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Sports
Highlights
Football coach named Community Champion
Baker University head football coach Mike Grossner's perseverance
in 2014 did not go unnoticed.
The Wildcats endured serious injuries and a death of a player while
Grossner battled squamous cell carcinoma. Grossner overcame the
hardships and will be honored as a 2015 Sprint Community Champion by the Kansas City Sports Commission. The ceremony will be
held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 15 at the Kansas City Downtown
Marriott-Muehlebach Towers. Each year the Kansas City Sports
Commission and Foundation salutes outstanding individuals for their
commitment and achievement in sports.
Other Community Champions to be recognized are Dayton Moore
(Wadell and Reed Executive of the Year), senior vice president-baseball operations/general manager of the Kansas City Royals; Shane
Ray (Kansas City Downtown Marriott Sportsman of the Year), Southeastern Conference defensive player of the year for the University of
Missouri; Bobbi Walden (Kansas City Life Sportswoman of the Year),
drug-free national powerlifting champion; Mike Talamantes (Burns
and McDonnell Coach of the Year), Park University head men's and
women's volleyball coach; and Nicholas Hibbeler (Sprint Community
Champion), Park Hill soccer player.
In 2014, the Wildcats went 8-3 and were ranked as high as No. 2 in
the NAIA Coaches Top 25 poll, tied for the highest ranking in school
history. Under Grossner's leadership, Baker was also awarded with
12 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes, the most ever in the history of
the football program.
In 11 seasons at Baker, Grossner has a 73-47 record to rank fourth
all time at BU for victories. The Wildcats have won one conference title and have made three NAIA playoff appearances under Grossner,
who has guided Baker to eight consecutive winning seasons.
First wrestling coach to be inducted
into Nevada Hall of Fame
Jimmy May, Baker's first wrestling coach, was inducted into the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association High School Hall of Fame
on Feb. 26 in Las Vegas. May helped start the wrestling program in
the 2009-2010 season and turned the Wildcats into a national power
in a short time.
Seven members will be part of the Class of 2015, including recent
baseball Hall of Fame inductee Greg Maddux.
Follow Wildcat sports at
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Grossner leads the team at Arrowhead.
Senior scores 1,000th career point
Baker senior guard Kyrstie Ehm in February became the 10th player
in women's basketball program history to score 1,000 points in her
career when she scored nine points in a 61-47 victory over Culver-Stockton. Her point total put her at 1,004 points.
Golf coach to serve on USGA committee
Longtime Baker men's and women's golf coach Karen Exon has
been appointed to a two-year term on the United States Golf
Association Regional Affairs Committee. In this role she will provide
stewardship in protection and preserving the game and will serve
the region made up of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Missouri and Iowa.
State player of year coming to Baker
Austin Halsey, a Baker soccer signee, was named the 2014 Gatorade Kansas Boys Soccer Player of The Year. As a senior at Washburn Rural High School in Topeka, he scored 30 goals and had 10
assists to lead the Junior Blues to the 6A state championship game.
http://www.bakerU.edu/athletics
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Baker Proud Spring 2015
Campus News
Alumni Faculty
Thirst for Knowledge
Mungano Momentum
Alumni Notes
Finding His Calling
Let Thy Praises Ring
Vietnam Documentary
Alumni Weekend
Prison Fellowship
Anatomy of a Student
100th Doctoral Graduate
Sports Highlights
Event Calendar
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