In the fall of 1974, two years after the passage of federal Title IX legislation, the door to Sallie Beard’s office swung open, as several women on the Missouri Southern State University campus sought to start a basketball team. Suddenly, the teacher who had a bias against athletics – those were her own words –… Read more »
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Borland Golf Brothers
When Virgil and Constance Borland moved their family from Butler to Carthage in 1946, they found a house close to a landmark that would be a focal point for the family. Brothers Joe and Glen often ran across the street to the Carthage Municipal Golf Course. Two years after moving to southwest Missouri, Gary was… Read more »
Robert Corn
Longtime basketball coach Robert Corn puts it this way: “Sometimes in this business, you have to be lucky.” A case in point is the day his coaching career took its most important step, with a phone call. “I was in my office at Mountain Grove High School and it was coach (Gene) Bartow. He said,… 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 »
2022 Class – Diamond Nine
CLASS of 2022 Dr. Mark Baker — Webb City High School/Missouri Southern State University Charlie Burt — Truman High School/Ban Johnson League/Missouri State University Tim Clubb — Eureka High School/Missouri State University Mary Stratton-Johnson — Hillcrest High School/Slow-Pitch Softball Jordan Logan — North Callaway High School/Jefferson College/Columbia College Renay Ries Spilker — Blue Springs High… Read more »
2015 Class – Diamond Nine
Class of 2015 Jack Burrell — Humansville and Southwest Baptist Brad Simmons — Glendale High School and the Kansas City Royals Kelly Snider — Hillcrest High School the Oklahoma Sooners and the Los Angeles Dodgers Barry Short –Mansfield High School, Three Rivers Community College and the New York Mets Jim Lumpe — Glendale High School,… Read more »
Elite 11- Class of 2022
CLASS OF 2022 Dr. Bob Arnce — Carl Junction High School/William Jewell College Joey Ballard — Missouri Southern State University Jared Beshore — Lamar High School/Missouri State University Brock Christopher — Kearney High School/University of Missouri Nathan Dunn — Marshfield High School/Missouri State University/Southwest Baptist University Dr. Jared Emery — Mountain Grove High School/Missouri State… Read more »
Elite 11- Class of 2021
CLASS of 2021 Brock Baker — Bolivar High School/Western Kentucky University Blaise Bauer — Monett High School/Pittsburg State University Joe Close — Parkview High School/University of Missouri Lance Johnston — Branson High School/Northwest Missouri State University Marcus Klund — Scott City & Cape Central High Schools/Lindenwood University Drew Newhart — Cameron High School/Missouri Western State… Read more »
Elite 11- Class of 2015
CLASS of 2015 Brett Potts (Bolivar, Pittsburg State) Eric Czerniewski (Montgomery County, Central Missouri) Rusty Shadel (Lebanon, Missouri State) Rex Sawyer (Ava, Missouri Valley College) Steve Forbis (Republic, Missouri Southern) Lorenzo Williams (Mizzou) Chuck Blair (Camdenton, Central Missouri) Jeremy Flores (Willard, Colorado) T.J. Onstott (Lamar, Missouri Southern) Steve Newbold (Aurora, Missouri State) Justin Gerald (Hillcrest,… Read more »
Elite 11- Class of 2016
CLASS of 2016 Chuck Banta (Springfield Parkview/Mizzou) Ben Nichols (Springfield Glendale/Colorado/Atlanta Falcons/ Denver Broncos/Rhein Fire), Lee Coleman (Springfield Hillcrest/Missouri State/Evangel) Isaac Sooter (Sarcoxie/Evangel) Darrin Newbold (Aurora/Missouri State/New York Jets/Oklahoma Outlaws) Anthony Frazier (Springfield Greenwood/Mizzou) Robert Clardy (Marshfield/Southwest Baptist) Wes Kemp (St. Louis De Smet/Mizzou) Lance Crayton (Springfield Catholic/Missouri State) Steve Mayfield (Aurora) Landon Zerkel (Webb City/Missouri… Read more »
Elite 11- Class of 2017
CLASS OF 2017 Shannon Crouch (Seneca High School/Pittsburg State University) Mitch Espy (Marshfield High School/Missouri State) Mikael Cooper-Falls (Hillcrest High School/Missouri State) Jacob Hamon (Branson High School/Evangel University) Fred Harle (Raytown High School/Missouri State) Ryan Howerton (Lebanon High School/Lindenwood University/Mizzou) Shem Johnson (Parkview High School/Benedictine College/Indoor Football League) Eric Ramsey (Warsaw High School/Missouri Western University)… 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 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 »
Filbert Five – Class of 2015
CLASS of 2015 Men’s Team Chris Harville (Rogersville/Missouri State) Steven Hill (Branson/Arkansas) Sam Singh (Ozark/Bradley) Mark Sparks (Neosho/Mizzou/Drury) Kevin Williams (Nevada/Mizzou) Women’s team Sara Bos Barnhart (Billings/Drury) Laura Granzow Buetow (Kickapoo/Denver/Canisius) Terianne Wolford Brown (Nixa/Mizzou) Alyson Young Hooten (Rogersville/Avila) Anita Rank Oplotnik (Lincoln/Missouri Southern)
Greg Garton
Enshrinement: Greg Garton Greg Garton still remembers the very first basketball goals in his life – one that fell out of his dad’s truck on the way home from the store (it was fixed), and another in the driveway when he was in fourth grade. Man, he wore those out. “My father always worked with… Read more »