Tis’
the season for signees
McComb resident Elizabeth Holmes (right) holds
up her new softball uniform with head coach Kenneth Long (left)
after signing with MGCCC in May. |
Although the 2004-2005 sports season is months away for most of
the college’s student athletes, the groundwork for next season
is being laid now by the coaches. Since mid-May, the college’s
coaching staffs have been hard at work recruiting recent high-school
grads to Gulf Coast.
In the last eight weeks, 35 players have signed with the college
in seven different sports. For spring coaches like fast-pitch softball
coach Kenneth Long, there is no time to ponder the season that just
ended.
“It’s really like two seasons - the regular schedule
and then the recruiting season. Our fast-pitch season ended just
two weeks before all the high-school graduations. So it was a pretty
quick turn-around from planning our playoff roster to planning next
season’s pitching rotation,” Long says.
Below is a list of the most recent signees.
Fast-Pitch Softball
- Elizabeth Holmes, McComb
- Katie Kellar, Picayune
- Jillian Landry, Biloxi
- Ashley Williams, Wiggins
Baseball
- Joey Butler, draft prospect who hit .443, Pascagoula HS
- Pat Farrell, southpaw pitcher, Long Beach
- Alan Doherty, pitcher, Mobile, Ala.
- Aaron Hill, pitcher (8-4) also hit .309, St. Martin
- Jason Hill, twin brother of Aaron, St. Martin
- Joel Bowman, Stone High
- Drew Holmes, Vancleave
- Walter Pennington, Vancleave
- Matt Hill, D’Iberville
- Brett Davis, George Co.
- Rodney Broussard, East Central
- Aaron George, East Central
- Dusty Allen, Pass Christian
- Leon Farmer, Harrison Central
Tennis
- Justin Godlewsky, qualified for state tourney, East Central
Golf
- C.T. White, 5th state tourney, East Central
Women’s Basketball
- Getta Williams, Vancleave
Football
- Justin Lewis, Pearl River Central
- Carlos Moody, Defensive Back, Greene County
Soccer
- Ryan Alderman
- Lionel Bourgeois
- Kim Craig
- Ricky Cooper
- Freddy Howe
- Laurne Kiernan
- Will Kreppner
- Michael Levens
- Tim McDaniel
- Lauren Nelson
- Anthony Quint
- Brittney Sanders
Head coach Bary Thrash signed 15 soccer players
from across the Coast in May for both the men’s and women’s
teams. |
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