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All five current Distinguished Young Women from the East Central Community College dis trict are attending the college this academic year. Dr. Randall Lee, vice president for stu– dent services at ECCC, said being able to attract top students such as those who are Distinguished Young Women is a testament to the college's out– standing academic programs. "East Central Community College is a strong supporter of the Distinguished ~oung Women pro– lllllWgram, and wha t it represents: scholas– t ics, fitness, and char– acter," said Lee. "We have always valued these top stu– dents. As evidence, numerous former DYW winners have attended ECCC and we are proud that the Distinguished Young Women from each of the five counties in ECCC's district chose to attend East

Distinguished Young Woman Mackenzie Byrd of Sebastopol is a freshman pre-medi– cine major. She is the daughter of Michea McLemore and Kevin Byrd. Byrd is the cap– tain of the Centralettes dance line, freshman vice president of the Student Body Association (SBA) and a member of Warrior Corps, Sigma Sigma Mu Tau and Students Against Destructive Decisions. Byrd said she knew she wanted to stay close to home for her first college years. "I felt th~ East Central would help me make the transi– tion into the real world before attend– ing a university," she said. "After I came on a tour of the campus, I felt as though all of the faculty members were concerned about me and my educa– tion." Leake County's Distinguished Young Woman Charlie

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Pictured are DistinguishedYoungWomen from the col'*'s five. county district, (from left) 0'8r1ie Wilcher, Leake County, Taylor PhHlips, Neshoba County, Mackenzie Byrd, Scott County, Codi Ballard, Newton County; and Paige Johnson, Winston County. For more information about ECCC, call 1-877-G02-ECCC or visit WNW.eccc.edu. (EC PHOTO)

Central this year despite having schol– arship offers from col– leges all across Mississippi." Distinguished

Young Women is the largest and oldest national scholarship program for high school females. Scott County's

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