WALKER WINS GILLOM TROPHY                                                                                                                      3-7-2011

REASON TO CHEER FOR THE LADY STATESMEN AND THEIR FANS MONDAY ONE DAY AFTER THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF FALLING TO ARCHRIVAL ARKANSAS TECH IN THE GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP.  DSU FORWARD VERONICA WALKER IS NAMED THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI'S TOP FEMALE COLLEGIATE PLAYER BY A VOTE OF 43 STATEWIDE MEDIA MEMBERS, JOINING JENNIFER RUSHING AS THE 2ND LADY STATESMEN TO CLAIM THE CELLULAR SOUTH GILLOM TROPHY IN THE AWARD'S 4-YEAR HISTORY. THE INDIANOLA CALLING IT HER BIGGEST AWARD TO DATE.  GARY FLOWERS OF SOUTHERN MISS WON THE HOWELL TROPHY, THE ANNUAL AWARD FOR THE STATE'S TOP MALE COLLEGIATE PLAYER, IN A VOTE OVER MISSISSIPPI STATE'S DEE BOST AND CHRIS WARREN OF OLE MISS.