PRCC’s Michael Avalon named ABCA/ATEX Regional Coach of the Year

Patrick Ochs - Director of Communications & Marketing (PRCC)

POPLARVILLE, Miss. — His players and program have earned a haul of awards over the last couple of days and weeks; now it’s the coach’s turn. On Tuesday, National Champion and Pearl River baseball coach Michael Avalon was named the 2022 ABCA/ATEC Regional Coach of the Year for the NJCAA Division II’s Gulf Region.

The 2022 ABCA/ATEC National Coaches of the Year will be announced Wednesday.

The honor is just the latest in a season that was filled of them for Avalon and his Wildcats. Most recently, center fielder and Southern Miss commit Tate Parker (Gulfport; West Harrison) was named the ABCA/Rawlings NJCAA D-II Player of the Year on Monday and the NJCAA followed suit Tuesday morning, naming Parker the D-II Player of the Year.

Earlier in June, Parker was named an NJCAA All-American — the first two-time honoree in program history â€