Collins earns MVP honors before joining Colonels

By News Staff on Monday, April 7, 2025
  • The 2025 Ville Platte Gazette’s Most Valuable Players for basketball represent Mamou High and Sacred Heart. (Above, left to right) Boys’ MVP Shay Collins and girls’ MVP Alyssa Brignac pose for a photo inside their school’s gymnasiums. Collins was also named a member of the All-District first team in District 4-3A, while Brignac was a first-team selection in District 5-1A. Both players helped guide their respective teams to playoff appearances this season. (Gazette photos by Tony Marks)
    The 2025 Ville Platte Gazette’s Most Valuable Players for basketball represent Mamou High and Sacred Heart. (Above, left to right) Boys’ MVP Shay Collins and girls’ MVP Alyssa Brignac pose for a photo inside their school’s gymnasiums. Collins was also named a member of the All-District first team in District 4-3A, while Brignac was a first-team selection in District 5-1A. Both players helped guide their respective teams to playoff appearances this season. (Gazette photos by Tony Marks)
    By: TONY MARKS Editor MAMOU - Shay Collins, a multi-sport athlete of Mamou High School, has signed to play football for the Nicholls State University Colonels. As he goes down the bayou to Thibodeaux after graduation from high school, he will take with him the honor of being this year’s most valuable player of the Ville Platte Gazette’s boys’ All-Parish team. “It feels real good,” C...

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