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Alumni Accomplishment-Ryan Earnest
Alumni Accomplishment- Josh Heird
Sim Cooley Highway Dedication
JCJC rep's at Olympics
Ladner new Basketball Coach
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Here's what's happening at Jones! Football Media Day! The media had the chance to meet and greet new football head coach, Ray Perkins and his team. Read Shawn Wansley's story by clicking: Perkins meets the press during JCJC Media Day   Congratulations! to another record graduating class of GED students.  |
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Alumni Accomplishment-Ryan Earnest
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Congratulations! to former 2000-2002 JCJC Bobcat  football player, and 2000 Laurel High School graduate, Ryan Earnest who was recently named the new Collins High School Head Football coach.
Earnest hit the grid-iron as a USM football player in 2002 while earning his B.A. in English in 2004. He continued in grad school receiving his Masters in Interscholastic Athletic Administration in 2007 and in 2008 Earnest obtained the Education Specialists degree in Educational Leadership.
Leading the Collins Tiger football team, marks Earnest's first head football coaching position. However, he proved himself at his high school alma mater as assistant coach in 2004. After two years, he joined the Sumrall Bobcats as assistant football coach for one year before becoming the Wayne County War Eagle assistant coach. Earnest served under Marcus Boyles for the last five years.
Earnest fondly recalls, "one of the most inspirational parts of (his) time at Jones was how coaches like Ed Smith, Eddie Pierce and Steve Boyd pushed us toward excellence on the field and off the field," said Earnest. "It's always great t o bump into them after all these years and to know that these men helped mold me into the person I am today."
Ryan and his wife Lakeisha have an eight month old daughter, Laila.
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Alumni Accomplishment-Josh Heird
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 Congratulations! to Josh Heird. The Ft. Collins, Colorado native has been promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities and Championships at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. He previously served the college as Director of Championships which means he coordinated post-season events, including all Big East and NCAA events. Last year the university hosted the NCAA Division I Field Hockey National Championship, the 2nd/3rd Rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, an NCAA Softball Regional, a Cross Country Regional, and the Big East Cross Country Championships. Heird is currently coordinating another big event this fall as the Cardinals host the NCAA Volleyball National Championship and the NCAA Cross Country National Championship.
Heird played soccer and participated in track at Jones in 1998-2000 and transferred to Mississippi College, graduating in 2002 with a B.A. in history. He earned his M.B.A. from the University of Louisville in 2009.
Returning to the JCJC campus after more than 12 years, Heird said was a wonderful experience.
"It was great coming back to the Jones campus for the first time since 2000. I was able to catch up and see some of the professors and administrators that I have kept in touch with through the years. Although the campus has grown by leaps and bounds since the last time I was here, it still brought back a lot of great memories."
Heird's goal is to continue in athletic administration and eventually become an athletic director.
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Mark your Calendars for these upcoming Events
September 9, 2012
Hall of Fame Weekend
Softball Reunion
September 20, 2012
Award's Day
October 6, 2012
Homecoming
Cheerleader and Football Reunion
For more information call the office at 601-477-4145 or email: jcjcalumniinfo@jcjc.edu
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Highway Dedication-Sim Cooley
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The Mississippi Legislature, represented by Senator Chris McDaniel and the Mississippi Department of Transportation's Southern District Transportation Commissioner Tom King unveiled the sign that will be placed on a segment of Highway 11 in Jones County in memory of JCJC football coach, Sim Cooley.  Among the lifetime achievements during Cooley's 26 years at JCJC, his 187-92-5 record earned him Mississippi Junior College Coach of the Year five times and he was inducted into the Mississippi Coaches Hall of Fame, as well as the National Junior College Hall of Fame.
The Sandersville coach was honored posthumously into the Mississippi Community College Sports Hall of Fame and he was part of the inaugural class of JCJC's Sport s Hall of Fame. The JCJC football field, in the current Bobcat Stadium was named in his honor in 2004. Cooley's wife Patricia, their six children, nine grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and two brothers along with Ellisville Mayor Tim Waldrup, JCJC President Dr. Jesse Smith, WDAM-TV former sports anchor and current FCA district director, Mitchell Williams joined Senator McDaniel and Commissioner King in the dedication ceremony, recently hosted at JCJC.
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JCJC reps at Olympic Games
| Two JCJC faculty members are lending a hand at the London Olympics. Social Science  instructor Stacy Ruth and Health instructor and Athletic Director, Katie Herrington are among 15 people  representing the Jones County Baptist Association in their ministry efforts in England for the duration of the two weeks of the Olympic games.
This is Herrington's first Olympic games however Ruth had the opportunity to go to the 2010 winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia.
To learn more about their visit, read Shawn Wansley's story at: JCJC representatives minister at Olympics
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| Ladner is new Basketball coach |  At the official announcement of the new JCJC Bobcat Basketball coach, President, Dr. Jesse Smith gave Jay Ladner his first Jones cap and the reigns to the mens basketball program. The 1988 USM graduate left his high school alma mater, Oak Grove High
School after one year of coaching the boys basketball team to take the job in Ellisville.
Prior to that, Ladner led St. Stanislaus on the coast to ten state championships in his 20-years at the High School. His overall coaching record is an impressive 511-189. To read the whole story, click on: Ladner new Basketball coach
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We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
Joseph Campbell
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Remember When...
in 1951 when the 25th session of school opened with an enrollment of 453 freshmen and sophomores with approximately 153 enrolled in evening classes? The Vo-Tech registered approximately 450 students.
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JoAnna Newcomb
JCJC Alumni Coordinator
The Bobcat Bulletin is produced and written by the JCJC Marketing Team.
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