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2000-2001 Program Athletic CO Copiah-Lincoln LIN Community College ...the-ptace to 6e . Georgia-Pacific and the Environment What A Great Team . . . he Georgia-Pacific Mon °" Georgia-Pacific WiiDiire Habitat PnojtCTSr« more than a paper mill. G-P cares about IP"w*oBrWnntiftHamtatCouncil the air, land, water, soil, wildlife and the 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. ..e Monticello mill is the first certified Wildlife Habitat Council site in the state of Mississippi. Working Safe .. Caring for the Environment . . . A Way of Life at the Georgia-Pacific Monticello Mill. ; **?**.- PAGE 16 PAGE 1ft PAGE 19 PAGE 21 PAGE 32 2 Copiah-Lincoln CommunityCollege BoardofTrustees 21 Baseball Highlights 3 AMessagefromthe President 22 Baseball Schedule 4 Coaching Staff 23 ThisSeason'sTeam 9 AthleticHall 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 GolfaTrackHighlights 10 Men'sBasketball Highlights 19 Women'sBasketball Highlights 20 BasketballSchedule CO Copiah-Lincoln LIN Community College ...thepCace to be Administration Copiah-Lincoln CommunityCollege Dr. Howell C. Garner, President Districtdoes notdiscriminateonthebasis Dr. Paul Johnson, Dean ofthe College ofsex,race,color,religion,national origin, or disabilityandisin compliancewithTitle Dr. Ronnie Nettles, Dean oftheNatchez Campus IXdirectives. Michael Tanner, BusinessManager RayIshee, Dean ofStudentServices Opinions expressed are notnecessarily Allen Kent, Exec. Director of Foundation thoseofthecollege administration, Director ofAlumniAffairs facultyorstudents. Natalie Davis, DirectorofPublicRelations Board of Trustees Dr. J. H. Stribling Don Cagle Perry Miller Chairman, Brookhaven 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 Hill Brookhaven Brookhaven Calvin Britt Gerald Home 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 LIN College ...theptace to 6e Message from the President 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 NJCAAforAcademicAll-American honors: LadyWolves Tennis Team - 2nd in the nation;WolfpackBaseball 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 All-Americans named were Sara Joy (Natchez), Christopher Dunn and Breck Honea (Magee) and Lance Newman (Brookhaven). We are extremely proud 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 We sports. deeply appreciate their dedication and hard workto 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 anytime. J^^cu^y l^j-f^AoCcc President Coaching Staff GWYN YOUNG Athletic Director,Women'sBasketball Servingthecollegeasathleticdirectorsince 1989,GwynYounghasbeenheadcoach oftheLadyWolvesbasketballteamfor24years. Sincecomingto Co-Lin,hehasseenhis i«P^ teamwintitleaftertitleandhas compiledarecordof509wins and 169lossestorank himinthetopwinningestNJCAAcoachesinthenation. TheLadyWolves accomplishmentsduringCoachYoung'sstayhavebeennumerous: 14regularseason 1stplacefinishes,nineSouthDivisionChampionships, 13 State TournamentsAppearances,State Championshipsin 1993, 1997,and 1999,Runner-up «tS!is>,. State Champions 1983, 1984,and 1998,Runner-upRegionXXIII Championshipsin 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999,and2000.RegionXXIII Championsin 1989, 1993,and 1997,and NationalTournamentappearancesin 1989, 1993,and 1997.CoachYoung'steamfinished 4thinthe 1989NationalTournamentandhasbeenNationallyRankedconsistentlyat Co-Lin. YoungwasnamedRegionXXIII CoachoftheYearin 1989, 1993,and 1997. Coach oftheYearhonorswerealsoreceivedbyCoachYoungfromtheMACJCandtheMACin 