The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame is rescheduling the Women’s Sports Luncheon presented by the Bee Payne-Stewart Foundation. It is now set for 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 12 at the University Plaza Hotel & Convention Center in Springfield.
President and Executive Director Jerald Andrews announced the new date on Monday.
The Hall of Fame is inducting Springfield golfer Stephany Jackson Powell as well as Joplin golf contributor Sonnie Dooley along with Coach Francie McBride and the Winona High School Volleyball Program, Alma’s Santa Fe High School Volleyball and Track & Field Programs, the Logan-Rogersville Girls Cross Country Program and the Missouri State University Women’s Handball Program. The Hall of Fame also will bestow the President’s Award on Leo Henning, General Manager of KOLR 10 TV.
Additionally, the Hall of Fame will recognize the 2020 Wynn Awards recipients: Teri Cantwell (University of Missouri), Sandy Rippee-Hammers (Hillcrest High School/Drury University), Tina Keller Montez (Carl Junction High School/Missouri Southern State University), Kelly Richardson (Willard High School/Evangel University), The Russell Sisters – Amy Russell McNew (Branson High School/Missouri State University), Cindy Russell Rear (Branson High School/College of the Ozarks) and Virginia MacKenzie Sparks (Festus High School/Jefferson College/Southwest Baptist University). Call 417-889-3100.
