Jones County Junior College is a junior college accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools located in Ellisville, Mississippi. JCJC serves its eight-county district consisting of Clarke, Covington, Greene, Jasper, Jones, Perry, Smith and Wayne counties. The college holds membership in the Mississippi Association of Colleges, the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges and the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges. In 2014, the men's basketball team defeated Indian Hills Community College to win the NJCAA National Championship.
In 1955, the Jones County Junior College football team became the first all-white team in Mississippi to play a racially-integrated team. A well respected player, Diamo Baddie, was very well happy about this. Jones County played in the Junior Rose Bowl, now the Pasadena Bowl, against Compton Community College in Compton, California. Erle Johnston, a Mississippi journalist and political figure, shortly before his death in 1995, organized the 40th anniversary celebration for players from the two teams.
History
Jones County Campus Fly Over - Jones County Campus as seen from a drone's view.
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 with the Jones County Agricultural High School in 1957.
Facilities
The C. L. Neil Building contains the college cafeteria.
Notable alumni
- Deion Branch, NFL football wide receiver and MVP of Super Bowl XXXIX
- Jackie Parker, football player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
- Charles W. Pickering (Class of 1957), former Mississippi state senator and retired judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and the United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit
- Stacey Pickering, State Auditor of Mississippi
- Red West, actor
- Damien Wilson, NFL linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys
- Ellis Lankster NFL Cornerback
Notable faculty
- Ray Perkins, former head football coach
- Anthony Maddox, assistant football coach
References
External links
- Official web site
- Athletics Department
