2012 nemcc football media guide short version

2012 NEMCCTiger Football

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Table of ContentsLetter from President Dr. Johnny L. Allen, Ed.D.........................4

Northeast Board of Trustees...........................................................5

Letter from Athletic Director Ricky Ford....................................6

Athletic Director Ricky Ford Biography.......................................7

Ricky Smither Biography..............................................................8

Travis Macon Biography..............................................................9

Greg Davis Biography................................................................10

Jonathan Webster Biography.......................................................11

Deljuan Robinson Biography.....................................................12

Hope Barnes Biography..............................................................13

Jennifer Johnson Biography........................................................13

Michael Joseph Miller Biography..............................................14

Retired Jerseys...........................................................................15

Fight Song..................................................................................15

Program Credits

The 2012 Northeast Mississippi Com-munity College Football Media Guide was produced in the Public Informa-tion 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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Mascot History..............................................................................16

MACJC All-Star Football Classic..............................................16

NEMCC All-Americans.............................................................17

2012 Season Preview...............................................................18-20

2012 Numerical Roster.................................................................21

Player Biographies...................................................................22-25

Geographical Roster......................................................................26

Professional Tigers.......................................................................27

Four-Year Signees.........................................................................27

2011-12 Athletic Year in Review....................................................28

2012 MACJC Master Schedule....................................................29

WANU Advertisement..................................................................30

Athletic Contact Information.........................................................31

2012 Football Schedule................................................................32

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Dear Friends of Northeast:

Thank you for your support of the athletic efforts of Northeast Missis-sippi 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 sup-porters to grow and enjoy their accom-plishments.

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 ef-forts. We are always glad to have you on our campus.

Sincerely,

Johnny L. Allen

President

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Board of

TrusteesT. Jack Ramsey

ChairmanTenure of Service: 1983

Tishomingo County/Banker

Troy Holliday Vice Chairman

Tenure of Service: 1964Tippah CountyBusinessman

John O. CunninghamSecretary

Tenure of Service: 1995Prentiss County

Businessman

Ken Basil Tenure of Service: 2008

Union CountySuperintendent of

Education

Bill Breedlove Tenure of Service: 1999

Prentiss CountyBusinessman

Tonya Butler Farris Tenure of Service: 2012

Alcorn CountyBusinesswoman

Alvie BlakneyTenure of Service: 2011

Tishomingo CountyRetire Businessman

Douglas Jackson Tenure of Service: 1995

Tippah CountyRetired Educator

Malcolm Kuykendall Tenure of Service: 2006

Tishomingo CountySuperintendent of

Education

Tracie Langston Tenure of Service: 2004

Prentiss CountyBusinesswoman

Sam McCoy Tenure of Service: 1988

Prentiss CountyBusinessman

Randle Downs Tenure of Service: 2012

Prentiss CountySuperintendent of

Education

Gina Smith Tenure of Service: 2012

Alcorn CountySuperintendent of

Education

Luzene Triplett Tenure of Service: 2002

Prentiss CountyRetire Educator

Vance Witt Tenure of Service: 2007

Union CountyBusinessman

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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 ath-letic event.

Thanks!Ricky G. Ford

Athletic Director, NEMCC

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Former Northeast women’s basket-ball 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 decid-ed 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 North-east 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 run-ner-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 Col-lege Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) na-tional basketball tournament on three sepa-rate occasions.

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

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 Sa-lina, Kan.

Following his final national tournament appearance, Ford was honored as the Divi-sion I, District O, Region XXIII Coach of the Year - an award that is given to the head coach of each of the 16 regional champion-ship 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 tour-nament for a twenty-fifth straight year as the Lady Tigers once again captured the North Division - their fourth straight divi-sion 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 Ken-neth 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 opera-tions of an athletic department that features eight varsity sports, an all-female cheer-leading 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 Boonev-ille 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 Ti-ger basketball player under Kenneth Lind-sey, 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.

Athletic Director Ricky Ford

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

During the 2011 season, Smither con-tinued 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 quali-fied for the first round of the playoffs where the Tigers took the South Division champi-on -- 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 Ti-ger 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 Col-leges (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 Divi-sion.

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

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 Associa-tion (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 di-rection 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 af-ter the Tigers opened up the season 5-2.

Smither’s journey to commander-in-chief for NEMCC first presented itself back on July 3, 2008 when he became the col-lege’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 Co-ahoma Community College. From 1999-2006, 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 (2002-04).

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

Coach Smither enjoyed success as the Tigers’ offensive line coach in his first sea-son at NEMCC.

His first o-line group at Northeast sport-ed two four-year college signees: Reggie Wade (Jacksonville State) and Greg Mag-nifico (Belhaven).

Smither graduated from Delta State University with a Master’s in Education. Ricky and his wife Lynn have two children; Russ and Kaitlyn.

Head Coach Ricky Smither

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Defensive Coordinator Travis Macon

A former Northeast Tiger football play-er Coach Travis Macon has recently been appointed to take over the defensive coor-dinator duties for the 2012 season after the departure of Jeff Carter.

In 2011, Coach Macon coached the de-fensive 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 pro-moted 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 Com-munity College as a student-athlete where he played football for head coach Laurin Collins from 1998-99. Macon then trans-ferred to the University of Mississippi where he played offensive tackle for the Rebels from 2000-02 for head coach Da-vid 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 student-assistant, Macon coached the offensive line

that sent two offensive linemen to four-year institutions, Daryl Petty (Northwest-ern 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 includ-ing 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.

