Panola College
October 7, 2019 - The Panola Fillies improve to 19-3 on the season and 4-0 in conference defeating Lee College (25-12, 25-18, 20-25, 20-25, 15-9) and #16 Blinn College (25-21, 25-21, 27-25).
On Friday, the Fillies traveled to Baytown to face Lee College in a tough five-set match. They were able to persevere and pull out their third conference win of the season. Mikayla Ware led offensively with 20 kills, followed by Nyah Walker with 14 and April brown added 12. Maria Idjilov dished out 44 assists. Defensively, Hannah Floyd led with 22 digs, followed by Ware with 15, while Erin Perez added 10 and Nina Hauff and McKenzie Dimery chipped in nine apiece, respectively.
On Saturday, the Fillies traveled to Brenham sweeping #16 Blinn College for their fourth conference win. Offensively, Ware led with 21 kills, followed by Mylena Testoni with 13 and Walker added 11. Idjilov ran the offense contributing 48 assists. Floyd anchored the defense with 23 digs, followed by Ware with 11 and Perez chipped in 10. At the net, Ashton Brown and Walker led with two block assists.
The updated schedule for the week is listed below. GO FILLIES!
Monday, October 7th at TVCC
7:00 PM - Panola vs. #10 TVCC
Wednesday, October 9th at Navarro
6:00 PM - Panola vs. #2 Navarro
Iowa Western Tournament
Friday, October 11th at Iowa Western
1:00 PM - Panola vs. Iowa Western
5:00 PM - Panola vs. NMMI
Saturday, October 12th at Iowa Western
12:00 PM - Panola vs. Mineral Area
4:00 PM - Panola vs. Seward
Current and former students with Karen King at TETA Theatrefest include, from left, Jasmine Ryan, Panola Graduate 2019, Sam Houston, JR; Niki Lawhorn, Panola Graduate, 2018, Sam Houston, Senior; Karen King; Nathaniel Endsley, Panola Graduate, 2019, SFA, JR, Maria Mejia, Panola Sophomore, Catalina, Zoyquilla, Panola Sophomore.
October 2, 2019 - Panola College students, along with drama professor Karen King, earned recognition at the Texas Educational Theatre Association (TETA) Theatrefest 2019 in Dallas, September 25-29. King was presented with the 2019 TETA Founders Award.
Students participating were selected to serve as interns during the event. They include Bethany Crowe, Eric Dominguez, JoBeth Eddings, Raven Farmer, Justin Gonzales, Austin Graham, Haley Green, Tony Jeter, Clayton Jones, Keath Kibbey, Nicholas McCalister, Maria Mejia, Sarah Owens, Abigail Parrish, Peyton Proffitt, Hannah Williams and Catalina Zoyoquila.
Bethany Crowe, a current Panola student, won the TETA's GOT TALENT Show. Universities were on hand for student auditions during the event, and Keath Kibbey received an acceptance letter from the University of Texas at Arlington, and scholarships offers from Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas Lutheran, University of the Incarnate Word, Texas A&M Commerce, and others.
"Our Panola College students were chosen to go to TETA and were awarded internships, which meant that these students had rooms at the Hyatt Regency Reunion Tower, convention fees of $120 per student, and eight meals comped for the five-day event. This amounted to a value of around $12,000," King said.
October 1, 2019 - Panola College’s Shelby Regional Training Center and Shelby College Center are hosting a children’s book drive throughout the fall semester.
“We are looking for new books suitable for children in pre-K through second grade,” said Cancee Lester, Director, Shelby County Operations. “The schools can keep the books for their programs or give the books to children to take home and read with their families.”
The books will be donated to Shelby County schools and the Head Start Program in Shelby County. Donations can be made at the Shelby Regional Training Center and the Shelby College Center.
Lester said the book drive is to encourage and support early literacy. “We hope that by adding new books for teachers and students to choose from we can help make reading fun,” she said.
For more information, contact Lester at 936-591-9075, or email her at clester@panola.edu.
September 30, 2019 - Panola Volleyball improves to 17-3 on the season after defeating TJC, West Plains and Hutchinson College at the TJC Invitational Tournament.
