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Record-setting Mullens nominated for 2015 C Spire Conerly

Record-setting Mullens nominated for 2015 C Spire Conerly

Posted on: November 18,2015

Record-setting junior quarterback Nick Mullens, from Hoover, Ala., is the Southern Miss nominee for the 2015 C Spire Conerly Trophy, the school announced today. Mullens makes the high-powered USM offense go, ranking nationally in passing touchdowns (6th with 30), in passing yards (9th with 3,276), in passing yards per game (10th at 327.6), in total […]

JSU defensive ace Javancy Jones is C Spire Trophy nominee

JSU defensive ace Javancy Jones is C Spire Trophy nominee

Posted on: November 13,2015

Jackson State has nominated junior defensive end Javancy Jones as the school’s candidate for the 2015 C Spire Conerly Trophy. Jones, from football hotbed Noxubee County, leads the Tigers in tackles with 68, tackles for losses with 13 and sacks with four. Jones was the SWAC’s Freshman of the Year in 2013 and led the […]

Choctaws' 2015 C Spire Conerly nominee: Marcel Newson

Choctaws' 2015 C Spire Conerly nominee: Marcel Newson

Posted on: November 11,2015

Coldwater native Marcel Newson, a junior wide receiver, is Mississippi College’s nominee for the 2015 C Spire Conerly Trophy. Newson led the Choctaws with 35 pass receptions for 591 yards, eight touchdowns and 17 yards per catch. Newson, a transfer from Northwest Community College, also has returned two punts for 43 yards and returned 19 […]

Prescott becomes first nominee for 2015 C Spire Conerly

Prescott becomes first nominee for 2015 C Spire Conerly

Posted on: November 10,2015

Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott, the 2014 C Spire Conerly Trophy winner, is the first player nominated for the 2015 Conerly, which will be awarded Dec. 1 at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. The C Spire Conerly goes annually to Mississippi’s most outstanding college football player. The state’s 10 four-year football-playing schools have […]

Sanderson Farms will sponsor PGA stop through 2026

Sanderson Farms will sponsor PGA stop through 2026

Posted on: November 04,2015

Sanderson Farms, title sponsor of the Sanderson Farms Championship since 2013, will continue to sponsor its home state PGA TOUR tournament at The Country Club of Jackson through 2026, officials announced today. The 10-year extension takes effect once the current agreement expires following the 2016 tournament. Participating in the press conference were Joe F. Sanderson […]

You Will be Missed, Margaret

Posted on: October 01,2015

It is a little less frenetic and quieter around our offices today and there is definitely a sad feeling among those of us remaining here.  After 20 plus years of keeping the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame open and functioning, Margaret Ferriss-White has retired!  We all knew the day was coming and we take great […]

Announcing another star-studded MSHOF Class:  2016

Announcing another star-studded MSHOF Class: 2016

Posted on: September 28,2015

Two College Football Hall of Famers, Wesley Walls and Sean Brewer, and Jackie Sherrill, the winningest football coach in Mississippi State history, are among the selections for the Class of 2016 of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. The MSHOF’s Class of 2016 also will include Alcorn State and NBA basketball great Larry Smith, Southern […]

Prep All American Grae Kessinger has Hall of Fame genes

Prep All American Grae Kessinger has Hall of Fame genes

Posted on: August 19,2015

When lifelong Chicago Cubs fan Mary Beth Cannon was a teen, she wrote a letterto Don and Carolyn offering to baby sit their boys, Keith and Kevin. She got the job. That was more than four decades ago. Cannon, now 57 and living in South Bend, Ind., drove back to Chicago this past weekend to […]