In the early days, one field was more than enough to accommodate the crowd at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Offensive/Defensive Lineman Camp. This year, MGCCC head football coach Steve Campbell used three fields to handle the more than 530 high school students from all over the state and region. “It’s easily the largest...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College athletics had another banner season on the field in 2012-13. Off the field, numerous Bulldog student athletes also turned in exemplary performances worthy of praise from the NJCAA. Five Bulldog teams garnered NJCAA All-Academic Team honors while 18 Gulf Coast athletes are 2012-13 Athletes of Distinction. NJCAA All-Academic Teams...
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Two Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College freshmen are part of the 2013 MACJC All-State team. Gulf Coast third baseman Kyle Clement and pitcher Cam Cochran made the squad as the Bulldogs reached the post-season for the third straight year. Clement, a freshman from New Iberia, LA, batted .353 with 7 homeruns and 39 RBI...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College tennis head coach Gary Bourgeois was hoping his men’s squad could pull off a top 10 finish at last week’s NJCAA Tournament in Plano, TX. After the first day of competition, the Bulldogs were tied for second. “The second day we put ourselves in position to win four matches...
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A key member of the 2013 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College softball team has been recognized at the National level. Lady Bulldog sophomore Reina Baluja is a 2013 NJCAA Second Team All-American after helping lead Gulf Coast to its second MACJC South Division title in the last three years. Baluja, a Tampa, FL native,...
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MGCCC finished 6th in the NJCAA D-II Men’s Golf Championship at the 7165-yard Goose Pond Colony Golf Course in Scottsboro, AL. Freshman Jake Pritchard made the All-Tournament Team and was named 2nd Team All-American. “We played well, finishing just five shots out of 3rd place,” said Coach Tommy Snell. “With four freshmen on the team, that is...
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Two key players from the 2012-13 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College men’s basketball squad are moving on to the next level. Sophomore JaMichael Hawkins signed with Southeastern Louisiana while fellow sophomore Angel Matias will play at Georgia Southern next year. Hawkins, a 6-foot-3 guard from Jackson, averaged 17.7 points per game in 2012-13 and...
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Pascagoula native Josh Wells is this year’s Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College inductee into the MACJC Sports Hall of Fame. Wells was inducted along with 14 others this week at the annual award’s ceremony in Pearl. Wells didn’t start playing football until his junior year at Carver High School. Despite his lack of experience...
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Caitlin Rodriguez, a 2013 graduate of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Radiological Technology program, is the winner of the Mississippi Radiological Society’s Outstanding Student Scholarship. She plans to attend a university in the fall to begin studies for her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. She hopes to specialize in computed tomography (CT) scan or ultrasound....
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This cookbook includes over 200 recipes and cooking tips from some of the best cooks throughout the LLI organization. Proceeds from the sale of this cookbook support the Lifelong Learning Institute Scholarship Fund which is available to MGCCC students from the four county college district, including Harrison, Hancock, Jackson and George Counties. Order your...
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