Red Bay catcher Ely Cox signs with East Mississippi

By Staff
Scot Beard
Former Red Bay catcher Ely Cox knows how to handle pressure, but there are some situations on the field he would rather not face.
He would much rather stand at the plate with the game in his hands than squat behind the plate while the other team rallies in the final inning.
He will get a taste of a different kind of pressure in a few months.
Cox recently signed with East Mississippi Community College in Scooba, Miss.
"I liked the school and the coach," Cox said.
One of the other things that attracted Cox to the program is the renovation of the baseball facilities that is currently taking place.
Cox began his baseball career when he was 7 years old and played for several teams in Red Bay, Russellville, Florence, Cherokee, Hamilton and Tishomingo, Miss.
He said he appreciated the help from his family to get him to his games. His parents Steve and Elonda were not always able to take him, but he got some key assistance from his grandparents.
"(Peggy and Tommy Cox) were always at my games, even when he was sick," Cox said.
Cox had other people he wanted to thank for his accomplishment including Charlene Reeves, his grandmother on his mother's side of the family, as well as Brad Ivy, David Ivy and Glen Jackson at Southeastern College Recruiting.
"We are very proud," Elonda Cox said. "He has worked hard for this."