Paris Junior College

Paris Junior College

Paris Junior College's Louis B. Williams Administration Building
Type	Publiccommunity college
Established	1924
President	Pam Anglin
Undergraduates	5,000+[1]
Location	Paris , Texas , U.S. 33°39′05″N95°31′46″W / 33.651317°N 95.529523°W /33.651317; -95.529523
Campus	Rural
Colors	Green and gold
Nickname	Dragons
Sporting affiliations	NJCAA–Southwest
Website	www.parisjc.edu

Paris Junior College(PJC) is apubliccommunity collegewith three campuses inTexas:Paris,Greenville, andSulphur Springs. The college was founded in 1924 as a campus ofParis Independent School District. Nearly 5,000 students are enrolled at the college.

As defined by theTexas Legislature, the official service area of PJC consists of the following:^[2]

• theParis Independent School District,
• the part of thePrairiland Independent School Districtthat was formerly the Cunningham School District,
• the municipality ofParis, Texas,
• all ofLamarandDeltacounties,
• theDetroit Independent School DistrictandClarksville Independent School Districtand theRivercrest Independent School Districtthat is inRed River County(formerly known as the Talco-Bogata Consolidated Independent School District),
• theNorth Hopkins Independent School District,Sulphur Bluff Independent School District,Sulphur Springs Independent School District,Miller Grove Independent School District, andCumby Independent School District, located inHopkins County,
• theHoney Grove Independent School Districtlocated inFannin County
• theFannindel Independent School Districtlocated in Fannin and Delta counties,
• all ofHunt County, except the portion located in theTerrell Independent School District, and
• the portion of the Prairiland Independent School District located in Red River County.

Paris Junior College's mascot is theDragonand the school colors are green and gold. The men's teams go by "Dragons" while the women's teams are "Lady Dragons." The athletic teams compete in theSouthwest Junior College Conference(SJCC) of theNational Junior College Athletic Association(NJCAA). PJC offers athletic scholarships in baseball, softball, and men and women's basketball.^[3]

Paris fielded first fielded afootballteam in 1925 withHub Hollisas head coach.^[4]Boyd Conversewas the program's final coach before the football was dropped after the 1961 season.^[5]

• A. M. Aikin Jr.Texas state legislator and lawyer
• James R. Biard(c. 1951), engineer and inventor
• Brenda Cherry, civil rights activist
• Marsha Farney(c. 1990), member of theTexas House of Representativesfrom District 20 inWilliamson County
• Jim Hess, former college football coach and NFL scout
• Eddie RobinsonFormer Professional Baseball player, coach, and executive

• H. L. "Hub" Hollis Field

• Official website