WarriorMagazineJanuary2021

Alum Calvert named Sports Information Director

East Central Community College alumnus and former Warrior student-athlete Lucas Calvert is the college’s new Sports Information Director. The Louisville native began his new duties on Jan. 11. “We conducted a national search to fill this very important position at East Central Community College, and Lucas rose to the top,” said Bill Wagnon, vice president for public infor- mation. “This is a very important position at our college, and Lucas brings the experience and skillset we were looking for to promote our student-athletes, coaches, and nine varsity sports programs.” ECCC competes in the Mississippi Association of Com- munity Colleges Conference and National Junior College Ath- letic Association in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, football, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, and men’s and women’s tennis. Calvert most recently served as Sports Information Co- ordinator for Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wes- son since January 2016 where he provided media relations, marketing, graphic design, and photography support for the Wolves’ eight varsity sports teams. He also served as

a sports reporter for the Daily Leader newspaper in Brookhaven. While at Copiah-Lincoln, he received four first place awards in the annual College Public Rela- tions Association of Mississippi awards competition in Single Piece of Artwork, Sports Media Guide, Athletic Website Design, and Sports Photography. A graduate of Neshoba Central High School, Calvert received his Associate of Arts degree from East Central, where he was a member of the Warrior men’s tennis

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team. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Studies from Mississippi State University and a Master of Science degree in Strategic Communications from Arkansas State University. While at Mississippi State, he served as an Athletic Academic Proctor. He also completed a Sports Infor- mation Internship at Rhodes College in Memphis.

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