2012 NEMCC Football Media Guide Short Version

2012 NEMCC Tiger Football

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Football Tiger Northeast Football It’s not about the number on your back...

It’s about Passion

It’s about Teamwork

It’s about School

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Table of Contents Letter from President Dr. Johnny L. Allen, Ed.D.........................4 Mascot History..............................................................................16 Northeast Board of Trustees...........................................................5 MACJC All-Star Football Classic..............................................16 Letter from Athletic Director Ricky Ford....................................6 NEMCC All-Americans.............................................................17 Athletic Director Ricky Ford Biography.......................................7 2012 Season Preview...............................................................18-20 Ricky Smither Biography..............................................................8 2012 Numerical Roster.................................................................21 Travis Macon Biography..............................................................9 Player Biographies...................................................................22-25 Greg Davis Biography................................................................10 Geographical Roster......................................................................26 Jonathan Webster Biography.......................................................11 Professional Tigers.......................................................................27 Deljuan Robinson Biography.....................................................12 Four-Year Signees.........................................................................27 Hope Barnes Biography..............................................................13 2011-12 Athletic Year in Review....................................................28 Jennifer Johnson Biography........................................................13 2012 MACJC Master Schedule....................................................29 Michael Joseph Miller Biography..............................................14 WANU Advertisement..................................................................30 Retired Jerseys...........................................................................15 Athletic Contact Information.........................................................31 Fight Song..................................................................................15 2012 Football Schedule................................................................32

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The 2012 Northeast Mississippi Community College Football Media Guide was produced in the Public Information Office of the college under the direction of Associate Vice President of Public Information Tony Finch and Sports Information Director M. Joseph Miller. Layout and design was handled

by Michael H. Miller.

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Letter from the President Dear Friends of Northeast: Thank you for your support of the athletic efforts of Northeast Mississippi Community College. Each coach and each athlete has worked hard to ensure that our teams are ready to give performances that make you proud to be a “Tiger Fan.� Northeast exists to provide educational, recreational and social resources for students and supporters to grow and enjoy their accomplishments.

While you are on campus, I hope you have a safe and enjoyable visit. I trust you will use this opportunity to get to know our students, coaches and staff. We are always ready to assist you to enjoy your time with us.

Thank you for everything that you do to encourage and support our efforts. We are always glad to have you on our campus.

Sincerely, Johnny L. Allen President 4

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T. Jack Ramsey

Chairman Tenure of Service: 1983 Tishomingo County/ Banker

Ken Basil

Tenure of Service: 2008 Union County Superintendent of Education

Tonya Butler Farris

Tenure of Service: 2012 Alcorn County Businesswoman

Sam McCoy

Tenure of Service: 1988 Prentiss County Businessman

Troy Holliday

Vice Chairman Tenure of Service: 1964 Tippah County Businessman

John O. Cunningham Secretary Tenure of Service: 1995 Prentiss County Businessman

Alvie Blakney

Tenure of Service: 2011 Tishomingo County Retire Businessman

Douglas Jackson

Tenure of Service: 1995 Tippah County Retired Educator

Gina Smith

Tenure of Service: 2012 Alcorn County Superintendent of Education

Bill Breedlove

Tenure of Service: 1999 Prentiss County Businessman

Malcolm Kuykendall Tenure of Service: 2006 Tishomingo County Superintendent of Education

Luzene Triplett

Tenure of Service: 2002 Prentiss County Retire Educator

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Randle Downs

Tenure of Service: 2012 Prentiss County Superintendent of Education

Tracie Langston

Tenure of Service: 2004 Prentiss County Businesswoman

Vance Witt

Tenure of Service: 2007 Union County Businessman

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Letter from the Athletic Director Parents, Fans, Supporters, Alumni, On behalf of the Athletic Department at Northeast Mississippi Community College, I want to welcome you to this athletic event.

We hope that your visit today will create an interest that will encourage you to come back.

As we strive for excellence in the classroom and in the athletic arena, we would like to encourage every one of you to become involved in all aspects of our athletic department.

As we try to reach the highest level with all of our sports programs we must continue to work very hard to be the very best we can be.

We are looking for all avenues of resources to build on our already competitive programs.

Within the last five (5) years, we have steadily improved every one of our athletic teams.

We now have great leadership in all of our athletic programs and we are very excited about what the future holds for all of them. We would like to invite you to become a part of our Athletic booster club and help us as we strive to reach the highest level.

Our goal is to educate our student/athletes to a level that will put them at the very top in their perspective sport.

In addition, we want our athletes to be some of our most productive citizens.

Again, welcome to the NEMCC campus and we hope you have a very enjoyable visit and we welcome you back at any time either to visit our campus or to attend another athletic event.

Thanks!

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Athletic Director Ricky Ford

Former Northeast women’s basketball coach Ricky Ford left his “built Ford tough” mark on many Lady Tiger teams since coming to Northeast in 1981.

After the 2010-11 season, Ford decided to hang it up and went into his victory lap through the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC).

On March 7, 2011 Ford announced he was stepping down as women’s basketball coach at Northeast.

Ford ended his career at Northeast with an overall record of 588-226.

While wins have not been on the coach’s mind, the satisfaction of a job well done kept Ford going at Northeast for 30 seasons.

Building success on and off the court was what Ford did since coming to Northeast Mississippi Junior College in 1981.

During his 30-year coaching career, Ford only had four sub-.500 seasons and the first of those did not come until his 2002-03 Lady Tigers finished 11-12 but even it finished as the North Division runner-up.

Within five years since taking over the Lady Tiger program in 1981, Ford had transformed the Lady Tigers into national title contenders that included a national runner-up finish in 1986 and a national championship in 1987.

During Ford’s illustrious career, the Lady Tiger basketball coach led his team to 15 North Division titles, nine MACJC State Championships with 6 (six) of those state championships being consecutive and three Region XXIII crowns while leading the Lady Tigers to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) national basketball tournament on three separate occasions.

Ford went to the national tournament a final time in 2005-06 as the Lady Tigers

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captured the North Division, MACJC State and Region XXIII titles and finished the season as the nation’s No. 21-ranked team after appearing in the national event in Salina, Kan. Following his final national tournament appearance, Ford was honored as the Division I, District O, Region XXIII Coach of the Year - an award that is given to the head coach of each of the 16 regional championship teams.

One year after his national tournament appearance, Ford continued his success in the MACJC as the veteran mentor led the Lady tigers back to the Region XXIII tournament for a twenty-fifth straight year as the Lady Tigers once again captured the North Division - their fourth straight division title - and successfully defended their 2006 MACJC State Title.

Ford was appointed Dean of Student Services at the beginning of the 2011 spring semester following the retirement of Kenneth Pounders, and is currently in his sixth

year as athletic director for the college.

His responsibilities as athletic director has Ford overseeing the day-to-day operations of an athletic department that features eight varsity sports, an all-female cheerleading squad and also coordinates the annual MACJC All-Star Football Classic game that is held each year in December.

Prior to coming to Northeast, Ford built successful basketball programs at Booneville High School coaching the Lady Blue Devils for four years and the Blue Devils for a pair of seasons.

Ford’s overall careen record stands at 676-253 and carries a winning percentage of 72.7 percent into retirement.

An alumnus of Northeast and former Tiger basketball player under Kenneth Lindsey, Ford earned a bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University and a master’s degree from the University of Mississippi.

Ricky and his wife LuAnne have four children, Aaron, Lauren, Suzanne, and Ben.

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Head Coach Ricky Smither

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Northeast Head Football Coach Ricky Smither returns for his fifth year at the helm for the Tigers football program entering into the 2012 season.

During the 2011 season, Smither continued to build the Northeast football team into a contender in the MACJC. Northeast finished as the North Division runner-up for the second consecutive year and qualified for the first round of the playoffs where the Tigers took the South Division champion -- Mississippi Gulf Coast -- to overtime.

In his first year as head coach in 2008 Smither’s overall record was 1-8 however, he was able to improve to 2-6 overall in 2009 with three of the six losses going into extra periods. One of the biggest wins for Smither since becoming the go to guy at NEMCC came in a 28-21 victory over the Tigers arch rivals Itawamba Community College in September of 2009.

However, in 2010, Smither proved that he was the man for the job as the Tiger football continued to get better as his team posted its twelfth winning season in the college’s 51-year football history when Smither’s troops finished with a 5-4 overall record and a 4-2 mark in the Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) North Division in 2010.

