CLASS OF 2018 Clint Anderson (Willard High School, Crowder College & Charleston Southern University baseball) Nolan Fogle (Plato High School baseball & USSSA/ASA/NSA softball) Tina Ruble Helm (Lebanon High School & Southwest Baptist University softball) Jamie Holmes (Republic High School, Crowder College & Columbia College softball) Greg Lindstrom (Glendale High School & University of Missouri baseball),… Read more »
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Team: Willard High School
2016 Class- Diamond Nine
CLASS OF 2016 Marin Whorton Cooney (Ozark) Sophia Alexander Denning (Strafford/Drury) Bob Detherage (Hillcrest/Royals) Bill Helfrecht (Glendale/Missouri State) Brent Maggard (Sparta/Crowder/Southern Arkansas) Kristen Marshall (Glendale/William Jewell) Troy McMain (Willard) Christian Overstreet (Nixa/Missouri State) Tom Wilson (Bolivar/Detroit Tigers)
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 »
Lori Endicott-Vandersnick
Lori Endicott Vandersnick, who attended Willard High School and helped the volleyball team win the 1981 Missouri state championship, helped the United States to the bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics. In high school, she was an all-conference selection in 1982, 1983, and 1984. She also played basketball and was All-State in the sport in… 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 »
John Hartley
He played in the Kiwanis youth baseball league of Springfield, continued on in to high school and college, too, and eventually found his calling as a coach. Which helps explain why you’ll always find John Hartley smiling at a baseball field. In fact, ask him why he loves the game so much, and his response… Read more »
Mike McClure
You don’t spend nearly 40 years broadcasting local high school and college sports if you don’t love what you do. And Monett’s Mike McClure has had a love affair with sports since he was a young boy. McClure caught the broadcasting bug as a youngster by listening to Jack Buck (MSHOF 1980) call Cardinals games… Read more »
Joe Naegler
You could call him the man under the hood, the engine builder whose work helped so many – especially one of the Ozarks’ greats – win checkered flags and earn high-fives as well as praise. In other words, you can’t talk about stock car racing in the Ozarks without talking about Joe Naegler. “I went… Read more »
Jason Pyrah
Willard, Mo., native Jason Pyrah is no stranger to Halls of Fame or track and field championships. He is a five-time high school track All-American and a six-time Missouri track champion (800, 1,600, and 3,200 meters). He still holds two Missouri state records, and in 1987 ran the faster mile of ANY high school athlete in… Read more »
1980-1983 Era Willard High School Volleyball
Willard High School volleyball has spent the last 40 years forging an identity as one of the top volleyball programs in the state. That period of excellence began with the 1980-1983 teams. During those four seasons, Willard reached the state Final Four three times, winning the program’s first state championship in 1981. Future Olympian and… 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)