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• sell'\ Lady Diamond W8l'T'l0r bead coach. EC's golfers finished tied for 23rd in the nation "ith a 3.15 grade point average.