ELLISVILLE – Six people will be inducted into the Jones College Sports Hall of Fame on Sept. 21.
 
Football and track's Ronnie Adams, baseball's Trent Giambrone, soccer and track's Josh Heird, softball's Cecilia Lawn, women basketball's Tatyana Lofton and cheerleading's Joby Moss will be enshrined into the prestigious group.
 
There will be a banquet at 5 p.m. in A.B. Howard Gymnasium in honor of the inductees and the group will be recognized at halftime of the Jones vs. Copiah-Lincoln football game, which kicks off at 7 p.m. at Bobcat Stadium/Sim Cooley Field.
 
There are now 63 members of the Jones College Sports Hall of Fame.
 
Ronnie Adams
 
Ronnie Adams is now best known as "Swamp Man" on the hit television series "Swamp People," which is in its 15th year on The History Channel.
 
Adams played football and was a member of the Bobcat track team in 1995-96.
 
He played in the offensive line in football and was conference champion in the shotput in track. He represented Jones in the NJCAA Track and Field championships.
 
Adams credits former Jones head coach and Hall of Famer Parker Dykes, along with assistant coaches Eddie Pierce and Mike Beagle and athletic trainer Joey Davis for the impact and role they played in his life. He also fondly remembers his Bobcat teammates, especially his "brothers in the trenches."
 
Adams said did not believe anyone at Jones knew him by his real name – they only knew him as "Cajun!" Even on the football depth chart Adams was listed as "Cajun."
 
After leaving Jones, Adams returned home to Louisiana and played for the University of Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (then the University of Southwestern Louisiana). He was a two-year letter winner in football and was the strongest bench presser on the team. He received the Cajun Iron Award. 
 
Adams received the Medal of Heroism from the Sons of the American Revolution for rescuing people during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
 
The Violet, Louisiana, native is currently the star of the television show "Swamp People" on The History Channel. Adams is in his sixth season with the show, which is shown in over 150 different countries. 
 
Adams donates time and resources to the Special Olympics, Autism Awareness and St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
 
Trent Giambrone
 
Giambrone played at Grace King High School in Metairie, Louisiana.
 
Out of high school he was drafted in the 30th round by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but elected to come to Jones.
 
In 2013, Giambrone batted .299 as a true freshman and helped Jones to a 28-18 record.
 
In 2014, Giambrone helped the Bobcats to a 46-11 record, an MACJC championship and a No. 6 ranking in the final national regular season poll. The second baseman batted .385 with six home runs, 51 RBIs, 29 stolen bases and a .955 fielding percentage. He was a First-Team All-MACJC selection that year.
 
He signed with Delta State University and was a two-year starter for the Statesmen. 
 
As a junior, Giambrone batted .294 with three home runs and 22 RBIs and was named to the All-Gulf South Conference Tournament Team. 
 
During his senior year in 2016, he hit .386 with nine home runs, 21 doubles and 52 RBIs. He was the GSC Tournament Most Outstanding Player, GSC All-Tournament, First-Team All-GSC and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Honorable Mention All-American.
 
He had a sterling, .986 fielding percentage and was named the ABCA/Rawlings Defensive Player of the Year and a Gold Glove winner. 
 
After his senior season, he was drafted in the 25th round by the Chicago Cubs. 
 
Giambrone played in various minor leagues before making it to the Cubs' 40-man roster and played in his first Major League Baseball game on Sept. 29, 2021. He spent this past season playing for the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League.
 
Josh Heird
 
Josh Heird, who has over 14 years of experience in athletics administration at the University of Louisville and at Villanova University, was named the Cardinals' Director of Athletics on June 3, 2022.  Prior to that appointment following a comprehensive national search, he had been operating as the Cardinals' Interim Athletic Director since December 2021.
 
Heird, a Fort Collins, Colorado, native, played soccer and ran track at Jones in 1998-2000. He scored the first goal in Jones soccer history with a penalty kick in a 1-1 tie vs. East Mississippi. Heird also scored a goal in the next game vs. Hinds.
 
Heird received his BA degree in history from Jones and then went to Mississippi College where he ran track, cross country and played football.
 
In addition to being the American Southwest Conference 800-meter champion in 2001, Heird was an all-conference cross country selection in 2001 and was an academic all-conference honoree every semester of his career. He graduated from MC in 2002 and earned an MBA from Louisville in 2009.
 
