75 years of MSSU Sports

Local runners show support for Boston in cross-country relay

After completing the Boston Marathon on April 15, Ashleigh Beyersdorfer made her way through the throngs of runners to retrieve the bag she had checked in and was on her way to meet up with her family when she heard the explosions.

75 years of MSSU Sports

Several Missouri Southern athletes return as coaches
Four current Missouri Southern head coaches and two assistants also played part of their college careers for the Lions.

June 5, 2013
Softball team built success on pitching, solid defense
Anyone who questions the caliber of the pitching and defense on Missouri Southern’s 1992 softball national championship team, check the scores.

May 17, 2013
Runner-up teams had similarities
Missouri Southern’s 1978 and 1991 baseball teams have a common thread.

May 11, 2013
MSSU, Joplin have shared facilities in times of need
Athletics in Joplin have come full circle during the last 75 years.

May 5, 2013
Humphrey Award honors top student-athletes at MSSU
There is no doubt that E.O. and Virginia Humphrey thought about others much more than they thought about themselves.

May 2, 2013
MSSU's sports medicine program started with shoestring budget
Missouri Southern’s sports medicine program has come a long way since it began 35 years ago.

April 27, 2013
Insomnia marks arrival of draft day for MSSU's Williams
Brandon Williams was hit by a big dose of reality on Tuesday night.

April 25, 2013
Joplin juco's mascot wasn't an instant hit
Apparently it took some time for the Joplin Junior College mascot’s name to catch on.

April 20, 2013
Gross, Redden played key roles with coverage
Laurel and Hardy. Abbott and Costello. Wendell and Don. Providing coverage first for Joplin Junior College and later Missouri Southern, Wendell Redden and Don Gross were lumped together. Appropriately, they were inducted together in the first Joplin Sports Hall of Fame class in 2001.

April 16, 2013
MSSU 75: Voters created county-wide junior college district
For 27 years the Joplin school district also carried the burden of financial support for Joplin Junior College.

April 13, 2013
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