Mississippi State President Mark E. Keenum, right, recognized 1964 physical education graduate and Delta businessman Michael W. "Mike" Sanders of Cleveland as the university's national alumnus of the year during last week's MSU Alumni Association awards banquet. Sanders is the former longtime president and CEO of Jimmy Sanders Inc., one of the Mid-South's largest agricultural input supply and distribution businesses. At MSU, he has served on the boards for the Alumni Foundation, the MSU Foundation and the Bulldog Club. Since graduation, he has been a member of the MSU Alumni Association and affiliated with the Bolivar County Alumni Chapter. Also, he was a member of the MSU track team that won the 1962 SEC championship.