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2000-2001 Program Athletic CO Copiah-Lincoln Community LIN College ...thepface to 6e Georgia-Pacific and the Environment What A Great Team . . . G" Georgia-pacific he Georgia-Pacific sWildluife Humktat Psroject]Site Us more than a paper mill, Cg™""*BtWltOUWH«MTtTCouncil HI the air, land, water, soil, natural resources. G-P's goal is to be good environmental stewards. Working through the Wildlife Habitat Council's Wildlife at Work program, employees developed a long-term management plan to enhance wildlife on the mill property, employee morale and environmental awareness. The Monticello mill is the first certified Wildlife Habitat Council site in the state of Mississippi. Working Safe ... Caring for the Environmc. A Way of Life at the Georgia-Pacific Monticello Mill. i i PAGE 16 PAGE lit PAGE 10 PAGE 21 PAGE 32 2 Copiah-Lincoln CommunityCollege Board ofTrustees 21 Baseball Highlights 3 AMessagefromthe President 22 Baseball Schedule 4 Coaching Staff 23 ThisSeason'sTeam 9 Athletic Hall ofFame 30 Softball Highlights 12 CheerleaderHighlights 31 Men'sTennisHighlights 13 2000-2001 BlueWave Marching Band 32 Women'sTennisHighlights 15 2000-2001 Colettesand ColorGuard 33 SoccerHighlights 10 Football Highlights 34 SoccerSchedule 17 FootballSchedule 35 Golf&TrackHighlights IB Men'sBasketball Highlights 19 Women'sBasketball Highlights 20 BasketballSchedule CO Copiah-Lincoln LIN Community College ...tHeplace to Se Administration Copiah-Lincoln CommunityCollege Dr. Howell C. Garner, President Districtdoes notdiscriminateonthebasis Dr. Paul Johnson, Dean ofthe College ofsex,race,color, religion,national origin, ordisabilityandisin compliancewithTitle Dr. Ronnie Nettles, Dean oftheNatchez Campus IXdirectives. Michael Tanner, BusinessManager Ray Ishee, Dean ofStudentServices Opinions expressedarenotnecessarily Allen Kent, Exec. Directorof Foundation those ofthe college administration, DirectorofAlumniAffairs facultyorstudents. Natalie Davis, Director ofPublicRelations n Board of Trustees Dr. J. H. Stribling Don Cagle Perry Miller Chairman, Brooknave Wesson Brookhaven R. S. Parker Mary Cleveland Thelma Taylor Newsome Vice Chairman, Magee Hazlehurst Natchez L G. Young Dr. Carl Davis Edward B. Reed Secretary, Smithdale Natchez Natchez Ken Bailey John Dickey Johnny Rushing Monticello Fayette Brookhaven P. E. Bates, Jr. Willie Harrison Thomas Sasser Church Brookhaven Brookhaven Hill Home Calvin Britt Gerald Dale Sullivan Wesson Natchez Hazlehurst Dr. George Brumfield Larry Jones Dr. Steve Wells Brookhaven Meadville Brookhaven John Bull Melton King Mildred Maxine Williams Monticello Natchez Crystal Springs Jack Burt Jack McAlpin Roy Winkworth Crystal Springs Magee Natchez CO Copiah-Lincoln Community College LIN ...the-pCace to 6e ursraijrtiuniiniTiiuKWTiriTi Dr. Howell C. Garner It is my pleasure to welcome you to Copiah-Lincoln Community College. I hope you enjoyyour visit to our campus. Co-Lin has a rich tradition of successful athletic programs. This tradition continues as our athletic teams and individual athletes excel in their competitive arenas. In addition to posting outstanding athletic accomplishments for the 1999-2000 season, several teams and individual students were recognized by the NJCAAforAcademicAil-American honors: LadyWolves Tennis Team - 2nd in the nation;Wolfpack Baseball Team - 4th in the nation; LadyWolves Softball Team - 4th in