(From Missouri Southern Athletics)
The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame announced the date and honorees for their annual Fall Sports Luncheon.
The 2023 ceremony will be held on Wednesday, October 18 at 11:00 AM at the University Plaza Hotel & Convention Center in Springfield.
Representing Missouri Southern at this year's Fall Sports Luncheon is the 1992 Softball Team and head football coach Atiba Bradley. The softball team is being inducted into the organization's Hall of Fame, while coach Bradley is receiving the organization's Elite 11 award.
The 1992 Lady Lion softball team posted a 50-7 won-lost record, under the direction of Pat Lipira, on its way to the NCAA Division II title. Many of the team's outstanding accomplishments from that season still stand as single-season school records today, including marks in batting average (.345) and slugging percentage (.476).
Representing Missouri Southern at this year's Fall Sports Luncheon is the 1992 Softball Team and head football coach Atiba Bradley. The softball team is being inducted into the organization's Hall of Fame, while coach Bradley is receiving the organization's Elite 11 award.
The 1992 Lady Lion softball team posted a 50-7 won-lost record, under the direction of Pat Lipira, on its way to the NCAA Division II title. Many of the team's outstanding accomplishments from that season still stand as single-season school records today, including marks in batting average (.345) and slugging percentage (.476).
That year, the squad had two 11-game winning streaks and rode the solid pitching of 31-game winner Andrea Clarke and a potent offense led by Katrina Marshall, who batted .425 with eight home runs and 50 RBI. Seven members of that team posted batting averages of .335 or higher.
But it was a pinch-hit, bases-loaded single in the fifth inning off the bat of Dana Presley that knocked in Carrie Carter with the winning run, the lone score in the title game win over California State-Hayward.
1992 Lady Lion Softball Team Roster: Outfielder Carrie Carter, All-American pitcher Andrea Clarke, Second baseman Cindy Cole, Pitcher Angie Hadley, First baseman Stacy Harter, Outfielder Leah Ingram, Outfielder Krissy Konkol, Pitcher Cheryl Kopf, Shortstop Katrina Marshall, All-American catcher Diane Miller, Utility/designated player Dana Presley, Third baseman Sharla Snow, Catcher Jaki Staggs, Outfielder Marcie Waters, Designated player Renee Weih, Pitcher Sharon Wright, Head coach Pat Lipira, Assistant coach Dee Gerlach.
At Missouri Southern, Atiba Bradley was a two-time All-MIAA selection as a linebacker. As a senior, he finished as the team's second-leading tackler with 72 stops (30 solo), including 9.5 losses and one sack. He was ninth in the MIAA that year in tackles.
In his career, Bradley finished with 224 tackles, including 17.5 for a loss of 69 years, 6.5 sacks for a loss of 52 yards, four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and one interception return of 37 yards. He returned to campus in 2021 as head coach following a decade-plus of coaching at the collegiate level. He was a graduate assistant for MSSU (2006-2008), again at the University of Missouri (2008-2010), and then an assistant at Quincy University (2012), Western Illinois University (2013-2016), South Dakota (2016-2018) and McKendree University (2018-2021).
The Elite 11 award honors former high school, college and/or professional football players who made positive contributions to the game.
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