Missouri Western junior shortstop Michael Schulze has been announced as a semifinalist for the inaugural Josh Willingham Award presented by College Baseball Lineup and D2BaseballNews.com. Schulze the MIAA Player of the Year leads the Griffons in hitting and is secone in the nation with a .456 average. He has set single season records for runs [...]
The Southeastern Conference announced matchups for the inaugural Big 12/SEC Challenge on Tuesday and Head Coach Frank Haith’s Tigers will host West Virginia at Mizzou Arena on Dec. 5. The inaugural Big 12/SEC Challenge (the event title will rotate to SEC/Big 12 Challenge in 2014) is a combination of existing games already scheduled along with [...]
Top basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins will play his college basketball at Kansas. The 6-foot-8 Toronto native signed a letter-of-intent Tuesday, choosing the Jayhawks over Kentucky, North Carolina and Florida State. The ceremony ended the frenzied pursuit of the Huntington Prep star, who averaged 23.4 points and 11.2 rebounds per game this season. Rather than turn [...]
Grant Fink added another recognition to his ever-growing repertoire on Wednesday as the first team All-MIAA selection was among 40 players named as a semifinalist for the 2013 Tino Martinez Award. The award is presented to the most outstanding player in DII college baseball. The annual honor is named after the former University of Tampa [...]
Missouri Western senior outfielder Maegan Roemmich earned her second All-Region team by being selected to the Daktronics All-Central Region First Team. Last week she was named to the NFCA All-Central Region Second Team and was a First Team All-MIAA performer this past season. Junior pitcher Jackie Bishop was selected to the second team after being [...]
For just the second time in school history the Missouri Western baseball team has earned an NCAA Division II Playoff Apperance. The Griffons will be the #4 seed and will play the #3 seed Southern Arkansas Muleriders in Mankato, Minn. There are 48 teams in the NCAA National Tournament with 20 atomatic bids and 28 [...]
The Missouri Western baseball team fell in the MIAA Championship 6-3 against the Missouri Southern Lions on Saturday afternoon. The Griffons had 10 hits and left 10 runners on base falling to 40-10 on the season. The Griffons will wait and see where they will be seeded in the NCAA National Tournament. The Griffons got [...]
The Missouri Western baseball team used a nine run third inning defeating the Missouri Southern Lions 12-2 in a run rule game. The Griffons forced a winner take all contest with the Lions which will start at 1:30 pm from Community America Ballpak. MWSU improved to 40-9 overall behind a complete game seven hitter from [...]
The Missouri Western baseball team advanced to the MIAA Championship game for the first time in school history with a 11-4 victory over the Pittsburg State Gorillas Friday. With the victory the Griffons improve to 39-9 overall and will have to beat the Missouri Southern Lions twice on Saturday with the first game starting at [...]
Northwest Missouri State Director of Athletics Mel Tjeerdsma announced Friday the hiring of Michael Smith as the seventh head coach in the history of Northwest women’s basketball. “I would like to thank President Jasinski and Athletic Director Mel Tjeerdsma for this wonderful opportunity to reconnect with Bearcat Nation,” Smith said. “I was blessed to be [...]