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Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears
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UniversityMissouri State University
ConferenceCUSA (primary)
American (men's soccer)
NCAADivision I (FBS)
Athletic directorPatrick Ransdell
LocationSpringfield, Missouri
Varsity teams19
Football stadiumRobert W. Plaster Stadium
Basketball arenaGreat Southern Bank Arena
Baseball stadiumHammons Field
Soccer stadiumAllison South Stadium
MascotBoomer the Bear and Growl the Bear
NicknameBears and Lady Bears
Beach Bears (beach volleyball)
Fight songThe Scotsman
ColorsMaroon and white[1]
   
Websitemissouristatebears.com

The Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears are the athletic teams representing Missouri State University. Missouri State's athletics programs date back to 1908. Missouri State competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The majority of sports play in the Division I Conference USA. Missouri State became a full member of CUSA on July 1, 2025.[2]

Men's swimming and diving had competed in the Mid-American Conference through the 2023–24 season, but sponsorship of that sport transferred to the Missouri Valley Conference in July 2024.[3] With CUSA sponsoring soccer only for women, the men's soccer team joined the American Conference.[4]

Missouri State athletics are frequently abbreviated as "MOST".

Sports sponsored

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Men's sports Women's sports
Baseball Acrobatics & tumbling
Basketball Basketball
Football Beach volleyball
Golf Cross country
Soccer Golf
Swimming & diving Soccer
Softball
Stunt
Swimming & diving
Tennis
Track & field†
Volleyball
† – Track & field includes both indoor and outdoor

A member of Conference USA, Missouri State University sponsors six men's and 13 women's teams in NCAA sanctioned sports. The women's sports of acrobatics & tumbling and stunt, both included in the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program, were added in 2024–25.[5]

National championships

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Team

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Assoc. Div. Tournament Sport / team Year Runner-up Score
NAIA n/a NAIA Basketball championship Men's basketball 1952 Murray State 73–64
NAIA n/a NAIA Basketball championship Men's basketball 1953 Hamline 79–71
NCAA Division II NCAA Golf championship[6] Men's golf 1963 Aquinas 1,188–1,199
AIAW n/a AIAW Softball championship [n 1] Softball 1974 Northern Colorado 14–7
AIAW Division II AIAW Field hockey championship Field hockey 1979 Colgate 2–0
Notes
  1. ^ Women's College World Series

Women's basketball NCAA tournament results

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See also: Missouri State Lady Bears basketball

NCAA Tournament appearances

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Year Seed Round Opponent Result
1991 #8 First Round
Second Round		 #9 Tennessee Tech
#1 Tennessee		 W 94–64
L 47–55
1992 #8 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four		 #9 Kansas
#1 Iowa
#5 UCLA
#2 Ole Miss
#4 Western Kentucky		 W 75–59
W 61–60
W 83–57
W 94–71
L 72–84
1993 #7 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen		 #10 Oklahoma State
#2 Maryland
#6 Louisiana Tech		 W 86–71
W 86–82
L 43–59
1994 #6 First Round
Second Round		 #11 Northern Illinois
#3 Virginia		 W 75–56
L 63–67
1995 #9 First Round
Second Round		 #8 Utah
#1 Colorado		 W 49–47
L 34–78
1996 #12 First Round #5 Texas L 55–73
1998 #8 First Round #9 Notre Dame L 64–78
1999 #7 First Round
Second Round		 #10 UC Santa Barbara
#2 Colorado State		 W 72–70
L 70–86
2000 #10 First Round #7 Auburn L 74–78
2001 #5 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four		 #12 Toledo
#4 Rutgers
#1 Duke
#6 Washington
#3 Purdue		 W 89–71
W 60–53
W 81–71
W 104–87
L 64–81
2003 #15 First Round #2 Texas Tech L 59–67
2004 #12 First Round #5 Notre Dame L 65–69 (OT)
2006 #13 First Round #4 Purdue L 52–73
2016 #13 First Round #4 Texas A&M L 65–74
2019 #11 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen		 #6 DePaul
#3 Iowa State
#2 Stanford		 W 89–77
W 69–60
L 46–55
2021 #5 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen		 #12 UC Davis
#13 Wright State
#1 Stanford		 W 70–51
W 64–39
L 62–89
2022 #11 First Four
First Round		 #11 Florida State
#6 Ohio State		 W 61–50
L 63–56

WBIT appearances

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2024, 2025

WNIT appearances

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2002, 2005 (Champions), 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023

AIAW tournament appearances

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Missouri AIAW state tournament: 1970–1982 (won 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1981 tournaments)
AIAW Region VI tournament: 1974, 1975, 1981
AIAW Division II national tournament: 1981