1993.YounghasalsobeennamedaClarion- LedgerCoachoftheYearforJuniorCollegesonnumerousoccasions. Youngalso serves as amathematics instructor.Heholdsan associateofartsdegreefromCo-Lin,abachelor'sdegreefrom MississippiCollege,andM. Ed.fromtheUniversityofSouthernMississippi. YoungismarriedtotheformerVelestaSmith,andtheyhavetwochildren,Lane,age24,andJessica,age21. BROOME PHILLIP Head Football Coach Phillip BroomeisinhissixthyearasheadfootballcoachfortheWolves. His 1995Wolves postedan8-2record,earninghimandhiscoachingstaff"CoachoftheYear"honors.Broomeand hisstaffwerealso selectedto coachthe 1995 southcommunitycollegeall-stars,winning23-7over thenorthsquad.Broomeservedasdefensivecoordinatorforfiveyearspriortobeingnamedhead footballcoach in 1995.Hewasamemberofthecoachingstaffin 1989 and 1990whentheWolves were South StateChamps.HehasnumerousplayersplayingDivision 1 footballwith avirtual 100% transferandgraduation rate. Broomealso servesas ascienceinstructor,receivingthe 1994NISODawardforexcellencein teaching. HeearnedhisB.S. andM.S.degreesfromtheUniversityofSouthernMississippi. Heismarriedtothe formerCynthiaBatson,andtheyhavetwosons,Tyler, 13,andCaleb,8. RICKEY CL0PT0N AssistantFootballCoach AnativeofWesson,RickeyCloptonhasover20years ofcoachingexperiencewithstintsat OceanSprings,Terry,andWesson.HeservedasaheadcoachatWessonHighSchoolfor 14years. RickeywasprincipalatWessonAttendanceCenterforfiveyearsandisservinghisfourthyearasan assistantcoach atCopiah-LincolnCommunityCollege. Cloptonholds aB.S. degreeinEducation fromDeltaStateUniversityandaM.Ed, degreefrom JacksonStateUniversity. CloptonismarriedtotheformerMaryPettigrew.Theyhavetwo children,Tommyand Michelle. DAVID CROSS AssistantFootball Coach InhisfifthyearasanassistantfortheWolves,DavidCrossservesasdefensivecoordinatorand defensivelinecoach. From 1991 to 1993 heservedasheadfootballcoachandathleticdirectorat GreensboroHighSchoolin Greensboro,Alabama.Whilethere,theteamposted a 22-8 markand advancedtothestateplayoffsallthreeyears. Cross also spentthreeyearsas defensivecoordinatorat Marion Instituteandtwoyears atMississippiStateUniversityunderCoach RockyFelker. HeearnedaB.S. degreeinphysicaleducation andlaterreceivedhisM.Ed, degreefrom Mississippi StateUniversity. Healso completedadditionalstudiesatBlinn CollegeandLivingston University. A Starkvillenative,Cross ismarriedtotheformerSherryTanksleyofLouisville.Theyhave two children,KristenNicole, 12,andlamesKyle,7. CALVIN M. GREEN AssistantFootball Coach/TrackCoach CalvinM. Greenjoined the coachingstaffat Co-Lin in January, 1994. Green graduatedfromMonticello High School,attended Copiah-Lincoln JuniorCollege afterhigh school,andgraduated fromAlcornStateUniversity. Heservedas assistant defensivebackcoachatEastMississippiCommunityCollege at Scoobafrom 1992 and 1993 undertheformerMississippiStateAil-AmericanandNational FootballLeague standoutTom Goode. Greencompletedhispractice coachingat Lawrence CountyHigh School. At Monticello High Schoolhewasathree-yearletterman defensiveback.At Co-Linhewas a memberofCoach RayIshee'sstatechampionship andEastBowlchampions teamin 1985. In 1986, he receivedhonors asmostvaluabledefensiveback,All-State,All-Region XXIII andwaschosen fortheAll-Starteam.AtAlcorn State hewas alettermanin 1987andamemberofthenation'sbestsecondary in 1988. HeismarriedtotheformerFalanaArmstrongandtheyhavetwo children, Farrod, 3,andSabaric, 1. GORDON HICKS Assistant Football Coach Gordon Hicks