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EMCC taps former Auburn University standout Kyndall White to guide Lady Lion softball program Print E-mail

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Former Auburn University infield standout Kyndall White has been named East Mississippi Community College’s new head softball coach.
SCOOBA – East Mississippi Community College has reached into the talent-laden Southeastern Conference ranks to hire former Auburn University standout infielder Kyndall White as the school’s next head softball coach.  The hiring was announced Tuesday by EMCC President Dr. Rick Young and Vice President/Director of Athletics Mickey Stokes.

“I am very honored and excited about being named the head softball coach at East Mississippi Community College,” White said.  “It has always been a dream of mine to coach softball at the collegiate level, so I’m very grateful to (EMCC President) Dr. Rick Young and (EMCC Vice President/Director of Athletics) Mickey Stokes for giving me this tremendous opportunity.  I am looking forward to getting started with the team and becoming a part of the EMCC family.”

White replaces Kate Neely, who guided the EMCC Lady Lions to four consecutive MACJC State Tournament appearances before becoming the school’s event coordinator following the 2012 softball season.  Neely guided the Lady Lions to the 2011 MACJC North Division regular-season title on the way to earning EMCC’s first NJCAA Region 23 Softball Tournament berth since 2002.

“Kyndall White quickly rose to the top of our list of applicants for our softball coaching position.  She comes to East Mississippi Community College with outstanding credentials, and we will look to her to help take our established softball program to the next level,” EMCC’s Stokes noted.  “Kyndall displays tremendous leadership qualities and owns an excellent knowledge of the game.  Her playing and coaching experience at Auburn University will definitely serve her well in guiding and molding the all-around talents of our softball student-athletes here at EMCC.”

White takes over EMCC’s softball coaching duties following her five-year association with veteran head coach Tina Deese at Auburn University.  Upon finishing her Lady Tiger career in 2011 ranked among Auburn’s Top-10 career statistical leaders in home runs (28), runs batted in (100), hits (186), doubles (41), runs scored (107), slugging percentage (.474) and stolen bases (27), White stayed on campus to serve on Deese’s AU coaching staff during the 2012 season.

Voted by her Auburn teammates to serve as a three-time team captain dating back to her sophomore campaign, White remained on staff to assist in all aspects of the Lady Tigers’ daily softball operations this past year.  With White assisting in the organization of day-to-day practices, including the instruction of defensive skill development and aiding with the development of hitting and bunting techniques, the 2012 Lady Tiger club made a fifth straight NCAA Regional Tournament appearance.   

Having started all 221 games in which she played during her four-year collegiate career at Auburn, White helped lead the Lady Tigers to a composite record of 139-96, including four consecutive berths in NCAA Regional Tournament play.  During White’s senior year, the 2011 AU squad went 40-19 overall and 15-13 in the SEC’s demanding Western Division to finish third in the division for the third time in four years.

Following a productive sophomore season in which she topped the Lady Tigers in hits (55), doubles (11), total bases (83) and runs scored (26) en route to hitting .275 on the year, White’s best season came a year later as a junior.  Despite missing 14 games due to an injury in 2010, White was selected All-SEC Second Team by a vote of the league’s coaches after hitting a team-leading .356 with a club-high 14 home runs and 34 RBIs.  In addition to hitting the third-most homers in a season in school history, White also led the 2010 Lady Tigers in doubles (11), total bases (100), slugging percentage (.758) and on-base percentage (.418).  Defensively, she only committed five errors in 102 chances at third base for a .951 fielding percentage.  In May of her junior season, White collected SEC Player of the Week recognition.

Off the field during her junior year, White garnered SEC Academic Honor Roll accolades and was a member of Auburn’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, where she engaged in discussions regarding support for AU’s other athletic teams along with participating in community service projects.

Throughout her collegiate career with the Lady Tigers, White also served as an instructor during Auburn’s annual summer softball camp.  Responsible for 150 campers, White helped instruct defense and hitting drills in addition to organizing camp activities and supervising dorms.

