Hall of Famer Newsletter - June 2023

JUNE 2023

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VOL. 24

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ISSUE 3

SPORTS COMMISSION AWARDS SET FOR JUNE 20 Nearly 200 student-athletes and 10 teams from southwest Missouri high schools will be honored this summer during the 11h annual Sports Commission Awards. Sponsored by Ellio Lodging, the ceremony is set for Tuesday, June 20 at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds in Springfield. Doors open at 6 p.m., with the awards show to begin at 7 p.m.

Athletes will be recognized in tennis, golf, swimming and diving, cross country, so ball, soccer, volleyball, football, wrestling, basketball, track and field, and baseball. Sports offered to girls and boys are split into their respec ve categories.

Football has finalists for offensive skill posions, defense and linemen. Wrestling will include lower weights and upper weights.

New this year will be an Emerging Sports category featuring bass fishing, bowling,

boys volleyball, Esports and target shoo ng.

A Spirit category of cheerleading, dance and marching band also will be recognized. In both categories, one winner will be chosen.

Addi onally, the Sports Commission Awards also will feature finalists for boys and girls Teams of the Year and Athletes of the Year, along with Performance of the Year. The SCAs also will highlight Inspira on Awards.

All finalists for fall and winter sports can now be found at www.mosportshalloffame.com, and spring sports will be announced in the coming weeks.

Sponsorship tables of eight are $350, while individual ckets are $50 in advance, or $60 at the door. Numerous sponsorships also are available, as well as congratulatory ads for the event program. Call the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame at 417-889-3100.

Riley Arnold - Blue Eye 2022 Girls Athlete of the Year

MSHOF Excited for Annual Springfield Golf & Bingo Bash Join the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame for our annual two-day event – the Bingo Bash & Auc on Party and Springfield Celebrity Golf Classic, Sunday and Monday, June 4-5 at Oasis Hotel & Conven on Center and Highland Springs Country Club.

Golf will be a two-day affair, with a morning round on Sunday, June 5 followed by two rounds on Monday, June 5. Team spots are s ll available. Call (417) 889-3100 to sign up!

In between the golfing, get ready for the start of summer at the Bingo Bash & Auc on Party at Oasis. The event will feature both a silent and live auc on, chef-prepared small plates and a chance to win $1,000 cash in Blackout

Bingo. Enjoy complimentary Budweiser and Coca-Cola products. The event is free and open to all Springfield Celebrity Golf team members.

All live auc on items will be available for viewing at www.Bidpal.net/BingoBash23. To preview the items or bid, simply sign up and start clicking!

Among the live auc on items is a Patrick Mahomes Super Bowl LVII autographed football.

For more informa on, call the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame at (417) 889-3100.

COME GOLF WITH US IN 2023!

June 4-5 • Springfield Celebrity Golf Classic June 12 • Cardinals Care Pro-Am* June 14 • Shoeless Joe Golf Classic July 5 • H2Ozarks Water Watch Golf Classic July 10 • Golfing for Justice Pro-Am* July 11 • The Discovery Center Pro-Am* July 12 • Bryan Properties Nighttime Golf Classic* July 14 • Bryan Properties Junior Pro-Am* July 15 • Integrity Pro-Am* July 17 • SRC Pro-Am* July 18 • Silver Dollar City Pro-Am* July 19 • Price Cutter Pro-Am* August 27-28 • Stan Musial Championship

H2Ozarks Golf Classic Join us on Wednesday, July 5 for the 12th annual H2Ozarks Golf Classic presented by Country Mart at Buffalo Ridge Golf Course in Branson!

H2Ozarks is a nonprofit organiza on that works to preserve the water quality of upper White River watershed, located in Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas.

A foursome is $1,000 and includes greens & cart fees, gi packages for each player, and on-course signage for team sponsors. Prizes will be awarded to 1st & 2nd place teams in each of three flights.

Other sponsorship opportuni es include: • Tournament Sponsor • Green Sponsor • Raffle Sponsor • Hole Sponsors • Print Adver sement Sponsors • Banner Sponsors For more informa on, call H2Ozarks at (417) 739-5001 or the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame at (417) 889-3100.

For more information, call (417) 889-3100 *-Price Cutter Charity Championship event

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***CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS*** Meet the Staff Byron Shive ................................... CEO & Execu ve Director Kari Norris................................. Vice President of Marke ng Taylor Frederich .................................Director of Opera ons Kary Booher ...................................Director Media Rela ons Cris Belvin ................................ Director of Communica ons Derek Wilson .....................Director of Facility Management Noah Tucker.................................. Social Media Coordinator Jack Pi s .................................. Adminstra ve Support Spec.

Dale Wi e........................................................... Accountant

THE HALL OF FAMER

The Hall of Famer is a publica on of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organiza on. The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1994 in Springfield, Mo., to be a marvelous state treasure, dedicated to the celebra on and preserva on of Missouri’s excep oonal sports heritage.

