COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou football saw senior standouts Evan Boehm (Lee’s Summit, Mo.) and Kentrell Brothers (Guthrie, Okla.) land on more preseason award watch lists on Friday (July 10). Boehm earned a spot on the Outland Trophy Watch List, which honors the nation’s top interior lineman (offense and defense). Brothers is now up for the Bronco Nagurski Award, which honors the top defensive player in the college football.

Boehm started all 14 games a season ago, anchoring an offensive line that was a key cog in an 11-3 season and a second consecutive SEC East Championship. He has started 40 consecutive games across the Mizzou offensive line, dating back to the 2012 season before shifting to the center spot full time in 2013. Boehm was a First Team Freshman All-American by College Football News at left guard in 2012. This is the second major award watch list that Boehm has landed on this summer after being named to the Rimington Watch List Wednesday.

The Outland Trophy winner is chosen from three finalists who are a part of the FWAA All-America Team. The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the entire membership, selects the 26-man first team and eventually the three Outland finalists. Committee members, then by individual ballot, select the winner. Only interior linemen on offense or defense are eligible for the award; ends are not eligible.

Brothers, the SEC’s top returning tackler from a season ago, is on the Bednarik Watch List for the first time in his career. The Bednarik Award has been presented to the College Defensive Player of the Year since 1995. Brothers accounted for 122 total tackles in 2015 (62 solo, 60 assists) while totaling 5.0 tackles-for-loss, four pass break-ups and a team-leading three forced fumbles. He started all 14 games a season ago and was an All-SEC Second Team pick by the Associated Press. This is Brothers’ second major watch list this summer after earning a spot on the Bednarik Award Watch List Tuesday.

The Bronko Nagurski Trophy winner will be chosen from five finalists who are part of the 2014 FWAA All-America Team. The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the association’s entire membership, selects the 26-man All-America Team and eventually the Nagurski finalists. Committee members, then by individual ballot, select the winner, the best defensive player in college football during the FWAA’s 75th anniversary year.

The annual Bronko Nagurski Trophy Banquet, presented by ACN, will be held on Dec. 7 at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte. In addition to the 2015 Bronko Nagurski Trophy winner’s announcement, the banquet will also celebrate the recipient of the Bronko Nagurski Legends Award, sponsored by the CTC and Florida East Coast Railway. Ohio State’s Randy Gradishar, a member of the FWAA’s 1973 All-America team and a College Football Hall of Famer, will be honored.

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Maxwell Football Club announced its preseason 2015 Maxwell Award and Bednarik Award Watch Lists on Tuesday (July 7) and a trio of Mizzou Football standouts were represented. Senior LB Kentrell Brothers (Guthrie, Okla.) was named to the 21st Annual Bednarik Award Watch List, while senior RB Russell Hansbrough (Arlington, Texas) and junior QB Maty Mauk (Kenton, Ohio) each earned a spot on the 79th Annual Maxwell Award Watch List.

Brothers, the SEC’s top returning tackler from a season ago, is on the Bednarik Watch List for the first time in his career. The Bednarik Award has been presented to the College Defensive Player of the Year since 1995. Brothers accounted for 122 total tackles in 2015 (62 solo, 60 assists) while totaling 5.0 tackles-for-loss, four pass break-ups and a team-leading three forced fumbles. He started all 14 games a season ago and was an All-SEC Second Team pick by the Associated Press.

Hansbrough and Mauk, who combine to give Mizzou the most productive returning backfield in the SEC in 2015, both land on the Maxwell Award Watch List. The Maxwell Award, named in honor of Robert W. “Tiny” Maxwell, has been given to America’s College Player of the Year since 1937.

A veteran tailback who has rushed for nearly 2,000 yards in his Mizzou career, Hansbrough is on the Maxwell Award Watch List for the first time in his career. He led Mizzou with his first 1,000-yard season in 2014, totaling 1,084 yards, a mark that ranked sixth in the SEC despite starting just three games – he was also seventh in the SEC in rush yards per game. He was SEC Offensive Player of the Week and National Tailback of the Week following a 199-yard outburst at Texas A&M, the 10th-best single-game rush total in program history.

Mauk, a dual-threat playmaker, has won 14 of the 18 games he has started at quarterback in his career and gives Mizzou one of the most seasoned signal callers in the nation this season. He started all 14 games a season ago and threw for 2,648 total yards and 25 touchdowns. He also rushed for 373 yards and two more scores. In 2014, he was sixth in the SEC in total offense and closed the season with seven consecutive games with a passer rating of 100.0 or better. He is sixth in program history with his 36 career TD tosses.

