Landon Waters, Lainee Bailey Earn MACCC Weekly Awards

Women's Basketball

Avery Young, Pearl River Community College
(So, G - Iota, La., 11)

Avery Young (Iota, La.) helped PRCC clinch a share of the 2023-24 MACCC title by scoring a career-high 36 points in a victory over Northeast. For the week, the averaged 23 points, 4.5 rebounds two steals and 1.5 assists.

Men's Basketball

Tylik Weeks, Southwest Mississippi Community College
(Fr., F - Queens, NY, 0)

Tylik Weeks had a big week for the Bears who went 1-2. The freshman from Queens, NY shot 28-of-48 from the field, 4-of-7 from 3-point range and 19-of-30 from the free throw line finishing with 79 points to go along with 22 rebounds, 2 steals and 5 blocks. He also scored a new career high with an incredible 39 points in the postseason loss against Meridian, just days after setting a previous career high of 34 points against Miss. Gulf Coast.

Softball

Caitlyn Carnathan, Northeast Mississippi Community College
(Sophomore, INF - Saltillo, Miss., 5)

Sophomore shortstop Caitlyn Carnathan had a solid week at the plate for 11th-ranked Northeast. She had multiple hits in all 4 games with a .733 batting average overall. Five of her 11 hits went for extra bases (four doubles & one homer) with 5 runs scored & 3 RBIs. She posted her first career four-hit performance in game one at Northwest-Shoals. She also had a three-hit game at Pearl River.

Lainee Bailey, Pearl River Community College
(So, RHP - Walker, La., 6)

Lainee Bailey (Walker, La.) had another solid week for PRCC in the circle, pitching in a pair of ranked matchups. She finished with 14.1 innings pitched and a 1.95 ERA. She struck out 22 batters against just three walks.

Baseball

Landon Waters, Meridian Community College
(Sophomore, UTL/RHP - Duck Hill, 3)

The sophomore pitcher started and defeated Holmes 13-0 with 10 strikeouts and came in relief and picked up the win over ICC 10-7 while recording 5 more strikeouts.

Blaise Priester, Meridian Community College
(Sophomore, C - Denham Springs, LA, 22)

The sophomore catcher led the Eagles to a 4-0 week hitting .545 with 2 home runs, 2 doubles, and 9 RBIs. The homeruns were the go-ahead homerun vs ICC and a Grandslam 1 inning later in the same game.

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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