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Filbert Five – Class of 2011

CLASS of 2011 The Lauries of Springfield The Howards of Marshfield The DeGraffenreids of Bolivar The Combs of Bradleyville The Andersons of Sedalia

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 »

Filbert Five – Class of 2016

CLASS OF 2016 Women’s Team Kayli Combs Price (Branson/College of the Ozarks) Tag Morris (Blue Eye/Evangel) Bethany Creed (Ash Grove/Drury) Casey Garrison Powell (Bolivar/Missouri State) Kami Scrivner Eddington (Mount Vernon/Pittsburg State) Men’s Team Daniel Cutbirth (Hurley/Evangel) Tim Brown (Rogersville/Drury) Corey Stone (Reeds Spring/College of the Ozarks) Junior Roweton (Halfway/SBU/Drury) Tim West (Skyline/State Fair juco/Nebraska)

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)

William Fontleroy

He’ll be remembered forever for The Dunk. The one against in-state rival Mizzou. The one that rocket-propelled the Missouri State Bears to an incredible run to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. However, William Fontleroy was more than just that one early season play. In fact, he was more than just happy to be… Read more »

Wayne Fredrick

You look at the track record of success now and assume he was born with a golf club in hand, that he spent every summer day of his teens fine-tuning his short game all before dominating in college. But … “Coming out of high school,” Wayne Fredrick said, “I wasn’t very good.” Then, in the… Read more »

Joanie French

Every athlete has their favorite memory and, when Joanie French talks about hers, it’s almost too good to be true. In 1974, at age 17, there she was playing shortstop for Big Blue in the Women’s State fastpitch softball tournament against Foremost Dairy, known as Springfield’s best travel squad full of coaches and collegians. With… Read more »

Winston Garland

Garland, a Gary, Indiana native, turned down a scholarship offer to play for the Indiana Hoosiers and coach Bobby Knight in 1985. He also stiff-armed Jerry Tarkanian’s UNLV Runnin’ Rebels on the recruiting trail, among others. However, Garland took a chance after he and his parents forged a tremendous connection with Coach Charlie Spoonhour, a down-home personality who… Read more »

Daryel Garrison

In the early 1970s, having helped his Kansas City high school to success, Daryel Garrison couldn’t believe it. An assistant coach from Missouri State University had stopped by the local summer playground to see about talent. It turned out that Charlie Spoonhour (MSHOF Legend 2019), years before his folksy humor and basketball success won over… Read more »

Dr. Bernard Griesemer

He grew up on a family farm near Billings in southwest Missouri, eventually headed off to St. Louis University to become a doctor and found his way back close to home, in Springfield. For Dr. Bernard Griesemer, the field of sports medicine grabbed him by the stethoscope in 1980. That’s when Dr. Lee Vensel left… Read more »

Keith Guttin

Underdogs are easy to appreciate. They scrap, fight the good fight and never take anything for granted. When they win, our tears are tears of joy for them. Keith Guttin was that way as a baseball player and, when hired to lead the Missouri State Bears some 32 years ago, it turned out to be… Read more »

Art Hains

He used to act as a broadcaster on his buddies’ Strat-O-Matic games, even practiced in the basement of his parents’ home and, one day, walked into the radio station in his hometown of Marshall. Before long, Art Hains made his radio debut at – get this – age 17. “I’ve always said that I was… Read more »

Art Hains

There’s no other way to say it. He was on his death bed, stricken by a severe case of West Nile virus. Doctors sent him to one hospital after another, and friends back home in the Ozarks feared the worst as news reports and social media updates scrolled across their smartphones. This was the fall… Read more »