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Jones College (Mississippi)

Junior college in Ellisville, Mississippi, U.S.

Summary

Junior college in Ellisville, Mississippi, U.S.

Field	Value
name	Jones College
motto	Inspiring Greatness
established	September 18, 1911
type	Public community college
academic_affiliations	Space-grant
accreditation	SACS
city	Ellisville
state	Mississippi
country	United States
president	Jesse Smith
campus	Rural, 360 acres
former_names	Jones County Agricultural High School Jones County Junior College	colors = Cardinal and Gold
mascot	Bruiser the Bobcat
nickname	Bobcats
website	www.jcjc.edu

Jones County Junior College as viewed from U.S. Route 11

Jones College is a public community college in Ellisville, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and serves its eight-county district consisting of Clarke, Covington, Greene, Jasper, Jones, Perry, Smith, and Wayne Counties.

History

In 1922, Mississippi allowed college courses to be included in the curriculum of agricultural high schools. The Jones County Agricultural High School became the Jones County Agricultural High School and Junior College. The Jones County Agricultural High School was founded in 1911. In September 1927, the first 26 students attended the college. The Junior College separated from the Jones County Agricultural High School in 1957.

In 2018, the college was informally rebranded as Jones College, although the school is still legally named Jones County Junior College.

Athletics

Although a community college, its sports teams have achieved some notability. In 1955, the Jones County Junior College football team became the first all-white team in Mississippi to play a racially integrated team. This occurred when Jones County played in the Junior Rose Bowl, now the Pasadena Bowl, against Compton Community College in Compton, California. Jones has won three NJCAA national championships and 30 regional titles, as of 2023.

The Bobcats captured the 2013–14 NJCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship with an 87–77 victory over Indian Hills Community College (Iowa) on March 22 at the Hutchinson Sports Arena in Hutchinson, Kansas.

The Bobcats then claimed the 2016 NJCAA Division II Baseball crown in a 7–1 win over GateWay Community College and compiled a final record of 54–9.

In 2018, the Lady Bobcats won the NJCAA Division II Softball National Championship. They swept the national tournament, winning five straight games in four days. Jones beat Potomac St. (West Virginia), 13–0 in five innings; Illinois Central College, 10–2 in six innings; LSU-Eunice, 8–7; Phoenix College, 20–1 in five innings and Phoenix again, 18–2, in the championship game.

Notable alumni

Football

Johnathan Abram, professional football player
Stetson Bennett, professional football player
Deion Branch, professional football player
K. J. Cloyd, professional football player
Javon Kinlaw, professional football player
Ellis Lankster, professional football player
Jackie Parker, professional football player
Eugene Sims, professional football player
Damien Wilson, professional football player

Politics and government

Chris McDaniel, attorney, talk radio host, and Mississippi state senator
Charles W. Pickering, politician and judge
Stacey Pickering, State Auditor of Mississippi, Mississippi State Senator, and executive director of the Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board
Gary Staples, politician

Other

Erin and Ben Napier, stars of the TV renovation show Home Town and namesakes of the Jones College Erin and Ben Napier School of Design and Building Arts
Chase Sherman, professional mixed martial artist
Red West, actor

References

"Profile". Jones College.
(2016). "Jones County Junior College :: Inspiring Greatness".
McCreery, Teresa. (September 11, 2018). "Informal name change: No more 'junior' for Jones County Junior College". [[Hattiesburg American]].
"Erle E. Johnston, Jr., Papers".
(March 22, 2014). "No. 11-seed Jones County goes distance for Men's Basketball crown".
(June 4, 2016). "Bobcats capture national championship!".
(May 19, 2018). "LADY BOBCATS CLAIM 2018 SOFTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!".
"Former bobcat Abram selected in first round by Raiders". Jones County Athletics.
"Kevon Cloyd - 2019 - Football".
"How JUCO football changed Javon Kinlaw's life".
"Bobcats in the NFL".
"Former Bobcat Damien Wilson wins Super Bowl LIV".
"Charles W. Pickering, Sr.". fjc.gov.
(2024). "The Erin and Ben Napier School of Design and Building Arts". Jones College.
"D'Iberville's Chase Sherman ready for his first UFC fight in Salt Lake City next month".

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