the nation. In addition, the following students were named Distinguished Academic All Americans: Amanda Turner (Silver Creek) and Adam Different (Braxton); Academic Ail-Americans named were Sara loy (Natchez), Christopher Dunn and Breck Honea (Magee) and Lance Newman (Brookhaven). We are extremelyproud ofthese teams and individual athletes! In October of 1999, Co-Lin received the prestigious HalbrookAward for having the highest graduation rate among athletes in Mississippi two-year colleges during the 1998-99 season. We are very proud of that accomplishment. The many academic accomplishments by athletes and athletic teams convey a strong message about the priorities at Co-Lin. Our coaching staff is dedicated to providing our athletes with the best training possible, and the opportunity for them to learn and practice good sportsmanship, while enjoying a variety of competitive sports. We deeply appreciate their dedication and hard work to make our athletic programs outstanding. We offer our thanks to our students, family members and patrons for your support of our athletic program. Your continued support ofour athletic programs makes Co-Lin a very special place. We extend a warm welcome to our visiting coaches and athletic teams. To our visitors, friends and colleagues, we hope you enjoyyour stay, and we welcome you back at any time. C j^-J-t^^XC /^-jcuc^J President Coaching Staff GWYN YOUNG 13IU' Athletic Director,Women'sBasketball Servingthecollegeasathletic directorsince 1989,GwynYounghasbeenheadcoach oftheLadyWolvesbasketballteamfor24years.Sincecomingto Co-Lin,hehasseenhis jffliP^ teamwintitleaftertitle andhascompiledarecordof509wins and 169lossestorank himinthetopwinningestNJCAAcoachesinthenation. TheLadyWolvesaccomplishmentsduringCoachYoung'sstayhavebeennumerous: 14 regularseason 1stplacefinishes,nineSouthDivisionChampionships, 13 State TournamentsAppearances,State Championships in 1993, 1997,and 1999,Runner-up StateChampions 1983, 1984,and 1998,Runner-upRegionXXIII Championshipsin 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999,and2000.RegionXXIII Champions in 1989, 1993,and 1997,and NationalTournamentappearances in 1989, 1993,and 1997. CoachYoung'steamfinished 4thinthe 1989NationalTournamentandhasbeenNationallyRankedconsistentlyat Co-Lin. YoungwasnamedRegionXXIII CoachoftheYearin 1989, 1993,and 1997.Coach oftheYearhonorswerealso receivedbyCoachYoungfromtheMACJCandtheMACin 1993.YounghasalsobeennamedaClarion- LedgerCoachoftheYearforJuniorCollegesonnumerous occasions. Youngalso serves as amathematics instructor.Heholdsan associateofartsdegreefrom Co-Lin,abachelor'sdegreefrom MississippiCollege,andM. Ed.fromthe UniversityofSouthernMississippi. Youngismarriedto theformerVelestaSmith,andtheyhavetwo children,Lane,age 24,andJessica,age21. BROOME PHILLIP Head Football Coach Phillip BroomeisinhissixthyearasheadfootballcoachfortheWolves.His 1995Wolves postedan 8-2 record,earninghimandhiscoachingstaff"CoachoftheYear"honors. Broomeand hisstaffwerealso selectedto coachthe 1995 southcommunitycollegeall-stars,winning23-7over thenorthsquad. Broome servedasdefensivecoordinatorforfiveyearspriortobeingnamedhead footballcoachin 1995. Hewasamemberofthecoachingstaffin 1989 and 1990whentheWolves were SouthStateChamps. HehasnumerousplayersplayingDivision 1 footballwithavirtual 100% transferandgraduationrate. Broome alsoservesasascienceinstructor,receivingthe 1994 NISOD awardforexcellencein