With a bachelor’s degree in criminology from Auburn, White was previously a four-time all-state performer for head coach C.J. Hawkins at Clay-Chalkville High School in Pinson, Ala.  Along with starring all four years in softball for the Lady Cougars, White also played volleyball and basketball as a prep freshman.

A native Alabaman from the Birmingham area, White is the daughter of Scott and Rhonda White.

 
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 August 2012 )
 
Reigning National Champion East Mississippi CC Lions Top NJCAA Preseason Top 20 football poll Print E-mail

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EMCC President Dr. Rick Young (right) and Lions head football coach Buddy Stephens proudly display the NJCAA National Championship football trophy awarded to the 2011 EMCC Lions following their 55-47 victory over Arizona Western College in the El Toro Bowl played in Yuma, Ariz. The preseason top-ranked EMCC Lions kick off the 2012 football season Thursday, Aug. 30 by playing host to the Wildcats of Pearl River Community College on the Scooba campus.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Lions of East Mississippi Community College have been rewarded for their school-first national championship by being tabbed as the top-ranked junior college football team in the nation, according to the NJCAA Preseason Top 20 football poll released Wednesday.

Guided by fifth-year head coach Buddy Stephens, the EMCC Lions went undefeated a year ago on the gridiron, including eight victories over teams that were ranked among the NJCAA Top 20 during the course of the 2011 season.  After capturing their second MACJC State/NJCAA Region 23 championship in three years, the Lions’ first-ever, 12-win season was capped by a 55-47 road victory over Arizona Western College in the El Toro Bowl played in Yuma, Ariz., for the 2011 NJCAA National Championship.

“It’s certainly a tremendous honor to become the first team in school history to be ranked No. 1 during the preseason,” said Stephens, who received national junior college football coach of the year honors a year ago by the American Community College Football Coaches Association and from the American Football Monthly coaches’ publication.  “It does help to be able to control our own destiny if we’re able to take care of business on the field throughout the season.  At the same time, it is a long season and we will face another daunting schedule again this year.  It’s all you can ask for coming off a national championship season, so we’ll just try to do what we have to do in order to best represent the No. 1 ranking.”

An indicator as to the year-to-year strength of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges and NJCAA Region 23, the MACJC has landed four teams among the top 11 in this year’s NJCAA Preseason Top 20 national rankings.  Following EMCC at No. 1, MACJC South Division powers Mississippi Gulf Coast and Hinds follow at No. 4 and No. 6, respectively, while MACJC North Division foe Northwest Mississippi is preseason ranked 11th nationally.  Including national title game opponent Arizona Western and 2011 playoff opponents MGCCC and Hinds, half of East Mississippi’s dozen gridiron victories a season ago came against teams ranked among the top 11 in this year’s preseason poll.  

The 2012 EMCC Lions will begin defense of their national championship by welcoming Pearl River Community College to Scooba for the season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30.  Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at EMCC’s Sullivan-Windham Field.  Following a pair of road games against MACJC South Division opponents – Sept. 6 at East Central and Sept. 13 at Southwest Mississippi – East Mississippi will begin to seek the school’s fourth regular-season divisional title in five years by playing host to Mississippi Delta on Thursday, Sept. 20.

In alternating home and away games throughout their divisional slate, the Lions will kick off division road action at Coahoma on Thursday, Sept. 27, before entertaining Holmes during homecoming weekend (Oct. 6) on the Scooba campus.  EMCC’s regular-season schedule winds down in October by sandwiching an Oct. 18 home date versus Northwest Mississippi between road outings against Northeast Mississippi (Oct. 11) and Itawamba (Oct. 27). 

In his previous four seasons at the EMCC football helm, Stephens has put together a 36-8 composite record for a .818 winning percentage, including a 22-2 (.917) collective division mark with three MACJC North Division regular-season titles.   

