Oscar R. Pope Jr. was posthumously awarded the 2021 University of Mississippi Outstanding Internship Experience Partner of the Year honor Sept. 21 during the annual Internship Experience program’s student participant presentations. Pope was a marketing coordinator for the NBA on TNT and NBA TV with Turner Sports in Atlanta and an active alumnus who served as a career mentor for Ole Miss students and networking partner for faculty and staff assisting students in internship and career placement. Courtesy photo