Northeast’s 4-2 mark in the North Division helped the Tigers finish in a tie for second place in the ultra competitive North Division.

Smither helped Northeast garnered national attention during week six of the season after the Tigers were able to knock off defending MACJC State Champion East Mississippi 49-42 in a shootout in Scooba 8

where Tiger running back Jaquise Cook (Ripley) Ran for 267 yards and four scores against the Lions. Cook was awarded the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Player of the Week honors following his week six performance.

In addition to posting the team’s first winning season since 2005, under the direction of Smither, the Tiger football team also captured the attention of the national media when Northeast was included in the NJCAA National Top 20 Football Poll for the week of October 19, 2010 at No. 18 after the Tigers opened up the season 5-2.

Smither’s journey to commander-inchief for NEMCC first presented itself back on July 3, 2008 when he became the college’s 13th head football coach in school history.

Smither began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Delta State University in 1995, later accepting a coaching position at Cleveland (Miss.) High School in 1997.

He made the move to community college

coaching in 1998, joining the staff at Coahoma Community College. From 19992006, Smither enjoyed stints at East Side High School (Miss.), H.L. Bourgeois High School (Louisiana), while also working at the Division-I level as an assistant coach at Mississippi Valley State University (200204).

Smither came on board at Northeast as the assistant football coach, coaching up the offensive line, in February of 2007, before Smither accepted the job as the Tigers head coach.

Coach Smither enjoyed success as the Tigers’ offensive line coach in his first season at NEMCC. His first o-line group at Northeast sported two four-year college signees: Reggie Wade (Jacksonville State) and Greg Magnifico (Belhaven).

Smither graduated from Delta State University with a Master’s in Education.

Ricky and his wife Lynn have two children; Russ and Kaitlyn.

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Defensive Coordinator Travis Macon

Travis Macon A former Northeast Tiger football player Coach Travis Macon has recently been appointed to take over the defensive coordinator duties for the 2012 season after the departure of Jeff Carter.

In 2011, Coach Macon coached the defensive line and helped lead NEMCC into the post season.

After coaching the offensive line in 2008, Macon moved over the defensive side of the ball in 2009 and will look to continue his defensive tactics in 2011.

This will be Coach Macon’s second season as a full-time coach after being promoted over the summer of 2011.

Travis Macon, a native of Starkville, Miss., and graduate of Starkville High School (SHS), played football under the direction of head coach Chuck Fran during his time at SHS. During his high school career, Macon helped the Yellow Jackets win back to back state titles from 1995-97.

After graduating high school, Macon moved on to Northeast Mississippi Community College as a student-athlete where he played football for head coach Laurin Collins from 1998-99. Macon then transferred to the University of Mississippi where he played offensive tackle for the Rebels from 2000-02 for head coach David Cutcliff. Macon helped the Rebels to an appearance in the Music City Bowl in 2000.

After his playing career at Ole Miss, Macon eventually decided to begin his coaching career at Northeast in the fall of 2008. During his first year as a studentassistant, Macon coached the offensive line

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that sent two offensive linemen to fouryear institutions, Daryl Petty (Northwestern Oklahoma State University) and Heath Blount (University of South Alabama).

Since his time at Northeast, Macon has sent a steady progression of players to four-year universities and colleges including John Brown (Lakeland, Fla.) to the

University of Tennessee, Cody Woodiel (Hernando) to Troy University, Kyle Davis (Olive Branch) to Delta State University and Jeremiah Booth (Kingsland, Ga.) to the University of North Alabama.

Macon is married to Deimara and they have three children, Haleih , Brian , and Ambrielle.

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Offensive Coordinator Greg Davis

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A veteran of the coaching fraternity, Greg Davis, joins the Tiger coaching staff as Northeast’s offensive coordinator for the 2012 season.

Davis makes the move to Booneville after serving as a Kentucky State Thorobred during the last two seasons.

As the assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the Thorobreds, Davis helped lead a pair of Kentucky State University running backs to 1,000-yard seasons in 2009.

Before joining the Kentucky State staff, Davis was a member of the Sul Ross State Univeristy football staff in Texas where he served not only as the Lobos offensive line coach but as their offensive coordinator as well.

Prior to his stint with the Lobos, Davis spent a pair of seasons at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas as the Reddies offensive line coach andrun-game coordinator.

It was during his time as the Reddies’ offensive line coach and run-game coordinator that Davis made a name for himself.

During his tenure as a coach at Henderson State University, Davis had four lineman selected to the Division II All-Southeast Region Team and three linemen picked for the All-Gulf South Conference Team.

In 2007, Davis coached Kurt Kutscher who was a finalist for the Gene Upshaw Award, which is awarded to Division II’s best offensive lineman.

Davis also had the pleasure of coaching an All-American lineman while serving as a Reddie coach.

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sons, Davis found himself at Upper Iowa University andbefore that he was the offensive line coach and strength coordinator at Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Davis began his coaching career at Stephen F. Austin State University before moving to Independence Community College as the Pirates assistant head coach, run game coordinator and offensive line coach.

Before joining the coaching ranks in the early 2000s, Davis found himself playing professional football first with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) in 1999 as a member of the Giants training camp and then as a member of the Arena Football League’s (AFL)

Houston Thunder Bears.

Davis completed a bachelor’s of science degree in psychology from Texas Christian University where he was a member of the Horned Frogs football team from 1994-98.

During his time with the TCU football team, Davis participated in both the Independence and Sun bowls and was named to the 1998 Sun Bowl All-Bowl Team.

While at Stephen F. Austin State University, Davis completed a master of science in family and consumer sciences degree.

Davis, a native of Kingsville, Texas, is married to Karri and has two sons Reed and Rece.

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Defensive Backs Coach Jonathan Webster

Jonathan Webster

A product of the Mississippi junior college system will take over the role of defensive backs coach for the Tigers in 2012.

Jonathan Webster, a native of Batesville, will begin his first year in Booneville when the Tigers take on the Wolves of Copiah-Lincoln Community College on August 30.

Webster, who played for Northwest Mississippi Community College, spent three years at Southwest Mississippi Community College in Summit before making the trek to Booneville.

During his time in Summit, Webster served under Bear head coach Charles Anthony but it was as a Wonder Boy at Arkansas Tech University where the Batesville native made a name for himself.

Webster not only set records on the field for the Wonder Boys but the Mississippi native also focused his concentration in the classroom and was twice named to the ESPN The Magazine/ College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VI team.

Webster became just the twenty-seventh (27th) Wonder Boy to garner such an honor and led the Wonder Boy defense while compiling a 3.27 cumulative grade point average in sociology.

During his two years as a Wonder Boy safety – 2006 and 2007, Webster was able to rack up 126 tackles, two interceptions and five pass break-ups.

In his final campaign with Arkansas Tech, Webster recorded 79 tackles during the 2007 season – second-most on the team.

In his freshman year, Webster appeared in all 10 games for Arkansas Tech while making four stops and finished with 47

C o a c h e s B i o g r a p h i e s tackles (fourth on the team) including 23 solo stops, 1.5 tackles for loss, one interception and three pass break-ups.

Webster was also named the Wonder Boys’ defensive MVP for a 55-35 win over Ouachita Baptist when the Batesville-native recorded 15 tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, an interception and pass break-up against the Tigers.

While at Northwest Mississippi Community College, Webster helped lead the Ranger defense to national rankings.

In the 2004 season, the Ranger defense ranked in the top 10 in the country by only allowing 212 yards of total defense and

were second in pass defense by surrendering 91.9 yards per game.

Webster recorded over 70 tackles his sophomore year while holding the opposition to just 15.1 points per game.

Webster and the Rangers also averaged four sacks a contest during his sophomore season.

In his freshman year, Webster helped the Rangers rank fourth in the nation in rushing defense by allowing just 71.6 yards per game, fourteenth in the nation in total defense (237.2 yards/contest) and twentyseventh overall in passing defense with 165.6 yards per outing.

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Defensive Line Coach DelJuan Robinson

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A former National League Football (NFL) lineman will be tackling the spot of defensive line coach for Ricky Smither’s troops in 2012.

DelJuan Robinson, a native of Hernado, agreed to join the Tigers and help with the defensive line.

Robinson made a name for himself as a standout defensive tackle for the Mississippi State University football team in the mid-2000s before signing with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2007.

