Mississippi's Top 12 Student Athletes Make History by Meeting NCAA Requirements; Dozen's Success Attributed to Cellular South Gameplan Educational Program
RIDGELAND, Miss., June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellular South, a leader in wireless solutions and innovation and the nation's largest privately held wireless communications provider, announced today that the Cellular South Gameplan program and the state of Mississippi has reached a historical milestone - all 12 of the state's top football prospects met initial NCAA requirements for the first time and will be attending college next fall.
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"This is a proud moment for Cellular South and the state of Mississippi," said Orien Watson, sports marketing manager for Cellular South. "The success of the Dandy Dozen and the hundreds of junior high and high school student athletes benefiting from the Cellular South Gameplan proves that early intervention, academic collaboration, personal accountability and community dedication can improve lives and change the tide for academics in Mississippi."
The Cellular South Gameplan has helped more than 35 of Mississippi's most promising athletes of 2009 meet NCAA Division 1 core course requirements, which includes the 2009 Dandy Dozen, who all qualified and will begin collegiate training this summer. These promising young athletes include:
Player High School College
- Chad Bumphis Tupelo High School Mississippi State
University
- Tyler Russell Meridian High School Mississippi State
University
- Pat Patterson Noxubee High School University
of Mississippi
- Fletcher Cox Yazoo City High School Mississippi State
University
- Josh Boyd Philadelphia High School Mississippi State
University
- Kendrick Hardy Lawrence County High School University of Southern
Mississippi
- Cameron Lawrence Magnolia Heights School Mississippi State
University
- David Conner South Panola High School University of Alabama,
Birmingham
- Clayton Moore Louisville High School University
of Mississippi
- Chris Garrett Tupelo High School Louisiana State
University
State education and athletic association officials praised Cellular South for its trailblazing statewide education initiative.
"Congratulations to Cellular South and these student-athletes for their commitment to academic achievement," said Dr. Hank Bounds, Mississippi State Superintendent of Education. "These student-athletes will not only be able to perform on the field, they will be able to perform in the classroom."
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To those who thought the Cell. South Gameplan was an Ole Miss tool... |
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615dawg |
One of the guys who used to work for that program | #1 | ||
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Posts: 1206 06/12/09 09:06 AM |
has pushed 80 school districts to switch to the 10 point grading scale, which will help with Mississippi kids qualifying.
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Wow.. | #2 | ||
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Posts: 2452 06/12/09 09:07 AM Lives and Dies by Repeat Posting
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TR wrote:It's a miracle..... Now if they can get the basketball players on the same program.
MSU Basketball: No longer living and dying by the 3 ball.
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8Dog |
Wait, school districts can do that on their own?... | #3 | ||
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Posts: 6528 06/12/09 09:16 AM Message Board Hero |
I didnt' know that.
And the guy that originally was the head of the gameplan was an ass't at ole miss. That's why everyone thought that. Orien is a good dude. |
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Oxford Godfrey |
Who thought that? MSU has pulled more in-states than we have for a couple years | #4 | ||
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Only the homer conspiracy theorists thought that Game Plan was an Ole Miss tool. | #5 | ||
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Posts: 3810 06/12/09 09:41 AM Literally a Cocksucker
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It'll help all in-state schools if the in-state prospects start making their grades at a better rate.
Given Mississippi's history as a state academically, I'd bet that without Game Plan, you'd probably be seeing at least 8 of your 21 in-state signees not making grades this year (possibly more), and that's assuming a good academic year for Mississippi prospects. Instead, the majority of the in-state players you signed are going to get in school. That's a good thing for all programs in the state. |
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8Dog |
Its absolutely a great thing... | #6 | ||
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Posts: 6529 06/12/09 09:44 AM Message Board Hero |
and I think the results speak for themselves.
This makes me feel a lot better about Mullen's desire to really focus on Mississippi. MS has always had a lot of players, it just hasn't had a lot of players that qualify. |
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stevo1a |
So Pat Patterson qualified? | #7 | ||
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Posts: 673 06/12/09 09:47 AM |
I thought he was tanking his grades so he would have to go to JUCO and then sign with MSU in two years? Since the mean old Rebels forced his parents to sell
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Posts: 3318 06/12/09 10:39 AM Manager of Deathtöngue |
I remember the one year the academy I attended went to a 10-point scale. I loved it-- best grades ever. Of course, the next year, the scale was changed back
to what it had been before.
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I think all high schools should move to a ten point grading scale... | #9 | ||
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It would not only help athletes, but it will help other students gain more confidence and get more kids in college.
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Posts: 2393 06/12/09 11:34 AM |
Whatever the scale is, it needs to be uniform across the board. School districts that refuse to move to the10-point scale when others have are not only
hurting their athletes that are borderline qualifiers, but regular students who apply for merit based scholarships are prejudiced as well. The state junior
college system had the same problem at one time. Northeast's math and science departments had a difference grading scale than the rest of the college due
to the scale at ICC.
I'm not stubborn enough to say, 'This is our offense, this is what we're doing,' even if we don't have the personnel to run it.--Dan
Mullen, 1/5/2009
But dont worry your head, we have zero chance of winning the SEC Tourney--Coach34, 03/09/2009 |
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| To those who thought the Cell. South Gameplan was an Ole Miss tool... | 06/12/09 09:02 AM | TR |
| One of the guys who used to work for that program | 06/12/09 09:06 AM | 615dawg |
| Wait, school districts can do that on their own?... | 06/12/09 09:16 AM | 8Dog |
| Only the homer conspiracy theorists thought that Game Plan was an Ole Miss tool. | 06/12/09 09:41 AM | RebelBruiser |
| Its absolutely a great thing... | 06/12/09 09:44 AM | 8Dog |
| Yep. Local Option. | 06/12/09 10:39 AM | Maroon Eagle |
| I think all high schools should move to a ten point grading scale... | 06/12/09 11:30 AM | rhs43 |
| Re: To those who thought the Cell. South Gameplan was an Ole Miss tool... | 06/12/09 11:34 AM | graddawg |
| Wow.. | 06/12/09 09:07 AM | fishwater99 |
| Who thought that? MSU has pulled more in-states than we have for a couple years | 06/12/09 09:19 AM | Oxford Godfrey |
| So Pat Patterson qualified? | 06/12/09 09:47 AM | stevo1a |