Travis Macon

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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 Thoro-bred 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 coordi-nator 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.

During both the 2004 and 2005 sea-

sons, Davis found himself at Upper Iowa University andbefore that he was the offen-sive 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 Col-lege 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 play-ing 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 mem-ber 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 Inde-pendence and Sun bowls and was named to the 1998 Sun Bowl All-Bowl Team.

While at Stephen F. Austin State Uni-versity, Davis completed a master of sci-ence in family and consumer sciences de-gree.

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

Offensive Coordinator Greg Davis

Greg Davis

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Defensive Backs Coach Jonathan Webster

Jonathan WebsterA product of the Mississippi junior col-

lege system will take over the role of de-fensive backs coach for the Tigers in 2012.

Jonathan Webster, a native of Bates-ville, will begin his first year in Boonev-ille 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 Com-munity College in Summit before making the trek to Booneville.

During his time in Summit, Webster served under Bear head coach Charles An-thony but it was as a Wonder Boy at Arkan-sas 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 Missis-sippi native also focused his concentration in the classroom and was twice named to the ESPN The Magazine/ College Sports Information Directors Association (Co-SIDA) Academic All-District VI team.

Webster became just the twenty-sev-enth (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

tackles (fourth on the team) including 23 solo stops, 1.5 tackles for loss, one inter-ception 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-na-tive recorded 15 tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, an interception and pass break-up against the Tigers.

While at Northwest Mississippi Com-munity 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 surrender-ing 91.9 yards per game.

Webster recorded over 70 tackles his sophomore year while holding the opposi-tion 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 twenty-seventh overall in passing defense with 165.6 yards per outing.

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Defensive Line Coach DelJuan Robinson

DelJuan RobinsonA 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 Missis-sippi 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, Robin-son 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 re-corded 18 tackles, two tackles for loss and his only collegiate fumble recovery.

In 2004, Robinson continued to im-prove 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.

Following his time at Mississippi State, Robinson signed with the Houston Texans

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

Robinson stayed on the active roster during the 2008 and 2009 seasons appear-ing 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 fum-ble 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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Jennifer Johnson bounced her way into being the Northeast Mississippi Commu-nity College cheerleading coach in late Oc-tober 2008.

Johnson, who has been involved cheer-leading for the majority of her lifetime, started her cheer career as one of 15 cheer-leaders 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 Commu-nity College Indianette dance team before coming back to Prentiss County and North-east.

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 cheerlead-ing 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

Competition in 2005. Johnson pushed the New Site cheer-

leaders to a second place finish in the Uni-versal 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 per-formance 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, John-son bounded at the chance.

During her time in northeast Missis-

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

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

Johnson also sponsors her own cheer-leading gymnasium ‘ Northeast Mississip-pi Academy of Cheerleading’ that opened in September 2004.

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Cheerleading Coach Jennifer Johnson

A north Mississippi native will be-gin her first year as Northeast Mississippi Community College’s athletic trainer start-ing 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 (MH-SAA) 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 in-cluding the successful USM football team.

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

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 stu-dent achievement, academics, activities and other criteria.

At Nettleton High School, Barnes was

also a part of the nurse mentorship acad-emy that partnered with the North Missis-sippi Medical Center to train certified nurs-ing 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 in-strumental in helping high school athletes by serving as one of the athletic trainers for the youth football camps at Southern Mis-sissippi.

Athletic Trainer Hope Barnes

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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 Commu-nity 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, Ha-waii as a Torpedomans Mate. Miller re-ceived 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 Mississip-pi Community College in the spring of 1999, and soon began his journey to fulfill his aca-demic 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

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

Miller spent one year in the Sports Infor-mation Department at Troy as an intern for the Sports Information Director Tom Stroth-ers. He also worked part-time for the Troy State Television Department as a student-reporter, 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 repre-sent 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 count-less 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, report-er, writer, and as an advertising sales repre-sentative 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 Mis-siles 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 lo-cal media as they cover NEMCC sporting events and other campus happenings, con-structing and sending press releases to local media outlets regarding NEMCC, and help-ing the Tigers’ coaching staff recruiting ef-forts, and keeping statistics, working for the associate vice president of Public Informa-tion 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.

Sports Information Director Joseph Miller

Joseph Miller

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Retired JerseysNortheast 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 SpringsDenver Broncos

(NFL)

Adrian Smith (‘56)

Kirksey, KYCincinatti Royals

(NBA)

Mike Williams (‘81)

Atmore, ALPhiladelphia Eagles (NFL)

Jackie Perry (‘86)

Jackson, TNInt’l Women’s

Basketball League Boa-Viagem, Portugal

Qyntel Woods (‘02)

Memphis, TNPortland

Trailblazers (NBA)

Michael Boireau (‘98)

North Miami, FLMinnesota Vikings

(NFL)

Dontae Jones(‘95)

Nashville, TNNew York Knicks

(NBA)

Mitch McNeely(‘94)

New AlbanyLos Angeles

Dodgers (MLB)

Jerome Woods (‘93)

Memphis, TNKansas City Chiefs

(NFL)

Go, Fight, Win“Go --- Tigers, We’re behind you.

Fight --- till the battle’s over.Win --- for --- the pride of Northeast

Gain the Victory!

