The Christmas holiday break back in 1976 came at just the right time. For Nate Quinn, a freshman basketball player and yet-to-be standout, his first semester at Drury University had been the School of Hard Knocks. So upon returning home, his dad — a longtime high school basketball coach in Oklahoma — took him to… Read more »
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Brian Reynolds
Head Swimming Coach for the Drury University’s men’s program for 22 years and the women’s team for 17 years. Under his leadership, the Drury men’s program has eight NAIA national titles and two NCAA-II national championships. The women’s team has captured two NAIA national championships and has won the NCAA-II national title four times. Among… Read more »
Ned Reynolds
In the movie classic “It’s A Wonderful Life,” Clarence, the guardian angel delivers two memorable lines, saying “Each man’s life touches so many other lives.” He goes on to say, “No man is a failure who has friends.” Perhaps those words best describe Edwin T. “Ned” Reynolds, the longtime sports director of Springfield-based KYTV. For… Read more »
Jack Roberts
Jack Roberts, a Drury standout in the sport of basketball, is the first Drury athlete to be inducted into the Drury Hall of Fame not only for his athletic success while at Drury, but also for his contributions to society after his graduation from Drury. Jack graduated from Drury on May 30, 1949 following a… Read more »
Dr. Sue Rollins
The phone call came in to her house in 1976, with the folks at Drury University hoping she would join the athletic department. Sue Rollins sensed it could be something special, and a chance to help grow women’s sports certainly piqued her interest. After all, as a teen, she played fastpitch softball in the summers,… Read more »
Gary Stanfield
He didn’t play organized sports during his childhood and attended eight different schools through the eighth grade. At times, he lived with his father, grandmother, aunt as well as in foster homes and in the Colorado State Children’s Home. However, challenging times led to a championship coach, one who gave back what was once given… Read more »
Jack Steck
Drury University’s head swimming coach from 1968-1983, Jack Steck set the stage for what is today one of the most respected programs in the nation. His 1968 team was little more than a club team, but within 10 years the Panther swimming team was finishing regularly in the MAIA’s Top 10. The 1981 and 1982 teams… Read more »
Mark Stratton
[For details, check out our flier] In the summers of his youth, a broken axe handle served as his makeshift baseball bat, while his family’s front yard in Monett was a daily sandlot. And, even if his youth team wasn’t scheduled to play, he’d throw on his wool uniform and bike to the city field,… Read more »
Paula Wohnhas Wiedemann
You could almost say that the volleyball universe wasn’t about to let Paula Wohnhas Wiedemann go anywhere else. In 1997, one of the state’s most respected coaches asked her to become a full-time assistant at Missouri State University-West Plains. A former Drury University standout who was pretty familiar with the volleyball landscape in Missouri, Wiedemann… Read more »
Dr. Marion Wolf
Born in Strafford, Missouri, Dr. Marion Wolf has played a key role in keeping Missouri athletes healthy. Wolf practiced in the Smtih Glynn Callaway Clinic in Springfield from 1975 to 1997. He has served as the Athletic Team Physician and Orthopedic Consultant for Southwest Missouri State University since 1975. He also served as the Athletic… Read more »
2021 Class – Wynn Awards
CLASS OF 2021 Denise Buchanan (Glendale High School/University of Kansas) Val Sauer Crawford (Rolla High School/University of Missouri) Lindsey Bourne-Green (Joplin High School/University of Oklahoma) Lynne Miller (Grand Island, Nebraska High School/Missouri State University) Chealsey Russell (Kickapoo High School/Rice University/Tulsa University/McKendree University) Amy Lodes Witte (Lindbergh High School/Columbia College) Callie Newton-Woods (Republic High School/Drury University
2017 Class – Wynn Awards
CLASS OF 2017 Tara Bailes (Springfield Catholic High School/Missouri State soccer) Teresa Baird Beshore (Springfield Catholic High School/University of Tulsa tennis & basketball) Chelsea Taylor Corp (Sarcoxie High School/Missouri State-West Plains) Aleah Hayes (Ozark High School/Texas Tech University/Columbia College volleyball) Tonya Choate McCall (Mount Vernon High School/Drury University/Cactus Tour golf) Amanda Newton Plotner (Republic High… Read more »
2020 Class – Wynn Awards
CLASS OF 2020 Sandy Rippee-Hammers (Hillcrest High School/Drury University) Amy Russell McNew (Branson High School/Missouri State University) Cindy Russell Rear (Branson High School/College of the Ozarks) Tina Keller Montez (Carl Junction High School/Missouri Southern State University) Kelly Richardson (Willard High School/Evangel University) Virginia MacKenzie Sparks (Festus High School/Jefferson College/Southwest Baptist University)
2019 Class – Wynn Awards
CLASS OF 2019 Mindy Bullard Coyle (Warrensburg High School/University of Missouri) Jo Ann Harrison (Southwest Baptist University Tammy Townsend Holder (Neosho High School) Anne-Mary McGrath (Springfield-Greene County Park Board) Cindy Metts — (Seymour High School, Lebanon High School volleyball coach) Taira Roth — (St. Joseph Central High School and Missouri Western State University) Lisa Tinkler… Read more »
Ted Young
He was a junior guard who keyed Marionville High School’s 1982 state basketball title, later hit the buzzer-beater as Drury University sent a future NBA star home from the NAIA Tournament and – after ditching a road construction job – coached his high school alma mater to five Final Fours. What a basketball life it’s… Read more »