Courtney Nunn, who previously starred as a standout softball pitcher at Jonesboro-Hodge High School, East Mississippi Community College and Mississippi College, has been chosen as one of five members of EMCC’s Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2023.

At Jonesboro-Hodge High School under the guidance of softball coach Harrell Bond, Nunn received first team All-State and first-team All-District honors during her junior and senior seasons (2007-08). She was a four-time All-District selection.

The two-time MACJC All-State softball pitcher averaged a strikeout per inning over her two EMCC seasons by fanning 373 batters and posting 26 career wins… Collected 2010 NJCAA All-Region 23 honors as a sophomore after recording 16 wins and 217 strikeouts… Continued her collegiate playing career at Mississippi College, where she developed into the 2012 American Southwest Conference Pitcher of the Year after compiling an 11-5 record and 1.52 earned run average… Posted a career mark of 16-7 for the MC Lady Choctaws… Spent four seasons (2013-16) as an assistant softball coach at East Central Community College and served as the Lady Warriors’ pitching coach during their 2015 NJCAA Division II national runner-up season… The Jonesboro, La., native worked as an umpire during the 2023 Little League Senior Softball World Series played in Delaware this past summer and currently works as Director of Parks and Recreation in Clinton, MS.

Nunn currently serves as the Director of Parks and Recreation in Clinton, Miss.