5/13/08

EIGHT TIGERS RECEIVE POSTSEASON HONORS
Three All-Region Selections 1st Time in School History

BOONEVILLE, Miss.-- Northeast Mississippi Community College’s fastpitch softball team led all MACJC (Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges) softball programs with three players selected to the 2008 All-Region 23 team. In addition, five other Tigers were named All-North Division, and All-State making a total of eight of Coach Jody Long’s Northeast softball players to receive postseason recognition.

Sophomores Shanika Randle and Callie Weaver, both of Houston, Miss., along with sophomore pitcher Lisa Jansen (Frankfurt, Germany) were dubbed 1st Team All-Region 23, 1st Team All-State, and 1st Team All-North Division. It’s the first time in the history of the Northeast softball program that three Tigers have been named to the All-Region team in one season.

“It just tells how hard they’ve worked,” Jody Long said of Jansen, Randle, and Weaver. “It shows the respect that the league’s coaches had for them. All three of those kids are moving on to the next level which is a tremendous honor for our program.”

Other postseason honorees for Northeast include sophomore pitcher Amber Metzger from Oxford (2nd Team All-State, 2nd Team All-Division), freshman catcher Addy Brown from Iuka (2nd Team All-State, 1st Team All-Division), freshman infielder Kora Keith from Richmond Hill, Canada (2nd Team All-State, 2nd Team All-Division), sophomore infielder Nikki Johnson from Thrasher (2nd Team All-Division), and freshman outfielder Samantha Thunderburk from Pine Grove (2nd Team All-Division).

The 2008 Northeast Tigers softball team under head coach Jody Long won its seventh MACJC North Division title in the last eight years and finished the season with a record of 34-20, 14-3.

'08 Player Stats

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Complete 2008 All-Region 23 List:

Rebecca Bailey                               Copiah Lincoln Community College
Danielle Ryan                                  Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College  
Jessica Duboisson                        Pearl River Community College
Shenique Brass                              East Central Community College
Mary Alice Moore                            Hinds Community College
Judy Barber                                     Pearl River Community College
Kayla Crochet                                 Copiah Lincoln Community College
Kami Hebert                                     Louisiana State University Eunice
Lisa Jansen                                     Northeast Mississippi Community College
Chasity Williams                             Itawamba Community College
Alicia Malone                                   Northwest Mississippi Community College
Whitnee White                                 East Central Community College
Shanika Randle                              Northeast Mississippi Community College
Callie Weaver                                  Northeast Mississippi Community College
Ashton Nelson                                Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College