Under Heird's leadership, he has shaped the path of the department by hiring hometown hero Jeff Brohm to lead the football program and adding another alumnus to head the men's basketball program in Kenny Payne.
 
The 2022-23 academic year yielded another accomplished campaign on the playing field. Heird saw 13 teams reach the top 25 in the national rankings and six squads received invitations to the NCAA Tournament. The women's volleyball team finished as the national runners-up and women's basketball made their fifth consecutive trip to the Elite Eight.
 
Academically, the department earned a 92 percent graduation rate and a 3.28 grade point average, both high marks in the history of the athletic department. Ten programs achieved perfect APR marks and 510 student-athletes achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or better during the 2022-23 school year.
 
Led by Heird's vision, he spearheaded the department's fundraising efforts to establish a new naming rights deal and completed a number of key capital projects.
 
Heird finalized a $41 million naming rights deal to rename Cardinal Stadium to L&N Stadium, one of the highest gifts in school history, and secured a $4 million commitment to open the Angel's Envy Bourbon Club. He also received a $1 million donation for the enhancement of Jim Patterson Stadium and finished Denny Crum Hall, a state-of-the-art residence hall on the UofL campus.
 
Additionally, over $5 million was raised to renovate the Keuber Center and $3.5 million was pledged for the New Standard project to advance equity and advancement in women's athletics.
 
Committed to providing a world-class student-athlete experience, Heird has improved NIL alignment and advancement for student-athlete acquisition and retention, launched an expanded Elevate NIL Program and improved alignment and communication with 502 Circle, a collective to support UofL student-athletes.
 
In inking a recording-break deal with UofL Health, Heird's department became the ACC leader in mental health by increasing resources. The athletic department added 10 mental health professionals and personnel commitment to support mental health, sports performance and sports science — tops in the industry.
 
After a previous stint at UofL, Heird returned to Louisville as the Deputy Athletic Director in April 2019. In that role, Heird serves the sport administrator for baseball, men's basketball, and football, as well as providing administrative oversight for championships, facilities/events, capital projects and equipment operations; plus sport oversight for men's and women's golf and men's and women's swimming and diving.
 
Heird served as Senior Associate Athletics Director/Chief Athletics Operating Officer at Villanova in 2018-19 after operating nearly two years as Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations and Finance. In those roles, he provided leadership for all internal units of the athletic department and had administrative oversight with finance and budget, capital projects, ticket and equipment operation, food service, camps and overall project and event management. He also was the sport administrator for the men's lacrosse and men's soccer programs, as well as the secondary administrator for men's basketball.
 
Before moving to Villanova, Heird worked nearly 10 years at UofL (2007-16), most recently as Assistant Athletic Director for Championships and Facilities from 2012-16. In that role, he had oversight of capital projects approved by the UofL Athletic Association.  He also assisted with the day-to-day management of facility operations. Heird was responsible for the management of all ACC and NCAA postseason events hosted by UofL.
 
During his time at Louisville, Heird helped design and oversee the construction of the Jim Patterson Baseball Stadium expansion, the Ulmer Softball Stadium expansion, the building of the Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Soccer Stadium, the lacrosse stadium press box, as well as the Thornton's Academic Center of Excellence.
 
Heird coordinated several postseason events hosted by Louisville, including the 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Regional. Louisville also served as home to the 2015 and 2012 Men's and Women's Cross Country National Championships, the 2015 and 2012 Men's Basketball Second and Third Rounds, the 2014 Women's Basketball Regional, the 2012 Women's Volleyball National Championship and the 2012 Field Hockey National Championship.
 
He began his career at UofL as Assistant Director of Championships in April of 2007 before being promoted to the Director of Championships in 2009.  Before starting a career in collegiate athletics, Heird spent five years in Washington, D.C. working for Congressman Mike Simpson of Idaho and Senator Wayne Allard of Colorado.
 
Heird is married to the former Abbey Woolley.  The couple has two children, Hadley and Gus.
 
Cecilia Lawn
 
Cecilia "CC" Lawn was a two-year starter in softball in 2013-14, helping the Bobcats compile a 96-16 record.
 
Lawn came to Jones from West Lauderdale High School.
 
In 2013, as a true freshman, Lawn helped the Bobcats to a 44-10 record.
 
