MCC Baseball Star Named POTW

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College baseball team opened its 2016 season back on Saturday with a decisive pair of victories (13-1, 14-4) over visiting Bishop State and one player has received special recognition from his performance against the visiting Wildcats. Sophomore shortstop Jaylon Keys was named the MACJC Player of the Week on Tuesday afternoon by voting members of the conference. Keys, a native of Bay Springs, led MCC at the plate with a pair of home runs in the doubleheader sweep of Bishop State.

Keys finished the two-game set by going 6-for-8 at the plate with two homers, one double, three singles, five runs scored, and three RBI’s. Keys played his high school baseball at Northeast Jones High School and has already signed a baseball scholarship to play next season for former MCC head coach Scott Berry at Southern Mississippi.

The MCC baseball team will return to action on Thursday with a road doubleheader at Wallace-Selma and then will return home this weekend to host the Rush Invitational Tournament at Scaggs Field. MCC will open play in the tournament on Saturday afternoon against Jefferson College (MO.) in doubleheader action beginning at 1 p.m.