Seven 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 2015-16 season.
The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Diamond Warrior baseball team finished with a 3.43 GPA and ranked sixth overall.
The women’s basketball team also earned an honorable mention award, finishing with a 3.0 GPA.
Several ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ student-athletes received state and national recognition for academic performance during the 2015-16 academic year on the Decatur campus.
In all, 65 ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ student-athletes were recognized by the National Junior College Athletic Association, the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges, or both organizations.
February 25, 2016
The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Lady Warrior basketball team won its first Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges State Championship in a dozen years Thursday night, Feb. 25, with a 75-63 win over the Itawamba Community College Lady Indians at the Davis Event Center on the Itawamba campus in Fulton.
December 5, 2015
The No 15 ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Warriors turned three first quarter turnovers into points to build an early lead and set the pace in a 35-21 victory today over the No. 20 Kilgore College Rangers in the 2015 C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl.
The game was played in the 10,000-seat Bulldawg Stadium in Copperas Cove, Texas.
East Central turned an interception and two fumbles into touchdowns in the first quarter to race to a 21-0 lead.
May 16, 2015
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Softball Lady Diamond Warriors Finish 2nd in Nation at NJCAA National Championship
