In the immediate years following passage of federal Title IX legislation – the 1972 law which created athletic opportunities for girls and women in public schools and universities – one thing was abundantly clear: Much work remained for competitors to be taken seriously. Fortunately, Patty Vavra was among those who led the way. When she… Read more »
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Year: 2018
Jason Whittle
Talk about living a dream. In 1998, three games into an improbable National Football League career, Jason Whittle found himself in a New York Giants uniform and about to play his boyhood team, the Dallas Cowboys – all on ABC’s Monday Night Football. “There’s no way I should have been playing in the NFL,” said… 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 »
2018 Class – Wynn Awards
CLASS OF 2018 Shelley Seider Davis (Rich Hill High School/Pittsburg State University) Brianne McGuirk Madura (Missouri State University) Lorin Opfer –– Glendale High School Alix Opfer — Glendale High School Kasey Opfer — Glendale High School Brenda Hayes Raynor (Branson High School/Missouri State University) Trudi Spain (Missouri State University) Dana Ozbun Stillwagon (Doniphan High School/Southwest… Read more »