Homecoming is Saturday at Motlow College

Motlow sportsMotlow State Community College will welcome students, alumni, friends and supporters to the Moore County campus on Saturday, Feb. 6, for the annual Homecoming celebration.
The Student Government Association sponsors the event, which commences at 1 p.m. in Nisbett Center. Homecoming activities are centered on the men’s and women’s basketball teams hosting Roane State Community College. The men’s game begins at 2 p.m. and the women’s game follows at 4 p.m.
Motlow student organizations have submitted nominations for homecoming king and queen, and the student body will vote during the week of homecoming. Mr. and Ms. Motlow representatives from the Moore County, Fayetteville, McMinnville, and Smyrna campuses will participate in the ceremony by crowning and sashing the king and queen.
The homecoming court will be presented during half-time of the men’s game, which will be approximately 2:45 p.m. David Weathers, a Motlow alumnus who had a very successful professional baseball career, will be inducted into the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association Hall of Fame in a ceremony between games at approximately 3:30 p.m. Weathers played at Motlow in 1987-88 and went on to a successful 19-year major league baseball career. His jersey was retired by Motlow in 2011.