Jones College (Mississippi) Explained

Motto:Inspiring Greatness
Established:September 18, 1911
Type:Public community college
Academic Affiliations:Space-grant
Accreditation:SACS
City:Ellisville
State:Mississippi
Country:United States
President:Jesse Smith
Campus:Rural, 360 acres
Mascot:Bruiser the Bobcat
Nickname:Bobcats
Website:www.jcjc.edu

Jones College is a public community college in Ellisville, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and serves its eight-county district consisting of Clarke, Covington, Greene, Jasper, Jones, Perry, Smith, and Wayne Counties.

History

In 1922, Mississippi allowed college courses to be included in the curriculum of agricultural high schools. The Jones County Agricultural High School became the Jones County Agricultural High School and Junior College. The Jones County Agricultural High School was founded in 1911. In September 1927, the first 26 students attended the college. The Junior College separated from the Jones County Agricultural High School in 1957.[1]

In 2018, the college was informally rebranded as Jones College, although the school is still legally named Jones County Junior College.[2]

Athletics

Although a community college, its sports teams have achieved some notability. In 1955, the Jones County Junior College football team became the first all-white team in Mississippi to play a racially integrated team. This occurred when Jones County played in the Junior Rose Bowl, now the Pasadena Bowl, against Compton Community College in Compton, California.[3] Jones has won three NJCAA national championships and 30 regional titles, as of 2023.

The Bobcats captured the 2013–14 NJCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship with an 87–77 victory over Indian Hills Community College (Iowa) on March 22 at the Hutchinson Sports Arena in Hutchinson, Kansas.[4]

The Bobcats then claimed the 2016 NJCAA Division II Baseball crown in a 7–1 win over GateWay Community College and compiled a final record of 54–9.[5]

In 2018, the Lady Bobcats won the NJCAA Division II Softball National Championship. They swept the national tournament, winning five straight games in four days. Jones beat Potomac St. (West Virginia), 13–0 in five innings; Illinois Central College, 10–2 in six innings; LSU-Eunice, 8–7; Phoenix College, 20–1 in five innings and Phoenix again, 18–2, in the championship game.[6]

Notable alumni

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jones County Junior College :: Inspiring Greatness . 2016 . jcjc.edu . December 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111218082306/http://www.jcjc.edu/about/collegeprofile.php . December 18, 2011 . dead.
  2. News: Informal name change: No more 'junior' for Jones County Junior College . Teresa . McCreery . September 11, 2018 . . June 17, 2023.
  3. Web site: Erle E. Johnston, Jr., Papers . lib.usm.edu . June 17, 2023.
  4. Web site: No. 11-seed Jones County goes distance for Men's Basketball crown . . March 22, 2014.
  5. Web site: Bobcats capture national championship!. jcbobcats.com . June 4, 2016.
  6. Web site: LADY BOBCATS CLAIM 2018 SOFTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!. jcbobcats.com . May 19, 2018.
  7. Web site: How JUCO football changed Javon Kinlaw's life. TheBigSpur. en-US. 2020-04-24.
  8. Web site: Bobcats in the NFL. https://web.archive.org/web/20100722020150/http://www.jcjc.edu/athletics/football/jonesnfl.html. Feb 2, 2018. 2010-07-22.
  9. Web site: The Erin and Ben Napier School of Design and Building Arts . Jones College Alumni and Foundation . Jones College . 14 April 2024 . 2024.
  10. Web site: Charles W. Pickering, Sr.. fjc.gov. March 30, 2012.
  11. Web site: D'Iberville's Chase Sherman ready for his first UFC fight in Salt Lake City next month.
  12. Web site: Former Bobcat Damien Wilson wins Super Bowl LIV. Jones College Athletics. en. 2020-04-24.