 

 


 

 
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 01 August 2012 )
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East Mississippi Community College to offer July baseball camps in Scooba and Columbus Print E-mail
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EMCC head baseball coach Chris Rose and his Lions coaching staff will conduct summer camps on the Scooba campus and at Columbus’ Propst Park during the month of July.
SCOOBA – Summer athletic camp activity continues on the East Mississippi Community College campus in July, as the EMCC baseball coaching staff will hold three-day camps, for youths between the ages of 7-14, in Scooba and Columbus during the month.

Directed by EMCC head baseball coach Chris Rose, an All Skills Camp will begin Monday (July 2) and run through Wednesday at EMCC’s Gerald Poole Field.  The cost will be $65 per camper.  An Elite Hitting/Pitching Camp will follow in Scooba on Thursday and Friday (July 5-6) at a cost $115.  With a savings of $40, a combo package is also available for those campers interested in participating in both baseball camps being held in Scooba.

Later in the month, the EMCC baseball staff, including Lions assistant coach and former University of Alabama head baseball coach Jim Wells, will be at Propst Park in Columbus to conduct another three-day (July 18-20) All Skills Camp at a cost of $75 per camper.  The Lions will close out the month (July 30-31) in Columbus with another Elite Hitting/Pitching Camp at a cost of $125.  Once again, a discounted combo package will offer a $50 savings to anyone interested in taking part in both baseball camps in Columbus.

All EMCC baseball camps will take place during the morning hours (9 a.m.-noon) with registration and check-in beginning at 8:30 a.m.  Additional information on any of the Lions Baseball Camps is available by contacting EMCC head baseball coach Chris Rose (662-476-5343 and This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or assistant coach Eric House (662-476-5067 and This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

An information brochure and application form for EMCC’s upcoming summer baseball camps are available online at http://athletics.eastms.edu.   
Last Updated ( Friday, 29 June 2012 )
 
East Mississippi CC touts four teams and five student-athletes with NJCAA academic honors Print E-mail
SCOOBA – For the second year in a row, four East Mississippi Community College sports teams have earned academic recognition from the National Junior College Athletic Association.  In addition, five EMCC student-athletes have collected NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards, as announced this week by the NJCAA office headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Headlined for the third consecutive year by EMCC’s softball program with a school-best 3.31 composite grade point average, three East Mississippi squads posted collective team GPAs of 3.15 or higher.  Women’s basketball and men’s golf were next on EMCC’s academic scorecard at 3.16 and 3.15, respectively, to repeat as NJCAA All-Academic Team honorees.

Men’s basketball rounded out EMCC’s team selections with an even 3.00 team GPA, while the Lions’ NJCAA national championship football team and baseball club just missed the 3.00 GPA requirements by posting composite team grade point averages of 2.91 and 2.89, respectively.

Individually, softball standout Shelby Whitt paced EMCC’s quintet of academic recipients with a 3.86 cumulative grade point average to garner the NJCAA Award for Superior Academic Achievement with a GPA between 3.80 and 3.99 on a 4.00 scale.  The Houston, Miss., native was tabbed Miss EMCC for the Scooba campus in addition to being voted EMCC’s Homecoming Queen this past fall.

Two-time MACJC All-State golfer Weston Wallace, of Northwest Rankin, also claimed the NJCAA’s Superior Academic Achievement honor with a 3.81 GPA while competing for head coach Dale Peay’s Lions.

A trio of EMCC student-athletes collected the NJCAA Award for Exemplary Academic Achievement for putting together cumulative grade point averages between 3.60 and 3.79.  Former Clarkdale High School softball product Cory Roberson posted a 3.77 composite GPA while earning MACJC All-North Division Second Team laurels as a sophomore for head coach Kate Neely’s Lady Lions squad. 

Leading the way in the classroom for head football coach Buddy Stephens’ 2011 NJCAA Champions with a 3.68 GPA was MACJC All-North Division offensive lineman Derrick Wilson, of Horn Lake High School, who joined the Ole Miss Rebels as a walk-on this spring.  Outfielder Spencer Wilson, of Stone High School, topped head baseball coach Chris Rose’s Lions with a 3.64 cumulative GPA to also earn NJCAA Exemplary Academic Achievement recognition.

