MGCCC football team honored at awards dinner

GULFPORT---The 2012 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College football team enjoyed bar-b-queue at The Shed and also celebrated a 9-2 season that featured a No. 6 ranking in the NJCAA and a sixth straight trip to the MACJC title game.

    The Bulldog football players, cheerleaders, and athletic trainers were recognized with the following awards:

2012 MGCCC Football Honorees

Football Awards

Team Captains/Offense: Clint Hatten, Ramsey Sellers

Team Captains/Defense: Travis Taylor, Dawson Wells

Most Receptions: Dhaquille Williams

Most Knock Downs: Ramsey Sellers

Leading Rusher: Anton Thornton

Most Tackles: Brandon Keel

Most Sacks: Travis Taylor

Most Interceptions: Fenest Armstrong

Harold "War Daddy" White Award: Travis Taylor

Student Athletic Trainers

Jim Epting Scholarship: Bessie Carson

PHOTO: (from Left to Right): MGCCC Dean of Athletics Ladd Taylor, MGCCC head football coach Steve Campbell, and Harold "War Daddy" White Award winner Travis Taylor at the college's awards dinner Dec. 10.