When New Haven High School offered its head boys basketball job to Ray Steinhoff, he threw everybody a curve. “I didn’t think I was ready and turned it down,” said Steinhoff, 25 at the time. “Fortunately, the superintendent didn’t give me a choice. I still remember his words: ‘If you don’t take it now, I’ll… Read more »
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Year: 2019
Jeff Suppan
They called him “Soup,” and he approached hitters the way a mechanic restores a vintage vehicle. That is, with patience, thinking and creativity. No, Jeff Suppan didn’t throw fastballs that left vapor trails. Instead, when the sun set on his 17-year career in Major League Baseball, he offered a comment that every up-and-coming athlete ought… Read more »
Mike Tyree
He enjoyed a coaching career that many only dream of, with banners on display in the high school gym, a trophy case out in the school lobby and a lifetime of memories. And yet Mike Tyree will tell you that it wasn’t about him in his tenure as the volleyball coach at St. Francis Borgia… Read more »
Ray Wageman
He was the perfect example of two sayings in life, that age is only a number and that it’s never too late to start a hobby. In fact, as Ray Wageman once told the Springfield newspaper that he once worked for, “I got started playing tennis when I was 57. Then I got to running… Read more »
Webb City High School Softball Program
Just beyond the backstop of the softball field stands a press box with lists of team accomplishments. One sign screams “State Champions 2004 32-0” while others celebrate the 2007 state title and numerous other seasons. And to think that, gulp, it almost never happened at all for the Webb City High School Softball Program. The… Read more »
West Plains High School Cross Country Program
They run in candy-stripe shorts not for show but to challenge themselves to maintain a standard and then, in the truest meaning of the word team, they don’t leave a teammate behind – even during the most important race of the year. In simple terms, this is why the West Plains High School Cross Country… 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 »
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 »