MVC Commissioner Doug Elgin to be Enshrined into Missouri Sports Hall of Fame

Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner Doug Elgin is one of 15 individuals that will be included in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame’s Enshrinement Ceremonies of 2018 presented by Killian Construction, set for Sunday, January 28 in Springfield.

President & Executive Director Jerald Andrews announced Tuesday the Class of 2018, in which the Hall of Fame will induct 15 individuals, a sports broadcasting company, a high school football program and a parks and recreation department. The John Q. Hammons Founders Award will be bestowed on Springfield-based Independent Printing, while Rick Todd of the Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation will receive the President’s Award.

Festivities begin with an 11 a.m. reception presented by Meek’s The Builder’s Choice at the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, 3861 E. Stan Musial Drive in Springfield. The remainder of events will be held at the University Plaza Hotel & Convention Center in downtown Springfield, with a 4 p.m. reception followed by the 5 p.m. dinner and ceremony.

Elgin is in his 30th year with the Missouri Valley Conference and is its longest-serving commissioner in its 111-year history. In the 1990s, he oversaw the league’s realignment and stabilization in Valley membership and also brought women’s sports programs under the conference’s umbrella. Elgin also established St. Louis as the long-term site for the Valley men’s basketball tournament, which in 2018 will mark its 28th year there. In the early 2000s, he led Valley men’s basketball in securing multiple bids to the NCAA Tournament, including four in 2006. Under his leadership, the Valley also has hosted 12 NCAA basketball events in St. Louis since 1998, including a men’s Final Four in 2005 and women’s Final Fours in 2001 and 2009. He previously worked for Frostburg State University, Miami-Dade Community College South, Lafayette College and the University of Virginia as well as the Sun Belt Conference. A native of Hagerstown, Maryland, he is a 1973 graduate of Lafayette College and has a master’s from Ohio University.

The Class of 2018 features:

Mike Garrett, Kansas City Chiefs running back
Lee Smith, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher
Howard Richards, University of Missouri football standout
Jim Otis, St. Louis Football Cardinals & Kansas City Chiefs running back
Martin MacDonald, Conservationist & Outdoorsman
Gary Barnett, former Mizzou player and successful college football coach
Holly Hesse, Missouri State University softball coach
Doug Elgin, Commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference
Dr. Brian Mahaffey, a doctor with the St. Louis Cardinals & a former MSU baseball standout
Christian Cantwell, Eldon native & U.S. Olympic silver medalist in the shot put
Kerensa Barr Cassis, West Plains High School & Mizzou basketball standout
Dan Lucy, KOLR 10 TV Sports Director
Tony Severino, Rockhurst High School football coach
Steve Tappmeyer, a longtime basketball coach for Northwest Missouri State University
Rick Grayson, PGA teaching professional named one of the sports’ top 100 teachers
Learfield, a leading sports broadcasting company in the United States.
Lamar High School Football Program
Springfield-Greene County Park Board
Independent Printing – John Q. Hammons Founders Award
Rick Todd of Herschend Family Entertainment – President’s Award

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