Coahoma Early College High School assistant basketball coach Thomas Williams Sr. added five boys and five girls to his ESPNTom All-State Basketball Team for the 2019-20 season that appeared in last week’s Press Register.
Williams Sr. said every year the boys and girls would each have 15 athletes on the team.
“I made additions because there were too many players I felt were left off that were good and deserving to be on the team,” he said. “I could only pick a few.”
BOYS TEAM ADDITIONS
1. Sophomore guard Trevion Jackson (Coahoma Early College High School)
2. Junior guard/forward Jermell Daniels (CECHS)
3. Sophomore point guard/forward DJ Vassel (Lee Academy)
4. Senior guard Markevious Holmes (Coahoma County High School)
5. Junior post player Chris Butler (Lee)
DEFENSIVE PLAYER
OF THE YEAR:
Senior shooting guard
Tre Payno (CECHS)
GIRLS TEAM ADDITIONS
1. Senior guard and forward Anna Byrd (Lee Academy)
2. Senior guard Tyana McClenton (Coahoma County High School)
3. Junior center Destiny Earl (Clarksdale High School)
4. Senior guard Brianna Ratliff (CCHS)
5. Eighth grade guard Irieyonia “Mook” Jackson (Coahoma County Jr. High/CECHS)
DEFENSIVE PLAYER
OF THE YEAR:
Senior guard
Brianna Ratliff (CCHS)
