East Central Community College had three softball and three baseball players tabbed as Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) All-Conference recipients.
Lady Warrior softball players who earned the nod were First Team selections Meadow Villar, Emmi Harkins, and Second Team recipient Janci Aube.
Sophomore Villar, of Dallas, Ga., was a leader at the plate for ECCC in 2023. The third baseman earned Second-Team honors as a freshman and continued her strong play into this season. Villar finished the year with a team-best .429 batting average and .850 slugging percentage after knocking 13 doubles, two triples, and 14 home runs through 140 at-bats. She also scored the most runs on the team as she crossed the plate 52 times on the year.
Harkins, a sophomore from Philadelphia, also had a phenomenal year at the dish. The catcher was just one homer behind the team-leading Villar with 13 on the season and posted a team-high 61 RBIs. She finished the season with a .340 batting average and .722 slugging percentage with 14 doubles and one triple. Behind the plate, Harkins was a leader of the Lady Warriors' defense.
Aube saw action in 38 games as a freshman but had her season cut short due to an injury. Despite the injury, the outfielder from Lafayette, La. put up stellar numbers to earn the Second Team nod. Aube posted a .361 batting average through 108 at-bats with 33 RBIs on eight doubles and a team-high four triples. She crossed the plate 31 times in her abbreviated season.
On the baseball diamond, the three Warriors selected were First Team recipients Eli Collins, Mo Little, and Second Team honoree, Grant Edwards.
Collins, the Warriors' leadoff hitter, finished the year with a staggering .416 batting average after 190 at-bats. The sophomore second baseman posted a team-high 24 doubles and eight triples while driving 54 runs. Collins was a machine at reaching base with a .542 on-base percentage. He led the team in walks with 35 on the year and was hit by pitch 21 times during the season. In the field, the Laurel native was a sure-handed glove in the middle infield.
Little got the First Team nod as a designated hitter. Little led the way for the Warriors with 12 homers on the year and posted a .350 batting average with a team-most 200 at-bats. The DH also drove in 73 runs on the year with a .630 slugging percentage.
Edwards a right-hander from Walker, La. finished the year with 49.1 innings pitched and posted a 4-0 record with a 3.6 ERA. Edwards was stellar in relief and had a team-best 66 strikeouts to just 21 walks. Edwards had 20 appearances, four starts, and had three saves.
The East Central Lady Warriors softball team finished the year 30-24 overall and had an appearance in the NJCAA Region 23 tournament, while the Warriors finished 37-20 as the MACCC and Region 23 champions and made the college's first-ever trip to the NJCAA DII World Series in Enid, Okla.
