The Mississippi College baseball team won the Gulf South Conference Baseball Championship with a 7-6 win over Lee University on Wednesday, May 9 at Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field. The Choctaws earned the automatic berth into the NCAA South Regional May 17-20.
The GSC Championship is the first in program history for the Choctaws.
Helping in the cause for Mississippi College was former Mamou High standout Dylan Duplechin.
Duplechin hit .225 in 102 at bats with an on base percentage of .279. He produced 15 RBI and scored 19 times. Duplechin collected three doubles, one triple and three home runs in 29 starts for the Choctows.
Mississippi College, affiliated with the Mississippi Baptist Convention, is a private, co-educational, Christian university of liberal arts and sciences serving more than 5,100 students, from 40 states and more than three dozen countries. Founded in 1826, Mississippi College is the oldest institution of higher learning in Mississippi, the largest private university in the state and America’s second oldest Baptist college. Mississippi College is home to 84 areas of undergraduate study, 16 graduate programs,a doctor of jurisprudence, a doctor of education leadership degree and a doctor of professional counseling degree. Mississippi College seeks to be a university recognized for academic excellence and commitment to the cause of Christ.
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TRACEY JAGNEAUX