By Special to the News
Coach Desmond Brown
Renecia Hogans, a senior at Vernon High School, has signed to play softball at Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama. On Feb. 23, Hogans was accompanied by her parents Ricky and Denice Hogans as she was celebrated by the Vernon High School faculty, members of the Washington County School Board, students, community, and members of her family.
Renecia has played softball since the age of six and has played on the Vernon High School varsity softball team since ninth grade. She currently has a career batting average of .344.
As a pitcher for the Yellow Jackets, she has an ERA of 5.21, with 221 innings pitched, 16 wins, and 195 strikeouts. In addition to softball at Vernon High School, Hogans has been a key contributor to her travel ball team Florida Extreme out of Freeport.
Hogans was also accompanied on stage by her brothers Allen and Preston Hogans, former Vernon coach Jeremy Deal, Lance Carroll and Mike Bellino of Florida Extreme, Recreational coach Quenten Potter, and her current coaches Desmond Brown, Josh Myers, James Perry, Tony Hall, and Dominique Everett.
COLLIN BREAUX 
WMBB