teaching.Heearnedhis B.S.andM.S.degreesfromtheUniversityofSouthernMississippi. HeismarriedtotheformerCynthiaBatson,andtheyhavetwo sons,Tyler, 13,andCaleb,8. RICKEY CL0PT0N AssistantFootball Coach AnativeofWesson,RickeyCloptonhasover20yearsofcoachingexperiencewithstintsat OceanSprings,Terry,andWesson.HeservedasaheadcoachatWessonHighSchoolfor 14years. RickeywasprincipalatWessonAttendance Centerforfiveyearsandis servinghisfourthyearasan assistantcoachatCopiah-Lincoln CommunityCollege. Clopton holdsaB.S. degreein Education fromDeltaStateUniversityandaM.Ed,degreefrom Jackson State University. Clopton ismarriedtotheformerMaryPettigrew.Theyhavetwo children,Tommyand Michelle. DAVID CROSS AssistantFootball Coach InhisfifthyearasanassistantfortheWolves,DavidCrossserves asdefensivecoordinatorand defensivelinecoach.From 1991 to 1993 heservedasheadfootballcoachandathleticdirectorat Greensboro HighSchoolin Greensboro,Alabama.Whilethere,theteam posteda22-8 markand advancedto thestateplayoffsallthreeyears.Cross alsospentthreeyearsas defensivecoordinatorat Marion InstituteandtwoyearsatMississippiStateUniversityunderCoach RockyFelker. HeearnedaB.S.degreeinphysicaleducation andlaterreceivedhisM.Ed, degreefrom MississippiStateUniversity.Healso completed additionalstudies atBlinn College andLivingston University. A Starkvillenative,CrossismarriedtotheformerSherryTanksleyofLouisville.Theyhave two children,KristenNicole, 12,andJamesKyle,7. CALVIN M. GREEN AssistantFootball Coach/TrackCoach CalvinM. GreenjoinedthecoachingstaffatCo-Lin in January, 1994. GreengraduatedfromMonticello High School,attended Copiah-LincolnJuniorCollege afterhighschool, andgraduated fromAlcorn State University. He servedas assistantdefensivebackcoach atEastMississippiCommunityCollegeat Scoobafrom 1992 and 1993 underthe formerMississippiStateAll-American andNational FootballLeaguestandoutTom Goode. Green completedhispracticecoachingatLawrence CountyHigh School. AtMonticello High Schoolhewasathree-yearletterman defensiveback.At Co-LinhewasamemberofCoachRayIshee'sstatechampionship andEast Bowlchampions team in 1985. In 1986,hereceivedhonors as mostvaluable defensiveback,All-State,All-Region XXIII andwas chosen fortheAll-Starteam.AtAlcorn Statehewasaletterman in 1987 andamemberofthe nation'sbestsecondary in 1988. He is marriedto the formerFalanaArmstrongandtheyhavetwo children,Farrod,3,andSabaric, 1. GORDON HICKS AssistantFootballCoach Gordon Hicksisbeginninghis firstyearas assistant footballcoach atCo-Linprimarily handlingtheteam's offensiveline. Hicks receivedhisM.Ed, degreeinphysicaleducationfromSouthwestTexasStatein 1993 and his B.S. degreefrom LibertyBaptistUniversityin 1991. HepreviouslyservedasheadcoachoftheLasVegasWolves,aprominorteamthatpostedan 18-4record. Hickshasalso servedas aheadcoach andrunningbackscoach onthehigh schooland juniorhighschoollevel; andaskickinggamecoordinatoratSuLRossStateUniversityandassistant defensivelinecoach atWestTexasStateUniversity. HicksplayedquarterbackanddefensivebackatHobbs High Schoolin Hobbs,NewMexico. 