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January 22, 2007

Missouri Hall of Fame To Honor MBU National Champions

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame will recognize several Missouri teams during its 2007 Enshrinement Ceremony on Sunday, February 11 who won National Championships during the 2006 season. Included in the ceremony will be MBU’s Indoor and Outdoor Women’s Track & Field Teams.

The MBU Track & Field Team won the NAIA National Championship in both Indoor and Outdoor competition in just their second year since being reinstated. MBU head coach, Vince Bingham, was recognized as both the NAIA Indoor and Outdoor National Coach of the Year. The Missouri Baptist University women's track & field team set a new NAIA Indoor Championship Meet record by accumulating a 172 team points at the 2006 SunTrust-NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships. Missouri Baptist's 172 team points broke the previous record of 149 points set by Jackson State (Miss.) at the first NAIA women's indoor meet held in 1981. Missouri Baptist University’s Outdoor Team used a sweep of the sprints to literally run away and win the 26th Annual NAIA Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The Spartans scored 126 points, 47 points ahead of the second place finisher, to claim their first-ever outdoor championship and in the process become the sixth school to sweep the NAIA women's indoor and outdoor titles in the same season.

The Missouri Sports Achievement Awards will be presented to the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals (World Series Champions), St. Louis native, Ryan Howard – Philadelphia, Phillies (2006 National League MVP), 2006 Lincoln University Women’s Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field Team (NCAA Division II National Champions), 2006 Drury University Men’s Swimming & Diving Team (NCAA Division II National Champions), 2006 Truman State University Women’s Swimming Team (NCAA Division II National Champions), 2006 College of the Ozarks Men’s Basketball Team (NAIA National Champions), 2006 Lindenwood University Men’s Indoor Track & Field Team (NAIA National Champions), 2006 Missouri Baptist Women’s Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field Team (NAIA National Champions), the 2006 Southwest Missouri Home School Lady Eagles Basketball Team (Class 5A National Champions) and Crush, women’s slow pitch class “D” softball team (2006 National Champions), Irl Robinson (2006-2007 Golf Clubmakers Association Worldwide Clubmaker of the Year), and the Riverview Bible Baptist High School Men’s Basketball Team in Forsyth, MO (2006 National Champions).

The Hall of Fame will also recognize a Special Olympics Missouri Hall of Fame inductee during its ceremony, which will be released at a later date.

Tickets for the Enshrinement event are limited. To reserve your seat today call (417) 889-3100. Tickets are $150 each and $1,500 for a table of 10. An afternoon reception will kick-off the events on Sunday afternoon with a reception at the Hall of Fame from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. The evening reception will get underway at 5:00 p.m. The ceremony will start at

6:00 p.m. and will conclude at 9:00 p.m.