Delta State University

2015-16 GSC Winter Academic Honor Roll

2015-16 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 22 games for the Green-and-White for a total of 199 minutes played…Averaged 2.3 points per game and shot 53.3 percent from the floor on 14-of-27 from the field…Went 8-of-15 from 3-point range and 15-of-19 from the charity stripe…Career-high nine points against Eckerd (11.13.15).

PEARL RIVER CC: Played one season of basketball under Coach Richard Mathis…Also a member of the baseball team…Ranked number one in the state and seventh in the nation in 3-point percentage…Member of the State Championship team in 2015…Received the Moody Scholarship and was named a Phi Theta Kappa…Started in 24 of 29 games as a freshman, averaged 7.2 points and 2.3 rebounds per game and was an integral part of Pearl River's State Championship run…Shot a team-high 53 percent from the field and 50 percent from three-point land, while recording a season-high 20 points against Jones County Community College.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Played basketball and baseball and ran cross country at Olive Branch High School…Played small forward under Coach Eric Rombaugh…Named All-Academic First Team, all-district, and all-conference…Member of the Honors Society and Mu Alpha Theta.
 
PERSONAL: John Kirkpatrick Cornish…Born January 6, 1996…Son of Kyle and Leigh Cornish…Has one brother (Parker)…Majoring in business finance.