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ended their season with a 48- 14 record and also finished &'cond in the South Division of Mississippi Aqsociation of Community and Junior Col– leges league play, second in the MACJC State Tourna– ment, and runner-up in the NJCAA Region 23 Tourna– ment. AJdous hit .326 for East Central last season, includ– ing second on the team in hitswith 62 and tied for sec– ond in doubJes with 13. She struck out just foW' times in 190 plate appearances. Gibson batted .406 during the 2015 season \'lith 80 hits, including 24 doubles and 52 RBis, all team lx'sts.

Hammond, La. Sophomore pltchl'r Lacey Hill, a product of Kilbourne (Lu.) High School, also signed to plu.y for Southeast– ern Louisianu. University next year. All three Lady Warrior softball players werl' part of the record-setting East Cen– tral Community College soft– ball team that advanced to the chumplonshlp game of the 2015 NationuJ Junior Col– lege Athletic Association Di– vision II Softball National Championship. The second– place finish in the nation is the highest-over for the De– catur collebl\''s softbnll pro– wnm. '!'he Lady Wnrriors

Three East Central Com– munity College softball standouts signed National Letters of Intent on Nov. 11 to continue their careers at NCAA Division I unlversltles next fall. Caitlyn AJdous, a sopho– more outfielder from Petal High School, signed to play for the Uni versity of South– ern Mississippi Golden Ea– gies. Mahalia Gibson, a sopho– more first baseman fromOak Grove High School In Hat– tiesburg, signed to play for the Southeastern Louisiana Univcr i;ity Lady Lions in

East Central Community College softball players (from left) Lacey Hill of Kilbourne (La.) High School, M.aha.Ua Gibson of Oak Grove High School, and Caitlyn Aldous of Petal High School, signed National Letters of Intent Nov. 11 to play at NCAA Division I programs next fall. Hill and Gibson si gned with Southeastern Loulslana UnJverslty and Aldous signed with the UnJverslty of • Southern Mlsslsslppl. ~

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