July 1, 2019
Led by the Lady Warrior softball team, five ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ varsity sports teams earned National Junior College Athletic Association Academic Team of the Year Honorable Mention awards for having met the grade-point average requirement of 3.00 or better for the 2018-19 academic year.
With a 3.65 team GPA, the Lady Warrior women’s softball team led all softball programs in the 15-team Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges and finished tied for third among all softball programs in the NJCAA.
The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ women’s tennis team finished seventh among all women’s tennis programs in the NJCAA with a 3.56 GPA. The Lady Warrior tennis team was No. 4 among all such programs in the MACJC.
The East Central men’s tennis team finished the year with a team GPA of 3.34, which ranked No. 5 in the nation and No. 2 in the state among men’s tennis programs
The Warrior baseball team compiled a 3.30 GPA and was tied for 23rd in the NJCAA among baseball teams and was No. 3 in the MACJC.
The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ women’s soccer team had a 3.08 team GPA and was tied for No. 50 in the NJCAA.
In addition to the team awards, 65 ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ student-athletes were awarded individual MACJC academic awards and 39 student-athletes were awarded NJCAA academic awards.