At Mississippi State University, Robinson played in 44 games while drawing 28 starts for the Bulldogs and during his career in the maroon and white, Robinson finished with 104 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and one fumble recovery.

Robinson steadily improved each year in Starkville while appearing in 11 games with five starts as a freshman in 2003 he recorded 18 tackles, two tackles for loss and his only collegiate fumble recovery.

In 2004, Robinson continued to improve by appearing in 11 games with four starts and registering 23 tackles including 2.5 tackles for loss and one sack.

Robinson’s junior and senior campaigns saw the Bulldog turn in an 11-game start streakduring his junior year with 29 tackles and one tackle for loss and in his final year in Starkville, Robinson drew eight starts while appearing in 11 games and notched 34 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 quarterback sacks.

When not starring on the gridiron for the Bulldogs, Robinson was busy in the classroom majoring in fitness management.

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on May 4, 2007 and spent the majority of the season on the practice squad before being signed to the active roster on December 26, 2007.

Robinson stayed on the active roster during the 2008 and 2009 seasons appearing in 16 games during the 2008 season while drawing three starts.

During his first full league in the NFL, Robinson recorded 28 tackles and forced one fumble – causing Jacksonville Jaguar

running back Maurice Jones-Drew to fumble in a December 1, 2008 game.

In 2009, Robinson appeared in 11 games for the Texans and recorded four tackles and made an appearance on the kickoff team returning a kickoff for no yards.

In 2010, Robinson was waived by the Texans during the final roster cut down but signed as a free agent with the Carolina Panthers in August 2011.

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Athletic Trainer Hope Barnes

A north Mississippi native will begin her first year as Northeast Mississippi Community College’s athletic trainer starting with the 2012-13 academic year.

Hope Barnes, a native of Nettleton, has agreed to become Northeast’s head athletic trainer.

Barnes graduated from Nettleton High School in May 2009 and was a member of both the Lady Tiger cheerleading squad and powerlifting team, which helped set the stage for the Lady Tigers Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) powerlifting state championship just a year later.

After her varsity career, Barnes carried her talents to the University of Southern Mississippi where she helped with various Golden Eagle and Lady Eagle sports including the successful USM football team.

Before moving to Hattiesburg, Barnes was also awarded the Haskell Scholarship,

Hope Barnes which was named by Amory native and Hollywood veteran Sam Haskell for his mother and is given to a senior at each of the Monroe County schools plus selected seniors at Amory High School. The Haskell Foundation chooses Haskell Scholarship recipients and awards are based upon student achievement, academics, activities and other criteria.

At Nettleton High School, Barnes was

also a part of the nurse mentorship academy that partnered with the North Mississippi Medical Center to train certified nursing assistants (CNAs).

While at the University of Southern Mississippi, Barnes carried on her high academic standards and finished her degree in three years including all prerequisite work while splitting time with the Golden Eagle and Lady Eagle sports along with Oak Grove High School.

In May 2012, Barnes graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Athletic Training.

At the USM, Barnes was a member of various clubs and organizations including Eagles for Life, the Legacy and the Student Sports Medicine Association.

Even after graduation, Barnes was instrumental in helping high school athletes by serving as one of the athletic trainers for the youth football camps at Southern Mississippi.

Cheerleading Coach Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer Johnson bounced her way into being the Northeast Mississippi Community College cheerleading coach in late October 2008.

Johnson, who has been involved cheerleading for the majority of her lifetime, started her cheer career as one of 15 cheerleaders at J. Sterling Morton East High School in Ciero, Ill., where the student population was made up of more than 5,800 students.

Following graduation, Johnson and her family moved to Booneville with Johnson eventually joining the Itawamba Community College Indianette dance team before coming back to Prentiss County and Northeast.

After graduating from the University of Mississippi in May 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, Johnson joined the staff at Olive Branch Middle School where she was the seventh grade language arts instructor and in charge of 24 eighth grade cheerleaders her first year.

Johnson rose to the top of the cheerleading ranks when she took the New Site High School cheerleading squad to a second place finish in the Mississippi High School Activities Association’s State Cheerleading

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Jennifer Johnson Competition in 2005.

Johnson pushed the New Site cheerleaders to a second place finish in the Universal Cheerleading Association’s (UCA) Dixie Championship Regional earning the Lady Royals a berth in the 2006 UCA High School Nationals in Orlando, Fla., in 2006.

Johnson’s team turned in a 26-place performance in the national competition and earned a superior squad rating.

Johnson decided to take time off from cheerleading to take care of her baby boy after almost two years at New Site but the spirit was still there and when the position opened at Northeast in the fall 2008, Johnson bounded at the chance.

During her time in northeast Missis-

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sippi, Johnson has also taught at Baldwyn Middle School and coached cheerleading squads at Marietta Elementary School.

Johnson led the Marietta Lady Raiders to a third place showing in both 2003 and 2004 and received the Most Improved squad at cheerleading camp.

Johnson also sponsors her own cheerleading gymnasium ‘ Northeast Mississippi Academy of Cheerleading’ that opened in September 2004.

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Sports Information Director Joseph Miller

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Michael Joseph Miller of Milton, Fla., was hired August 25, 2008 to the Public Information Office as the Assistant Public Information Officer and Sports Information Director at Northeast Mississippi Community College.

After graduating from Milton High School in May of 1995, Miller joined the United States Navy in September of that same year and served in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii as a Torpedomans Mate. Miller received an honorable discharge in 1998 along with the National Defense Ribbon from the Gulf War and the Good Conduct Medal for his faithful service to the country.

Upon completing his duty to the Navy, Miller decided to return to school and pursue his education and athletic aspirations.

He found his way to Northeast Mississippi Community College in the spring of 1999, and soon began his journey to fulfill his academic and athletics aspirations as a Tiger.

As a student-athlete for Northeast playing football for the Tigers, Miller was coached by head coach Laurin Collins during the 1999 and 2000 seasons. Despite being plagued by knee injuries (torn ACL’s), he entered both seasons atop the depth chart at free safety.

Miller graduated early in the fall of 2000 and was on the Dean’s List with an associate’s degree in physical education from Northeast.

After Northeast, Miller went on to play football and pursue his higher educational

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goals at Troy State University and lettered in Division I-A football in 2002-03. He graduated from Troy on the Dean’s List in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism mentoring in Media Relations and Sports Information.

Miller spent one year in the Sports Information Department at Troy as an intern for the Sports Information Director Tom Strothers. He also worked part-time for the Troy State Television Department as a studentreporter, cameraman, anchorman, master control room operator, and writer for three years before graduation. As part of his work with TSU-TV, Miller was chosen to represent Troy at the WAKA 8 television station in Montgomery, Ala., as a sports anchor for a contest of amateur sports anchors. He was selected as the third best anchor out of countless of contestants by the viewing audience in 2003.

Miller worked for the Unity Broadcasting Network in Booneville in 2004 as a master control operator, cameraman, anchor, reporter, writer, and as an advertising sales representative in the public relations department.

After his work in journalism, Miller spent four years from 2004 to 2008 working for the United States government at Miltec Missiles and Space A Ducommun Company in Iuka. He worked as a Missiles Mechanical Technician/Inventory Clerk and was also the Media Relations representative for the Iuka facilities reporting to the home office public relations department in Huntsville, Ala. Miller decided to get back to his first love, journalism, and came on board with Northeast Mississippi Community College in August of 2008.

His responsibilities at Northeast duties include working with members of the local media as they cover NEMCC sporting events and other campus happenings, constructing and sending press releases to local media outlets regarding NEMCC, and helping the Tigers’ coaching staff recruiting efforts, and keeping statistics, working for the associate vice president of Public Information Tony Finch.

Miller and his wife Sabrina have two children, Elias Jude and Lydia Diane,and are members of Calvary Apostolic/Holiness Church in Corinth.

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Northeast athletic department officials have announced the retirement of nine jerseys worn by former Tiger athletes who played or are currently playing on the professional level.

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David “Nub” Strickland (‘55) Holly Springs Denver Broncos (NFL)

Adrian Smith (‘56) Kirksey, KY Cincinatti Royals (NBA)

Mike Williams (‘81) Atmore, AL Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)

Jackie Perry (‘86) Jackson, TN Int’l Women’s Basketball League

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Jerome Woods (‘93) Memphis, TN Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)

Mitch McNeely (‘94) New Albany Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)

Dontae Jones (‘95) Nashville, TN New York Knicks (NBA)

Michael Boireau (‘98) North Miami, FL Minnesota Vikings (NFL)

Qyntel Woods (‘02) Memphis, TN Portland Trailblazers (NBA)

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Boa-Viagem, Portugal

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Go, Fight, Win

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“Go --- Tigers, We’re behind you.

