Mark Stillwell, former Missouri State Assistant Director of Athletics - Sports Information Director, will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in January. Stillwell retired in December, 2008 after serving more than 36 years as the school's first full-time SID. He received a CoSIDA Lifetime Achievement Award for his long-time service.
Below is an excerpt from the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame releasae on the class of 2016. The full Hall of Fame release from the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame can be found
here.
Hall Announces Enshrinement Class of 2016
University of Central Missouri athletic director
Jerry Hughes will be honored as a Missouri Sports Legend, and longtime Mizzou Tigers football coach
Gary Pinkel is among 15 individuals, a football program and a college football team who will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday, January 31 in Springfield.
The Enshrinement Class of 2016 was announced by Jerald Andrews, President and Executive Director of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. The ceremony is presented by Killian Construction. Associate sponsors are Hillyard, Inc., Advertising Plus, White River Valley Electric Cooperative and Hiland Dairy.
The Enshrinement Class of 2016 also features former big-league pitcher
Jerry Reuss, longtime NFL coach
Gregg Williams, Springfield native and retired PBR bull rider
L.J. Jenkins, Kansas City Chiefs center
Tim Grunhard, St. Joseph native and Olympic gymnastics silver medalist
Terin Humphrey, Kansas City native and St. Louis Cardinals linebacker
Eric Williams, longtime Kansas City Royals scouting director
Art Stewart, Evangel University men’s basketball coach
Steve Jenkins, West Plains native and former Texas Christian University baseball coach
Lance Brown, former University of Missouri and Olympic track and field standout
Natasha (Kaiser) Brown, Missouri Southern men’s basketball coach
Robert Corn, St. Louis University High School racquetball coach
Joe Koestner, Missouri State University sports information director
Mark Stillwell, John Burroughs High School football coach
Jim Lemen, the
John Burroughs High School football program and the
Mizzou Tigers’ 1966 Sugar Bowl team.
Additionally,
Med-Pay, Inc., owned by Gordon and Marshall Kinne, is the recipient of the John Q. Hammons Founder’s Award, and
Ken Meyer of Meyer Communications is the recipient of the President’s Award. The ceremony also will recognize numerous high school, college and pro athletes, as well as coaches and programs who won national awards in 2015.
The Enshrinement is 5 p.m. Sunday, January 31 at the University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Springfield. An 11 a.m. reception presented by Meeks The Builder’s Choice is scheduled at the Hall of Fame, 3861 E. Stan Musial Drive. Afternoon activities begin at 4 p.m. with a reception at University Plaza, and the program will follow immediately afterward. Individual tickets are $150, and a table of 10 is $1,500. For tickets, call the Hall of Fame at 417-889-3100.
Mark Stillwell, MSU sports information director
A native of Springfield and a 1967 Drury University graduate, Mark Stillwell was Drury sports information director from 1970 to 1972 and was the SID at Missouri State University from 1972 through 2008. Stillwell guided the information, publications and electronic media effort for MSU athletics through the Bears’ days in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, Mid-Continent, Gateway and Missouri Valley Conferences and as the program moved from NCAA Division II to Division I status.
He guided information for MSU as it hosted NCAA competition in eight different sports. His primary Bears’ sports coverage responsibilities were football and men’s basketball, and he provided color commentary on basketball radio broadcasts for 20 years. Stillwell was honored with more than 60 publications and writing awards from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. In his last 10 years at MSU, he was also assistant director of athletics for public relations. In 2008, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from CoSIDA and was an inductee into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame as winner of the Paul Morrison Award.