Former Myrtle High and Northeast Mississippi CC standout Grant Goolsby, center, recently signed a basketball scholarship with Blue Mountain College. With Goolsby at the signing were, seated, his moter and father Twila and Barry Goolsby. Standing are BMC coaches Jerry Conner and Jack Moser.

April 14, 2010

NEMCC GUARD SIGNS WITH BLUE MOUNTAIN

BOONEVILLE, Miss.--Northeast Mississippi Community College’s sophomore guard Grant Goolsby has signed a basketball grant-in-aid with Blue Mountain College.

Goolsby, a 5-10 guard led the Tigers with 59 assists last year while averaging 4.5 points per game. He shot 42 percent from the field, including a 40 percent field goal percentage, and he connected on 71 percent of his free throws. Goolsby’s best performance in 2010 was a 17 point effort that included 5 of 8 from downtown, in an early season setback at Wallace State (Ala.).

“Grant was a great player for us here at Northeast and I am proud that he is getting to further his basketball career,” said Tiger Head Coach David Robbins.  “He excels in the classroom and he has great leadership qualities so I know he will be very successful at the next level.”

Goolsby played his high school ball at Myrtle where he led his team in free throw percentage, assists and three-point field goal percentage for four years. He was named to the all-division team four years and all north state team twice.

He was the MHS student body president won numerous academic honors. At Northeast, Goolsby was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society and was vice-president of leadership.

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