Mississippi College to honor legendary student-athletes during Sports Hall of Fame Banquet

Dr. Tiffany Green '00, a pediatric dentist and Mississippi College basketball great, is one of six former student-athletes to be inducted into the MC Sports Hall of Fame on April 12.

Six of the most accomplished student-athletes in Mississippi College’s rich history will be formally inducted into the MC Sports Hall of Fame during a banquet scheduled for 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, in Anderson Hall in the B.C. Rogers Student Center.

Teammates, family members and friends of the MC Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 will join MC President Blake Thompson, MC Athletic Director Kenny Bizot, university administrators and MC Sports Hall of Fame Advisory Committee members in honoring Raymond S. “Bo” Bell II ‘11 (baseball), Jennifer Brogdon ’11 (cross country and track and field); JB Brown Jr. ’79 (football); Dr. Tiffany Green ’00 (women’s basketball); Carrie Stafford ’10 (women’s soccer); and Brian Vasquez ’15 (men’s soccer).

“It’s important to appreciate and to celebrate Mississippi College Athletics’ rich history,” said Jake Donald, MC director of alumni and family engagement. “The program that we have at MC is special, and we pride ourselves in not only winning on the field, but also producing great student-athletes off the field.

“Teammates of these student-athletes have been invited to come celebrate with them in what has become a big reunion for many of our inductees, some of whom will be returning to campus for the first time in a long while. We want to make sure that they know we appreciate their hard work, both on and off the field, and the investment that they made in Mississippi College.”

Green said having her family, friends and former coaches together in one place will be the highlight of her evening.

“It is a privilege and honor to be considered and to be recognized,” Green said. “The friendships, the encouragement, the discipline and the boundaries are the treasures that I remember and value from my time at MC. I am so excited to congratulate the other 2025 Class members and celebrate their achievements.

“I am grateful to have been selected and hope to serve as a mentor to others that hard work can lead to athletic results and life achievements.”

Beginning with Mississippi College’s initial four honorees – Harry Craft, James Edwards, Sheriff Lee and Stanley L. Robinson, more than 250 men and women have been enshrined in the MC Sports Hall of Fame.

Donald said nominees are carefully considered by the university’s Sports Hall of Fame Advisory Committee, which is made up of former student-athletes and current MC Sports Hall of Famers. The committee chooses six to eight former student-athletes each year.

“The committee looks at the statistics the student-athletes compiled while they were here, if they made the all-conference team, if they were part of a championship team and whether they represented the mission of Mississippi College,” Donald said. “The committee also reviewed their postgraduate record and how they carried themselves as an MC graduate.”

Green, the 1999 American Southwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year led the conference in three-point field goal percentage, draining the net a whopping 49 percent of the time from behind the arc.

“Our team experiences were all based on pushing each other to be better than we thought we could be,” she said. “I enjoyed the game where I made six three-pointers. The win in Texas when the student fans were on the front row with orange traffic cones, screaming at us and trying to distract us was super sweet.”

After graduating from MC, Green found her future in pediatric dentistry. She completed dental school at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and her residency at the University of Florida. She has been in private practice in Flowood for the last 17 years.

A Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and past president of the Mississippi Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, Green serves as a trustee for the Mississippi Dental Association and was recently inducted into the prestigious Pierre Fauchard Academy.

“My career and time at Mississippi College helped mold and make me into who I am today,” she said. “The education I received and the experiences I had left me without regret. I am not sure I would be where I am today if I had chosen a different pathway.”

Joining Green in the Mississippi College Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 are:

Raymond S. “Bo” Bell II ‘11

An All-American baseball performer in 2009 and 2010, Bell was named the 2009 Baseball Player of the Year at Mississippi College. A two-time Male Athletic Player of the Year (2008 and 2009), Bell was an Academic All-Conference selection. He made the 2010 American Southwest Conference All-Tournament Baseball Championship Team and the 2010 ASC East Division First Team. He was also crowned the 2010 Player of the Year.

Jennifer Brogdon ’11

A Capitol One Academic All-American, Brogdon earned the David M. Halbrook Award and the ASC Fred Jacoby Sportsmanship Award while making the ASC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete Team. Named co-Most Valuable Player for the ASC’s Most Outstanding Track Athlete of the Year Award, she captured the ASC 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter championships. A First-Team All-Conference selection in track and field and in cross country for multiple seasons, she was a three-time recipient of the ASC Sportsmanship Award. MC’s first female cross-country runner to ever qualify for the NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championships, she set school records in track and field and cross country and led the MC Women’s Cross Country team to a pair of conference championships.

JB Brown Jr. ’79

A three-time All-Academic selection and twice named to the All-Conference Team, Brown served as captain of the MC football team in 1978. Though initially recruited for football, he excelled as a pitcher and an infielder on MC’s baseball team. After graduating from MC, he embarked on a successful 20-year career with General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) and later established Brown and Associates Automobile Recovery Agency, the first African American-owned automobile recovery agency in Mississippi. He serves as trustee and a member of the male choir for Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Madison.

Carrie Stafford ’10

As team captain of MC’s women’s soccer team from fall 2008 to spring 2010, Stafford was a four-time selection for the All-Conference Women’s Soccer Team and was named to the Academic All-Conference Soccer Team three times. The All-Conference Defensive Freshman of the Year, she earned All-Conference Defensive Player of the Year laurels during her senior season and was selected the All-Conference Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year.

Brian Vasquez ’15

A First-Team All-ASC performer for three seasons, Vasquez was the ASC’s Offensive Freshman of the  Year. The conference’s Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, he made the Division III All-West Region First Team and was a Division III All-American Third Team pick. Vasquez has spent the last decade at the Houston, Texas-based Tent Company. “I hope this (MC Hall of Fame) award inspires the next generation to keep working hard as student-athletes,” he said. “Anything is possible with the right mentality.”

Tickets cost $40 each and include a meal. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit alumni.mc.edu/stay-in-touch/events/hall-fame-banquet.