Upcoming Hall of Fame Events JUNE 4 • Springfield Beach Bingo Bash & Auc on Oasis Hotel & Conven on Center 5 • Springfield Celebrity Golf Classic presented by Great Southern Bank Highland Springs Country Club 7 • HOF Spring Sports Luncheon Ozark Empire Fairgrounds 20 • Sports Commission Awards Ozark Empire Fairgrounds

JULY 5 • H2Ozarks Golf Classic presented by Country Mart Buffalo Ridge Golf Course AUGUST 27-28 • Stan Musial Hall of Fame Championship presented by Landau Pontoons Old Kinderhook Resort, Golf Club & Spa

2023 PCCC EVENTS SCHEDULE 12 • Cardinals Care Pro-Am Milwood Golf & Racquet Club

14 • THE ULTIMATE Banquet presented by Ridewell Suspension Systems Highland Springs Country Club

21 • Price Cu er Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper Highland Springs Country Club

27 • Sponsor’s Recep on BIGSHOTS Golf

15 • Ozarks Teen Challenge Run of Hope McCauley Park (Nixa)

28 • Pitch, Chip & Pu Qualifier presented by MGA Oscar Blum Golf Course

15 • Integrity Pro-Am LedgeStone Country Club

22 • Price Cu er Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper Sponsored by Ozarks Teen Challenge Highland Springs Country Club

JULY

17 • SRC Pro-Am Highland Springs Country Club

JUNE

10 • Golfing for Jus ce Pro-Am Millwood Golf & Racquet Club 10 • Michele Kiser Women’s Golf Clinic & Fashion Show presented by Adver sing Plus Highland Springs Country Club 11 • Discovery Center Women’s Pro-Am Millwood Golf & Racquet Club

18 • Silver Dollar City Pro-Am Buffalo Ridge Golf Course 18 • FCA Game Day Highland Springs Country Club

12 • Bryan Proper es Nigh me Golf Classic Fremont Hills Country Club 13 • PCCC Golf Ball & Charity Auc on presented by Atrium & CPI Technologies EXPO

17 • Pitch, Chip & Pu Finals presented by MGA Highland Springs Country Club

19 • Price Cu er Pro-Am (Morning & A ernoon) Highland Springs Country Club 20 • Price Cu er Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper Highland Springs Country Club

14 • Bryan Proper es Junior Pro-Am Rivercut Golf Course

Hall of Fame Spotlight On....

TYLER HANSBROUGH Poplar Bluff na ve Tyler Hansbrough, who was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame last February, will be enshrined into the Na onal Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on August 30 in Chicago.

The unanimous 2008 Na onal Player of the Year at North Carolina, Hansbrough is the Atlan c Coast Conference’s all- me leading scorer, the fourth-leading scorer in NCAA Tournament history, the NCAA’s all- me record-holder in free throws made and the only ACC player to lead his team in scoring and rebounding in all four seasons.

He is also the only four- me All-American in ACC history.

From 2005-09 he led Carolina to a 120-22 record, three No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, three ACC regular season- tles, two ACC Tournament championships, two NCAA regional tles and Final Four berths and the 2009 NCAA championship.

He will be inducted August 30 in Chicago as part of a class that includes Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and Johnny Dawkins, Jefferson University coach Herb Magee and the late talent scout Tom Konchalski, who directed the Five-Star Basketball Camp.

23 • Price Cu er Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper GO BLUE FOR AUTISM presented by The Arc of the Ozarks Championship Sunday Highland Springs Country Club

In Memoriam...

Former Mexico High School track & field head coach Ron Whi aker passed away on May 12. He was 80.

Former Pi sburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals great Dick Groat died on April 27 in Pi sburgh, Pa. He was 92.

Whi aker and the Mexico Track & Field 1974-79 Era were inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in Columbia last November. The Mexico teams won state championships in 1975, 1976 and 1977.

A 2012 inductee into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, Groat was named Na onal League Most Valuable Player in 1960 with the Pirates a er leading the NL with a .325 ba ng average. The Pirates defeated the Yankees in the World Series, winning on a memorable walk-off home run by Bill Mazeroski.

A member of the Missouri Track & Field Coaches Hall of Fame, Whi aker was a four- me Missouri state track coach of the year, and an MSHSAA track & field and cross country official for 37 years. He served as head official for the 2021 SEC Cross Country championships.

At the end of his baseball career, Groat ranked ninth in major league history in games at shortstop (1,877) and fourth in double plays (1,237), and was among the NL career leaders in putouts (10th, 3,505), assists (8th, 5,811) and total chances (9th, 9,690).

Long me St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist Rick Hummel died on May 20 in St. Louis. He was 77.

Also an excellent basketball player, he a ended Duke University, where he was a two- me All-American and was voted as the Helms Na onal Player of the Year in 1952 a er averaging 25.2 points per game. He played one season as a guard in the NBA.

One of the most respected journalists in baseball, Hummel was so popular with his colleagues that they dubbed him “The Commish”.

In 2011 Groat was inducted into the Na onal College Baseball Hall of Fame, becoming the first man ever inducted into both the college basketball and college baseball halls of fame.

A 1968 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Hummel began working at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1971. He covered 42 MLB All-Star games and 35 World Series.

In November 1962, the Pirates traded Groat to the Cardinals.

Hummel was inducted into the writer’s wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY on July 29, 2007.

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Groat was deeply hurt by the trade, having hoped to become a coach and eventually manager a er re ring, and severed all contact with the team un l a 1990 reunion of the 1960 champions. He had another outstanding year in 1963, finishing fourth in the league with a .319 ba ng average – just seven points behind champion Tommy Davis — and collec ng 201 hits. He was the runner-up in the MVP vo ng, behind Sandy Koufax.