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.”

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Southwest Mississippi Community College quar-terback Vintavious Cooper proved that he belonged in the 38th annual Mississippi Association of Communi-ty/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 Sta-dium.

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 inter-ception return to the South 31-yard line with just un-der 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 Pe-ters 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

blocked by the South.The South kept the pressure on the North early in

the second half and after a great catch by Jones Coun-ty’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 vic-tory when the North defense led by Northeast play-ers 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 Valu-able 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 De-fensive 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.

South ties series in annual All-Star contestJones County wide receiver Jonathan Ducksworth pulls in a red zone pass in front of North-west defensive back La’Darrick An-derson during the 38th-annual Missis-sippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) All-Star Football Classic held at Tiger Stadium in Boonev-ille on Saturday, De-cember 3, 2011.

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All-AmericansThroughout 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 Com-munity College for the time to come.

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Baseball

2008Chase Porch

Designated HitterThird Team East Union

Fast-Pitch Softball

2001Lori WilsonFirst Base

All-AmericanBlue Mountain

2002Jessica Spain

ShortstopAll-American

NFCA Louisville SluggerBooneville

2003Jocelyn McGolrick

PitcherNFCA All-American

Richmond, BC, Canada

2003Brandi Vondenstein

Third BaseHonorable Mention

NFCA All-AmericanRayne, La.

2003 Charity Graham

OutfielderNFCA All-American

2nd TeamMantachie

2004Josie Lindgrin

PitcherNFCA All-American

2nd TeamVancouver, BC, Canada

2004Paige Wright

ShortstopAll-American

Southaven

2004Staranna Fraizer

OutfielderThird Team

NFCA All-American2nd Team

New Albany

2007Shanika “Boo” Randle

OutfielderNFCA All-American

Houston

2007Kelly Hankins

InfielderDistinguished Academic

All-AmericanMooreville

2008Callie Weaver

ShortstopNFCA All-American

Houston

Football

1956 Jerry King

Running BackAll-American

Chattanooga, Tenn

1969 Johnny Buskirk

Quarterback Honorable Mention

New Albany

1969Donnie Clayton

Tight End Honorable Mention

Ripley

1977Larry Parker

Running BackHonorable Mention

Rogersville, Ala.

1977Barry Todd

Defensive BackSecond Team

Memphis, Tenn.

1979Maury Hill

Defensive Back Second Team

Ripley

1980 Paul Rhodes

Defensive LinemanSecond Team

Kossuth

1980Anthony Norman

Running BackHonorable Mention

Morrow, Ga.

2010Antonio Foster

Offensive LinemanHonorabal Mention

Valdosta, Ga.

2011Deion Belue

Defensive BackHonorable Mention

Deshler, Ala.

Golf

1990Craig Lauderdale

All-AmericanBooneville

2007Chase WilliamsAll-American

Corinth

2010Blake HatfieldAll-American

Booneville

Men's Basketball

1950 Gene Garrett

Guard All-AmericanLaCenter, Ky.

1951Ken Lindsey

ForwardAll-American

Booneville

1954Charles “Doodle” Floyd

ForwardAll-American

Water Valley, Ky.

1956Adrian “Odie” Smith

GuardAll-AmericanKirksey, Ky.

1959Vincent Del Negro

ForwardAll-American

Springfield, Mass.

1968Gaylon Baird

ForwardAll-American

Myrtle

1982Maurice Stafford

ForwardHonorable Mention

Biggersville

1984Anthony Anderson

GuardSecond TeamNew Albany

1989Anthony Gamble

ForwardAll-American

Booneville

1989Clay Johnson

GuardAll-American

Booneville

1995Dontae Jones

ForwardAll-American

Nashville, Tenn.

1998Tim Cole

GuardAll-American

Memphis, Tenn.

2000Eric Batchelor

ForwardAll-American

Memphis, Tenn.

2002Qyntel Woods

ForwardAll-American

Memphis, Tenn.

Slow-Pitch Softball

2000Stephanie Stubblefield

InfielderAll-American

Ecru

Women’s

Basketball

1986Jackie Perry

ForwardAll-AmericanJackson, Tenn.

1986Kunshinge Sorrell

Point GuardAll-American

Booneville

1987Sherry Slayton

ForwardAll-American

Belmont

1987Phyllis Stafford

CenterAll-AmericanBiggersville

1988Evelyn Thompson

ForwardAll-AmericanLaGrange, Ga.

1998Tiffany Sitton

ForwardAll-American

Glen

2001Tamica Pierce

ForwardAll-AmericanDecatur, Ga.

2004Marqueciqa Thomas

ForwardAll-American

Jackson

2006Jessica Hooker

ForwardAll-American

Brownsville, Tenn.

2006Krystal Robinson

ForwardAll-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 As-sociation of Community & Junior Colleges (MACJC) playoffs in 2012.

Northeast finished 6-4 overall after fall-ing 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 re-turning who participated in last year’s suc-cess 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 com-mitted 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 leader-ship, 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

that will help them step up in a leadership role this year and Coach Macon has paid his dues as a coach and will definitely help them reach their goal of winning.”

The key word for the 2012 Tiger foot-ball squad is “young” and this is also true for their Division I-A transfer quarterback Matt Lipham who will be called upon to fill the void at the signal caller spot.

Lipham transferred from Southern Il-linois University, where he was redshirted, but brings in an impressive resume from his high school career.

