Caples and Carter receives All-MACCC honors

JACKSON, Miss.-Vicksburg natives Janiah Caples and Layla Carter received All-MACCC honors. Both Caples and Carter starred for Mississippi Delta Community College this season where they advanced to the championship game.

Caples made the All-MACCC First Team as she averaged 15 points per game for the Lady Trojans. She also averaged 5.5 rebounds in her first year with the program. Caples spent her freshman season played at Pearl River Community College.

Carter made the All-MACCC Second Team after averaging 11.7 points per game. She also averaged 6.6 rebounds per game. Carter spent her freshman year at Southern Arkansas University.

Another Mississippi Delta CC basketball player Lauren Nelson is also an Honorable Mention athlete on the MACCC Team. 

All-MACCC Team

First Team

Cayla Myers, Coahoma Community College

Angel Wilkinson, Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Jazmine Jackson, Pearl River Community College

Janiah Caples, Mississippi Delta Community College

Kara Beth Addison, Southwest Mississippi Community College

Tootie Lockett, Itawamba Community College

Taelar Felton, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Jestiny Dixon, Itawamba Community College

Second Team

Alorian Story, Northwest Mississippi Community College

Mikayla Riley, Pearl River Community College

Kamiyha Griffin, Northeast Mississippi Community College

Paris Gilmore, Pearl River Community College

Zharia Leflore, Jones College

Natasha Barnes, Pearl River Community College

Dukiaha Jones, East Mississippi Community College

Layla Carter, Mississippi Delta Community College

Honorable Mention

Jakeria Hawkins, Northeast Mississippi Community College

Dekyra Mitchell, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Annearrea Ducksworth, Meridian Community College

Lauren Nelson, Mississippi Delta Community College

Cy’Nara Robinson, Coahoma Community College

Mariah Reed-Jones, Northwest Mississippi Community College

Sydney Lewis, Pearl River Community College

Ceriah Evans, Coahoma Community College

Coach of the Year

Robin Porter, Itawamba Community College

Player of the Year:

Angel “Cookie” Wilkinson, Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Freshman of the Year

Tootie Lockett, Itawamba Community College