Missouri S&T Miners
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The Missouri S&T Miners athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of Missouri University of Science and Technology
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Missouri University of Science and Technology is an institution of higher learning located in Rolla, Missouri, United States, and part of the University of Missouri System...

, located in Rolla
Rolla, Missouri
Rolla is a city in Phelps County, Missouri, United States, midway between the larger cities of St. Louis and Springfield along I-44. The population in the 2010 United States Census was 19,559.It is the county seat of Phelps County...

. The name comes from the University's history as a mining school. Missouri S&T is a part of the University of Missouri System. The women's teams are referred to as the Lady Miners. Missouri S&T is a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference
Great Lakes Valley Conference
The Great Lakes Valley Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference which competes at the NCAA's Division II level. Member institutions are located in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin....

 for most sports, the Great Lakes Football Conference
Great Lakes Football Conference
The Great Lakes Football Conference began operations in the 2006 season, with six institutions competing. A previous incarnation of the conference was disbanded after the 1999 season.-Members:*Kentucky Wesleyan College...

 for football, and the New South Intercollegiate Swimming Conference for swimming.

  • Men's sports
    • Baseball
      College baseball
      College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...

    • Basketball
      College basketball
      College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....

    • Cross country
      Cross country running
      Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

    • Football
      College football
      College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

    • Soccer
      College soccer
      College soccer is a term used to describe association football played by teams who are operated by colleges and universities as opposed to a professional league operated for exclusively financial purposes...

    • Swimming
      Swimming (sport)
      Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

    • Track and field
      Track and field
      Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...


  • Women's sports
    • Basketball
      College basketball
      College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....

    • Cross country
      Cross country running
      Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

    • Soccer
      College soccer
      College soccer is a term used to describe association football played by teams who are operated by colleges and universities as opposed to a professional league operated for exclusively financial purposes...

    • Softball
      Softball
      Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

    • Track and field
      Track and field
      Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

    • Volleyball
      Volleyball
      Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...



Men's Swimming

Summary
  • Coach: Doug Grooms

  • National Finishes: 1998–2011
  • 1998–1999: 7th
  • 1999–2000: 6th
  • 2000–2001: 5th
  • 2001–2002: 5th
  • 2002–2003: 13th
  • 2003–2004: 9th
  • 2004–2005: 6th
  • 2005–2006: 7th
  • 2006–2007: 4th
  • 2007–2008: 2nd
  • 2008–2009: 3rd
  • 2009-2010: 8th
  • 2010-2011: 9th

  • Conference Championships: 1998–2011
  • 1998–1999: Mideast Regional Champions
  • 2000–2001: Central States Champions
  • 2006–2007: New South Champions
  • 2007–2008: New South Champions
  • 2008–2009: New South Champions
  • 2009-2010: New South Champions
  • 2010-2011: New South Champions

Football

Affiliations:
Great Lakes Valley Conference
Great Lakes Valley Conference
The Great Lakes Valley Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference which competes at the NCAA's Division II level. Member institutions are located in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin....

 2012
Great Lakes Football Conference
Great Lakes Football Conference
The Great Lakes Football Conference began operations in the 2006 season, with six institutions competing. A previous incarnation of the conference was disbanded after the 1999 season.-Members:*Kentucky Wesleyan College...

 2006–2011
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association is a college athletic conference which operates in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and effective in 2012 in Oklahoma in the Midwestern United States. The conference was formerly known as the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic...

