MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSIT Y
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HALL OF FAME Six standout student-athletes, a long-time coach and one of the unsung heroes of MSU athletics comprise the group recently inducted into the Missouri State University Athletics Hall of Fame. The 2013 Hall of Fame class: Mike McCarty – wrestling coach, 1965-72, inducted posthumously Jim Wright – MSU athletics game day events staffer, 1980-present Matt Caution – soccer player, 1993-97 Suzy Fortune – field hockey player, 1980-84 Cheasa Gibson – track and field athlete, 2001-04 Jason Hart – baseball player, 1995-98 Kari Koch – basketball player, 2002-06 Tracy Partain – track and field athlete, 2003-06 The class was inducted during events held the weekend of Feb. 1-2. The new inductees bring the total membership in the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame to 347. If you’re on campus and you’d like to see the entire membership of the Hall of Fame, visit the Legacy of Competition display in the east entry lobby of JQH Arena. Online, you can find a Hall of Fame interactive page as part of www.missouristatebears.com/. n
Jersey of Lady Bears Coach Burnett retired Legendary women’s basketball Coach Cheryl Burnett, who accumulated 319 wins in 15 years at the helm of the Lady Bears program from 1987-2002, was honored with a jersey retirement ceremony during the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame weekend. Burnett led the Lady Bears to NCAA Final Four appearances in 1992 and 2001, 10 NCAA Tournaments and won a total of nine regular-season conference championships and six conference tournament titles. She is now the fourth Lady Bears legend to have her jersey retired. Burnett’s jersey joins those of Jackie Stiles, Melody Howard and Jeanette Tendai, which all hang from a place of 1987-2002 prominence in JQH Arena. n
MISSOURI STATE PHOTO SERVICES
Eight inducted into University’s Athletics Hall of Fame in February
HEAD COACH
See video of Coach Burnett talking about what it means to have her jersey retired.
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Jordan Bond Track and Field
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Normal, Ill.
Jordan Bond will look to expand upon a strong 2012 campaign in which she helped the Bears to their Missouri Valley Conference indoor championship by tying for third in the finals of the high jump and claiming fifth in the finals of the triple jump. Bond, a versatile athlete who also competes in sprints, excels in the classroom and was named to the 2012 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team and 2011 MVC Honor Roll.
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Ashley Brentz Softball n Junior
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St. Louis, Mo.
Ashley Brentz is the Bears’ lone returning all-MVC first-teamer after an outstanding 2012 slate. The star second baseman led Missouri State in hitting (.304), hits (45), runs (24) and multi-hit games (11). Her 29 walks tied for the team lead and the fourth-highest single-season total in program history. A clutch two-out hitter (15 two-out hits), Brentz also hit .333 with runners in scoring position and stole seven bases in 2012.