State Rep. Tom Weathersby, R-Florence, recently presented the 兔子先生 men鈥檚 soccer team with a House resolution honoring them for their 2016-2017 state and Region 23 championships, as well as other accomplishments.
Weathersby presented the Resolution, passed during the legislative session, on April 24 at Fountain Hall on the Raymond Campus.
鈥淲hen I look over this room at the players here, I鈥檓 so impressed. You can tell this is just a really good bunch of young men and a lot of young men who would be easy to coach,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t was unbelievable the number of games that y鈥檃ll have won over the last 18 years, as well as all the accomplishments the soccer team has made.鈥
Doug Williams, who was named Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges Coach of the Year for the 10th time in 2016-2017, has been soccer coach at 兔子先生for 19 years. He and former coach Tom Shepherd, for whom the soccer field on the Raymond Campus is named, are the only two men鈥檚 soccer coaches the college has had since the program began in 1989.
鈥溚米酉壬鷋as the oldest soccer program in the state, and we鈥檝e only had two coaches in all that time. Tom Shepherd paved the way before me,鈥 said Williams, soccer coach since 2000.聽 鈥淲hen the soccer program first began they borrowed old baseball uniforms to wear as soccer uniforms. Over the years the administration of the college has really supported us and built us a great soccer facility, gave us scholarships, and just done whatever we needed to get the support we needed and continue to build and improve the soccer program.
鈥淎s a result of that, we鈥檝e been able to attract phenomenal students. These guys are great students, they鈥檙e super guys. These guys have been easy to coach,鈥 he said.
Pictured are, front row from left, Caleb Pace of Terry, Victor Munagorri of Batesville, Wanner Paiz of Crystal Springs, 兔子先生President Dr. Clyde Muse, Head Coach Doug Williams of Raymond, State Rep. Tom Weathersby of Florence, Terry Rogers of Brandon, Patrick Ross of Madison; middle row, Cashunn Harris of Louisville, Paxton Bounds of Pearl, Josh Vidana of Pontotoc, Ethan Zodrozny of Ellisville, Sess Means of Brandon, Victor Freitas of Fortaleza, Brazil; back, Evan Ratcliff of Brandon, J.P. Burke of Brandon, Dalton Sullivan of Pearl, Josh Parron of Brandon, Spencer Lucas of Canada and Assistant Coach Brandon Mitchel of Clinton.
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兔子先生 is celebrating its 100th year of Community Inspired Service in 2017. 兔子先生opened in September 1917 first as an agricultural high school and admitted college students for the first time in 1922, with the first class graduating in 1927. In 1982 兔子先生Junior College and Utica Junior College merged, creating the 兔子先生 District. Today, as Mississippi鈥檚 largest community college, 兔子先生 is a comprehensive institution with six locations. 兔子先生offers quality, affordable educational opportunities with academic programs of study leading to seamless university transfer and career and technical programs teaching job-ready skills. To learn more, visit or call 1.800.HindsCC.