On Friday, the Fillies swept TJC (25-17, 25-23, 25-16) in an exciting rivalry match. The outside duo of Mylena Testoni and Mikayla Ware led the offense yet again. Testoni led with 12 kills, Ware followed with 11 and Nyah Walker chipped in seven. Maria Idjilov dished out 35 assists. Hannah Floyd led the defense with 14 digs, Ware followed with seven and McKenzie Dimery added six. The Fillies were a force at the net with six players having at least one block assist. Riley Seegers led with three block assists, while Ware and April Brown added two apiece, respectively.
Next, the Fillies faced Missouri West Plains and continued their success by sweeping the Grizzlies (25-23, 25-17, 25-20). Offensively, Testoni led with 15 kills, Ware followed with 12 and Walker chipped in 10. Idjilov ran the offense adding 43 assists. Floyd came up big for the Fillies with a season-high of 23 digs, followed by another double-double from Ware with 15 digs, while Testoni and Idjilov added six of their own. At the net, Ashton Brown led with five block assists, while Testoni and Brown followed with four apiece.
On Saturday, the Fillies had their 12th sweep in a row defeating Hutchinson (25-16, 25-23, 25-17). Ware led offensively with 10 kills, followed by Testoni with eight, and Walker chipped in six. Idjilov dished out 30 assists, while adding three service aces. Ware had another double-double leading the defense with 16 digs, followed by Floyd with 11, while Erin Perez and Testoni added six of their own. Ashton Brown and Idjilov led at the net with two block assists apiece.
The Fillies return to action October 4th in Baytown facing Lee College at 6:00 PM and October 5th in Brenham facing Blinn College at 2:00 PM. GO FILLIES!
September 26, 2019 - Panola College Volleyball improves 14-3 on the season and opens Region XIV conference play 2-0 after sweeping Wharton (25-12, 25-8, 30-28) and Victoria (25-9, 25-9, 25-9).
The outside duo of Mikayla Ware and Mylena Testoni was too much for Wharton on Tuesday night. Ware led with 17 kills, Testoni followed with 12 and Nyah Walker added seven. Maria Idjilov dished out 38 assists. Defensively, Hannah Floyd led with 13 digs, followed by Ware with 11 and Idjilov chipped in eight. At the net Walker contributed three block assists and April Brown added two.
The Fillies continued their success on Wednesday by sweeping Victoria with aggressive blocking and a balanced attack. Offensively, Walker led with 15 kills, followed by Ware with nine, Riley Seegers added seven and Brown chipped in six. Idjilov dished out a season-high of 41 assists. Floyd, yet again, led the defense with 11 digs, followed by Ware with eight, while Erin Perez and Idjilov chipped in five apiece, respectively. Walker and Seegers were a force at the net with five block assists apiece.
The Fillies return to action this weekend competing in the Holiday Inn-South Broadway tournament in Tyler. The updated schedule is listed below. GO FILLIES!
Friday, September 27th at Wagstaff Gym
11:00 am - Hutch vs. West Plains
1:00 pm - Panola vs. Tyler
3:00 pm - Panola vs. West Plains
5:00 pm - Tyler vs. Hutch
Saturday, September 28th at Wagstaff Gym
10:00 am - Panola vs.Hutch
12:00 pm - Tyler vs. West Plains
September 23, 2019 - We have two home conference games this week but have made some slight changes to the schedule. We play Wharton Tuesday, September 24th at 7 PM and Victoria Wednesday, September 25th at 6 PM. We hope to see y’all there!
September 23, 2019 - The Panola Fillies took their brooms to Mississippi this weekend beating Pearl River in three on Friday (25-14, 25-9, 25-13) and Saturday (25-12, 25-12, 25-12).
On Friday, the Fillies were led offensively by Ashton Brown with eight kills, followed by Mikayla Ware and Mylena Testoni with seven apiece, and Nyah Walker chipped in five. Maria Idjilov dished out 27 assists. Hannah Floyd and Ware led the Fillies defensively with eight digs apiece, while Erin Perez and McKenzie Dimery added four apiece, respectively. At the net, Brown and Idjilov put up two block assists.