Fight --- till the battle’s over.

Win --- for --- the pride of Northeast Gain the Victory!

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Go!.........................

Fight!.....................

Win!.......................

N.E.M.C.C. Lyrics by former Northeast director of bands and ‘74 alumnus Ricky Bishop.

Sung to the tune of “The Victors,” (L.Elbel) the University of Michigan fight song.

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Arnold

When Northeast was founded in 1948, Bonner Arnold served as physical education instructor, men’ basketball coach and athletic director.

Arnold and legendary University of Kentucky Wildcat men’s basketball coach Adolph Rupp were friends and as a result of this friendship and the success of the Kentucky basketball program, Arnold wanted the school’s athletic teams to sport a similar nickname.

“Fighting Tigers” was adopted as the school’s mascot.

Later, the school’s athletic program grew to include men’s and women’s varsity sports. “Fighting” was dropped and the teams became known as the “Tigers” and “Lady Tigers.”

South ties series in annual All-Star contest Southwest Mississippi Community College quarterback Vintavious Cooper proved that he belonged in the 38th annual Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges(MACJC) All-Star Football Classic on Saturday, December 3.

Cooper, who accounted for 163 total yards, was 10-of-12 through the air for 117 yards in leading the South All-Stars to a 14-9 win at Northeast’s Tiger Stadium.

With the win, the South evened the overall series 18-18-2 as Northeast hosted its twenty-fifth straight all-star contest.

En route to leading the South to the five-point win, Cooper was awarded the James H. “Wooky” Gray Award that goes to the contest’s Most Valuable Player.

Cooper’s MVP award marks the second time in three years that a Southwest quarterback has received the honor. In 2009, Southwest signal caller Stanley Jennings was given the award following a 12-for-24 day that saw the him throw for 206 yards and three touchdowns in the South’s 28-0 shutout.

After Mississippi Delta kicker Ridge Rochelle gave the North a 3-0 lead with 4:51 left in the first half, the South all-stars reeled offback-to-back scores en route to their eighteenth win in the series.

Rochelle’s 31-yard field goal was set up by his Mississippi Delta teammate Dontarius Thomas who thwarted a South scoring drive with a 70-yard interception return to the South 31-yard line with just under 12 minutes left in the first half.

Cooper wasted little time in getting the South on the board when the South All-Stars cashed in just over two minutes later.

Cooper connected with Pearl River’s Jaquaa Peters on a 46-yard pass putting the South in the red zone and Pearl River’s Melvin German scampered in from five yards out with 2:20 showing giving the South a 7-3 lead after Northeast’s Taylor Earhart connected on the extra point try.

Earhart donned the red South All-Star jersey since the South All-Stars did not have a kicker for the day.

Rochelle had a chance to cut into the South lead but the Mississippi Delta place kicker’s 47-yard field goal attempt with 33 seconds left in the half was 16

Jones County wide receiver Jonathan Ducksworth pulls in a red zone pass in front of Northwest defensive back La’Darrick Anderson during the 38th-annual Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) All-Star Football Classic held at Tiger Stadium in Booneville on Saturday, December 3, 2011.

blocked by the South.

The South kept the pressure on the North early in the second half and after a great catch by Jones County’s Jonathan Ducksworth, Pearl River’s Jonathan Duncan punched in from five yards out with 18:37 left in the game. Earhart was true on his second extra point of the day giving the South a 14-3 advantage.

Itawamba’s Camden Dallas made a game out of it late as the Indian signal caller found Northwest’s Deantae Smith on a 17-yard touchdown strike with 5:39 remaining in the game but the North’s two-point conversion attempt fell short leaving the South with the 14-9 advantage.

North All-Stars got one more chance for the victory when the North defense led by Northeast players Anthony Payne, Frankie Lee, JeremiahBooth and Devin Lindsey forced a punt out of the South. Being without a kicker, the South was forced to use Jones linebacker Brion Jones as its punter and the North picked up good field position on the kick.

However, the South forced the North to turn the ball over on downs after a fourth and 14 play from the South 38 with 1:26 left in the game and ran out the clock for the victory.

In post-game awards, Smith picked up the Hubert Tucker Award that went to the North’s Most Valuable Offensive Player as the Northwest wide receiver hauled in three catches for 35 yards and a touchdown.

Peters earned the Keith Daniels Award for the South’s Most Valuable Offensive Player after hauling in a pair of passes for 56 yards.

Jones picked up the South’s Most Valuable Defensive Player Award after recording an eight-tackle, two-sack performance for the South All-Stars.

Itawamba’s Ashton Ballard picked up the North’s Most Valuable Defensive Award after picking off a pair of passes during the all-star event and Cooper was awarded the James H. “Wooky” Gray Award for the game’s overall most valuable player.

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Throughout the history of Northeast Mississippi Community College, superior athletes have been named to the All-American team, the highest honor bestowed upon any player.

Recipients of this honor are chosen by the 23 regional directors of the National Junior College Athletic Association. Their selection for the All-American team, second team and honorable mention are made only after careful evaluation of the hundreds of nominations which are submitted by community/junior college coaches from across the country.

We are proud to salute those who brought honor to themselves as young men and women and to Northeast Mississippi Community College for the time to come.

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Shanika “Boo” Randle Outfielder NFCA All-American Houston

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Chase Porch Designated Hitter Third Team East Union

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Deion Belue Defensive Back Honorable Mention Deshler, Ala.

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Lori Wilson First Base All-American Blue Mountain

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Callie Weaver Shortstop NFCA All-American Houston

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Jessica Spain Shortstop All-American NFCA Louisville Slugger Booneville

Craig Lauderdale All-American Booneville

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Jerry King Running Back All-American Chattanooga, Tenn

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Jocelyn McGolrick Pitcher NFCA All-American Richmond, BC, Canada

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Chase Williams All-American Corinth

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Johnny Buskirk Quarterback Honorable Mention New Albany

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Brandi Vondenstein Third Base Honorable Mention NFCA All-American Rayne, La.

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Charity Graham Outfielder NFCA All-American 2nd Team Mantachie

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Donnie Clayton Tight End Honorable Mention Ripley

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Larry Parker Running Back Honorable Mention Rogersville, Ala.

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Josie Lindgrin Pitcher NFCA All-American 2nd Team Vancouver, BC, Canada

Barry Todd Defensive Back Second Team Memphis, Tenn.

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Maury Hill Defensive Back Second Team Ripley

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Paige Wright Shortstop All-American Southaven

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Paul Rhodes Defensive Lineman Second Team Kossuth

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Anthony Norman

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Antonio Foster Offensive Lineman Honorabal Mention Valdosta, Ga.

Kelly Hankins Infielder Distinguished Academic All-American Mooreville

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Staranna Fraizer Outfielder Third Team NFCA All-American 2nd Team New Albany

Running Back Honorable Mention Morrow, Ga.

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Blake Hatfield All-American Booneville

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Gene Garrett Guard All-American LaCenter, Ky.

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Ken Lindsey Forward All-American Booneville

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Charles “Doodle” Floyd Forward All-American Water Valley, Ky.

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Adrian “Odie” Smith Guard All-American Kirksey, Ky.

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Vincent Del Negro Forward All-American

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Gaylon Baird Forward All-American Myrtle

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Jackie Perry Forward All-American Jackson, Tenn.

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Kunshinge Sorrell Point Guard All-American Booneville

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Sherry Slayton Forward All-American Belmont

Maurice Stafford Forward Honorable Mention Biggersville Anthony Anderson Guard Second Team New Albany Anthony Gamble Forward All-American Booneville

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Clay Johnson Guard All-American Booneville

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Dontae Jones Forward All-American Nashville, Tenn.

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Tim Cole Guard All-American Memphis, Tenn.

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Phyllis Stafford Center All-American Biggersville

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Tiffany Sitton Forward All-American Glen

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Marqueciqa Thomas Forward All-American Jackson

Qyntel Woods Forward All-American Memphis, Tenn.

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Evelyn Thompson Forward All-American LaGrange, Ga.

Tamica Pierce Forward All-American Decatur, Ga.

Eric Batchelor Forward All-American Memphis, Tenn.

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Jessica Hooker Forward All-American Brownsville, Tenn.

