He took on two monumental coaching tasks in high school swimming in Missouri – first in St. Louis, where the Parkway South program had had almost no success, and the next in Springfield, where a Hall of Famer left him the keys to the competitive Glendale program. Steve Boyce stared down both and, it seems,… Read more »
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Team: Drury University
Ann Cook
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, girls soccer was not yet a varsity sport at Springfield’s Glendale High School, but Cook caught on with a club team out of St. Louis. Which meant her parents, Jim and Rosalie, would drive the 3 ½ hours every weekend – at 55 mph – to make sure she… Read more »
Barbara Cowherd
She first set foot on the Drury University campus almost 36 years ago – in August 1980, to be exact – and her numerous roles in the athletics department, particularly for women’s athletics, has been significant. Consider these numbers: two and 11; and 15 and 130. In order, they represent the number of women’s sports… Read more »
2021 Class – Diamond Nine
CLASS of 2021 Mannie DeCastro (Carl Junction High School/Pittsburg State University) Judy Straatmann Hadsall (Washington High School/East Central College/Springfield Slow-Pitch) Gage Jacobs (Bolivar High School/Drury University) Catlin Evans Jones (Pleasant Hope High School/Southwest Baptist University) Alan Mahaffey (Kickapoo High School/Three Rivers Community College/University of Arkansas/Minnesota Twins) Justin McMillin (Hillcrest High School/Missouri State University) Willy Morgan… Read more »
2020 Class- Diamond Nine
CLASS of 2020 Heather Anderson – Missouri State University Johnny Eierman – Warsaw High School/Tampa Bay Rays Kelli Wenberg Eierman – Warsaw High School/Park University Bill Fischer – Springfield Cardinals Dallas Hord – Ozark High School/Missouri State University/Miami Marlins Robert Murders – Southwest Baptist University Justin Skinner – Hillcrest High School/Drury University Ryan Vincent –… Read more »
2018 Class – Diamond Nine
CLASS OF 2018 Clint Anderson (Willard High School, Crowder College & Charleston Southern University baseball) Nolan Fogle (Plato High School baseball & USSSA/ASA/NSA softball) Tina Ruble Helm (Lebanon High School & Southwest Baptist University softball) Jamie Holmes (Republic High School, Crowder College & Columbia College softball) Greg Lindstrom (Glendale High School & University of Missouri baseball),… Read more »
2017 Diamond Nine
CLASS OF 2017 Doug Bennett (Hillcrest High School/University of Arkansas/Los Angeles Dodgers) Dan Bishop (Springfield Central High School/Baltimore Orioles/New York Yankees) Jack Funderburk (Southwest Baptist University) Chelsea King Goodin (Strafford High School/Drury University) Kellie Becher Kessler (Missouri State University) Danny Powers (Carl Junction High School/University of Central Missouri/Minnesota Twins) Kyle Rapinchuk (Branson High School/College of… Read more »
2016 Class- Diamond Nine
CLASS OF 2016 Marin Whorton Cooney (Ozark) Sophia Alexander Denning (Strafford/Drury) Bob Detherage (Hillcrest/Royals) Bill Helfrecht (Glendale/Missouri State) Brent Maggard (Sparta/Crowder/Southern Arkansas) Kristen Marshall (Glendale/William Jewell) Troy McMain (Willard) Christian Overstreet (Nixa/Missouri State) Tom Wilson (Bolivar/Detroit Tigers)
Michelle Langsford Dickemann
It’s almost as if a Hollywood writer penned the script for a box-office smash. In fact, you can almost envision the movie trailer hyping it this way: Michelle Langsford Dickemann wasn’t your average swimmer. She soared in the pool, becoming the first girl from Springfield to win a high school state championship and eventually told… Read more »
Emry Dilday
The call came in on a Thursday night of the 1964 high school football season, with the voice on the other end of the line asking if he could fill in the next night on an officiating crew. Having never worked a varsity high school football game, Emry Dilday agreed under understandable assumptions. “I figured… Read more »
Erin Dolan Edminister
She began competing in swimming at age 6 and, by the time she had graduated high school, college coaches had taken notice. At one point, she verbally committed to compete for the University of Milwaukee. However, Erin Dolan Edminister looked toward southwest Missouri, to NCAA Division II Drury University. “Drury was the only Division II… Read more »
Filbert Five – Class of 2019
CLASS OF 2019 Women’s Team Jill Esely Durnin (Savannah High School/William Jewell College) Dr. Tammy Erwin (Walnut Grove High School/Southwest Baptist University/College of the Ozarks) Carrie Long Green (Skyline High School/Southwest Baptist University) Brittany Percival Lyon (Hartville High School/Missouri Science & Technology) Kelsey Williams (Eminence High School/Moberly Area Community College/Lincoln University, University of Central Missouri) Men’s… Read more »
Filbert Five – Class of 2020
CLASS OF 2020 Stephanie Williams Burgess (Wheaton High School/Labette County Community College/Missouri Southern State University) Mikaela Burgess (Webb City High School/Pittsburg State University) Callie Carroll (Logan-Rogersville High School/Drury University/Missouri State University) Jordan Garrison-Garcia (Osceola High School/Creighton University) Heather Harman (Walnut Grove High School/Drury University) Jenny Anderson Sledge (Kickapoo High School/University of New Orleans) Men’s Team… Read more »
Filbert Five – Class of 2021
CLASS OF 2021 Women’s Team Kyndal Clark – Branson High School/Webb City High School/Drake University, Nebraska Kelsie Cleeton – Hillcrest High School/College of the Ozarks Hannah Cook – Ozark High School/University of Alabama Marla Douglass – Mountain Grove High School/Oklahoma State University/Missouri State University Katie Gariss Marsh — College Heights Christian High School/Missouri Southern State… Read more »
Filbert Five – Class of 2017
CLASS OF 2017 Men’s Team Wesley Culver (Hartville High School/College of the Ozarks) David Coutchie (Seymour High School/Southwest Baptist University) Brad Gregory (Montgomery County High School/Drury University) Gary “Cat” Johnson (Joplin Memorial High School/Oral Roberts/New Jersey Nets) J.J. Tauai (Verona High School/Bradley University/Lithuania Basketball League/Baltic League). Women’s Team Katie Howard Clopton (Reeds Spring High School/College… Read more »
Filbert Five – Class of 2018
CLASS OF 2018 Women’s Team Melissa Grider (Marion C. Early High School/Marshfield High School/Missouri Southern State University) Jeni Hopkins (Greenwood Laboratory School/Pittsburg State University/Missouri State University) Jenni Lingor (Tahlequah, Okla. High School/Missouri State University) Addy Roller (Purdy High School/Wayne State University/Drury University) Suzanne Nyander Sutton (McDonald County High School/Missouri Southern) Men’s Team Mert Bancroft (Buffalo… Read more »