Chasity Kearney

Published 12:00 am Friday, March 11, 2011

Kearney earns conference MVP honors at Meridian

Meridian Community College Lady Eagles had two players selected to the NJCAA All Region Team following its run to the region championship game.

Batesville’s Chasity Kearney was named to the All Tournament Team for her play this year on the Meridian Community College basketball team.

In the Miss-Lou Conference Championship, Kearney helped lead Meridian to the coach’s 400th win, posting a double-double 25 points and 13 rebounds.

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For that, Kearney was named to the Miss-Lou Conference first team All-Conference and earned tournament MVP honors.

Kearney averaged 17.8 points per game and 11 rebounds per game in the team’s 25-5 season.

Her coach Hilary Allen told the Meridian Star, “Chasity hasplayed really well down the stretch. No doubt about it. A double-double with a lot of points, but she’s also been getting a lot of offensive rebounds, and some big defensive rebounds.”

The 2010 South Panola graduate led the team to the district championship her senior year.