East Central Community College

East Central Community College
TypePublic community college
Established1928
Parent institution
Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges
PresidentBrent Gregory
Location
Decatur
,
Mississippi
,
U.S.
Colors    Black, gold
NicknameWarriors
Sporting affiliations
NJCAA
Websitewww.eccc.edu

East Central Community College (ECCC) is a public community college in Decatur, Mississippi, United States. ECCC serves a five-county district: Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott and Winston counties. It opened in September 1928.[1]

Campus

The college includes dormitories, with women in Emma Lee Barber Hall, Mrs. J. L. Jackson Hall, and the Women's Residence Hall, and men in Neshoba, Stella W. Newsome, Scott, and L. O. Todd halls. Winston Hall also houses students. Leake Hall has married students, students in honors level programs, faculty, and staff. The college has twelve single family houses for faculty housing.[2]

Band

The college's band is nicknamed is "the Wall O' Sound". It performs at all ECCC home football games, playoff games, and bowl games and select away games with a pep band traveling to all away games. The band also performs in events and parades in the surrounding area including the MHSAA Region III Marching Band Evaluations, the Newton Christmas Parade, the Union Christmas Parade, the Carthage Christmas Parade, the Forest Christmas Parade, the Decatur Christmas Parade, and the Philadelphia MLK Parade. Instrumental scholarships for the Wall O' Sound cover full tuition at East Central Community College.[3]

Athletics

The "Warriors" is the name of the ECCC athletic teams and their colors are black and gold. They are a member of the NJCAA Region 23 and of the MACJC. ECCC sponsors 9 sports (5 men and 4 women) including football, softball, baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, and men's and women's tennis.[4]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "President's Welcome". East Central Community College. Archived from the original on April 25, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  2. ↑ "History of the College" (PDF). East Central Community College. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  3. ↑ "ECCC Wall O' Sound Band". East Central Community College. Archived from the original on April 25, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ "East Central Community College". NJCAA. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ Anderson pulls upset for Chief - The Neshoba Democrat - Philadelphia, Mississippi[link removed]
  6. ↑ Montesi, Louis III (May 23, 2013). "East Central's Tim Anderson Heading to the MLB Draft". ABC News Center Meridian, Mississippi. WTOK-11. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  7. ↑ Elkins, Ashley. "HED:Clancy makes impact for Rebels". Daily Journal. Retrieved June 11, 2020.

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