ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -  A season for the record books. 

In the MoWest Athletics mission of classroom, competition and community, the Fall, 2025 semester culminated with a historic combination of "the three c's". A department-wide record GPA, a pair of conference championships, all-american honors and a nationally-recognized community service project are just a few highlights from a record-setting fall.

Fall, 2025 Semester by the numbers:

Classroom
3.29 - Athletics Department-wipe G.P.A. - tied for the highest GPA semester in MWSU history.

Community
5,300 - elementary and middle school students from 37 area schools in attendance for "Field Trip With the Griffs" Education Day basketball games
25,000 - Missouri high school football fans hosted at Spratt Stadium for 7 MSHSAA Show Me Bowl State Football Championships
2,276 - community service hours logged by MWSU athletics teams
$6,500 - raised for "Griffs Giving Gifts" Initiative, led by award-winning MWSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (adopted eight large families in need for Christmas)


Competition
58 - Bells (volleyball, soccer, golf, cross country, football, basketball combined wins)

2 - MIAA Conference Championships*
*Soccer wins first-ever MIAA Tournament Title
*Volleyball wins share of 2nd-ever MIAA Regular Season Title

3 - NCAA Tournmament Qualifiers 
Soccer, Volleyball, Wimach Gilo (first-ever men's cross country qualifier)

26 - All-MIAA Selections

3 - All- Region Selections (Taylor Russell - Volleyball, Nico Froehlich & Kendall Knisley - Soccer)

10 - Academic All-District Selections

1 - AVCA All-American (Taylor Russell, Volleyball)

1 - Academic All-American (Brookelyn Buttolph, Soccer)

2 - Coach of the Year Awards*
*Jessica Fey (volleyball) MIAA Coach of the Year, AVCA Central Region Coach of the Year

37 - Home Athletics Band performances