Ben Fleming, co-captain of East Mississippi Community College’s 2007-08 baseball team, has signed with Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Ga., where he will play for coach Matt Griffin. A graduate of New Hope High School in Columbus, Ben Fleming is the son of Walter Fleming, and David and Kathi Coleman, and the grandson of Denny and Bessie Fleming of Quitman. Over his two-year career at EMCC, Fleming maintained a .350 batting average – with 300 trips to the plate, 105 hits, 22 doubles, four triples and 17 home runs. He had 90 RBI’s, was 26 for 28 on stolen base attempts and his on-base percentage was .490. Fleming plans to major in exercise science at Southern Polytechnic.