Mason Irby played baseball at Jones College from 2015 to 2016.

ELLISVILLE – Southeast Lauderdale graduate Mason Irby will be one of nine people inducted into the Jones College Athletics Hall of Fame in a banquet set for Sept. 5.

Mason Irby played baseball at Jones in 2015-2016.

As a freshman at Jones, Irby batted .395 with three home runs, 51 RBIs, 17 doubles and 25 runs scored. He was named NJCAA Division II Second Team All-American, All-Region 23 and First Team All-MACJC.

During his sophomore season, he helped the Bobcats win the NJCAA Division II World Series with a 54-9 record. Irby batted .387 with eight home runs, 76 RBIs, 16 doubles, two triples and 71 runs scored. He stole 32 bases and drew 42 walks.

He was named an NJCAA Division II First Team All-American, All-MACJC, ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove winner and a Marucci Elite Hitter Award winner. He was also named to the NJCAA National Team, which competed in the National Baseball Congress World Series in the summer of 2016.

As a senior at Southeast Lauderdale High School, Irby batted .473 with six home runs and 36 RBIs. He was First Team All-MHSAA and First Team All-District. He played in the 2014 Mississippi High School All-Star Game and was class valedictorian with a 4.13 GPA.

During his junior year at the University of Southern Mississippi, he batted .338 and was second on the team in hits (89) and doubles (20), while tying for second in runs (62), fourth in total bases (118) and walks (39). He was named Second Team All-Conference USA and made the NCAA Hattiesburg All-Regional Team. As a Golden Eagle senior, Irby batted .276 with 34 RBIs.

Irby made the school’s Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll while at Southern Miss.

He has been married to Caroline Irby for five years and they have a one-year-old girl, Carsen.

Irby currently resides in Madison and works in Ridgeland.

Irby will be joined by Sidney S. “Buck” Anderson, Fred Cooley, Janet Eaton-Smith, Bonnie Lee “Country” Graham (posthumously), Tristan Jackson, Madison Manning (posthumously), Damon Mason and Mary Kate Skelton as inductees in the 2024 record class.
 
A banquet honoring the inductees is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at A.B. Howard Gymnasium. Tickets can be purchased online for $25 ahead of the event.

The inductees will be recognized at halftime of that evening’s football game versus Coahoma. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.