“Matt is a great kid and a talented player who played at Salmen High School in Lou-isiana,” Smither said. “He is a big strong

quarterback (6-5, 215) who can run and throw. He came out of a winning program where he led the Spartans to the postseason and set all sorts of school records.”

Lipham was a two-time All District 9-4A selection and holds the Spartans ca-reer record for passing touchdowns (43) and passing yards (3,825) while only giv-ing up seven interceptions. Lipham’s over-all record was 20-4 as a starter and added 55 career touchdowns that set another school record.

Corinth’s Nolan Genovese will push Lipham at the quarterback spot. Genovese is a sophomore transfer from Holmes Com-munity College who played high school

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Tight end Logan Stokes (85) has already committed to Louisiana State University (LSU) but returns to lead the Tiger offense.

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football for the Warriors.“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 Barks-dale 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 excit-ed 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.

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

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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 Charles-ton 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 Gi-ants 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. “Den-nis 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,” ex-plained 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.

“We are young and we don’t have a lot of time to gel in this league so these guys will have to learn to trust each other and work

together in a hurry.”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 Di-vision 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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Running back Garrett Smith (21) is one of the returners on the offensive side of the ball for the Tigers.

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No. Name Classification Pos. Height Weight Hometown1 JaMarius Tallie Sophomore WR 6-0 185 West Point2 Martice Buckley Freshman DB 5-10 175 Charleston3 Antwan Wilson Freshman DB 6-1 195 Charleston4 Kareem Brown Sophomore DB 5-9 180 New Albany5 Dennis Draper Sophomore LB 5-9 190 Batesville6 Pascal Desir III Freshman RB 5-9 195 Jackson7 Donnell Chapman Sophomore TE 6-3 235 Batesville8 Jay Jones Sophomore ATH 5-7 190 Horn Lake9 Nolan Genovese Sophomore QB 6-0 200 Corinth10 Brian Walker Freshman DB 6-0 195 Cairo, Ga.11 Raymond Gee, Jr. Freshman WR 6-4 185 Renova12 Xavier Amerson Freshman WR 6-2 205 Orlando Fla.14 Matt Lipham Freshman QB 6-5 225 Slidell, La.15 Dequinten Spraggins Freshman DB 6-1 180 West Point16 Austin Ramsey Freshman FB 6-1 240 Belmont20 Gregdrecus Leland Freshman DB 6-0 175 Batesville21 Garrett Smith Sophomore ATH 6-0 190 Starkville22 Shuntez Smith Freshman WR 5-10 180 Southaven23 Antonius Dogan Freshman DB 5-10 175 Charleston24 Jaquille White Freshman DB 6-4 190 West Point25 Nick Thomason Sophomore LB 6-1 230 Muscle Shoals, Ala.28 Olajuwon Tanner Freshman FB 6-0 245 Coffeeville30 Nick Johnson Freshman LB 6-1 200 Olive Branch32 Robert Lee Johnson Jr. Sophomore RB 5-10 205 Olive Branch33 J.R. White Sophomore LB 6-1 245 Tuscumbia, Ala.34 Chris Cooper Freshman K 5-11 185 Madison39 Trevoris Meeks Freshman LB 6-0 200 Charleston40 Jaylon Wallace Freshman LB 6-0 210 Southaven41 Jonathan Harrison Sophomore P 6-6 195 Belmont44 Daniel Ross Freshman DL 6-6 325 Louisville, Ky.45 Timothy Hudgins Freshman LB 5-10 205 Columbus47 Nicholas Johnson Freshman DE 6-2 245 Batesville50 Romia Wilson Freshman OL 6-1 275 West Point54 Jonathan Braddock Sophomore OL 6-4 275 Ripley55 Collin Stubblefield Sophomore OL 6-0 290 New Albany60 Chris Wolfe Sophomore DL 6-0 310 Columbus61 Logan Hall Freshman OL 6-2 315 Corinth63 Brandon Avant Sophomore OL 6-3 315 Maben66 Carlton Howard Sophomore OL 6-4 300 Batesville68 Kortilous Ellis Freshman OL 6-3 260 Charleston72 Travarius Love Freshman OL 6-3 265 Charleston74 Sean Rogers Freshman OL 6-5 300 Batesville76 Anthony Kibler Freshman OL 6-6 340 Okeechobee, Fla.80 Ron Taylor Freshman WR 6-3 190 Courtland81 Demarrion Haynes Freshman WR 5-10 180 Rosedale82 Andrez Anderson Freshman WR 5-11 180 Horn Lake84 Rusty Landry Sophomore TE 6-2 220 Thrasher85 Logan Stokes Sophomore TE 6-5 245 Muscle Shoals, Ala.89 Kerwin Harrison Freshman TE 6-4 250 Lakeland, Fla.90 Maurice Booker Sophomore DE 6-4 275 Leighton, Ala.93 Parrish Huddleston Freshman DL 6-3 300 Baldwyn94 Lavon Hooks Sophomore DL 6-4 290 Atlanta, Ga.95 Justin Coleman Freshman DL 6-1 230 Renova97 Rezean Prather Freshman DE 6-2 255 Ripley99 Ernesto Wynn Freshman DL 6-0 325 Augusta, Ga.

