CLINTON, Miss. --- Seniors Chauncey Callier and Zariah Matthews have been named Mississippi College Merit Health Athletes of the Week, it was announced on Monday (Feb. 17).
 

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Callier (Mobile, Ala.) led the Choctaws at the plate in the GSC-opening weekend sweep of West Alabama. Callier posted an impressive .545 batting batting average over the weekend, including six hits with four going for extra bases. His two home runs in the first game of the doubleheader helped the squad cement the series against the Tigers. He clubbed a 1.273 slugging percentage over the weekend.

Callier leads the GSC in home runs with four and third in the league in slugging percentage with an .821.

Mississippi College returns to action on Wednesday, Feb. 19 as it hosts the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
 

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Matthews (Bogue Chitto, Miss.) led the Lady Choctaws to a pair of consecutive Gulf South Conference wins on the weekend, including a 21-point win over Valdosta State - completing the season sweep of the Lady Blazers, the first since the 1992-93 campaign. Matthews notched her sixth, 20-plus point game against VSU - the most by any Lady Choctaw since the program returned to Division II. She followed with a double-digit performance in the win over West Florida - her 12th straight game in double figures this season and 18th this season. She's in contention to become a 1,000-point scorer in the program.

Matthews leads the Gulf South Conference in steals per game (3.0), third in assists per game (4.7) and 11th in scoring (14.9).

Mississippi College returns to action on Thursday, Feb. 20 as it hosts in-state and conference foe Delta State.
 

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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC recently finished their transition process back to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference and began competing for conference and national championships in the 2016-17 academic year.

The athletic department sponsors 17 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Golf, Men's and Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field, Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field and Volleyball.

For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contact David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or nichols@mc.edu.