BATON ROUGE, La.- Jeff Walker, a freshman forward on Baton Rouge Community College's (BRCC) men’s basketball team, was recently named National Junior College Athletic Association (NCJAA) Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 4-10. 

He earned the honor for his performance against conference rival Delgado Community College (DCC) on Feb. 6. 

Walker scored 20 points on 8 of 11 shooting, while dominating the glass with 23 rebounds (9 of them offensive); he also recorded three blocks, three assists and two steals during the game.  Walker is averaging close to a double-double, with 14.6 points and 9.6 rebounds per game. 

BRCC Head Basketball Coach, Ricky Wilson, attributes work ethic to Jeff’s success.

“Hard work and consistent effort in practice has allowed Jeff to improve his game since arriving on campus,” said Wilson.

“This award is a testament to how well he works with the team and how well he responds to coaching,” Wilson further explained. 

Walker is the second BRCC athlete to receive Player of the Week honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association, albeit the first basketball player. 

Saying "we're about to go on a journey," Dawson Odums officially accepted his new job title as the 20th head football coach at Southern University during a news conference on campus Tuesday morning.

"This is not really about me," Coach Odums said.  "We're about go to on a journey that will take all of us. All of you play a part in it also. We want everybody to be a part of this journey so let's get Southern University back to what we once knew it was."  

Odums was named the interim head coach in September after Coach Stump Mitchell was fired. He was one of two leading candidates for the job. Odoms led Southern to a 4-5 record this season. His hiring was unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors Friday, Dec. 14.

"I'm making no predictions," Odums says.  "I'm just a hardworking country boy."

He said he would focus on recuiting players from the state because when Southern was winning many of the players came from Louisiana.

Current and former Major League Baseball players are expected to attend the Seventh Annual "Bringing Back Baseball" gala Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m.

They include Ryan Theriot, Trenidad Hubbard, Brian McRae, Chuck McElroy, and  Desi Relaford. The event will be held at at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge.

The event is sponsored by the Southern University baseball program and the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA).  Former MLB Executive Vice President Jimmy Lee Solomon will be the guest speaker.

Proceeds from the event will help fund Southern baseball and Little League programs in Baton Rouge.

Tickets are $100. For more information, call (225) 771-2513.

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