World Cup Adventure For Missouri State Bears Recruit

Michelle Mayne-Nichols with Dad at World Cup 2010

Michelle Mayne-Nicholls will be a freshman on the Missouri State women’s soccer team this fall, and she was in South Africa for two weeks taking in the sights and sounds of World Cup soccer. “This trip to the World Cup was a graduation gift from my dad,” said Mayne-Nicholls. “My dad took my sister to [...]

Shelby Stewart Named Female High School Athlete of the Year

Parkview Vikings, April 2010

Stewart has been named Female Prep Athlete of the Year by the News-Leader high school sports reporters. Shelby is #21 in this photo, with Melanie Allen, Holly Messick, Jessica Maerz & Kelsey Loderhose in the background, seen celebrating a late game-winner over Camdenton in April this year. In addition to her skill, Stewart, a forward [...]

Missouri State Bears Add Six For 2010

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Missouri State has announced that head coach Jon Leamy has added six commitments from players to join the program for the 2010 season. “We’ve got a diverse group of guys coming in that can play a variety of positions on the pitch,” said head coach Jon Leamy. “It’s a good group of [...]

Missouri State Wins Spring Exhibition Game At SLU

Devon Newport (Glendale/SSC) With The Ball

Beautiful night on a beautiful pitch at Robert E Hermann Stadium in St Louis Wednesday. Missouri State and St Louis University, last seen battling for the opportunity to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament, renewed acquaintances for a Spring exhibition match. As a player and a coach, once you reach this level [...]

Missouri State Bears Announce Spring Schedule

Here are some important Spring dates for Missouri State Soccer. We hope to add a couple of more dates soon. Thank you for following the Bears! Friday, April 9th Away Game at UMKC 7PM Sunday, April 11th Away Game at Oral Roberts (Midwestern State U. at Noon & Oral Roberts at 2PM) Saturday, April 17th [...]

Missouri State Bears Men’s Soccer Alumni Win, Donate

MSU alumni

Well, this is pretty cool. I sent out a couple of tweets from Coach Jon Leamy when he attended an indoor adult men’s tournament in St Louis recently that included a team made up of Missouri State Bear’s men’s soccer alumni. Well, check out the latest note from Coach Leamy: It is with both a [...]

Shelby Stewart And Ian Kennedy – Springfield SC Players of the Year

Springfield SC Players of the Year

Springfield SC announced their Players of the Year for 2009 at their annual banquet last night. With an attendance of well over 500, the club recognized Ian Kennedy (Kickapoo) and Shelby Stewart (Parkview) as their Players of the Year. Chosen for their performance, team impact and sportsmanship, the two join a select group of players [...]

Jesse Williams, FC Evansville, Signs With Drury Panthers

From the WFIE TV 14 website in Evansville comes news of a new recruit for the Drury Panthers WARRICK CO., IN (WFIE) – This past season, Castle senior soccer standout Jesse Williams led the Knights in scoring, was team captain, and was named the Knights most valuable player. Wednesday afternoon, Jesse signed a national letter [...]

Kelsey Finders Leaves Missouri State, Joins Arkansas State

JONESBORO, Ark. (1/12/10) – The Arkansas State soccer team has made its first addition to its roster for the 2010 season adding a transfer from Missouri State University in forward Kelsey Finders. Finders will be a junior with two years of eligibility remaining in the fall of 2010. Finders was named to the Missouri Valley [...]

Shelby Stewart Joining The Missouri State Bears

Shelbee Stewart, Parkview Vikings

I caught up with Shelby Stewart on Saturday at Lake Country Soccer where she and her friends were preparing to battle for the Winter session title in their division. I was interested in hearing about her recent verbal commitment to play soccer for the Division 1 Missouri State Bears. Stewart heads into her senior year [...]

Johannes Demarzi named to 1st Team Scholar All-American Squad

Missouri State senior defender Johannes Demarzi was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas men’s Scholar All-America first team, it was recently announced. Demarzi, who holds a 3.37 GPA in political science, recorded a Missouri Valley Conference-high 10 assists during the 2009 season. His 0.53 assists per match ranked 15th in the [...]

David Buckenheimer Scores for Missouri State Bears

David Buckenheimer

Missouri State Bears Schedule Update

Due to the delays in replacing the lights at Plaster Stadium, the schedule for the final 3 games of the regular season has been released. As always, my calendar has been updated to reflect these changes. On October 24, the Bears will face the Bradley Braves at a new start time of 3:00 p.m. One [...]

Missouri State Bears Represent!

I went out to Missouri State this afternoon to chat with Johannes Demarzi, I wanted to hear about the win over #6 ranked Creighton on Saturday, the biggest win I can think of in the 7 years I’ve been watching this team. Enjoy the interview, the quality is pretty good and I think you get [...]

Missouri State Bears At St Louis University Billikens

SLU Billikens – 2 Missouri State Bears – 0 A pair of goals by a pair of St Louis products gave the home team another win against their in-state rival. A goal in the 8th minute by Mike Roach (Chaminade 2007, pictured being defended by Ryan Hennessey) and Jimmy Holmes (Priory 2006) who was sent [...]