Missouri pitcher Kyle Gibson picked up his team-best fifth win of the summer for Team USA as the USA Baseball National Team defeated Japan, 1-0, in Sunday's gold medal game of the FISU World Championships at Mestsky Stadium.
Former Mizzou infielder and current Texas Rangers' second baseman Ian Kinsler has been named to the American League All-Star team. He is the first former Tiger to be named an All-Star since Tim Laudner in 1988.
The Mizzou baseball program will once again host a Fall Skills Camp. The camp will take place on Aug. 24, from 1-6 p.m. at Taylor Stadium. The event is for high school aged athletes.
It's certainly been a banner year for Missouri Athletics and on the heels of strong showings from Tiger Baseball, Softball and Men's Track and Field at the national level this spring, Missouri finished 38th in the final U.S. Sports Academy's Directors' Cup standings (formerly known as the Sears Directors' Cup) released Thursday afternoon by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.
Mizzou Baseball's All-Star Camp I on July 21 is closed, however there are still spots available for the second All-Star Camp. Go to mutigers.com to register for the camp.
Mizzou (5-1, 1-1) travels to Austin, Texas, where they'll take on the nation's #1-ranked Texas Longhorns (6-0, 2-0) Saturday night at 7 p.m. The game will be shown nationally on ABC.
Mizzou Basketball hosted its inaugural Douglass Park Basketball Clinic on Saturday Oct. 11 and better than 40 area youths turned out for the two-hour camp.
Missouri opened play in the Price's Give `em Five on Monday in Las Cruces, N.M. and stands in a tie for 10th place. Junior Julia Potter had the best round of the day for the Tigers, carding a one-over-par 73 on Monday to put her in a tie for fifth place.