1 Coaching Staff CHARLES SUTTON AssistantFootballCoach For 15years,widereceivercoachCharlesSuttonhasbeenprovidingleadership asamemberof theWolvescoachingstaff.WhileassociatedwiththeWolfpack,hehasseentheWolvescapturethe statetitlein 1985,andhasseentheteamcapturetheSouthDivisioncrownin 1986, 1989,and 1990. Suttonservedasassistanttrackcoachin 1987,whentheteamwonthestatetitle.Healso currentlyservesascounselorforthecollege'sUpwardBoundprogram,apositionhehasheldfor 17years. BeforejoiningtheCo-Linstaff,Suttonworkedasaclassroomteacherandcounselorinthe Lawrence CountySchoolSystem.HeearnedhisB.S.degreefromAlcorn StateUniversity,andhe hasaM.Ed,fromJacksonStateUniversity. Suttonandhiswife,Evelyn,havetwo sons,Victor,26,andRenard,21. DENNIS SIMS Men'sBasketballCoach DennisSimsisinhisfifthyearasmen'sbasketballcoachfortheWolves.His 1999-2000Wolves posteda22-7 record,finishedfirstintheregularseason,wontheSouthStateTournamentandat onepointduringtheseasonwasrankedsixthintheNationalPolls.TheMACJCandtheMAC namedSims"CoachoftheYear"thispastseasonaswellasin 1989, 1997,and 1999.Duringhisfour- yearstayatCo-Lin,Sims'teamshavefinishedfirstthreeoutoffourseasonsintheSouthState,won theSouthStateTournamenttwice,andbeenselected"CoachoftheYear"threeoutoffouryears AnativeofWestMemphis,Arkansas,Sims'spent 12yearscoachingatSouthwestMississippi CommunityCollege,winningtheSouthStateChampionshipin 1989. Simshasalsocoached 11 yearsonthehighschoollevel,winningtwo stateandtwooverallstatetitles.HeearnedaB.S. degreeinphysicaleducationfromtheUniversityofMississippiandaM.Ed,fromWilliamCarey College. SimsismarriedtotheformerGinnyJohnsonofYazoo City,andtheyhavefourchildren,Law,24,Casey,21,MaryKathryn, 12,and Mollie9. KEITH CASE Head Baseball Coach KeithCaseentershis 18thyearasaheadbaseballcoach,thelasteightyearswiththeWolfpack. HejoinedtheCo-Linathleticdepartmentin 1991 afterasuccessfulcareerintheMississippihigh schoolranks. Duringthelasteightyears,Co-Linhasparticipatedin fiveNJCAARegionalTournaments.The 1998 and2000 squadswonthe Region23 Division-II championship andthe 2000 squadwonthe MACJC SouthStateandtheNJCAACentralDistrictandadvancedtotheWorldSeries.Casewas selectedCoachoftheYearfortheNJCAARegion23 in 1998 andagainin2000.LouisvilleSlugger also awardedCasewithitsexcellenceincoachingawardin 1998. Baseballteams underCoachCasehavewonover350gamesduringhiscareer.Teamshavewon conference,divisionandstatechampionshipsduringCoachCase's 17years.TheCo-Linprogram hasbecomenationallyrankedinthelasteightyears foraccomplishmentsonthefield.Nationalrankingshavealsocomeforthe Wolfpackaccomplishmentsintheclassroomasthe 2000squadfinished4thinthenation. CaseholdsaB.S.degreefromMississippiStateUniversityandaM.Ed, degreefromWilliamCareyCollege. AdditionalstudieshavebeencompletedatMississippiCollegeandtheUniversityofSouthern Mississippi. AnativeofTryus,Mississippi,CaseisagraduateofMonticello HighSchool.HeismarriedtotheformerSusanCaffeyofJackson. Theyhavetwodaughters,Macie,9 and Ras, 1. i PETE YOUNG AssistantBaseballCoach PeteYoungentershisthirdyearasanassistantcoachwiththeCo-Linbaseballsquad.CoachYoungis inchargeofpitchersandcatchersfortheWolfpack. CoachYoungwasanassistantcoachatStarkvilleAcademyforfouryears.DuringhistimeatS.A.the baseballteamwonbacktobackNorthAAAAtitles.YoungalsocoachedtheBrookhavenBrakemeninthe CottonStateLeaguecollegesummerleague.TheBrakemenwonthefirstleaguechampionshipandYoung wasvotedCoachoftheYearin2000. Youngwasatwo-timeNCAAAU-AmericanasaplayeratMississippiStateUniversity.Afterbeing draftedbytheCincinnatiRedsoutofhighschool,YoungspentthreeyearsplayingforCoachRonPolkat wmss.-. .*—, -,*w«i_*_. -".".