Head Coach: Ricky Smither Offensive Coordinator: Greg DavisDefensive Coordinator: Travis Macon Defensive Backs: Jonathan Webster Defensive Line: Deljuan RobinsonPresident: Dr. Johnny Allen Athletic Director: Ricky FordSports Information Director: Joseph Miller

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#1 JaMarius TallieWR

SophomoreWest Point

#3 Antione WilsonDB

FreshmanCharleston

#4 Kareem BrownDB

SophomoreNew Albany

#6 Pascal Desir IIIRB

FreshmanJackson

#7 Donnell ChapmanTE

SophomoreBatesville

#8 Jay JonesRB

SophomoreHorn Lake

#10 Brian WalkerDB

FreshmanCairo, Ga.

#9 Nolan GenoveseQB

SophomoreCorinth

#15 Dequinten SpragginsDB

FreshmanWest Point

#16 Austin RamseyFB

FreshmanBelmont

#20 Gregdrecus LelandDB

FreshmanBatesville

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#2 Martice BuckleyDB

FreshmanCharleston

#6 Dennis DraperLB

SophomoreBatesville

#11 Raymond Gee, Jr.WR

FreshmanRenova

#12 Xavier AmersonWR

FreshmanOrlando, Fla.

#14 Matt LiphamQB

FreshmanSlidell, La.

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#23 Antonius DoganDB

FreshmanCharleston

#24 Jaquille WhiteDB

FreshmanWest Point

#25 Nick ThomasonLB

SophomoreMuscle Shoals, Ala.

#28 Olajuwon TannerFB

FreshmanCoffeeville

#30 Nick JohnsonLB

FreshmanOlive Branch

#32 Robert Johnson Jr.RB

SophomoreOlive Branch

#34 Chris CooperK

FreshmanMadison

#39 Trevoris MeeksLB

FreshmanCharleston

#41 Jonathan HarrisonP

SophomoreBelmont

#44 Daniel RossDL

FreshmanLouisville

#45 Timothy HudginsLB

FreshmanColumbus

#47 Nicholas JohnsonDE

FreshmanBatesville

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#21 Garrett SmithATH

SophomoreStarkville

#22 Shuntez SmithWR

FreshmanSouthaven

#40 Jaylon WallaceLB

FreshmanSouthaven

#33 J.R. WhiteLB

SophomoreTuscumbia, Ala.

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#54 Jonathan BraddockOL

SophomoreRipley

#55 Collin StubblefieldOL

SophomoreNew Albany

#60 Chris WolfeDL

SophomoreColumbus

#61 Logan HallOL

FreshmanCorinth

#63 Brandon AvantOL

SophomoreMaben

#66 Carlton HowardOL

SophomoreBatesville

#68 Kortilous EllisOL

FreshmanCharleston

#74 Sean RogersOL

FreshmanBatesville

#76 Anthony KiblerOL

FreshmanOkeechobee, Fla.

#72 Travarius LoveOL

FreshmanCharleston

#80 Ron TaylorWR

FreshmanCourtland

#81 Demarrion HaynesWR

FreshmanRosedale

#82 Andrez AndersonWR

FreshmanHorn Lake

#85 Logan StokesTE

SophomoreMuscle Shoals, Ala.

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#84 Rusty LandryTE

SophomoreThrasher

#50 Romia WilsonOL

Freshman West Point

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#90 Maurice BookerDE

SophomoreLeighton, Ala.

#93 Parrish HuddlestonDL

FreshmanBaldwyn

#95 Justin ColemanDL

FreshmanRenova

#97 Rezean PratherDE

FreshmanRipley

#99 Ernesto WynnDL

FreshmanAugusta, Ga.

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#94 Lavon HooksDE

SophomoreAtlanta, Ga.

#89 Kerwin HarrisonTE

FreshmanLakeland, Fla.

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

State-by-state breakdown

25 Nick Thomason33 J.R. White85 Logan Stokes90 Maurice Booker

12 Xavier Amerson76 Anthony Kibler89 Kerwin Harrison

10 Brian Walker94 Lavon Hooks 99 Ernesto Wynn

44 Daniel Ross

14 Matt Lipham

Alcorn9 Nolan Genovese61 Logan Hall

Bolivar11 Raymond Gee, Jr.95 Justin Coleman

Clay1 JaMarius Tallie15 Dequinten Spraggins24 Jaquille White50 Romia Wilson

DeSoto8 Jay Jones22 Shuntez Smith30 Nick Johnson32 Robert Lee Johnson Jr.40 Jaylon Wallace82 Andrez Anderson

Hinds6 Pascal Desir III

Lowndes45 Timothy Hudgins60 Chris Wolfe

Madison34 Chris Cooper

Oktibbeha21 Garrett Smith63 Brandon Avant

Panola5 Dennis Draper7 Donnell Chapman

20 Gregdrecus Leland47 Nicholas Johnson66 Carlton Howard74 Sean Rogers80 Ron Taylor

Prentiss84 Rusty Landry93 Parrish Huddleston

Tallahatchie2 Martice Buckley3 Antwan Wilson23 Antonius Dogan39 Trevoris Meeks68 Kortilous Ellis72 Travarius Love

Tippah54 Jonathan Braddock97 Rezean Prather

Tishomingo16 Austin Ramsey41 Jonathan Harrison

Tunica81 Demarrion Haynes

Union4 Kareem Brown55 Collin Stubblefield

Yalobusha28 Olajuwon Tanner

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Alabama (4)

Mississippi (43)

Florida (3)

Georgia (3)

Kentucky (1)

Louisiana (1)

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The following atheltes have signed at four-year col-leges 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 web-

site -- under the Fan Central tab.