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Krystal Robinson Forward All-American Covington, Tenn.

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With last year’s success safely tucked away in the record books, fifth year head football coach Ricky Smither will look to lead his troops back to the Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges (MACJC) playoffs in 2012.

Northeast finished 6-4 overall after falling to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 20-17 in overtime during the first round of the 2011 postseason.

“It was a really hard loss for our kids to take,” explained Smither. “We worked so hard to start off the season undefeated at 5-0 and being nationally ranked. We had some tough losses after that great start but slid into the playoffs at the end. However, our inexperience with the playoffs showed up and we were unable to pull it out in overtime but we all learned a great deal from what happened.

“For the few sophomores we have returning who participated in last year’s success and the tough loss in the playoffs, it left a bad taste in their mouth and I expect those guys to help lead the way this year even further into the postseason.”Smither lost over 20 sophomores and returns only a handful with playing experience on the junior college (JUCO) battlefield to this year’s roster.

Leading the way for the offense will be returning tight ends Logan Stokes of Muscle Shoals, Ala., who has already committed to Louisiana State University (LSU), Donnell Chapman of Batesville and center Collin Stubblefield of New Albany, who played every snap for the Tigers last season.

For defensive upper classmen leadership, the Tigers will look for sophomore defensive tackle Lavon Hooks of Atlanta, linebacker Dennis Draper of Batesville, linebacker Nick Thomason of Muscle Shoals, Alabama and cornerback Kareem Brown of New Albany to push the young defense into performing at the high level of production the defense obtained in 2011.

Veteran coach Travis Macon will man the defensive coordinator headset for the 2012 season.

“All these upper classmen should be prepared to lead,” Smither said. “They know what it’s like playing at the JUCO level and they have on-the-field experience 18

Tight end Logan Stokes (85) has already committed to Louisiana State University (LSU) but returns to lead the Tiger offense. that will help them step up in a leadership quarterback (6-5, 215) who can run and role this year and Coach Macon has paid throw. He came out of a winning program his dues as a coach and will definitely help where he led the Spartans to the postseason them reach their goal of winning.” and set all sorts of school records.”

The key word for the 2012 Tiger footLipham was a two-time All District ball squad is “young” and this is also true 9-4A selection and holds the Spartans cafor their Division I-A transfer quarterback reer record for passing touchdowns (43) Matt Lipham who will be called upon to fill and passing yards (3,825) while only givthe void at the signal caller spot. ing up seven interceptions. Lipham’s overLipham transferred from Southern Il- all record was 20-4 as a starter and added linois University, where he was redshirted, 55 career touchdowns that set another but brings in an impressive resume from school record. his high school career.

Corinth’s Nolan Genovese will push “Matt is a great kid and a talented player Lipham at the quarterback spot. Genovese who played at Salmen High School in Lou- is a sophomore transfer from Holmes Comisiana,” Smither said. “He is a big strong munity College who played high school

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“These two guys are very intelligent and will push each other to get better,” explained Smither. “The problem will be who are they going to throw to? We’ve got to have some guys step up at the receiver position in order to help our quarterbacks be successful.”

Northeast lost a pair of talented receivers after the 2011 season when Tres Houston signed with Arkansas State and Donte Barksdale joined the Delta State University Statesmen football team.

“Losing guys like Tres and Donte is tough and they’re going to be hard to replace,” Smither said. “However, we do have few guys that played some at wideout late last year with Jamarius Tallie and Michael Bush (both from West Point), to go along with new players like Raymond Gee, Jr., who is a 6-4 kid who has great ball skills and also Demarrion Haynes, who can flat out fly.”

In the backfield Smither will look for running back Jay Jones to pick up where he left off two years ago when Jones lead the way for Northwest Mississippi Community College and even before that Jones was a high school standout at Horn Lake.

“I am really excited about this position and what Jay can bring to the table for us,” Smither said. “Jay runs very well, has great vision and can catch the ball extremely well out of the backfield.

Backing him up will be Garrett Smith (Starkville) who is one of our sophomores who did play some last year -- who I am excited about -- to go along with Pascal Desir III (Jackson) another very young talented player. Clayton McCoy (Falkner) will be our halfback and should help clear some running lanes for these other guys.”

With all this talent in the backfield, the Tigers will have to get some help from the big men up front in order to be successful.

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Punter Jonathan Harrison (41) was one of the best in the state in 2011 and returns for his sophomore season with the Tigers.

“We can talk about the guys catching the ball and throwing the ball and running the ball all day long but if those big guys up front don’t block…we are in trouble,” Smither explained.

“Our entire line is returning from last year but the only one that played every snap is Collin,” Smither said. “Jonathan Braddock (Ripley) and Carlton Howard (Batesville) played some for us last year and we signed Anthony Kibler, a transfer from the University of South Florida, who should be a top notch player in this league.

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We also signed some other young guys that could fill some voids and see some playing time as well like Travarius Love of Charleston and Logan Hall from Kossuth.”

Newly hired offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Greg Davis will look to command the linemen and run the show for the Tigers’ offense in 2012.

“Greg brings a lot of valuable experience to us,” Smither said.

“He played at Texas Christian University and for the New York Giants and his coaching resume speaks for itself.”

Smither has added another new hire -- defensive line coach Deljuan Robinson, who played at Mississippi State and has NFL experience with the Houston Texans and Carolina Panthers – who will put up the front line of defense for Northeast this season.

“Deljuan is a tremendous teacher and he knows how to get his guys to play hard for him, his kids love him,” said Smither. “He will have Hooks leading the charge for his defensive front along with Ernesto Wynn, Rezean Prather and Maurice Booker.”

Wynn hails from Augusta, Georgia while Prather is a Ripley native and Booker comes from Leighton, Alabama.

Behind the front will be three linebackers that all return with playing experience with Thomason and Draper leading the charge next to J.R. White of Tuscumbia, Alabama.

“Thomason is a hard nose player who is being highly recruited and Draper is like our “Honey Badger”, explained Smither. “Dennis is always 100 percent and a playmaker that can really run well and is everywhere it seems like. J.R. is a big solid kid who will give us some good strength in the middle. We also signed some other young guys like Nick Johnson (Olive Branch) who will see some playing time this year.”

The last line of defense for the Tigers will obviously be the secondary and fans will not only see new faces in the defensive backfield but will also notice a new coach.

Jonathan Webster will be the new defensive back’s coach and only has one returning player with junior college experience in Brown.

“Webster is a tremendous coach and a great teacher,” said Smither. “He is another guy the kids really flock to and believe in.”

Webster will have to look to replace some key starters in the secondary that moved on from last year’s team including Deion Belue, who inked with the University of Alabama, Jeremy Spikner, who inked with Troy University, and two big playmakers at the safety position in Frankie Lee and Devin Lindsey.

“To be completely honest, I really think we have more talent overall in the secondary this year than we did last season,” explained Smither. “We got Dale Trimble here now who is a transfer from the University of Kentucky and is a great athlete to replace Belue, and of course Brown who was a great player for us in 2011.

Our biggest surprise is Brian Walker, a transfer from Valdosta who will be at one of our safety spots along with Antione Wilson.”

“Overall, we are just really talented this season but very young,” said Smither. “We have some guys that run really well and we are going to be a lot faster than we have ever been. The bottom line for us . . . will be chemistry.

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One aspect where Smither knows he can put his trust in is in special teams. Sophomore Jonathan Harrison returns as one of the premier punters in the league and should have another big season.

Place kicker duties will be riding on the leg of newcomer Chris Cooper of Madison Central High School.

“Cooper is amazing,” Smither said. “I don’t know why a Division I-A school didn’t pick him up because he has one of the strongest legs I have seen in a while. He made 63-yard field goals at practice and that is something special. On kickoff duty he is putting it way out of the back of the end zone and we hope he can continue that into the season.”

“Harrison was the number two punter in the state last season and he just keeps getting better and better,” Smither said. “These two guys just make my job easier and make my decisions easier when it comes down to what options we go to during a game.”

Northeast should give the fans plenty to cheer about in 2012 as the Tigers continue to do battle in the “Toughest League in America”.