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou freshman righty Tanner Houck (Collinsville, Ill.) earned his third Freshman All-America honor on Monday (June 29), being named a D1Baseball.com Second Team Freshman All-American. Houck was named a Freshman All-American by both Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Baseball America earlier this summer. He is the first Freshman All-American at Mizzou since 2007 and the first Tiger pitcher to be named a Freshman All-American since 2002.

Houck put together one of the best freshman seasons in Mizzou baseball history. His eight wins are the most by a Tiger freshman since Kyle Gibson (a former first-round draft pick) in 2007 and his 100.2 innings are the most ever by a Tiger freshman under Tim Jamieson. At the end of the regular season, he had thrown more innings than any other freshman in the country. He compiled a 3.49 ERA on the season, striking out 91 batters over 100.2 innings while walking just 12 in 15 starts as a freshman.

Houck was named to the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List and was an All-SEC Freshman Team honoree earlier this season. He helped Mizzou defeat three top-five teams – No. 6 South Carolina, No. 4 Florida and No. 1 Texas A&M – earning wins in two of those three starts. Houck is spending his summer with USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team, where he currently leads the team in innings pitched and a 7-1 strikeout-walk ratio in 8.2 innings pitched. He is limiting batters .219 on the summer.

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TULSA, Okla. – University of Tulsa Head Basketball Coach Frank Haith announced Monday the addition of former Missouri standout Kim English as Director of Player Development for the Golden Hurricane.

English played at Missouri from 2008-12, including his senior season for Haith. He has spent the last three years playing professional basketball – one with the Detroit Pistons, and two overseas.

English was drafted with the 44th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons. He played in 41 games during the 2012-13 season, and spent most of the last two years playing basketball overseas.

“I am so excited to be welcoming Kim English to our staff,” Haith said. “Kim was a tremendous player for me at Missouri and was someone Michael Schwarz and I heavily recruited while we were at Miami. Kim made himself into an NBA Draft pick his senior season because of his relentless work ethic and mind for our game and that’s why he will be so successful in the coaching profession. Kim has been preparing himself to become a coach over the past several years, including our time together at Missouri, on through his time with the Detroit Pistons. He was a highly-coveted young coach this spring and I cannot wait for our team, our administration and our community to get to know Kim and his future wife, Jessica.”

English averaged 11.1 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals during his four-year career at Missouri. He totaled 1,570 points, ranking 13th in program history. He earned third-team All-Big 12 honors in 2010 and 2012, and was named to the USA Today All-Improved Team and the USBWA All-District Team in 2010.

In 2012, English averaged 14.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.3 steals, and ranked fifth in the Big 12 with 78 3-point field goals, while leading Missouri to a 30-5 record and a berth in the NCAA Tournament in Haith’s first season. He was named Most Outstanding Player of the Big 12 Tournament, averaging 23.0 points and shooting 78 percent during the Tigers’ championship run. He scored 10.0 points with 3.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.2 steals as a junior in 2011. He led the Tigers in scoring as a sophomore in 2009-10 with a 14.0 average, while adding 3.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals per contest.

After his time with the Pistons, English played basketball in Europe, including stints with Montepaschi Siena in Italy, and Chorale Roanne Basket, Nancy Basket and Cholet Basket in France, and most recently Guaros De Lara BBC in Venezuela. He also spent time with the Orlando Magic summer league squad in 2014, and was invited to the Chicago Bulls training camp in 2014.

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou women’s basketball head coach Robin Pingeton announced on Thursday that former standout guard Morgan Eye will remain with the program as a graduate student manager. Eye, the 2013 Southeastern Conference Co-6th Woman of the Year, recently completed her eligibility and holds the program records for career, season and single-game 3-pointers.

“We are thrilled that Morgan will be joining our staff,” Pingeton said. “She has played a vital role in helping us build a strong foundation to elevate our women’s basketball program. She is a leader on and off the court, and we are blessed that she will continue to be around our program on a daily basis. Her second-to-none work ethic and passion for the game is matched by few.”

During her Mizzou career, Eye saw action in 127 games (84 starts), averaging 10.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per contest. She scored in double figures more than 50 times and connected on a school-record 367 shots from beyond the arc, which is 141 more than any other player in program history. In May, she graduated with a degree in Marketing from the Trulaske College of Business. She will be pursuing a master’s degree in Educational, School and Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Positive Coaching.