Division I-AGreg Smith (Chattanooga, TN), AuburnMichael Ricks (Leighton, AL), AlabamaChris Nance (Tuscumbia, AL), Mississippi StateJustin Sanders (Pearl, MS), IllinoisBruce Hall (Milton, FL), Ole MissCameron Montgomery (Houston, TX), North TexasStanley Lykes (Birmingham, AL), UABEmory Jones (Detroit, MI), Michigan StateDonald Thornton (Horn Lake, MS), MemphisRico Wood (Corinth, MS), Louisiana TechBrice Beck (Blytheville, AR), Louisiana-MonroeChris Barnett (Southaven, MS), MemphisOrlandus King (Leighton, AL), UABReggie Wade (Tuscumbia, AL), Jacksonville StateC.J. Foster (Tuscumbia, AL), Jacksonville StateBrandon Ciaramitaro (Batesville, MS) Arkansas StateEric Johnson (Anniston, AL), Ohio UniversityAntezdra Thigpen (Holly Springs, MS), UT-ChatT.T. Harper (Hartsville, TN), UT-ChattanoogaRyan Hopkins (Jackson, MS), Jackson StateMario Luvine (Collins, MS), Prairie ViewRobertson Hatten (Collins, MS), Alcorn StateRobert Fox (Calhoun City, MS), Miss. Valley StateCourtney Sanders (Columbus, MS), Miss. Valley StCorey Sanders (Columbus, MS), Miss. Valley StateMatt Blanchard (Saltillo, MS), Nichols State

Mario Addison (Birmingham, AL), TroyB.J. Taylor (Tuscumbia, AL), UT-ChattanoogaAnthony Jones (Tallahassee, FL), Middle TennesseeJohn Brown (Lakeland, FL), TennesseeBrynden Trawick (Atlanta, Ga.) TroyJosh Jarboe (Atlanta, Ga.) Arkansas StateCody Woodiel (Hernando, Miss.) TroyLaDarrius Madden (Leighton, Ala.) TroyDeMarkus Underwood (Tuscumbia, Ala.) TroyBernard Smith (Atlanta, Ga.) Louisiana-LafayetteCreighton Nelms (Kossuth) Southern MissJermaine Johnson (Thomasville, Ga) MTSUTarondal Phillips (Holly Springs), MemphisJaquise Cook (Ripley), MemphisTres Houston (Atlanta, Ga.) Arkansas StateAnthony Brown (Cairo, Ga.), MemphisAntonio Foster (Valdosta, Ga.) MemphisDeion Belue (Tuscumbia, Ala.) AlabamaParks Frazier (Corinth), Murray StatePat Moore (Southaven) South AlabamaBrynden Trawick (Marietta Ga.) TroyJeremy Spikner (Olive Branch) TroyEli Canton (Hernando) TroyCody Woodiel (Hernando) Troy

Division II Hollis Hoskins (Batesville, MS), Arkansas TechAndrew Murphy (Booneville, MS), Arkansas TechGilbert McThunnell (Batesville, MS), NW OklahomaLonnell DeWalt (Bowling Green, KY), UNAMarco Ewing (West Point, MS), UNAPhil Lowry (Leighton, AL), UNANeal Mitchell (Clarksdale, MS), UNATyler Collins (Tuscumbia, AL), UNA

Clarence Wright (Olive Branch, MS), Southern ArkQuinton Johnson (Columbus), Charleston SouthernRalph Curtis (Taylorsville, MS), West AlabamaCharles Twilley (Courtland, MS), Central ArkansasCortez Lawrence (Murphreesboro, TN), Valdosta St.Mike Brown (Belle Grade, FL), Ark.-MonticelloChanning Price (Baldwyn, MS), West GeorgiaLarico Stevenson (Olive Branch, MS), West GeorgiaRobert Woodson (Olive Branch, MS), SW BaptistDerrick Harris (Horn Lake, MS), Southern ArkansasRandy Lowery (Belmont, MS), West AlabamaAbe Felix (Germantown, TN), West GeorgiaGary Hodges (Columbus, MS), West GeorgiaKen Harris (Columbus, MS), West Texas A&MC.K. Glassco (Horn Lake, MS), Central ArkansasCollrett Boyd (Ripley, MS) Henderson StateJohn Ware (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) North AlabamaPatrick Grant (Columbus, Ga) Virginia UnionDonte’ Barksdale (Holly Springs) Delta StateDevin Slate (Oxford) Delta StateKyle Davis (Houston, Texas) Delta StateJeremiah Booth (Kingsland, Ga.) North Alabama Devin Lindsey (Baldwyn) Ark TechMarvell Taylor (Charleston) Ark TechCourtney Sutton (Southaven) Arkansas Monticello

Division IIIShawn Gillenwater (Southaven, MS), MillsapsGreg Magnifico (Olive Branch, MS), BelhavenJerrell Nobles (Mobile, AL), BelhavenJarryn Bingham (Jackson, Miss) Mississippi College

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Four

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Signees

David “Nub” StricklandHolly Springs6-0, 220/ OL

Broncos (1960)NEMCC: 1950, 1953

Robert CobbCincinnati, Ohio

6-4, 248/DERams/Buccaneers/Vikings (1981-1984)

NEMCC: 1979

Mike WilliamsAtmore, Ala.6-2, 220/ RB

Eagles/Falcons (1983-87)

NEMCC: 1979-81

Jerome WoodsMemphis, Tenn.

