PEARL – Former Jones College basketball standout Pauline Love was inducted into the Mississippi Community College Sports Hall of Fame Tuesday night at the Muse Center on the Hinds Community College Rankin campus.
Love becomes the 20th Bobcat to be enshrined into the prestigious group.
Love played for the Bobcats under Hall of Fame head coach Sandra Sumrall in 2006-07.
She averaged 15.9 points, 13.7 rebounds and shot 52 percent from the field and helped the Bobcats to a 20-7 record that season. For her efforts, Love was named All-MACJC and was selected as an NJCAA All-American, the school's first in over a decade.
After leaving Jones, Love went to Southern Miss where she starred for three years. She averaged a career double-double with the Golden Eagles putting up 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds per game during that time.
Love was second in the NCAA in double-doubles during her senior season. She finished in the top 10 all-time at Southern Miss in nine different categories.
Love was a three-time Conference USA first-team player at Southern Miss. She was a three-time finalist for the Gillom Trophy, which recognizes the top women's collegiate basketball player in the state of Mississippi.
Upon graduating from Southern Miss, Love went on to play for the WNBA's Connecticut Sun and for the Cote d'Opale Basket Calais team in the French Professional League.
She then entered the coaching ranks, serving for a year at McNeese State and four years at Southern Miss. She is now entering her seventh year at Arkansas, where she currently serves as recruiting coordinator.
Love enjoyed a standout career at Rivercrest High School in Luxora, Arkansas. Because of her popularity in the state, Pauline Love Day was declared in her hometown on July 15, 2016.
The MCC Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2022 includes Tangolyn T. Zanders (Coahoma, basketball), Mike Jones (Copiah-Lincoln, basketball), Rex Keeton (East Central, football), Betty Carol Spears Boyette (East Mississippi, basketball), George B. McQuitter (Hinds/Utica, baseball), Jacob Peeler (Holmes, football), Ron Hill (Itawamba, football), Pauline Love (Jones, basketball), Brandt Garon (Meridian, golf), Price H. "Buddy" Hodges (Mississippi Delta, football, baseball, track), Tommy Snell (Mississippi Gulf Coast, golf), Anthony Anderson (Northeast, basketball), Andre Rone (Northwest, football), Jimmy Oliver (Pearl River, football), Kevin Mangum (Southwest, football).
Jones members in the State Hall of Fame :
Sim Cooley, Joe Flowers, A.B. Howard (Class of 2007)
Randall Boone, John Perkins (Class of 2008)
Gene Tullos (Class of 2009)
Gwen Magee (Class of 2010)
L.D. Ready (Class of 2011)
Parker Dykes (Class of 2012)
Mike McClellan (Class of 2013)
Jackie Parker (Class of 2014)
Elmer Higginbotham (Class of 2015)
Deion Branch (Class of 2016)
Joe-Michael Robertson (Class of 2017)
Sandra Sumrall (Class of 2018)
Hill Denson (Class of 2019)
Jay Ladner (Class of 2020)
Katie Herrington (Class of 2021)
Kevin Jackson (Class of 2022)
Pauline Love (Class of 2023)