“Being a part of this program has been life-changing for me,” Eye said. “The relationships that I have built make me want to be the best that I can be every single day. I am blessed that Coach Pingeton has given me the opportunity to continue to be a part of building this program. I am beyond excited to be mentored by an amazing coaching staff who will be able to equip me with what I need to become an influential basketball coach in the future. My heart is with this group of girls on this team, this coaching staff and with Mizzou. I can’t wait to continue my journey here.”

As a senior in 2014-15, Eye led the SEC with 84 made 3-pointers. She finished her career just 38 triples shy of the NCAA career record. Following the season, she was invited to participate in the State Farm College Women’s 3-Point Championship.

Eye finished second nationally with an average of 3.48 treys per game and sixth in the NCAA with 106 triples as a junior. During her sophomore season, she set a program record with 112 shots from long range and led the country with an average of 3.5 per game.

The Montrose, Missouri, native tied a WNIT record with nine 3-pointers in a second round victory at Kansas State on March 22. She set a single-game program record with 11 triples for a career-best 33 points vs. Auburn on Jan. 6, 2013.

Eye began her duties with the Mizzou coaching staff on Monday. She is also the recipient of an NCAA Women’s Enhancement Program postgraduate scholarship for careers in athletics. As part of the program, she is attending the NCAA Career in Sports Forum taking place June 4-7 at the NCAA national office in Indianapolis, Indiana. The educational event brings together 200 student-athletes to assist in charting sports careers.

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri and Head Baseball Coach Tim Jamieson have reached an agreement, as announced Wednesday by Director of Athletics Mack Rhoades. Jamieson’s base salary will remain the same, but the program will receive a budget increase to further aid the program’s growth.

“We are pleased Tim will continue to lead our program,” Rhoades said. “This year’s team made encouraging progress and we look forward to moving the program forward with the current roster of talented, young student-athletes in addition to the highly-regarded young men joining our program next year.  We are committed to investing in our program and student-athletes in order to increase our competitiveness in the premier baseball conference in the country.  Coach Jamieson led our program to high levels of success in the past and we anticipate the same in the future. Tim manages his program with great integrity and represents Mizzou in a first-class manner.”

“First, I want to express my gratitude to Mack and the rest of our administration for having confidence in my staff and I as we continue to improve our program alongside the best in the nation in the SEC,” Jamieson said. “We are coming off of a year that is more reflective of the success we saw throughout our tenure in the Big 12 and we will continue to get better as we take on the challenges of competing in the SEC. The commitment Mack and the administration have made to our program is reflected in the increase in our budget and I am beyond grateful to them for helping give us the resources we need to be even more successful in the SEC.”

Jamieson’s Tigers are coming off of a third-place finish in the SEC East Division after going 15-15 in SEC play with a starting lineup that featured as many as six underclassmen, including four true freshmen. Nearly half of the team’s offensive production came from underclassmen in 2015. Mizzou exceeded the expectations of nearly every national pundit in 2015, earning its most conference wins since 2009 while winning six of 10 SEC weekend series and ranking as high as No. 14 nationally. The Tigers also boasted five wins over top-10 teams while playing the nation’s fourth-most difficult schedule according to D1Baseball.com. Three players – junior Breckin Williams and freshmen Tanner Houck and Trey Harris – earned All-SEC honors in 2015 as well.

Jamieson, the 2007 Big 12 Coach of the Year, has helped take Mizzou baseball to new heights in his 21 seasons, winning 30 or more games in 15 of those seasons. He took Mizzou to nine NCAA Regionals, including seven consecutive seasons from 2003-09. He is the dean of Mizzou’s coaches, boasting the longest tenure of any of Mizzou’s varsity coaches and has won 672 games in his career at Mizzou (32 wins per season average).

Not only have Jamieson’s teams achieved tremendous success, but he has a knack for developing talent and recruiting top-notch athletes to Mizzou. Six former players under Jamieson made the 40-man, opening day rosters in Major League Baseball this season, including three who have been named All-Stars in their careers – Max Scherzer (Washington Nationals), Ian Kinsler (Detroit Tigers) and Aaron Crow (Miami Marlins). Scherzer, Crow and current Minnesota Twins starter Kyle Gibson have all been drafted in the first round of the MLB First Year Player Draft as well.

In 2014, Jamieson’s squad boasted a 981 academic progress rate (APR), the top APR in the SEC and followed that up by ranking fifth in the SEC in this year’s APR rankings. Since 2006, 100 percent of Mizzou baseball players who have exhausted their eligibly have graduated under Jamieson’s direction. In addition, drafted juniors such as current assistant Hunter Mense and current graduate assistant Trevor Coleman have come back to earn their degrees from Mizzou following their professional careers while working alongside Jamieson as coaches.

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