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Name JaMarius Tallie Martice Buckley Antwan Wilson Kareem Brown Dennis Draper Pascal Desir III Donnell Chapman Jay Jones Nolan Genovese Brian Walker Raymond Gee, Jr. Xavier Amerson Matt Lipham Dequinten Spraggins Austin Ramsey Gregdrecus Leland Garrett Smith Shuntez Smith Antonius Dogan Jaquille White Nick Thomason Olajuwon Tanner Nick Johnson Robert Lee Johnson Jr. J.R. White Chris Cooper Trevoris Meeks Jaylon Wallace Jonathan Harrison Daniel Ross Timothy Hudgins Nicholas Johnson Romia Wilson Jonathan Braddock Collin Stubblefield Chris Wolfe Logan Hall Brandon Avant Carlton Howard Kortilous Ellis Travarius Love Sean Rogers Anthony Kibler Ron Taylor Demarrion Haynes Andrez Anderson Rusty Landry Logan Stokes Kerwin Harrison Maurice Booker Parrish Huddleston Lavon Hooks Justin Coleman Rezean Prather Ernesto Wynn

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Height 6-0 5-10 6-1 5-9 5-9 5-9 6-3 5-7 6-0 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-5 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-10 5-10 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-1 5-10 6-1 5-11 6-0 6-0 6-6 6-6 5-10 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-6 6-3 5-10 5-11 6-2 6-5 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-0

Weight 185 175 195 180 190 195 235 190 200 195 185 205 225 180 240 175 190 180 175 190 230 245 200 205 245 185 200 210 195 325 205 245 275 275 290 310 315 315 300 260 265 300 340 190 180 180 220 245 250 275 300 290 230 255 325

Hometown West Point Charleston Charleston New Albany Batesville Jackson Batesville Horn Lake Corinth Cairo, Ga. Renova Orlando Fla. Slidell, La. West Point Belmont Batesville Starkville Southaven Charleston West Point Muscle Shoals, Ala. Coffeeville Olive Branch Olive Branch Tuscumbia, Ala. Madison Charleston Southaven Belmont Louisville, Ky. Columbus Batesville West Point Ripley New Albany Columbus Corinth Maben Batesville Charleston Charleston Batesville Okeechobee, Fla. Courtland Rosedale Horn Lake Thrasher Muscle Shoals, Ala. Lakeland, Fla. Leighton, Ala. Baldwyn Atlanta, Ga. Renova Ripley Augusta, Ga.

Head Coach: Ricky Smither Offensive Coordinator: Greg Davis Defensive Coordinator: Travis Macon Defensive Backs: Jonathan Webster Defensive Line: Deljuan Robinson President: Dr. Johnny Allen Athletic Director: Ricky Ford Sports Information Director: Joseph Miller

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#1 JaMarius Tallie WR Sophomore West Point

#2 Martice Buckley DB Freshman Charleston

#6 Dennis Draper LB Sophomore Batesville

#6 Pascal Desir III RB Freshman Jackson

#9 Nolan Genovese QB Sophomore Corinth

#10 Brian Walker DB Freshman Cairo, Ga.

#14 Matt Lipham QB Freshman Slidell, La.

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#15 Dequinten Spraggins DB Freshman West Point

#3 Antione Wilson DB Freshman Charleston

#7 Donnell Chapman TE Sophomore Batesville

#4 Kareem Brown DB Sophomore New Albany

#8 Jay Jones RB Sophomore Horn Lake

#11 Raymond Gee, Jr. WR Freshman Renova

#12 Xavier Amerson WR Freshman Orlando, Fla.

#16 Austin Ramsey FB Freshman Belmont

#20 Gregdrecus Leland DB Freshman Batesville

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#22 Shuntez Smith WR Freshman Southaven

#23 Antonius Dogan DB Freshman Charleston

#24 Jaquille White DB Freshman West Point

#25 Nick Thomason LB Sophomore Muscle Shoals, Ala.

#28 Olajuwon Tanner FB Freshman Coffeeville

#30 Nick Johnson LB Freshman Olive Branch

#32 Robert Johnson Jr. RB Sophomore Olive Branch

#33 J.R. White LB Sophomore Tuscumbia, Ala.

#34 Chris Cooper K Freshman Madison

#39 Trevoris Meeks LB Freshman Charleston

#40 Jaylon Wallace LB Freshman Southaven

#41 Jonathan Harrison P Sophomore Belmont

#44 Daniel Ross DL Freshman Louisville

#45 Timothy Hudgins LB Freshman Columbus

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#50 Romia Wilson OL Freshman West Point

#54 Jonathan Braddock OL Sophomore Ripley

#55 Collin Stubblefield OL Sophomore New Albany

#60 Chris Wolfe DL Sophomore Columbus

#61 Logan Hall OL Freshman Corinth

#63 Brandon Avant OL Sophomore Maben

#66 Carlton Howard OL Sophomore Batesville

#68 Kortilous Ellis OL Freshman Charleston

#74 Sean Rogers OL Freshman Batesville

#76 Anthony Kibler OL Freshman Okeechobee, Fla.

#80 Ron Taylor WR Freshman Courtland

#82 Andrez Anderson WR Freshman Horn Lake

#84 Rusty Landry TE Sophomore Thrasher

#72 Travarius Love OL Freshman Charleston

#81 Demarrion Haynes WR Freshman Rosedale

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#85 Logan Stokes TE Sophomore Muscle Shoals, Ala.

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#95 Justin Coleman DL Freshman Renova

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#90 Maurice Booker DE Sophomore Leighton, Ala.

#97 Rezean Prather DE Freshman Ripley

#93 Parrish Huddleston DL Freshman Baldwyn

#94 Lavon Hooks DE Sophomore Atlanta, Ga.

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Alabama...................4 Florida.........................3 Georgia.....................3 Kentucky.....................1 Louisiana...................1 Mississippi................43

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Nick Thomason J.R. White Logan Stokes Maurice Booker

Florida (3) 12 76 89

Xavier Amerson Anthony Kibler Kerwin Harrison

Georgia (3) 10 94 99

Brian Walker Lavon Hooks Ernesto Wynn

Kentucky (1) 44

Daniel Ross

Louisiana (1) 14

Matt Lipham

Mississippi (43) Alcorn 9 Nolan Genovese 61 Logan Hall 26

Geographical Roster Bolivar 11 Raymond Gee, Jr. 95 Justin Coleman 1 15 24 50

Clay JaMarius Tallie Dequinten Spraggins Jaquille White Romia Wilson

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DeSoto Jay Jones Shuntez Smith Nick Johnson Robert Lee Johnson Jr. Jaylon Wallace Andrez Anderson

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Lowndes 45 Timothy Hudgins 60 Chris Wolfe Madison 34 Chris Cooper Oktibbeha 21 Garrett Smith 63 Brandon Avant 5 7

Panola Dennis Draper Donnell Chapman

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Gregdrecus Leland Nicholas Johnson Carlton Howard Sean Rogers Ron Taylor

Prentiss 84 Rusty Landry 93 Parrish Huddleston 2 3 23 39 68 72

Tallahatchie Martice Buckley Antwan Wilson Antonius Dogan Trevoris Meeks Kortilous Ellis Travarius Love

Tippah 54 Jonathan Braddock 97 Rezean Prather Tishomingo 16 Austin Ramsey 41 Jonathan Harrison Tunica 81 Demarrion Haynes Union 4 Kareem Brown 55 Collin Stubblefield Yalobusha 28 Olajuwon Tanner

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6-3, 205/S Chiefs (1996-2005) NEMCC: 1992-1993

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Michael Boireau North Miami, Fla. 6-4, 276 / DL Vikings (2000-2001) NEMCC: 1996-1998 The following atheltes have signed at four-year colleges and universities from the Northeast football program since 2005. If there is a player missing from the list, please fill out the alumni update form located on the http://www.nemccathletics.com website -- under the Fan Central tab.

