JOPLIN, MO (SNS) – Exciting times are planned for Saturday, Feb.18 when the men’s and women’s basketball teams from Missouri Southern State University will host Truman State University.

On that day Lion athletes of the past will be connected with our University’s present and future.

Special activities will honor and recognize former players of all sports, as well as coaches, athletic trainers, cheerleaders and the support staff of the former Joplin Junior College and the Jasper County Junior College.

The predecessor institution of Missouri Southern, the Junior College ceased to exist in the 1960s when Missouri Southern began offering baccalaureate degrees.

The JJC and the JCJC players, the Athletics department, and the Alumni Association will take part.

In order to locate former Joplin Junior College and Jasper County Junior College players your help is needed in finding as many as we can so they can be recognized. As the date grows near details will be forthcoming.

Those wanting identify themselves or someone else as a Junior College Athletics participant and those wanting more information should contact Elisa Bryant in the Alumni Association Office at (417) 625-3068.

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