Born in East St. Louis, Illinois and playing college ball with the Missouri Tigers and professionally with the San Diego Chargers, Winslow is widely recognized as one of the greatest tight ends in the history of the game. An All-American at Mizzou, Winslow went on to lead the NFL in receptions in 1980 and 1981,… Read more »
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Team: University of Missouri
Amadee Wohlschlaeger
Nationally, Amadee achieved stature as a sports cartoonist as he spent a half-century drawing St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s wisecracking Page One tradition, The Weatherbird. drawing skills and humor provided portrait likenesses and humorous sports-page editorials. For years, the artist drew first-page cartoons weekly for The Sporting News. For more than 30 years, he provided the color… Read more »
Pete Woods
The greatest upset in University of Missouri football history? For many, it remains Sept. 25 1976, a last-minute, 22-21 victory on the road against none other than Woody Hayes’ No. 2-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. The man who engineered the offense that afternoon remembers it – and the night before – like it was yesterday. Who… Read more »
Melinda Wrye-Washington
It’s amazing how the encouragement of one coach can plant the tiniest seed in the mind a young athlete, who not only finds inspiration but goes on to give back to the game. For Melinda Wrye-Washington, her love for the sport of volleyball took root in the middle school of Eldon, where varsity volleyball coach… Read more »
2016 Class Wynn Awards
CLASS OF 2016 (Inaugural Class) Marjorie (DeMarino) Bankovich — Missouri State University Monique (Willcut) Begley — Camdenton High School Angie (Bullock) Homeyer — Springfield Catholic High School Angela (Beckett) Johnson — Monett High School Julie Martin –– Springfield angler Kerry (Speaker) North — Lebanon High School/University of Missouri Jamie Vest — Stoutland High School/Missouri State… Read more »
2022 Class – Wynn Awards
CLASS of 2022 Neely Burkhart — Joplin High School/Missouri Southern State University) Teri Steer Cantwell — Olympic shot putter and former University of Missouri track & field assistant coach Julie O’Dell Griffith — Logan-Rogersville High School/Evangel University Chelsea Dirks-Ham — Missouri State University Amanda Hoenes — Branson High School/United States Marines Corps/Colorado State University Kim… 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
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 »
Ashley Wysong
This could have been a completely different story. Of a kid who grew up in snowy Colorado who might have become a name in downhill skiing, perhaps in the Olympics. However, in the eighth grade, Ashley Wysong moved home to the southwest Missouri town of Nevada. “I’ve learned that everything in life happens for a… Read more »