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announces annual alumni honorees

selection as a freshman on the 1974 ECCC women's basketball team and was an honorable mention AH-State selection her sophomore season. She received the sportsmanship award and was named a permanent team captain. She was also a two-year letterman in ten nis and played on the int • - mural volleyball team. She received the Ear1me Wood Award for Women's Bask · - ball and was selected for h" ECCC' Hall of Fame. She is self-employed a a vocational conc;;ultant s<•rv ing as a vocational ex1 rt for the U.S. Social Secu t\ Administration and as a re habilitation Counselor •or the CS Department of Labo1 O\\'l P She was pre viously employed as a voca tional counselor for Cra'\\iord & Co./Broadspire Services, Inc. from 1981 to 2013 Homecoming activities oegin with the annual 5K Run/Walk/One-Mlle Fun Run starting at 7:30 a.m. near the Pavilion on North Campus. Registration for tbl' annual competition be gins at 7 a.m., or register • online at eccc.edU/estore. Ht>gistration for alumni atte>nding Homecoming 2016 begins at 9 a.m. in the East Mall area near Mabry Me morial Cafeteria and voting for the Homecoming Sign Competition also opens The Memorabilia Room in Burton bibrarv and the Campus Bookstore Will also open at 9 a.m. Reunion groups meet at 10 a.m. and include the Clac:;s of 1966 (50-Year An niversary Reunion), 1996 Football Team (Golden !Ries Bowl Champions), Cl ,s s of '57, '58, & '59, Coal Dan Chatwood Reunion and ECCC Friends-Shi leJ1ts from the mid-1980s.

By ECCC Media Relations

The East Central Commu nity College Alumni Associ ation recently announced annual alumni award recip ients who will receive spe cial recognition Saturday, Oct. 15, during the college's annual Homecoming cele bration. Chief Phyllis Anderson (Class of 1994) of Carthage

was chosen Alumna of the Year and Prentice Copeland (Class of 1949) of Philadel phia was se 1 e c t e d Alumnus of the ear.

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• · c v members of the Ath lell fiall of Fame are re tirl'd VFL player Kendrick CIE1 n< ' (Class of 1997) of Gluc tadt and Lynn Rus sell Hayes (Class of 1975) of Dera ur, a former basket ball and tennis standout. Anderson, a native of the Hcd Water

rommm itv in [ ... h c( unty. has served as Tribal Chief of the :\f1ssis s1ppi Band of C)loctaw Indi-

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secretary/treasurer for MBCl from 2003 to 2011 and is a former dirertor of natu ral resources. She has more than 30 years of experience in tribal government management and is fluent in the Choctaw language.

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