Support Griffon Athletics by joining the new and improved Gold Coat Victory Fund, which helps provide needed funding to keep our programs among the most competitive in NCAA Division II. By joining the GCVF, you’ll also have access to season tickets to Griffon sports, preferred parking opportunities, access to improved club areas at football and basketball, football sideline passes, fitness center access, social invites and much more. For more information, call David Lau at 816-271-5926 or e-mail lau@missouriwestern.edu. For a membership booklet or log on to gogriffons.com
Online ticketing will go live July 1 at gogriffons.com! Fans can purchase single game tickets, print your tickets out at home and avoid the long line at will call.
You can now buy athletics photos at gogriffons.com. The photo store features more than 2,500 images from all sports and other select events throughout the year. Sizes start at 4 x 6 and range all the way to 16 x 20 with prices beginning at $4.99. Show your Griffon pride!
The 10th annual Missouri Western Celebrity Golf Classic will be held June 4 at St. Joseph Country Club. This annual event benefits the YWCA shelter for abused and homeless women and children and Missouri Western athletics. The Hy-Vee Charity Social will be held the night before at the Culver Farm. For more information, contact David Lau at 816-271-5926 or e-mail at lau@missouriwestern.edu, or log on to gogriffons.com.
The 2012 football schedule has been released. This year’s schedule includes six home dates. Spratt Memorial Stadium will be the place to be this fall as the Griffons return 17 starters and have 26 seniors back from last year’s team who went 9-3 and the qualified for the NCAA Division II playoffs for the second consecutive season. Season tickets are on sale now and single game tickets will go on sale in July.
Doug Minnis, Missouri Western’s longtime baseball coach, took his place in the 2011 Missouri Sports Hall of Fame last fall. Doug was one of eight inductees. He started Missouri Western’s baseball program in 1969, and won 682 games in his 30 years as coach. Last spring, Missouri Western unveiled a plaque in his name that hangs at the baseball stadium in the Spring Sports Complex.