Division I-A Greg Smith (Chattanooga, TN), Auburn Michael Ricks (Leighton, AL), Alabama Chris Nance (Tuscumbia, AL), Mississippi State Justin Sanders (Pearl, MS), Illinois Bruce Hall (Milton, FL), Ole Miss Cameron Montgomery (Houston, TX), North Texas Stanley Lykes (Birmingham, AL), UAB Emory Jones (Detroit, MI), Michigan State Donald Thornton (Horn Lake, MS), Memphis Rico Wood (Corinth, MS), Louisiana Tech Brice Beck (Blytheville, AR), Louisiana-Monroe Chris Barnett (Southaven, MS), Memphis Orlandus King (Leighton, AL), UAB Reggie Wade (Tuscumbia, AL), Jacksonville State C.J. Foster (Tuscumbia, AL), Jacksonville State Brandon Ciaramitaro (Batesville, MS) Arkansas State Eric Johnson (Anniston, AL), Ohio University Antezdra Thigpen (Holly Springs, MS), UT-Chat T.T. Harper (Hartsville, TN), UT-Chattanooga Ryan Hopkins (Jackson, MS), Jackson State Mario Luvine (Collins, MS), Prairie View Robertson Hatten (Collins, MS), Alcorn State Robert Fox (Calhoun City, MS), Miss. Valley State Courtney Sanders (Columbus, MS), Miss. Valley St Corey Sanders (Columbus, MS), Miss. Valley State Matt Blanchard (Saltillo, MS), Nichols State

Mario Addison (Birmingham, AL), Troy B.J. Taylor (Tuscumbia, AL), UT-Chattanooga Anthony Jones (Tallahassee, FL), Middle Tennessee John Brown (Lakeland, FL), Tennessee Brynden Trawick (Atlanta, Ga.) Troy Josh Jarboe (Atlanta, Ga.) Arkansas State Cody Woodiel (Hernando, Miss.) Troy LaDarrius Madden (Leighton, Ala.) Troy DeMarkus Underwood (Tuscumbia, Ala.) Troy Bernard Smith (Atlanta, Ga.) Louisiana-Lafayette Creighton Nelms (Kossuth) Southern Miss Jermaine Johnson (Thomasville, Ga) MTSU Tarondal Phillips (Holly Springs), Memphis Jaquise Cook (Ripley), Memphis Tres Houston (Atlanta, Ga.) Arkansas State Anthony Brown (Cairo, Ga.), Memphis Antonio Foster (Valdosta, Ga.) Memphis Deion Belue (Tuscumbia, Ala.) Alabama Parks Frazier (Corinth), Murray State Pat Moore (Southaven) South Alabama Brynden Trawick (Marietta Ga.) Troy Jeremy Spikner (Olive Branch) Troy Eli Canton (Hernando) Troy Cody Woodiel (Hernando) Troy

Clarence Wright (Olive Branch, MS), Southern Ark

Division II Hollis Hoskins (Batesville, MS), Arkansas Tech Andrew Murphy (Booneville, MS), Arkansas Tech Gilbert McThunnell (Batesville, MS), NW Oklahoma Lonnell DeWalt (Bowling Green, KY), UNA Marco Ewing (West Point, MS), UNA Phil Lowry (Leighton, AL), UNA Neal Mitchell (Clarksdale, MS), UNA Tyler Collins (Tuscumbia, AL), UNA

Marvell Taylor (Charleston) Ark Tech

Quinton Johnson (Columbus), Charleston Southern Ralph Curtis (Taylorsville, MS), West Alabama

Charles Twilley (Courtland, MS), Central Arkansas

Cortez Lawrence (Murphreesboro, TN), Valdosta St. Mike Brown (Belle Grade, FL), Ark.-Monticello Channing Price (Baldwyn, MS), West Georgia

Larico Stevenson (Olive Branch, MS), West Georgia Robert Woodson (Olive Branch, MS), SW Baptist

Derrick Harris (Horn Lake, MS), Southern Arkansas Randy Lowery (Belmont, MS), West Alabama Abe Felix (Germantown, TN), West Georgia

Gary Hodges (Columbus, MS), West Georgia

Ken Harris (Columbus, MS), West Texas A&M

C.K. Glassco (Horn Lake, MS), Central Arkansas Collrett Boyd (Ripley, MS) Henderson State

John Ware (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) North Alabama Patrick Grant (Columbus, Ga) Virginia Union Donte’ Barksdale (Holly Springs) Delta State Devin Slate (Oxford) Delta State

Kyle Davis (Houston, Texas) Delta State

Jeremiah Booth (Kingsland, Ga.) North Alabama Devin Lindsey (Baldwyn) Ark Tech

Courtney Sutton (Southaven) Arkansas Monticello Division III

Shawn Gillenwater (Southaven, MS), Millsaps

Greg Magnifico (Olive Branch, MS), Belhaven Jerrell Nobles (Mobile, AL), Belhaven

Jarryn Bingham (Jackson, Miss) Mississippi College

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Northeast athletics continued to prove that it was one of the best athletic programs in not just the Mississippi Association of Community/Junior College (MACJC) but in the nation as well. From the softball diamond, to the football gridiron to the basketball hardwood, Northeast’s athletic programs were continually ranked by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) as one of the best in the nation.

Leading the way during the 2011-12 season was the Lady Tiger softball team that brought back a MACJC state runner-up trophy to Booneville. Under the guidance of head coach Jody Long, Northeast finished the season with a 32-19 record and posted a school-record for North Division wins with 17. During the course of the 2011-12 season, Northeast finished as the third team from the North Division but parlayed that finish into a state runner-up finish against Jones County at the MACJC State Tournament in Fulton and then continued its postseason momentum as Northeast was one of the last three teams left standing at the NJCAA Region XXIII Tournament in Clinton.

Long’s Lady Tigers not only did work on the field but were successful in the classroom as well with seven member of the Northeast softball team being selected for NJCAA Student-Athlete Academic Awards and the team as a whole was honored by the NJCAA for its academic work when the Lady Tigers were ranked as the thirteenth best team in the nation with a 3.42 overall grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale.

Northeast’s highlight of the year came during it annual StrikeOut Cancer doubleheader that saw redshirt freshman Jaisa Fox (Cincinnati, Ohio) throw a perfect game against Mississippi Delta and freshman pitcher Erin Dixson (Amherst, New York) followed up with a no-hitter in the nightcap. For her effort, Fox was named the NJCAA Pitcher of the Week and by the end of the season, Northeast was receiving votes in the NJCAA Top 20 Softball Poll.

On the heels of the softball team’s success, Ricky Smither’s football team turned in a 6-4 record while playing one of the toughest schedules in the MACJC. During the course of the 2011 season, Northeast faced off against three teams that were ranked during the season including the eventual NJCAA national and MACJC state champion East Mississippi, sixth-place Mississippi Gulf Coast and Northwest Mississippi. After starting the season strong, Smither and crew were ranked as high as twelfth in the country during the October 4, 2011 NJCAA Top 20 football poll and capitalized on that 5-0 start to a place in the MACJC State Football Playoffs. Northeast carried South Division winner Mississippi Gulf Coast too overtime before falling on the Bulldogs’ home field 20-17. With the football team’s success, Northeast athletes were also selected for individual honors by the NJCAA. Deion Belue, a corner back from Tuscumbia, Ala., was named an NJCAA honorable mention All-American while Frankie Lee, a defensive back from Charleston, was picked as the NJCAA Player of the Week when the Tigers knocked off Northwest Mississippi in Senatobia behind Lee’s three interceptions.

Under first-year head coach Brian Alexander, the Lady Tiger basketball team finished 9-15 overall but qualified for the MACJC State Basketball Tournament in Fulton with a dramatic 104-102 overtime win against Mississippi Delta on Sophomore Night at Bonner Arnold Coliseum in Booneville. Led by sophomore Anna Brooke Page of Belmont and Amber Jackson of Tupelo, the Northeast Lady Tiger basketball team adapted to Alexander’s style of play and ended up giving CopiahLincoln a run during the first round of the MACJC State Tournament before falling 76-63 to the Lady Wolves. Under Page and Jackson’s leadership, the Lady Tigers not only became a force on the hardwood but also became stewards in the classroom as well with Page and Bree Harris of New Site being selected for NJCAA Student-Athlete Academic Awards at the end of the season.

In addition the NJCAA Student-Athlete Academic Awards, a handful of Lady Tigers were also members of the Iota Zeta chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society and Page and Jackson signed to play on the four-year level at Blue Mountain College and William Carey University, respectively.

Under Kent Farris, Northeast’s baseball team once again advanced to the MACJC State Baseball Playoffs after knocking off rival Itawamba during a Sophomore Day doubleheader at Harold T. White Field in Booneville.

After falling behind 8-0 to the Indians, Northeast responded with 18 unanswered runs over its next four at bats in run-ruling Itawamba 18-8 in six innings.

The 10-run win on Wednesday, April 25 springboarded the Tigers into the MACJC State Baseball Playoffs where the Tigers played a marathon game one against Mississippi Gulf Coast that ended at 1 a.m. at Biloxi High School after the best-ofthree series was moved to Biloxi due to inclement weather.

