2015

Three ECCC softball players earn All-Region 23 honors Fromschool reports

baseman and a product of Oak Grove High School, batted .406with 80 hits, including 24 doubles and 52 RBis, all team bests. She tied for the team lead in home runs with 11 and had a .971 fielding average. Gibson also was named to the NJCMDivision II Soft– ball National Champi– onshipAll-Tournament Team and Mississippi Association ofCommunity and Junior Colleges rITSt TeamAll-State. ,.

She also was named to the NJCMDivision II Softball National Championship All-TournamentTeam. Thaggard, a freshman pitcher and product of LeakeAcademy, had a 23.-5 recordwith a 1.7 ERAand 173 strikeouts in 178 innings on the mound. ECCC finished the season with a~ 14 record and a second place finish in the 2015 NJCMDivision II Softball National Champi· onship tournament •

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'Three members of the record-setting East Central Community College soft· ball team have been named to the National Junior Col– legeAthletic Association Region 23 All-Region Team following the 2015 season. Mahalia Gibson ofHat– tiesburg, Lacey Hill of Kil· bourne, La.. and Chloe Thaggard of Philadelphia were named All-Region 23. Gibson, a freshman first

East Central CC finished the year with a48-14 mark. Hill, a freshman pitcher who prepped at Kilbourne lligh School. was 25-9 on the mound for the Lady DiamondWarriors this season, with a 2.4 earned run average and 172 strike– outs in 215 innings pitched.

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