2012 EAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES JOHN APPLE (Nashville, Tenn.) – John Apple took the field for head coach Bob "Bull" Sullivan before he ever finished high school and was a multi-sport standout who has enjoyed success in a number of venues. He played football for the legendary Boyce Smith at Springfield (Tenn.) High School and was a standout at Tennessee Preparatory School in Nashville in basketball, baseball, track, boxing and football. After his college days at EMJC, Apple worked in construction, truck driving, golf course maintenance and the over-the-road trailer business before finding his career calling. He is now in his 44th year of employment with Boswell's Harley Davidson Motorcycles in Nashville. An avid fisherman and a scratch golfer, Apple also formed the ART racing team, which competed across the United States and produced AMA Grand National Champion and AMA Hall of Famer Randy Goss. East Mississippi CC to honor 2012 Sports Hall of Fame inductees during Homecoming weekend SCOOBA – As part of East Mississippi Community College's Homecoming festivities this weekend (Oct. 5-6) in Scooba, eight new members will be officially inducted into the school's Sports Hall of Fame. EMCC's 2012 Sports Hall of Fame inductees will be honored on the Scooba campus with a Friday night reception and banquet to be held at the Student Union. The eight-member class is also scheduled to be recognized Saturday afternoon during halftime festivities of the Lions' 2 p.m. Homecoming football contest against Holmes Community College. Saturday's MACJC North Division gridiron battle will take place at EMCC's Sullivan-Windham Field. The 2012 class of the EMCC Sports Hall of Fame consists of: John Apple (Nashville, TN); Martin Buchanan (Porterville); Bobby Mitchener (Brandon); Ernest Ray "Ernie" Moore (Brooksville); Ed Mosley (Meridian); Gene Murphy (Raymond); Billy Harold Smith (Collinsville); and Mickey Stokes (Brooksville). The award recipients are also slated to be recognized during Homecoming halftime activities of Saturday afternoon's EMCC-Holmes football contest. Other special Homecoming activities slated for Saturday in Scooba include a 10:30 a.m. dedication of EMCC's Student Union and a 1:30 p.m. unveiling of a bronze statue of legendary head football coach Bob "Bull" Sullivan. The F.R. Young Student Union will be named in honor of EMCC President Dr. Rick Young. The 7-foot Sullivan statue, by artist Ben Watts, will be permanently displayed at the football field that bears his name.

• published: 13 Sep 2014
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