Sonny Fletcher, Class of 2017

Fletcher was a member of legendary coach George Sekul’s first two state championship teams at Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College. The Bulldogs won the titles in 1966 and 1967.

He is still tied for second in the MGCCC record book with three touchdown receptions in a game, and his record of 11 scoring catches in a season stood until the 21^st century. Fletcher was the first freshman at Gulf Coast to earn All-American honors, and he was an All-State selection both seasons. He was the only freshman on the All-State team in 1966, and he went on to play in the 1967 Junior College All-Star Game in Jackson.

Fletcher ran sprints and relays on the Gulf Coast track team. That team also won the 1966 state championship, meaning he won three championships in his three semesters at Perkinston.

He left Gulf Coast after the fall of 1967, heading to Southeastern Louisiana University. He won two letters playing football there, catching 23 passes for 375 yards. He still ranks fifth on that school’s all-time list with a 16.3 yard per catch average during his time there.

Fletcher worked for 41 years at Ingalls Shipbuilding, in his hometown of Pascagoula. He worked in production control and retired in 2014.

Fletcher has been married to his wife, Sandra, a beauty queen on the MGCCC Jackson County Campus, for 43 years. Sonny was inducted in the inaugural class of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999, and Sandra was inducted into the MGCCC Alumni Hall of Fame in 2012. They have two children, Melissa and Jeremy, and five grandkids.