July 2, 2020
Seventy East Central Community College student-athletes have been honored by the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges for their academic performance during the 2019-2020 school year.
In addition to individual awards, the ECCC women’s tennis team garnered the 2019-20 MACJC All-Academic Team of the Year award for that sport with a 3.83 grade-point average.
The individual academic honors presented to student-athletes on the state level include MACJC Distinguished Academic All-State (those earning a 3.8 to 4.0 GPA) and MACJC Academic All-State (3.25 to 3.79 GPA).
ECCC student-athletes receiving MACJC Distinguished Academic All-State were Mackenzie Alford (women’s soccer) of Kosciusko, Dylan Barnett (men’s tennis) of Newton County, Hannah Dufault (softball) of East Central in Hurley, Kelli Ficken (softball) of Central Hinds Academy, Marla Graham (women’s tennis) of Newton County Academy, Vanessa Martinez (women’s soccer) of Kosciusko, Sidney Rone (softball) of Ethel, Ali Grace Walker (women’s soccer/tennis) of Newton County, Kelsea Archer (women’s soccer) a home schooler from Purvis, Landree Amis (softball) of Newton County, Dylan Bond (baseball) of Lewisburg, Raphael Salles (men’s soccer) of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Kaylee Webb (softball) of Ruston, La., Gracey Baucum (softball) of Purvis, Natalia Beltran (women’s tennis) of Bogota, Colombia, Jesse Boydstun (baseball) of Winston Academy, Parker Breland (softball) of Union, Daelyn Kell (women’s soccer) of Ocean Springs, Kailee Swindle (softball) of Presbyterian Christian School in Hattiesburg, Leah Anderson (women’s soccer) of Huntingdon, England, Jonathan Knight (men’s basketball) of Vancleave, Tri Vaughan (baseball) of Washington School in Greenville, Susie Stevison (women’s soccer) of Long Beach, Savannah Jones (softball) of Leake Academy, Laila Sisson (women’s tennis) of Neshoba Central, Brooklyn King (softball) of George County, Anna McNeer (softball) of Canton Academy, and Hayden Sullivan (women’s soccer) of Florence.
Those receiving MACJC Academic All-State were Courtney Gill (women’s tennis) of Leake Academy, KeiMoya Walker (women’s basketball) of Jackson Murrah, Kayla Baucum (women’s tennis) of Newton County, George Mota (men’s soccer) of Fortaleza, Brazil, Gavin Bailey (baseball) of Newton County, Lorin Greene (women’s soccer) of Richland, Robert Holifield (football) of Stringer, Alejandra Vargas (women’s tennis) of Bogota, Colombia, Josie Hurst (women’s tennis) of Newton County, Tanner Knight (baseball) of Eupora, Payton Rogers (football) of Forest, Joel Hill (men’s soccer) of Newton County, Hugo Chagas (men’s soccer) of Fortaleza, Brazil, R.J. Fletcher (baseball) of St. Martin, Kiel Reed (baseball) of Hartfield Academy in Brandon, Gates Pee (baseball) of Clinton, Amani Larry (baseball) of Bossier City, La., Isaac Santitto (men’s tennis) of Innisfail, Australia, Braxton Rose (baseball) of Newton County Academy, Olivia Houston (softball) of Northwest Rankin, Annabel Watkins (softball) of Leake Academy, Rafael Toledano (men’s soccer) of Forest, Trenton Ladner (football) of Hancock, Ian Barjam (baseball) of Miami, Fla., Morgan Partridge (softball) of Enterprise, John Cartwright (football) of Madison-Ridgeland Academy, Jada Flores (women’s soccer) of Pass Christian, Jake Cockroft (men’s soccer) of Kosciusko, Garrett Mills (men’s soccer) of Newton County, Kayro Serrano-Arteaga (men’s soccer) of Forest, Equandric Ross (football) of Jefferson Davis County, Tate Ryder (men’s basketball) of Oak Grove, Abbie Rutledge (women’s soccer) of Sheffield, England, Robert Sanford (baseball) of Seminary, Peyton Chaney (men’s tennis) of Newton County, Madison Diers (women’s soccer) of South Jones, JaQuarius Smith (men’s basketball) of Noxubee County, Ameris Taylor (women’s soccer) of Ocean Springs, Chandler Roberts (football) of Kemper County, Macey Spencer (women’s soccer) of Florence, Christopher Lawrance (men’s tennis) of York, Western Australia, and Stephen Wolf (baseball) of St. Joseph Catholic School.