isbeginninghisfirstyearasassistantfootballcoachatCo-Linprimarily handlingtheteam's offensiveline. HicksreceivedhisM.Ed,degreeinphysical education from SouthwestTexasStatein 1993 and his B.S. degreefromLibertyBaptistUniversityin 1991. HepreviouslyservedasheadcoachoftheLasVegasWolves,aprominorteamthatpostedan 18-4record.Hickshasalso servedasaheadcoach and runningbacks coachonthehigh schooland juniorhighschoollevel;andaskickinggamecoordinatoratSuLRoss StateUniversityandassistant defensivelinecoach atWestTexas StateUniversity. HicksplayedquarterbackanddefensivebackatHobbsHighSchoolinHobbs,NewMexico. Coaching Staff CHARLES SUnON AssistantFootballCoach For 15years,widereceivercoachCharlesSuttonhasbeenprovidingleadershipasamemberof SSSfiStSs: j****** % theWolvescoachingstaff.WhileassociatedwiththeWolfpack,hehasseentheWolvescapturethe ;»::;:: . 4 statetidein 1985,andhasseentheteamcapturetheSouthDivisioncrownin 1986, 1989,and 1990. » Suttonservedasassistanttrackcoachin 1987,whentheteamwonthestatetide.Healso currendyservesascounselorforthecollege'sUpwardBoundprogram,apositionhehasheldfor 17years. BeforejoiningtheCo-Linstaff,Suttonworkedasaclassroomteacherandcounselorinthe LawrenceCountySchoolSystem.HeearnedhisB.S. degreefromAlcornStateUniversity,andhe hasaM.Ed, fromJacksonStateUniversity. Suttonandhiswife,Evelyn,havetwosons,Victor,26,andRenard,21. DENNIS SIMS Men's Basketball Coach DennisSimsisinhisfifthyearasmen'sbasketballcoachfortheWolves.His 1999-2000Wolves posteda22-7record,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 12years coachingatSouthwestMississippi CommunityCollege,winningthe SouthStateChampionship in 1989.Simshasalso coached 11 years onthehighschoollevel,winningtwostateandtwo overallstatetides.HeearnedaB.S. degreeinphysicaleducationfromtheUniversityofMississippiandaM.Ed,fromWilliamCarey College. SimsismarriedtotheformerGinnyJohnson ofYazooCity,andtheyhavefourchildren,Law,24,Casey,21,MaryKathryn, 12,and Mollie9. KEITH CASE Head Baseball Coach KeithCaseentershis 18thyearasaheadbaseballcoach,thelasteightyearswiththeWolfpack. HejoinedtheCo-Lin athleticdepartmentin 1991 afterasuccessfulcareerintheMississippihigh schoolranks. Duringthelasteightyears,Co-LinhasparticipatedinfiveNJCAARegionalTournaments.The 1998 and2000squadswontheRegion23 Division-II championshipandthe2000squadwonthe MACJC SouthStateandtheNJCAACentralDistrictandadvancedtotheWorldSeries.Casewas selectedCoachoftheYearfortheNJCAARegion23 in 1998 andagainin 2000.LouisvilleSlugger also awardedCasewithits excellence in coachingawardin 1998. Baseballteams underCoachCasehavewonover350gamesduringhis career.Teamshavewon conference,divisionandstatechampionshipsduringCoach Case's 17years.TheCo-Linprogram hasbecomenationallyrankedinthelasteightyearsforaccomplishmentsonthefield.Nationalrankingshavealso comeforthe Wolfpackaccomplishmentsintheclassroomasthe2000 squadfinished4th inthenation. CaseholdsaB.S. degreefromMississippiStateUniversityandaM.Ed,degreefromWilliamCareyCollege. AdditionalstudieshavebeencompletedatMississippi CollegeandtheUniversityofSouthernMississippi. AnativeofTryus,Mississippi,CaseisagraduateofMonticello HighSchool. HeismarriedtotheformerSusanCaffeyofJackson. Theyhavetwo daughters,Macie,9andRas, 1. PETE YOUNG AssistantBaseballCoach PeteYoungentershisthirdyearasanassistantcoachwiththeCo-Linbaseballsquad.CoachYoungis inchargeofpitchersandcatchersfortheWolfpack. CoachYoungwasanassistantcoachatStarkvilleAcademyforfouryears.DuringhistimeatS.A.the baseballteamwonbacktobackNorthAAAAtides.YoungalsocoachedtheBrookhavenBrakemeninthe