MACCC Releases Men's, Women's Basketball All-Conference and Individual Awards

JACKSON, Miss. -- Following an exciting NJCAA Region 23 Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament, the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) today released its 2023-2024 All-MACCC Teams and individual award winners. Honorees were selected by a panel of the men's and women's basketball head coaches.

Pearl River sophomore and MACCC Women's Basketball Player of the Year Taylor Johnson-Matthews led the league in PPG, averaging 18.3, with a 45.3 field goal percentage. The guard also averaged 6.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists. Johnson-Matthews helped lead the Lady Wildcats to a 27-4 (13-1, MACCC) record, and was a category lead in FG (209-461), steals (80) and overall points (566).

Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year awardee Miriam Prince, representing East Central, averaged 16.3 PPG with a 40.4 field goal percentage. She also averaged 3.7 rebounds per game and 2.7 assists. She was Top-5 in the MACCC in PPG, overall points (490), blocks (5), free throws (100-143) and minutes played (931).

Mississippi Gulf Coast's Hope Adams and Pearl River's Scotty Fletcher were named Co-MACCC Women's Basketball Coaches of the Year. The honor is awarded annually to the coach whose team wins the regular season.

Adams, in her 7th year with the Lady Bulldogs, led the team to a 23-4 (13-1, MACCC) record and the 2023-2024 NJCAA Region 23 Women's Basketball Tournament Championship, earning a berth to the NJCAA Women's Basketball Tournament for the first time since 1977. She was previously named the MACCC (then MACJC) Coach of the Year following the 2018-2019 campaign.

Fletcher is in his 9th season at the helm of Pearl River Women's Basketball, and the Lady Wildcats finished the season 24-4 (13-1, MACCC)--tied with Mississippi Gulf Coast for the top record in the conference.

Jones College's Dimp Pernell was voted MACCC Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Pernell was a major contributor to the Bobcats' success, and his performance both on offense and defense helped catapult the team to a 27-6 (11-3, MACCC) record and the 2023-2023 NJCAA Region 23 Men's Basketball Tournament Championship. Pernell registered 18.8 PPG, a 54.4 field goal percentage, 6.8 rebounds per game and 2.5 assists per game.

Cameron Wallace was named MACCC Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year. The Holmes College forward assisted the Bulldogs in earning season runner-up, with a 23-9 (9-5, MACCC) record. Wallace averaged 18.5 PPG, had a 57.9 field goal percentage, and averaged 7.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.

There was also a regular season tie between Northeast Mississippi and Jones College, both earning 11-3 conference records. Jones College Head Coach Newton Mealer and Northeast Mississippi Head Coach Cord Wright, in their third and 10th seasons, respectively, were awarded the honors, which are given to the coaches with the regular season-winning record.

The full list of All-MACCC honorees is below.

Women's First Team All-MACCC

Taylor Johnson-Matthews, Pearl River Community College
Simaru Fields, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Tytiana Buckley, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Miriam Prince, East Central Community College
Janiya Jones, Coahoma Community College
Amari Davis, Meridian Community College
Je'Mya Evans, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Ja'Sharreah Hunt, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Women's Basketball Second Team All-MACCC

Kennedee Shelton, Southwest Mississippi Community College
Hama'ya Fielder, Pearl River Community College
Alexis Rowe, Northeast Mississippi Community College
Arianna Durrell, Itawamba Community College
Avery Young, Pearl River Community College
Kamil Washum, Coahoma Community College
Kylah Bell, East Mississippi Community College
A'Shante Fleming, Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Women's Basketball Honorable Mention

Jacylin Houston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Mariah Reed-Jones, Northwest Mississippi Community College
Bella Roberts, Holmes Community College
Lamaria Jones, Hinds Community College
Jamyia Bowen, Itawamba Community College
Cayla Myers, Coahoma Community College
Cha'Myrean Ellis, Mississippi Delta Community College
Michaela Payton, Southwest Mississippi Community College
Jasmine Malone, Northeast Mississippi Community College

Women's Basketball Co-Coaches of the Year

Hope Adams, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Scotty Fletcher, Pearl River Community College

Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year

Miriam Prince, East Central Community College

Women's Basketball Player of the Year

Taylor Johnson-Matthews, Pearl River Community College

Men's First Team All-MACCC

Dimp Pernell, Jones College
Tyler Byrd, Northeast Mississippi Community College
Cameron Wallace, Holmes Community College
Austin Green, Pearl River Community College
Mark Drone, Southwest Mississippi Community College
Duran Parish, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Ky Pernell, Jones College
Caleb Parr, Northeast Mississippi Community College

Men's Basketball Second Team All-MACCC

Jabbari Barry, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Bryson Dawkins, Itawamba Community College
Tylik Weeks, Southwest Mississippi Community College
Andrew Mason, East Mississippi Community College
Jaqai Murray, Coahoma Community College
Courterius Scott, Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Nick Walker, East Mississippi Community College
Jaden Slaughter, Coahoma Community College

Men's Basketball Honorable Mention

Emmanuel James, Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Calexis Campbell, Meridian Community College
Tremaine Dixon Jr., East Mississippi Community College
Jakobe Singleton, Hinds Community College
Connor Rogers, East Central Community College
Hobert Grayson, Holmes Community College
LJ Hackman, Jones College
Allen Hughes, Northeast Mississippi Community College

Men's Basketball Co-Coaches of the Year

Newton Mealer, Jones College
Cord Wright, Northeast Mississippi

Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year

Cameron Wallace, Holmes Community College

Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Dimp Pernell, Jones College

About the MACCC

The Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC)  is one of the premier community college conferences in the country and ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of alumni on professional sports teams. 

Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer and tennis.  

Women's competition is offered in the sports of basketball, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. 

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