Drury Panthers

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Drury Panthers
Drury Panthers logo.svg
University Drury University
Conference GLVC (primary)
NCAA Division II
Athletic directorNyla Milleson [1]
Location Springfield, Missouri
Varsity teams29 (13 men's, 15 women's, 1 co-ed)
Basketball arena O'Reilly Family Event Center
NicknamePanthers
ColorsScarlet and gray [2]
   
Website drurypanthers.com

The Drury Panthers are the athletic teams that represent Drury University, located in Springfield, Missouri, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Panthers compete as members of the Great Lakes Valley Conference for all 21 varsity sports. Drury has been a member of the GLVC since 2005.

Contents

Varsity teams

List of teams

National championships

The Panthers have twenty-three NCAA team national championships, the fourth-most among active Division II athletics program (Saint Augustine's, Adams State, and Florida Southern have more).

Team

SportAssociationDivisionYearOpponentScore
Men's basketball (1) NCAA Division II 2013 Metro State 74–73
Men's swimming and diving (22) NAIA (10) Single 1981 Denver
Simon Fraser
483–304
1982Denver456–301
1985 Central Washington 368–350
1988 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 494–329.5
1989 Puget Sound 632.5–410.5
1990 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 634–376
1991 Oral Roberts 631.5–630
1992Simon Fraser779.5–493
1993Puget Sound602.5–487
1994Puget Sound813.5–507
NCAA (12) [4] Division II 1999 Cal State Bakersfield 829–557
2003612–535
2005726–480
2006649–543½
2007 North Dakota 521½–500
2008 Missouri S&T 523½–336
2009 Wayne State 543–504½
2010 Incarnate Word 538–403
2011 UC San Diego 600½–345
2012473–400
2013 Florida Southern 546–397
2014569½–361
Women's swimming and diving (13) NAIA (3) Single 1992 Puget Sound 621–583
1993Puget Sound637–630.5
1994Puget Sound726–576
NCAA (10) Division II [5] 1997 Oakland 690½–460
1998 Cal State Bakersfield 578½–386
1999 North Dakota 613–603½
2000 Truman State 663–556
2007646½–518
2009 Wayne State 618½–453½
2010657–531
2011483½–388
2013432½–388
2014486–419

Individual teams

Baseball

Baseball, in hiatus since the 1970s, was reorganized for the 2007 season by new head coach Mark Stratton. Bill Virdon was the first Panther to make a start. Trevor Richards was the first alum to pitch a Major League Baseball win, for the Miami Marlins. The team plays home games at U.S. Baseball Park in nearby Ozark, Missouri. [6]

Basketball

Mike Carter played for the Drury Panthers, who in 1978–79 were 33–2 and won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national championship as he won the 1979 NAIA basketball tournament's Charles Stevenson Hustle Award, and who over his two seasons with the team were 62–6. [7] [8] He holds the school's two-year record in rebounds (480). [9] He was inducted into the Drury Panthers Hall of Fame in 2008. [8]

On April 7, 2013, Drury won the Division II Men's National Championship in Basketball, defeating Metro State of Denver 74–73 after rallying from a 17-point deficit. The Panthers won their final 23 games of the season – a school record – to finish 31–4 on the season. They also captured their second Great Lakes Valley Conference championship and first NCAA Division II Midwest Regional along the way. [10] In keeping with recent custom, the Division II champions were invited to play an exhibition game against Duke University. [11]

On June 24, 2021, Drury announced former NBA player Chris Carr will join the Panthers coaching staff as an assistant. [12]

Swimming and diving

Also in 2007, Drury men's swimming head coach Brian Reynolds was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. [13]

Wrestling

In 2016, Drury began fielding a wrestling program, the first in the Ozarks region in over 20 years. The addition gave the GLVC the required minimum of six teams to hold a conference championship tournament, and it added the sport in the 2016–17 season.

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