PJC honors its athletes at All-Sports ceremony

Published or Revised May 01, 2013

The Paris Junior College All-Sports Awards ceremony was held in the McLemore Student Center Ballroom on Monday. The event honors each team's most valuable player, the overall most valuable player, and academic achievement among PJC athletes. Coaches recognized their players and recapped their seasons, then gave out the awards. Baseball player G.R. Hinsley of Richmond and softball player Audrey Farfan of Rockwall were named co-winners of the prestigious McLemore Cup, the award given to the top athlete from all PJC sports. Both also received their individual sport's most valuable player recognition. The Vernon Carter Cup for softball MVP went to Farfan for the second year in a row, and Hinsley was named co-winner of the Barney Bray Cup for baseball MVP. Hinsley has signed to continue playing at Texas A&M University in College Station. He has been named to the President's List several times and the Region XIV All-Academic Team. He participated in the 2012 Junior College All Star Game and was named to the 2012 Region XIV East All Conference Second Team. Currently he is nationally ranked eighth in homeruns, nineteenth in RBIs, and 23rd in batting average. Farfan was named to the 2012 Region XIV Second Team All Conference and twice to the Dean's List. Last fall she participated in the Texas Junior College All-Star Game at Abilene Christian University. Farfan has signed to play at Southern Arkansas University (SAU) in Magnolia, Ark. She is hitting .351, with 13 doubles and 6 homeruns. PJC Baseball Coach Deron Clark announced that Chase Harvey of Paris was the Barney Bray Cup co-winner, along with Hinsley. Harvey has signed to continue playing at SAU and is currently ranked fifty-third nationally in individual batting average. He was the 2012 PJC Homecoming King and attended the 2012 Junior College All Star Game in Austin. Baseball player Matthew Johnson of Plano received the Bobby Walters Cup for the sophomore athlete with the highest grade point average. Johnson has signed to play next fall for the University of Pittsburg. A nominee for PJC Homecoming King, he was selected 2013's Mr. PJC by fellow students. Johnson participated in the 2012 Junior College All Star Game. He was inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the two-year college honor society, and named to the President's List several times as well as to the Region XIV All-Academic Team. In addition to Hinsley and Johnson, other baseball players named Region XIV All-Academic Team include Ty Huie, Justin Eckols, Hobie Harris, Alex Bisacca, Mitchell Bro, and Kameron Klott, who also earned a $12,000 scholarship in engineering to the University of Houston. Sean LeBeauf, head women's basketball coach, announced that Kelsei Ewings of West Point, Miss., had won the Don Wilhelm Cup as MVP for women's basketball. Ewings made the Dean's list last fall and received NJCAA Region XIV Honorable Mention All Conference at the end of this season. She has signed with the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Ark. Coach Lebeauf also announced that Shanice Vaughan, a freshman from Brooklyn, N.Y., had won his team-specific Ambassador Award for representing the program to the fullest in the classroom, on the court and in the community. Vaughan demonstrates enthusiasm, is a proactive team player, reliable, responsible and highly organized, and exhibits gentleness to all, patience and humility. Vaughan was also one of 8 in the running for Region XIV freshman of the year. Cheerleading coach Kristin Irvin recognized the cheerleading squad and presented them with certificates of recognition. Justin Maness, head volleyball coach, announced that Katie Poole of Rowlett won the Volleyball MVP Cup. Poole has signed with Columbus State University in Georgia. She was named to the 2012 Region XIV First Team All Conference, All Region Team, All Regional Tournament Team, MVP of the North Central Texas Tournament and All Tournament Selection at the Brookhaven Tournament. She also was named to the 2011 Second Team All Conference and has twice made the Dean's List. Anthony Adams of Pontiac, Mich., received the Carroll Dawson Cup as men's basketball MVP. The three-time Region XIV Player of the Week was also named to the 2012 All Conference North Zone Third Team. For 2013 he made both the All Region XIV Second Team and All Conference North Zone First Team. Adams has signed to play with Texas A&M University-Commerce. Trumann Nugent of Texarkana received the Mickey Flippen Cup for MVP in golf. Nugent was named 2013 Region XIV Medalist, helping the Dragons to a third-place finish at the District II NJCAA Championship in Dennis, Texas, and has qualified as an individual for the national NJCAA championship. He also made the All Tournament Team and the All District II Team. PJC soccer coach Lance Noble presented the inaugural Soccer MVP Cups for men and women to Jimmy Lara of Albuquerque, N.M., and Morgan Flippen of Paris. Both Flippen and Lara were named to their respective NJCAA All Region XIV Team. Lara was named to the Dean's List in the fall. He will be leaving PJC to play for a professional team in Phoenix, Ariz.