•,-,»,",.', J bStaasteeb.alIlna1n9d89mhaedewaisttdoratfhteedmiangaoirn,letahigsuetsimweitbhytthheeEMxopnotsreaanldEtxhpeoBs.osHteonspReendtSsoixx.yearsinprofessional CoachYoungholdsaB.S.degreeandM.S.degreefromMississippiStateUniversity.HeisanativeofSummit,MSandagraduateof McCombHighSchool.Heistheproudfatheroftwochildren,Bo,6andSloane,9. DAVID SMITH Women'sSoftball Coach ThisisDavidSmith'sninthseasonasheadsoftballcoachatCo-Lin.Duringthelastsevenyearsthe LadyWolveshavewontheSouthDivisionfivetimesandplacedsecondoneyear.TheyhavewontheState Tournamenttwiceandweretherunnersuptwice,andtheyplacedsecondintheRegionXXIII tournamenttwice.Smithwasvotedcoachoftheyearin 1994and 1996. ALoydStarnative,DavidgraduatedfromCo-Lin,USMandJSU.Heismarriedtotheformer RamonaHigdon.Theyhavetwochildren,Justin, 15 andLauren 13. JOHNNYWILLIAMS AssistantSoftballCoach Afull-timefacultymemberfor 11 years,JohhnnyWilliamswillbeservinghiseighthyearasan assistantcoachfortheLadyWolvessoftballteam. BeforecomingtoCo-Lin,WilliamsservedasanassistantcoachinbasketballandfootballatCrescent CityBaptistHighSchoolinMetairie,Louisiana.Healsoservedasanassistantfootballandbaseballcoach atBogueChittoHigh Schoolinthe 1970s. HeismarriedtotheformerCindyHodgesofBogueChitto,andtheyhavetwosons,Ryan, 14and Wade, 12. Coaching Staff CHUCKHOLLOWAY GolfCoach StartinghisfifthyearontheCo-Lincampus,ChuckHollowaywillbeservingasthefirstyeargolf coachandheadgolfprofessionalforCo-Lin'schampionshipWolfHollowGolfClub.Beforejoiningthe Co-Linstaff,HollowayworkedastheassistantgolfprofessionalatAlexandriaCountryClubin Alexandria,La.HehasservedastheassistantgolfprofessionalatWolfHollowforfiveyears. Hollowayisa 1990graduateofCo-Linanda 1993 graduateoftheUniversityofSouthern Mississippiwithadegreeinmathematics. HeismarriedtotheformerSharonPayneofWessonandtheyhaveoneson,Kyle,22months. BRENDA SMITH Women'sTennisCoach BrendaSmithisinherfifth yearasthewomen'stenniscoach.Inthepastthreeseasonsthe LadyWolveshaverecordeda47-3 dualmatchrecord,madethreeconsecutivetripstoNationals andwontheNationalAcademicTeamoftheYearin 1999. CoachSmithwasvotedMAC"Coachof theYear" in 1999.Shealso serves asaninstructorandthechairpersonfortheHPRdivision.Coach Smith earnedherassociateofartdegreefrom CloudCountyCommunityCollege (Concordia,KS) aswellasaB.S.andM.Ed, degreesfromMississippiCollege. Smithis aUSPTRcertifiedtennis professional. Sheismarriedto Steve SmithofWessonandistheproudmotheroftwo sons,Matt,7,and Josh,6. MIKE MclNTYRE Men'sTennisCoach AUSPTR-certifiedtennisteachingprofessional,MclntyrehasbeennamedMACJC"Coachof theYear"fivetimesandNJCAARegion23"CoachoftheYear"fourtimes,whilewatchinghis Wolveswinfivestateandfourregionalteamchampionships (pluseightrunner-upteamtitlesin bothstateandregionalplay) and 17 otherteamhonors. Hiscareerdualmatchrecordstandsat314 winsand48losses.Hehascoached66individualstateandregionalchampionsandhashadnine teamsrankedintheNATIONALTOP25.Undefeated (24-0) 1990teamwasthefirstMississippi teamto everfinishintheTop 10intheNJCAANationals.Named (MAC) "CoachoftheYear"in 1986, 1989,and 1990,MclntyrereceivedtheMACJC"Leadership andServiceAward"for associationandcommunitycontributions, 1984-90.HehasparticipatedineightUSPTR InternationalSymposiaatHiltonHeadIsland,SC,between 1987-99.Mclntyrehasalsoparticipated inthelastfourUSTANationalTennisTeachers ConferencesheldinconjunctionwiththeUS Open inNewYorkCity.HeservedaspresidentoftheMACJCTennisCoachesAssociationfrom 1984- 1990 andhasbeen amemberoftheNJCAARegion23 executiveboardfrom 1985-91 (chairman) and 1997-present,inadditionto holdingmembership intheITA (IntercollegiateTennisAssociation) andtheUSTA (UnitedStatesTennisAssociation).