 1935–2005


Coach: David Brown

Home field: Allgood-Bailey Stadium

Uniform colors: Black and Gold (Inception–2007), Green and Gold (2008–present)

Logo design: A Pickaxe

Conference Championships: 9
  • MIAA: 1941 (Co-Champions); 1947; 1949; 1950; 1956 (Co-Champions); 1977 (Co-Champions); 1980; 1983 (Co-Champions)
  • GLFC: 2008


All-Time Record: ???–???–?? (.???; thru 2007)

All-Americans

  • Ed Kromka: 1941
  • Frank Winfield: 1969
  • Merle Dillow: 1974
  • Bill Grantham: 1980
  • Eivind Listerud: 1993
  • Cole Drussa: 2003–04
  • Ashton Gronewold: 2005–06
  • Joe Winters: 2006

Year by Year Record Since 1893

Year Record
1893 0-1
1980 10–0
1998 0-11
1999 0-11
2000 2-9
2001 0-11
2002 0-11
2003 0-11
2004 3-8
2005 7–4
2006 6–5
2007 4–7
2008 7-4
2009 4-7
2010 3-8


Total ???–???–?? (.??? from 1893)

Men's Basketball

Summary

The team made the GLVC tournament in 2010 for the first time since joining the conference. The coaches are in the process of making the team competitive in the toughest Division II conference in the nation.
  • Coach: Jim Glash
  • Assistant Coach: Joey Goodson

  • Conference Championships
  • MIAA
    MIAA
    MIAA may refer to:* Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association, defunct college athletic conference* Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association, high school athletic conference for private schools in the Baltimore Metro area...

    :
    1975–76, 1995–96

All-Americans

  • Curtis Gibson: 1984–85
  • Duane Huddleston: 1987–88
  • Bill Jolly: 1992–93
  • Michael McClain: 1995–96

Baseball

Summary

The baseball team won the GLVC West division title in 2011.

Affiliations:
Great Lakes Valley Conference
Great Lakes Valley Conference
The Great Lakes Valley Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference which competes at the NCAA's Division II level. Member institutions are located in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin....

: 2006–present
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association is a college athletic conference which operates in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and effective in 2012 in Oklahoma in the Midwestern United States. The conference was formerly known as the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic...

: Inception–2005


Head Coach: Todd DeGraffenreid

Home Field: Missouri S&T Baseball Field

Uniform Colors: Black and Gold (Inception–2007), Green and Gold (2008–present)

MIAA
MIAA
MIAA may refer to:* Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association, defunct college athletic conference* Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association, high school athletic conference for private schools in the Baltimore Metro area...

 Titles:
1968, 1972

GLVC Titles: 2011 (West)

Men's Cross Country

Summary
  • Coach: Sterling Martin

  • Conference Championships
  • MIAA
    MIAA
    MIAA may refer to:* Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association, defunct college athletic conference* Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association, high school athletic conference for private schools in the Baltimore Metro area...

    :
    1958

Men's Track & Field

Summary
  • Coach: Sterling Martin

  • Assistant Coach: Kyle "Lady Killer" Rutledge

  • Conference Championships - Indoor
  • MIAA
    MIAA
    MIAA may refer to:* Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association, defunct college athletic conference* Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association, high school athletic conference for private schools in the Baltimore Metro area...

    :
    1948
  • GLVC: 2008

All-Americans

Volleyball

Affiliations:
Great Lakes Valley Conference
Great Lakes Valley Conference
The Great Lakes Valley Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference which competes at the NCAA's Division II level. Member institutions are located in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin....

: 2007–present


Coach: Jason Holt

Home Court: Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Center

Uniform colors: Black and Gold (2007), Green and Gold (2008 - Present)

Women's Basketball

Summary

The team shared the GLVC West division regular season title in 2011. They made the Women's NCAA Division II Midwest Regional as a 6th Seed. This was the second time the team made the National Tournament in four years.
  • Coach: Alan Eads
  • Assistant Coach: Keri Hessel
  • Assistant Coach: Todd Rehemert

  • Conference Championships

Softball

Summary

Affiliations:
Great Lakes Valley Conference
Great Lakes Valley Conference
The Great Lakes Valley Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference which competes at the NCAA's Division II level. Member institutions are located in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin....

: 2006-present
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association is a college athletic conference which operates in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and effective in 2012 in Oklahoma in the Midwestern United States. The conference was formerly known as the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic...

: Inception-2005


Head Coach: Don Kennedy
Assistant Coach: Chad Schatz

Home Field: Missouri S&T Softball Field
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