Marking the 29th year the NJCAA has recognized the success of its student-athletes in the classroom, the 2011-12 academic year saw 450 teams qualify for academic team accolades.  In addition, more than 1,680 NJCAA student-athletes met the requirements for individual academic honors.  All total, nearly 60,000 student-athletes competed in the NJCAA during the 2011-12 academic year on more than 3,500 teams in 28 different sports.    
     
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 June 2012 )
 
East Mississippi Community College to conduct summer athletic camps on and off Scooba campus Print E-mail
ImageSCOOBA – East Mississippi Community College’s annual summer athletic camps will keep things busy on and off the Scooba campus this summer.  During the months of June and July, EMCC will be offering athletic camps for football, women’s basketball, softball and baseball. 

The Lady Lions Basketball Camp will tip off EMCC’s summer athletic camp activity Monday, June 18 with the start of a three-day camp (June 18-20) on the Scooba campus.  Available for all school-aged children, the EMCC girls’ basketball camp will take place from 1-4 p.m. each afternoon at EMCC’s Keyes T. Currie Coliseum.  The registration fee is $50 per camper.  Registration forms and payments should be completed on or before June 18.  For more information on the Lady Lions Basketball Camp, please contact head coach Sharon Thompson at the EMCC women’s basketball office at 662-476-5140 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Sullivan-Windham Field, the home of the NJCAA National Champion EMCC Lions football team, will stay busy this summer with a pair of football camps taking place in Scooba.  The reigning national and state junior college football champions will first offer a 7-on-7 Passing Camp on Wednesday, June 20 with registration set to begin at 9 a.m.  EMCC is also slated to conduct a Lineman Camp, June 26-28, for student-athletes entering grades 9-12.  Please contact EMCC assistant football coaches Clifton Collins (662-476-5129) or Marcus Wood (662-476-5131) for additional information on East Mississippi’s 7-on-7 Passing Camp.  Lineman Camp inquiries can be directed to EMCC head football coach Buddy Stephens (662-476-5128) or associate head coach William Jones (662-476-5132).

EMCC’s Lady Lions Softball Camp will be held June 22-23, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. both days, at the Sammie Davidson Sports Complex in Meridian.  Available for children entering grades 1-12, campers will be grouped according to age and skill level.  With registration beginning at 8 a.m. on Friday, June 22, the registration fee is $60 per camper.  Team rates are also available.  Additional information on the Lady Lions Softball Camp can be obtained by contacting EMCC head softball coach Kate Neely (662-476-5043 and This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or assistant coach Casey Finch (662-476-5033 and This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

Directed by head coach Chris Rose, the EMCC baseball coaching staff is slated to hold summer camps on the Scooba campus as well as in Columbus during the month of July for youths between the ages 7-14.  On campus at EMCC’s Gerald Poole Field, the Lions will offer a three-day (July 2-4) All Skills Camp at a cost of $65 per camper.  An Elite Hitting/Pitching Camp will follow on July 5-6 at a cost $115.  With a savings of $40, a combo package is also available for those campers interested in participating in both baseball camps being held in Scooba.

Later in the month of July, the EMCC baseball staff, including Lions assistant coach and former University of Alabama head baseball coach Jim Wells, will be at Propst Park in Columbus to conduct another three-day (July 18-20) All Skills Camp at a cost of $75 per camper.  The Lions will close out the month (July 30-31) in Columbus with another Elite Hitting/Pitching Camp at a cost of $125.  Once again, a discounted combo package will offer a $50 savings to anyone interested in taking part in both baseball camps in Columbus.  All baseball camps will take place during the morning hours (9 a.m.-noon) with registration and check-in beginning at 8:30 a.m.  Additional information on any of the Lions Baseball Camps is available by contacting EMCC head baseball coach Chris Rose (662-476-5343 and This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or assistant coach Eric House (662-476-5067 and This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

Additional East Mississippi Community College summer athletic camp information and application forms are available online at http://athletics.eastms.edu.    
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 05 June 2012 )
 
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