Continuing the success on Saturday, the Fillies swept the Wildcats with a balanced attack led by Ware who tallied 10 kills, Walker followed with eight and Idjilov chipped in five. Idjilov dished out 27 assists, while also contributing two service aces. Floyd anchored the defense with 10 digs, Dimery followed with eight, while Ware and Perez added six apiece of their own. The Fillies were a force at the net with five players having at least one block assist. Idjilov led with three block assists, April Brown followed with two, while Ana Caroline Melo, Riley Seegers, and Brown had one apiece, respectively.
The Fillies advance to 12-3 on the season and return to action for their first conference game at home on Tuesday, September 24th against Wharton at 7:00 PM. Please come and show your support! GO FILLIES!
September 19, 2019 - In their first match back at Arthur Johnson Gymnasium, the Panola College Fillies took down Brookhaven College in three sets (25-9, 25-13, 25-12).
Sophomore outside hitter Mikayla Ware hammered home with 19 kills, followed by Nyah Walker with seven and Mylena Testoni chipped in five. Maria Idjilov dished out 29 assists. The The Fillies defense was led by Hannah Floyd and Idjilov who contributed 11 digs apiece, respectively. Riley Seegers and Walker were forces at the net with four block assists apiece.
The Fillies return to action this weekend as they travel to Poplarville, Mississippi to compete against Pearl River on Friday at 6pm and Saturday at 1pm.
Thank you to those who came out to support our team last night, you made a difference! Go Fillies!
September 18, 2019 - With an aggressive offense and united defense, the Panola College Fillies defeated Cedar Valley Tuesday night in Lancaster in three sets (25-15, 25-7, 25-14).
The Fillies offense was led by Sophomore Mikayla Ware with 11 kills, followed by Mylena Testoni with seven, while Riley Seegers and Nyah Walker chipped in six apiece, respectively. Maria Idjilov had 36 assists, while contributing three service aces. Freshman Erin Perez led the defense with 11 digs, followed by Mckenzie Dimery and Ware with 10 apiece. At the net, April Brown put up three block assists and Nyah Walker followed with two of her own.
The Fillies improve to 9-3 on the season and return to action at home Wednesday, September 18th against Brookhaven at 6:00 PM. Please come out to the Fillies home opener and show your support! GO FILLIES!
September 17, 2019 - Panola College is once again named one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to a new survey by The Great Colleges to Work For program.
The results, released today in a special insert of The Chronicle of Higher Education are based on a survey of 236 colleges and universities. In all, 85 of the 236 institutions achieved “Great College to Work For” recognition for specific best practices and policies, only 25 of these were two-year colleges. Results are reported for small, medium, and large institutions, with Panola College included among the small universities with 500 to 2,999 students.
Panola College was also placed on the Honor Roll as one of only 42 colleges across the nation as a stand out college in its size category.
Panola College won honors in 9 categories this year:
- Compensation and Benefits
- Confidence in Senior Leadership
- Facilities, Workspaces and Security
- Job Satisfaction
- Professional/Career Development Programs
- Respect and Appreciation
- Supervisor/Department-Chair Relationship
- Teaching Environment (Faculty only)
- Work/Life Balance
“This is a very satisfying affirmation of Panola College, but our real goal is not recognition – it’s being a community that values the needs and contributions of every individual. In that sense, everyone at Panola College helps to make this a great place to work,” said Panola College President, Greg Powell.
The survey results are based on a two-part assessment process: an institutional questionnaire that captured employment data and workplace policies from each institution, and a survey administered to faculty, administrators, and professional support staff. The primary factor in deciding whether an institution received recognition was the employee feedback.
“An institution’s “human capital” is its most important asset and often its largest expense. It only makes sense to protect that investment,” said Rich Boyer, Senior Consultant at ModernThink. More than simply protecting that asset, the colleges and universities recognized in this year’s Great Colleges to Work For program demonstrate their commitment to the day-to-day experience of their faculty and staff and the overall health of their institution’s culture.”
The Great Colleges to Work For is one of the largest and most respected workplace-recognition programs in the country. For more information and to view all the results of the survey, visit the Great College Program website at www.greatcollegesprogram.com.
ModernThink, a strategic human capital consulting firm, administered the survey and analyzed the results.
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