Teamwork. That’s the way Jon Leamy describes the success of his career. The wins as Missouri State University’s longtime men’s soccer coach? Those were churned out by hard-working, dedicated players. The game plans? Developed by extremely committed, passionate coaches. And the longevity of the program? Credit the administration, from the presidents to the athletic directors… Read more »
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Randy Magers
In the 1960s in Springfield, you wouldn’t have found Randy Magers in his parents’ home other than to eat dinner, study and for bedtime. Instead, he and buddies rode bikes to Nichols Baseball Park on the city’s northwest side. Or, you could find Magers in his backyard, where his dad, Orville, had built a pitching… Read more »
Dr. Brian Mahaffey
The Mahaffeys are a baseball family. Professional career paths for family members have focused primarily on dentistry and medicine, but, make no mistake about it. The Mahaffeys are a baseball family. And so it is that Dr. Brian Mahaffey, a star baseball player for Missouri State University and then a team physician for 16 years… Read more »
Shaun Marcum
He grew up in a small town northeast of Kansas City, in a place crazy about sports, known as Excelsior Springs. So it’d be easy to call Shaun Marcum a dreamer. “I remember when I was 10 or 11 years old and myself and a few others from Excelsior that were on my travel team… Read more »
Tom Mast
He must have had a puzzled look on his face. A year after arriving as Springfield’s newest TV Sports Director, he got sent to Louisiana to cover what was anticipated to be Evangel University football’s first victory. Yet upon arriving to the field, well, we’ll let Tom Mast tell the rest of the story. “What… Read more »
Andy McDonald
One of the most respected of all Missouri State University sports figures, coach Andy McDonald, has served SMS for almost 50 years. He came to SMS from the University of Kansas and was the Bears’ basketball mentor from 1925 until 1950. During his 23 seasons at the Bruin helm, he coached in and won more… Read more »
McQueary Brothers Drug Company
McQueary Brothers Drug company was started in Springfield, MO in 1924 by brothers Les and Fred McQueary. A wholesale drug company, McQueary Brothers expanded from serving retail pharmacies in Missouri and Arkansas early in the company’s existence to serving pharmacies in 7 states across the Midwest. Les and Fred were avid sports fans and actively… Read more »
Mercy
Mercy is the 2012 John Q. Hammons Founder Award Recipient. As part of an integrated health system with more than 500 physicians and 10,000 co-workers, Mercy has been caring for the people of the Ozarks since 1891. Mercy is home to the region’s only Level I Trauma Center, a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,… Read more »
Dr. Harvey Michael
Dr. Harvey Michael was the team physician for Missouri State University for 18 years. He graduated from the Oklahoma School of Medicine in Oklahoma City in 1962, then moved to Springfield, Missouri in 1967 to set up his private practice at the Smith-Glynn-Callaway Clinic. He was also a member of the Green County Medical Society.… Read more »
Nyla Milleson
Up in north central Kansas, word reached a high school girls basketball coach that Glendale High School in Springfield, Missouri needed to fill the same role. This was 1992, weeks after Nyla Milleson had guided Junction City to a state third-place finish. Which already was quite a story. Seven years earlier, she had switched her… Read more »
Ivan Milton
Ivan Milton was the longest-tenured athletic trainer Missouri State University has had many noteworthy accomplishments in his nearly three-decade career on the Springfield campus, as he was influential the establishment and expansion of a number of training facilities and services. In his first year at Missouri State University, he opened and supplied the training room… Read more »
Missouri State Sugar Bears
Think the Missouri State Sugar Bears dance team can call a timeout in the middle of a routine? Not. At. All. “There are no second chances when it comes to performance sports,” said Emily Dryden, the current Sugar Bears head coach. “You don’t get another try to grab a rebound, a heavy hitter doesn’t step… Read more »
1987-2010 Missouri State University Handball Program
A program which started with very little fanfare back in 1987 has developed into one of the most nationally known, respected and feared handball teams in America today. With only six years of experience under its belt, Dr. Tommy Burnett’s MSU team captured its first National Team Championship in 1993, with the women taking first… Read more »
Missouri State University Football Teams of 1989 & 1990
The Missouri State University football program has a history that dates back to 1909. Over that time, the Bears have had some good teams, conference champions and as of December, a trip to the XBox Bowl, the school’s first-ever NCAA Division I bowl game. Looking back for more than 100 years, the team with the… Read more »
Missouri State University Women’s Handball Program
Back in his National Football League days with the New York Jets, Dr. Tommy Burnett and teammates played handball as a way to cross-train, given the way it enhanced hand-eye coordination, bi-lateral movement and more. So years later when he was the head of the Missouri State University Department of Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure… Read more »
Missouri State University Volleyball Program
Looking at the nearly endless banners in their home arena, it’s easy to assume it was always this way for the Missouri State University Volleyball Program. The reality, however, was that the Bears traveled there the hard way – and not just literally. In April 1970, 12 years after the program’s launch and having played… Read more »