ST. LOUIS — Eleven Missouri State football standouts were honored Monday (July 22) on the Preseason All-Missouri Valley Football Conference Team, the league announced. Leading the way for the Bears were first-team honoree Grant Burkett (P, Joplin, Mo.) and second-teamers Darion Smith (DL, St. Louis, Mo.), P.J. Hall (S, Little …
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DRURY DOZEN – the top 12 moments of ’23-24 – No. 8: DU women’s swimming wins GLVC title; Mellie Wijk named GLVC Swimmer of the Year
The Drury Dozen is an annual list of our favorite moments of the year from Drury Athletics. The list is not necessarily the most significant events but the special games and moments we’ll always associate with 2023-24 as chosen by the Drury Athletics sports communications staff. We’ll provide honorable …
Read More »Tennis Earns ITA All-Academic Team Honor With Six Named Scholar-Athletes
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri tennis earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team honor with six Tigers claiming the Scholar-Athlete individual accolade, the association announced Monday, July 22. To qualify for the team designation, the squad must have a team grade point average of 3.2 or above. The 2023-24 …
Read More »Drury volleyball wins Team Academic Award from the AVCA
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– The Drury volleyball program earned a Team Academic Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association for their work in the classroom in the 2023-24 school year. The AVCA Team Academic Awards, sponsored by INTENT, are awarded to programs that maintained a grade point average between 3.30 and …
Read More »Limited Single-game Football Tickets Available Next Week
Columbia, Mo. – A limited number of available single-game tickets for the 2024 University of Missouri football home schedule go on sale starting next week, including two newly available multi-game packages. Following Mizzou’s 11-2 season and victory over Ohio State in the 88th Cotton Bowl Classic, single-game 2024 tickets will be available …
Read More »Swimming & Diving Announces 2024-25 Meet Schedule
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State swimming & diving head coach Dave Collins has announced the team’s full 2024-25 season schedule. This upcoming season will mark the first time the Missouri Valley Conference has sponsored men’s swimming & diving since the 2002-03 season, bringing both the men’s and women’s teams under the …
Read More »Burden III Named Preseason First-Team All-SEC
Columbia, Mo. – University of Missouri junior wide receiver Luther Burden III was voted a first-team preseason All-Southeastern Conference selection by the media assembled in Dallas this week for SEC Media Days. Burden, a second-team All-American last fall after his breakout sophomore season, was the Tigers’ lone player to appear on the …
Read More »Eric Morrison Joins Mizzou Athletics as Deputy AD-Chief of External Relations
COLUMBIA, Mo. – After nearly two decades in the Columbia financial and banking community, former Mizzou Athletics administrator Eric Morrison is returning to serve as the university’s Deputy Director of Athletics-Chief of External Relations, Mizzou Director of Athletics Laird Veatch announced Friday. Morrison, a Mizzou graduate who worked in the athletics department from 1998 to …
Read More »DRURY DOZEN – the top 12 moments of ’23-24: DU men’s tennis gets past No. 21 McKendree in GLVC Semifinals
The Drury Dozen is an annual list of our favorite moments of the year from Drury Athletics. The list is not necessarily the most significant events but the special games and moments we’ll always associate with 2023-24 as chosen by the Drury Athletics sports communications staff. We’ll provide honorable …
Read More »Loomis Selected by Texas in 16th Round of MLB Draft
FORT WORTH, Texas – Missouri State’s Eric Loomis was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 16th round (495th overall) of the 2024 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday. A right-handed pitcher from St. Louis, Mo., Loomis ranked second in the Missouri Valley Conference and 44th nationally in …
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