Hall of Fame
There are prolific passers, and then there's Drew Newhart. The Griffon gunslinger used his arm to lead each of the four teams he quarterbacked to postseason play. Newhart threw 1,348 passes, completing 817 for 10,691 yards, all tops among any MWSU quarterback's all-time career. Newhart only trails fellow Hall of Famer Kasey Waterman's 98 touchdown passes with 95 touchdowns of his own, ranking second-all time. Newhart threw for 412 yards in 2010 against Truman State, establishing the school record for passing yards in a game.
He was a recipient of the prestigious Chris Faros Scholarship award as well as named the Missouri Western 2010-11 Male Student Athlete of the year. Newhart was named an All-MIAA Honorable Mention and Freshman of the Year in 2007 while earning All-MIAA team mentions in each of his four years. Because of his career performance, Newhart was named to the 2000's Missouri Western All-Decade team. With his induction, Drew joins his father, Robert, as the only father-son Missouri Western Hall of Fame inductees.