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was the fourth seed from the division while eight Tigers went on to sign four-year scholarships. Taylor Bonifacio (Hurley), Daymon Eriksen (Grand Prairie, Texas), Morgan McCarley (Vina, Ala.) and Eric Wilson (Southaven) each signed with the University of North Alabama while Beau Cummings (Myrtle), Corey Smith (New Albany) and Trae Allison (Hernando) all agreed to become Toppers at Blue Mountain College. Blake Littlejohn of Pontotoc signed to play for the Majors at Millsaps College in Jackson.

Under David Robbins, Northeast men’s basketball team started the season strong and posted a 7-1 mark at the Christmas holiday break and carried a 10-2 overall record into the January 18, 2012 NJCAA Top 20 poll where the Tigers were ranked thirteenth in the nation. Northeast continued to build on its early success and finished the year with a 14-9 mark and tied for fourth in the North Division but lost out on a tiebreaker with Itawamba for a spot in the MACJC State Basketball Tournament. However, the Tigers did have three players selected to the MACJC All-State team with Acie Vance (Ripley), Lavon Hooks (Atlanta, Georgia) and Jermaine Hollimon (Memphis, Tenn.) all being selected for postseason accolades.

Vance was the North Division’s leading scorer with 16.9 points per game and finished second in the MACJC while Hooks led the North Division and the MACJC with 8.6 rebounds per game. Hollimon and Cedric Janes of Dyersburg, Tenn., were also selected to play in the MACJC North-South All-Star game in Decatur.

Under the tutelage of first-year head coach Lynn Smither; the Tiger and Lady Tiger tennis teams saw a variety of success. In just her second match as tennis coach, Smither helped both the Tigers and Lady Tigers sweep nationally-ranked Hinds in Raymond and set the tone for the rest of the season.

Northeast’s Lady Tiger tennis team finished with a 5-8 overall mark but advanced deep in the MACJC State Tennis Championships in Tupelo thanks to momentum from the last three matches of the regular season. Northeast finished the regular season with a three-match winning streak dispatching Holmes twice and East Central in a 10-day span.

On the men’s side of the nets, Northeast’s Tiger tennis team posted a 3-10 overall record but came within one point of winning three other matches on the year dropping 5-4 decisions to Holmes, Copiah-Lincoln and nationally-ranked Mississippi Gulf Coast. During the season, the Tigers helped secure the sweep of nationally-ranked Hinds early in the year and completed the season sweep ofEast Central with 6-3, 8-1 decisions over the Warriors.

Under first year head coach Mike Anderson, Northeast’s golf team recorded its highest finish of the year when it mattered the most. Northeast finished fifth at the NJCAA Region XXIII Tournament at Big Oaks in Tupelo -- an event the Tigers hosted.

During the 2012 season, the Tigers started and capped their seasons with fifth place finishes – their best finishes of the year. In the opening Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) tour stop of the year hosted by Mississippi Gulf Coast, the Tigers finished in a tie for fifth and in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XXIII Golf Championships Northeast also brought home a fifth place finish.

In between the two fifth place finishes, Northeast carded a seventh place finish at the second MACJC tour stop of the year hosted by Hinds Community College, a sixth place finish at the third tour stop of the year hosted by Copiah-Lincoln Community College.

Northeast also came away with a seventh place finish at the fourth tour stop of the year hosted by East Mississippi Community College held at the Mississippi State University golf course and in their final regular season match, the Tigers rallied on the second day to finish sixth in the Northwest Invitational. At Riverbirch in Amory, Northeast marked a seventh place finish in the MACJC State Golf Championships hosted by Itawamba Community College before moving on to region.

Under the direction of Jennifer Johnson, the 10-member Northeast cheerleading squad continued to show support for Tiger and Lady Tiger athletics and serve as an ambassador for the Northeast athletic program. From on the sidelines of a football game to the hardwood of a gymnasium, Northeast cheerleaders were on hand to cheer on the Tiger and Lady Tigers and actively engaged crowd support for the Northeast teams. Correl Hoyle of Tiplersville was chosen as the Tiger mascot “Spirit” for the 2011-12 team and engaged the crowd.

Northeast’s cheerleading squad was not just limited to sporting events, Cheerleaders were a vital part of being an ambassador for Northeast athletics -- from Northeast Now, to the annual “Friends of the Tiger” golf tournament to the Booneville Christmas parade, Northeast cheerleaders were on the forefront of showing the community Northeast athletics.

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MISS. GULF COAST BULLDOGS

COPIAH-LINCOLN WOLVES

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NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TIGERS

EAST CENTRAL WARRIORS

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EAST MISSISSIPPI LIONS

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HINDS EAGLES

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North No. 2) are set for Saturday, Nov. 3, with the first-round winners playing for the state championship Saturday, Nov. 10. The 2011 MACJC state champion earns hosting rights to the fifth-annual Mississippi Bowl scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 2, in Indian Stadium at Biloxi High School in Biloxi. (  ) DENOTES NORTH, SOUTH DIVISION GAMES

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NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI RANGERS

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SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BEARS

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Quick Facts about Northeast Athletics Location........................................................................................................................................................Booneville, MS Founded.........................................................................................................................................................................1948 President..........................................................................................................................Dr. Johnny L. Allen, Ed.D.(7226) jlallen@nemcc.edu Athletic Director......................................................................................................................................Ricky Ford (7302) rgford@nemcc.edu Sports Information Director.........................................................................................................M. Joseph Miller (7300) mjmiller@nemcc.edu Athletic Trainer................................................................................................................................... Hope Barnes (7286) hdbarnes@nemcc.edu Head Football Coach.........................................................................................................................Ricky Smither (7890) resmither@nemcc.edu Asst. Football Coaches...Travis Macon (7587), Deljuan Robinson (7351), Jonathan Webster (7575), Greg Davis (7580) ttmacon@nemcc.edu; dcrobinson@nemcc.edu; jjwebster@nemcc.edu; gadavis@nemcc.edu Head Men’s Basketball Coach.........................................................................................................David Robbins (7241) wdrobbins@nemcc.edu Men’s Assistant Basketball Coach......................................................................................................... Nick Coln (7505) tncoln@nemcc.edu Head Women’s Basketball Coach.................................................................................................Brian Alexander (7887) bcalexander@nemcc.edu Women’s Assistant Basketball Coach..........................................................................................Maurice Stafford (7161) mdstafford@nemcc.edu Head Baseball Coach..............................................................................................................................Kent Farris (7309) wkfarris@nemcc.edu Assistant Baseball Coach...............................................................................................................Richy Harrelson (7344) rwharrelson@nemcc.edu Head Softball Coach................................................................................................................................Jody Long (7305) jwlong@nemcc.edu Golf Coach................................................................................................................................................Nick Coln (7241) tncoln@nemcc.edu Tennis Coach.......................................................................................................................................Ben Shappley (7242) bshappley@nemcc.edu Cheerleading Coach...............................................................................................................Jennifer Johnson (416-8332) jjjohnson@nemcc.edu Athletic Phone..............................................................................................................................................(662) 720-7302 Athletic Office Fax.......................................................................................................................................(662) 728-1165 Football Stadium...........................................................................................................................................Tiger Stadium Basketball Arena..........................................................................................................................Bonner Arnold Coliseum Baseball Field...................................................................................Harold T. White Field/Booneville Westside City Park Softball Field............................................................................................................Field 1/Booneville Westside City Park Golf Home Course........................................................................................................................Booneville Country Club Tennis Courts.................................................................................................................................Northeast Tennis Courts Athletic E-mail...................................................................................................................................... rgford@nemcc.edu National Affiliation......................................................................National Junior College Athletic Association/Region 23 State Affiliation......................................................................Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges Colors..............................................................................................................................................................Black & Gold Mascot...........................................................................................................................................................................Tiger (All numbers carry a 662 area code and are led by a 720-prefix unless otherwise noted)

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Copiah-Lincoln in Booneville

Jones County in Ellisville

Holmes* in Goodman

Northwest* in Booneville

Miss. Gulf Coast in Perkinston

Oct. 4 6:30 pm

Oct. 11 7 pm

Oct. 20 3 pm

Oct. 25 7 pm

Coahoma* in Clarksdale

East Miss.* in Booneville

Itawamba* (Homecoming) in Booneville

Miss. Delta* in Moorhead

* Denotes North Division Gold denotes Home Game at Tiger Stadium in Booneville

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