In 2014, Lawn battled .437 with a team-leading 76 runs scored and 16 stolen bases. Lawn, a centerfielder, was considered one of the conference's top defensive players. 
 
In 2014, Lawn was named All-Region 23 and helped the Bobcats to a sparkling, 52-6 record and runnerup finish in the NJCAA Division II World Series. She was named the 2014 NJCAA Division II World Series Most Impressive Offensive Player. 
 
She was a member of the Jones College Honors Institute.
 
She continued to shine at William Carey University, where she was named a National FastPitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Second-Team All-American after her senior year in 2016. She was a First-Team All-Southern States Athletic Conference player, was the SSAC Defensive Player of the Year, a member of the SSAC Gold Glove Team and was named to the All-Region team during the national tournament. She was a SSAC Player of the Year finalist.
 
Lawn is a 2020 graduate of the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine and is currently an OBGYN resident physician at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
 
Tatyana Lofton

Tatyana Lofton was a two-year standout at Jones in 2015-16 and 2016-17. The Madison, Mississippi, native came to Jones from Madison-Ridgeland Academy.
 
She helped the Bobcats to their first-ever appearance in the NJCAA Division I Tournament in 2016-17 as a sophomore when they went 30-2 and advanced to the "Elite Eight" in Lubbock, Texas. She averaged 12.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game and was named All-Region 23 and All-MACJC.
 
Lofton was an All-MACJC performer as a freshman in 2015-16 when she led Jones to a 19-7 record, averaging 16.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.0 steals per game.
 
Lofton then signed with Tulane University, was a two-year letter winner and played in 54 games for the Green Wave. She received her bachelor's degree in economics from Tulane in May of 2019.
 
She began her coaching career at Western Nebraska in 2019-20, helping the team to a 30-2 record, a region championship and a berth in the NJCAA Division I Tournament. The Cougars finished No. 2 in the final regular season poll, but the national tournament was canceled because of Covid.
 
Lofton then spent two years at the University of Alabama as a graduate assistant manager, assisting the director of basketball operations. Alabama went 37-24 during her two seasons with the Crimson Tide, including back-to-back postseason appearances. The Tide was 17-10 in 2020-21 and won its opening round game in the NCAA Tournament over North Carolina, 80-71. Alabama went 20-14 and advanced to the WNIT quarterfinals in 2021-22.
 
Lofton spent the 2022-23 season as an assistant coach at Presbyterian College in South Carolina.
 
She was recently hired by former Jones coach Missy Bilderback to be an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Louisiana-Monroe for the 2023-24 season.
 
Joby Moss
 
Joby Moss served as a cheerleader for the Bobcats from 2000-02.
 
In 2001, he received the Bobcat Award with the team finishing third in the UCA College Nationals in Orlando, Florida. In 2002, the team would compete in nationals again and gain fifth place. 
 
Moss assisted Northeast Jones High School with routines and tumbling from 2003-2004 helping the cheerleading program win two state championships. In 2009, he assisted West Jones High School to a state championship in cheerleading.
 
He volunteered as an assistant to head coach Kayla Hankins Jones' cheer squad in 2012.
 
Moss provides three scholarships a year to the JC cheer program.
 
In 2007, Moss was nominated to compete for Camp Shelby's Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year. In 2009, he was selected as the 184th Expeditionary Sustainment Command Active Guard/Reserve of the Year.
 
Moss was deployed in support of joint operations in Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom in 2010-11.
 
He was appointed as a military Warrant Officer in 2013 and was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer Two (CW2) with the 185th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade.
  
In 2015, he was deployed in support of operations in Iraq and Kuwait (Operation Inherent Resolve and Spartan Shield). In 2018-19, he was deployed to Kuwait in support of sustainment operations throughout the Middle East (Operation Enduring Freedom – Spartan Shield).
 
Moss was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer Three (CW3) with the 184th Expeditionary Sustainment Command in 2019. He would later be appointed as the state's Military Officer Personnel Manager in 2021.
 
In 2022 he became the first in Mississippi to be nominated as Region III representative as a Military Officer Personnel Advisor to the National Guard Bureau. States he represented included Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
 
Moss also continues to volunteer time and resources in the absence of deployments and military training to the Bobcat cheer program and assistance as needed from 2003 to now.
 
Moss is a member of the First Baptist Church of Sharon located in his hometown outside of Laurel. He has a daughter, Brinna Kate Moss, and she is currently attending William Carey.