Conference championships

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Missouri Valley Conference logo in Missouri State's colors

Gateway Conference (1983–1992) 2
1991, 1992

Missouri Valley Conference (1992–present) 12
1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2020, 2021

Head coaches

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  • Reba Sims (10 seasons, 129–116), 1969–1979
  • Marti Gasser (4 seasons, 62–60), 1979–1983
  • Valerie Goodwin-Colbert (4 seasons, 48–63), 1983–1987
  • Cheryl Burnett (15 seasons, 319–136), 1987–2002
    • 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances
      • 2 Final Four Appearances
      • 3 Sweet 16 Appearances
    • 1 WNIT Appearance
  • Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (5 seasons, 95–61), 2002–2007
    • 3 NCAA Tournament Appearances
    • WNIT Championship
  • Nyla Milleson (5 seasons, 105–87), 2007–2013
    • 3 WNIT Appearances
  • Kellie Harper (6 seasons, 118–79), 2013–2019
    • 2 NCAA Appearances
    • 3 WNIT Appearances
  • Amaka Agugua-Hamilton (3 seasons, 73-15), 2019–2022
    • 1 NCAA Appearance
      • 1 Sweet Sixteen Appearance
  • Beth Cunningham (3 seasons, 68-30) 2022–present
    • 2 WBIT appearances
    • 1 WNIT appearance

Retired numbers

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  • 10 Jackie Stiles, 1997–2001 (finished career as leading career scorer in NCAA Division I women's basketball with 3,393 points; now #5 on the list)
  • 22 Kari Koch, 2002-2006
  • 35 Melody Howard, 1990–1994
  • 42 Jeanette Tendai, 1982–1986

Facilities

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GSB Arena (exterior)
GSB Arena (interior)
Plaster Sports Complex
Hammons Field
Facility Opened Sport Capacity
Robert W. Plaster Stadium 1941 Football 17,500
Great Southern Bank Arena 2008 Basketball 11,000
Hammons Student Center 1976 Volleyball
Swimming		 8,846 [n 1]
Hammons Field 2004 Baseball 7,986
Killian Sports Complex 2009 Softball 1,200
Betty and Bobby Allison Stadium 2014 Soccer
Track & field
Field hockey
Lacrosse		 1,500 [n 2]
Betty and Bobby Allison Courts 2014 Beach volleyball 150
Cooper Tennis Complex 1994 Tennis 2,500
Twin Oaks Country Club
+ 4 Other local courses		 n/a Golf N/A
Notes
  1. ^ For swimming, capacity decreases to 300.
  2. ^ For field hockey and lacrosse, the capacity is 250.

Club sports

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The university also sponsors several club sports teams, including ice hockey (ACHA), lacrosse (MCLA), and roller hockey (NCRHA).

Men's ice hockey

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Main article: Missouri State Ice Bears
Missouri State ice hockey players celebrate a goal against University of Missouri in 2010

Missouri State men's ice hockey, known as the "Ice Bears", began in 2001 and despite not being a varsity NCAA sport receives much attention on and off-campus. The Ice Bears currently compete at the Division I level of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) in the Western Collegiate Hockey League (WCHL).[7] The teams play off-campus at the 2,000-seat Mediacom Ice Park.[8][9][10]

Men's varsity ice hockey finished the 2009–2010 season ranked 2nd in the MACHA DII with a record of 12–4–0 in 16 league games, the team lost in the MACHA Championship 1–5 to Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville. In addition to the ACHA DII team the University also fields a JV teams playing at the ACHA DIII level.[11] The team won the MACHA DIII championship with a 5–3 win over Robert Morris University- Peoria.[12][13][14]

Men's lacrosse

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Missouri State also fields a highly successful club Lacrosse Team. Founded in 2003, it competes in the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) Division II and was a member of the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference (GRLC) through 2017 before it moved to Division II of the Lone Star Alliance (LSA) in 2018. The Bears have been conference champions five times in their history (2004, 2009, 2010, 2017, and 2018) and have qualified for the MCLA National Championships on four occasions (2009, 2010, 2017, and 2018). The Bears finished the 2018 season with a record of 12–3, including a perfect 6–0 conference record and victories over Creighton, Baylor, and in-state rival University of Missouri. Since 2003, Missouri State has fielded 11 All-Americans, over 80 All-Conference players, 3 GRLC Tournament MVP's, and 4 GRLC Division II Coach's of the Year.


Head coach Year Record
Daren Turner 2002–2008 24–21
Austin Holman 2009–2010 23–9
Pat Callaham 2011–2012 12-13
Dustin Rich 2013–2018 32-30
Donnie Curran 2019–present 0-0

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