Bronze medalist Marco Arop, of Canada, celebrates after the final in the men's 800-meter run at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday, July 23, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis).
Recap: Top 10 Mississippi Sports Stories of 2024
In no particular order, here are some of Mississippi’s highlights in athletics this year:
- Mississippi State and Ole Miss had former athletes win medals in the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Pictured above is Marco Arop, former Mississippi State track and field athlete)
- William Carey’s women’s soccer team wins 26-0 against Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.
- Ole Miss football defeats Georgia in Oxford, 28-10.
- Ole Miss men’s golf reached the top spot in the National Collegiate Golf Rankings for the first time in program history.
- Mississippi State women’s soccer won the SEC championship and defeated No. 1 Arkansas in front of record crowds.
- Mississippi State has a tandem men’s tennis team that is ranked No. 1 in the country.
- Former Jackson State football player wins the Heisman trophy.
- Jackson State’s ‘Sonic Boom of the South’ gains social media praise from a Grammy award-winning artist.
- Belhaven wins the first CCS men’s soccer championship in program history.
- Jackson State wins the SWAC Championship in football.