6-3, 205/SChiefs

(1996-2005)NEMCC: 1992-1993

Michael BoireauNorth Miami, Fla.

6-4, 276 / DLVikings

(2000-2001)NEMCC: 1996-1998

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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 continu-ally 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 guid-ance 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 hon-ored 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 dou-bleheader 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 receiv-ing 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 Foot-ball 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 hon-orable mention All-American while Frankie Lee, a defensive back from Charles-ton, 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 Sopho-more 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 Copiah-Lincoln 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 class-room 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 Moun-tain 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 Sopho-more Day doubleheader at Harold T. White Field in Booneville.

After falling behind 8-0 to the Indians, Northeast responded with 18 unan-swered 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 Mis-sissippi Gulf Coast that ended at 1 a.m. at Biloxi High School after the best-of-three series was moved to Biloxi due to inclement weather.

On the year, Northeast finished 18-28 but 13-10 in the North Division and

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 Moun-tain 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 fin-ished 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 ad-vanced deep in the MACJC State Tennis Championships in Tupelo thanks to mo-mentum 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 Asso-ciation 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 Com-munity 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 ral-lied 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 Cham-pionships hosted by Itawamba Community College before moving on to region.

Under the direction of Jennifer Johnson, the 10-member Northeast cheerlead-ing 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, Cheer-leaders 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 Boon-eville Christmas parade, Northeast cheerleaders were on the forefront of showing the community Northeast athletics.

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COAHOMA TIGERS==========================================================================AUG 30 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST HSEPT 6 HINDS ASEPT 13 NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ASEPT 20 PEARL RIVER ASEPT 27 EAST MISSISSIPPI HOCT 4 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HOCT 11 ITAWAMBA AOCT 20 MISSISSIPPI DELTA HCOCT 25 HOLMES A

COPIAH-LINCOLN WOLVES==========================================================================AUG 30 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ASEPT 6 NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HSEPT 13 EAST CENTRAL HSEPT 20 HINDS ASEPT 27 JONES COUNTY HOCT 4 ITAWAMBA AOCT 13 PEARL RIVER AOCT 20 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST HCOCT 25 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI A

EAST CENTRAL WARRIORS==========================================================================AUG 30 ITAWAMBA HSEPT 6 EAST MISSISSIPPI HSEPT 13 COPIAH-LINCOLN ASEPT 20 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HSEPT 29 HINDS HCOCT 6 JONES COUNTY AOCT 13 MISSISSIPPI DELTA AOCT 18 PEARL RIVER HOCT 27 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST A

EAST MISSISSIPPI LIONS==========================================================================AUG 30 PEARL RIVER HSEPT 6 EAST CENTRAL ASEPT 13 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ASEPT 20 MISSISSIPPI DELTA HSEPT 27 COAHOMA AOCT 6 HOLMES HCOCT 11 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AOCT 18 NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HOCT 27 ITAWAMBA A

HINDS EAGLES==========================================================================AUG 30 MISSISSIPPI DELTA HSEPT 6 COAHOMA HSEPT 13 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST ASEPT 20 COPIAH-LINCOLN HSEPT 29 EAST CENTRAL AOCT 4 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HCOCT 11 JONES COUNTY HOCT 18 HOLMES AOCT 25 PEARL RIVER A

HOLMES BULLDOGS==========================================================================AUG 30 JONES COUNTY ASEPT 6 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST HSEPT 13 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HSEPT 20 ITAWAMBA ASEPT 29 MISSISSIPPI DELTA HCOCT 6 EAST MISSISSIPPI AOCT 11 NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AOCT 18 HINDS HOCT 25 COAHOMA H

ITAWAMBA INDIANS==========================================================================AUG 30 EAST CENTRAL ASEPT 6 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HSEPT 13 MISSISSIPPI DELTA ASEPT 20 HOLMES HSEPT 27 NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AOCT 4 COPIAH-LINCOLN HOCT 11 COAHOMA HOCT 20 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AOCT 27 EAST MISSISSIPPI HC

JONES COUNTY BOBCATS==========================================================================AUG 30 HOLMES HSEPT 8 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HSEPT 13 PEARL RIVER ASEPT 22 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST HSEPT 27 COPIAH-LINCOLN AOCT 6 EAST CENTRAL HCOCT 11 HINDS AOCT 20 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HOCT 27 NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI A

MISSISSIPPI DELTA TROJANS==========================================================================AUG 30 HINDS ASEPT 6 PEARL RIVER HSEPT 13 ITAWAMBA HSEPT 20 EAST MISSISSIPPI ASEPT 29 HOLMES AOCT 4 NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HOCT 13 EAST CENTRAL HCOCT 20 COAHOMA AOCT 25 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI H

MISS. GULF COAST BULLDOGS==========================================================================AUG 30 COAHOMA ASEPT 6 HOLMES ASEPT 13 HINDS HSEPT 22 JONES COUNTY ASEPT 27 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HOCT 4 PEARL RIVER HOCT 13 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AOCT 20 COPIAH-LINCOLN AOCT 27 EAST CENTRAL HC

NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TIGERS==========================================================================AUG 30 COPIAH-LINCOLN HSEPT 8 JONES COUNTY ASEPT 13 HOLMES ASEPT 20 NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HSEPT 27 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST AOCT 4 COAHOMA AOCT 11 EAST MISSISSIPPI HOCT 20 ITAWAMBA HCOCT 25 MISSISSIPPI DELTA A

NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI RANGERS==========================================================================AUG 30 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ASEPT 6 COPIAH-LINCOLN ASEPT 13 COAHOMA HSEPT 20 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ASEPT 27 ITAWAMBA HOCT 4 MISSISSIPPI DELTA AOCT 11 HOLMES HOCT 18 EAST MISSISSIPPI AOCT 27 JONES COUNTY HC

PEARL RIVER WILDCATS==========================================================================AUG 30 EAST MISSISSIPPI ASEPT 6 MISSISSIPPI DELTA ASEPT 13 JONES COUNTY HSEPT 20 COAHOMA HSEPT 27 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AOCT 4 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST AOCT 13 COPIAH-LINCOLN HCOCT 18 EAST CENTRAL AOCT 25 HINDS H

SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BEARS==========================================================================AUG 30 NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HSEPT 6 ITAWAMBA ASEPT 13 EAST MISSISSIPPI HSEPT 20 EAST CENTRAL ASEPT 27 PEARL RIVER HOCT 4 HINDS AOCT 13 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST HCOCT 20 JONES COUNTY AOCT 25 COPIAH-LINCOLN H

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lCOPIAH-LINCOLN, EAST CENTRAL,Hinds, Jones County, Mississippi Gulf Coast,Pearl River, and Southwest Mississippi com-prise the MACJC South Division, while Coa-homa, East Mississippi, Holmes, Itawamba,Mississippi Delta, Northeast Mississippi, andNorthwest Mississippi comprise the NorthDivision. The first round of the state playoffs(North No. 1 vs. South No. 2, South No. 1 vs.North No. 2) are set for Saturday, Nov. 3, withthe first-round winners playing for the statechampionship Saturday, Nov. 10. The 2011MACJC state champion earns hosting rights tothe fifth-annual Mississippi Bowl scheduled forSunday, Dec. 2, in Indian Stadium at Biloxi HighSchool in Biloxi.

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Location........................................................................................................................................................Booneville, MSFounded.........................................................................................................................................................................1948President..........................................................................................................................Dr. Johnny L. Allen, Ed.D.(7226)

[email protected] Director......................................................................................................................................Ricky Ford (7302)

[email protected] Information Director.........................................................................................................M. Joseph Miller (7300)

[email protected] Trainer................................................................................................................................... Hope Barnes (7286) [email protected] Football Coach.........................................................................................................................Ricky Smither (7890)

[email protected]. Football Coaches...Travis Macon (7587), Deljuan Robinson (7351), Jonathan Webster (7575), Greg Davis (7580)

[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Men’s Basketball Coach.........................................................................................................David Robbins (7241)

[email protected]’s Assistant Basketball Coach......................................................................................................... Nick Coln (7505)

[email protected] Women’s Basketball Coach.................................................................................................Brian Alexander (7887)

[email protected]’s Assistant Basketball Coach..........................................................................................Maurice Stafford (7161)

[email protected] Baseball Coach..............................................................................................................................Kent Farris (7309)

[email protected] Baseball Coach...............................................................................................................Richy Harrelson (7344)

[email protected] Softball Coach................................................................................................................................Jody Long (7305)

[email protected] Coach................................................................................................................................................Nick Coln (7241)

[email protected] Coach.......................................................................................................................................Ben Shappley (7242)

[email protected] Coach...............................................................................................................Jennifer Johnson (416-8332) [email protected] Phone..............................................................................................................................................(662) 720-7302Athletic Office Fax.......................................................................................................................................(662) 728-1165Football Stadium...........................................................................................................................................Tiger StadiumBasketball Arena..........................................................................................................................Bonner Arnold ColiseumBaseball Field...................................................................................Harold T. White Field/Booneville Westside City ParkSoftball Field............................................................................................................Field 1/Booneville Westside City ParkGolf Home Course........................................................................................................................Booneville Country ClubTennis Courts.................................................................................................................................Northeast Tennis CourtsAthletic E-mail...................................................................................................................................... [email protected] Affiliation......................................................................National Junior College Athletic Association/Region 23State Affiliation......................................................................Mississippi Association of Community and Junior CollegesColors..............................................................................................................................................................Black & GoldMascot...........................................................................................................................................................................Tiger

(All numbers carry a 662 area code and are led by a 720-prefix unless otherwise noted)

Quick Facts about Northeast Athletics

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Aug.30

7 pm

Copiah-Lincoln

in Booneville

Jones County

in Ellisville

Holmes*

in Goodman

Northwest*

in Booneville

Miss. Gulf Coast

in Perkinston

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

Sept.8

7 pm

Sept.13

6:30 pm

Sept.20

7 pm

Sept.27

7 pm

Oct.4

6:30 pm

Oct.11

7 pm

Oct.20

3 pm

Oct.25

7 pm

WEBSITE: NEMCCATHLETICS.COM

2012 Tiger Football Schedule

2012 nemcc football media guide short version

Documents

macon biography

davis biography

webster biography

robinson biography

barnes biography

johnson biography

joseph miller biography

ricky smither biography