CottonStateLeaguecollegesummerleague.TheBrakemenwonthefirstleaguechampionshipandYoung wasvotedCoachoftheYearin2000. Youngwasatwo-timeNCAAAil-AmericanasaplayeratMississippiStateUniversity.Afterbeing draftedbytheCincinnatiRedsoutofhighschool,YoungspentthreeyearsplayingforCoachRonPolkat State.In 1989hewasdraftedagain,thistimebytheMontrealExpos.Hespentsixyearsinprofessional baseballandmadeittotheminorleagueswiththeExposandtheBostonRedSox. CoachYoungholdsaB.S.degreeandM.S.degreefromMississippiStateUniversity.HeisanativeofSummit,MSandagraduateof McComb HighSchool.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. I0HNNYWILLIAMS AssistantSoftballCoach Afull-timefacultymemberfor 11 years,JohhnnyWilliamswillbeservinghiseighthyearasan assistantcoachfortheLadyWolvesSoftballteam. Beforecomingto Co-Lin,WilliamsservedasanassistantcoachinbasketballandfootballatCrescent CityBaptistHighSchoolinMetairie,Louisiana.Healsoservedasanassistantfootballandbaseballcoach atBogueChittoHighSchoolinthe 1970's. HeismarriedtotheformerCindyHodgesofBogueChitto,andtheyhavetwosons,Ryan, 14and Wade, 12. Coaching Staff CHUCK HOLLOWAY GolfCoach StartinghisfifthyearontheCo-Lincampus,ChuckHollowaywillbeservingasthefirstyeargolf coachandheadgolfprofessionalforCo-Lin'schampionshipWolfHollowGolfClub.Beforejoiningthe Co-Linstaff,HollowayworkedastheassistantgolfprofessionalatAlexandriaCountryClubin Alexandria,La.HehasservedastheassistantgolfprofessionalatWolfHollowforfiveyears. Hollowayisa 1990graduateofCo-Linanda 1993 graduateoftheUniversityofSouthern Mississippiwithadegreeinmathematics. HeismarriedtotheformerSharonPayneofWessonandtheyhaveoneson,Kyle,22months. BRENDASMITH women'sTennisCoach Brenda Smithis inherfifth yearasthewomen'stenniscoach. Inthepastthreeseasonsthe LadyWolveshaverecordeda47-3 dualmatchrecord,madethreeconsecutivetripstoNationals andwontheNationalAcademicTeam oftheYearin 1999. CoachSmithwasvotedMAC"Coachof theYear" in 1999.Shealso serves asaninstructorandthechairpersonfortheHPRdivision.Coach SmithearnedherassociateofartdegreefromCloudCountyCommunityCollege (Concordia,KS) aswellasaB.S. andM.Ed,degrees fromMississippiCollege.Smith is aUSPTRcertifiedtennis professional. Sheismarriedto SteveSmithofWessonandistheproudmotheroftwosons,Matt, 7,and Josh,6. MIKE MCINTYRE a Men'sTennisCoach AUSPTR-certifiedtennisteachingprofessional,MclntyrehasbeennamedMACJC"Coachof theYear"fivetimes andNJCAARegion23"CoachoftheYear"fourtimes,whilewatchinghis Wolveswinfivestate andfourregionalteamchampionships (pluseightrunner-upteamtitlesin both stateandregionalplay) and 17 otherteamhonors. His careerdualmatch recordstandsat314 wins and48losses.Hehascoached66individualstate andregionalchampionsandhashadnine teamsrankedintheNATIONALTOP25.Undefeated (24-0) 1990teamwasthefirstMississippi teamto everfinishintheTop 10 intheNJCAANationals. Named (MAC) "CoachoftheYear"in 1986, 1989,and 1990,MclntyrereceivedtheMACJC"Leadership andServiceAward"for associationandcommunitycontributions, 1984-90.Hehasparticipatedin eightUSPTR International SymposiaatHiltonHeadIsland,SC,between 1987-99.Mclntyrehas alsoparticipated inthelastfourUSTANationalTennisTeachersConferencesheldinconjunctionwiththeUS Open inNewYorkCity. HeservedaspresidentoftheMACJCTennisCoachesAssociationfrom 1984- 1990andhasbeen amemberoftheNJCAARegion23 executiveboardfrom 1985-91 (chairman) and 1997-present,in additionto holdingmembership inthe ITA (IntercollegiateTennisAssociation) andtheUSTA (UnitedStatesTennisAssociation).