MBU Athletics

06/19/2026

This Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom, even as we long for our true Promised Land.

06/16/2026

Academic All-American. Record breaker.
Allison Leigraf adds Academic All America, selected by College Sports Communicators First Team honors to a historic 2026 season!
📊 16 HR | 61 RBI (Program Records)
🏆 NAIA All-America Third Team
🏆 Heart Player of the Year
📚 Academic All-America First Team
Excellence everywhere.
Read More: mbuspartans.com/news/2026/6/16/softball-leigraf-selected-to-csc-academic-all-america-first-team.aspx

06/08/2026

06/08/2026

One of the nation’s best.
Carlos Hidalgo earns American Baseball Coaches Association NAIA Second Team All-America honors after a dominant 2026 season.395 AVG • 81 H • 16 HR • 61 RBI
Read More: mbuspartans.com/news/2026/6/8/baseball-hidalgo-slugs-his-way-to-abca-all-america-second-team-honors.aspx

06/04/2026

Carlos Hidalgo earns NAIA Second Team All-America honors after hitting .395 with 81 hits, 16 home runs, and 61 RBI!
Read More: mbuspartans.com/news/2026/6/4/hidalgo-chosen-to-naia-baseball-all-america-second-team.aspx

06/02/2026

Three Spartans earn CSC Academic All-District® honors! ⚾📚

Max Shabestari, Sam Paule, and Marcus Graham were recognized by College Sports Communicators for their excellence on the field and in the classroom during the 2026 season.

Three Missouri Baptist University baseball standouts were named to the 2025-26 CSC Academic All-District® Baseball Team, as College Sports Communicators recognized Max Shabestari, Sam Paule, and Marcus Graham for their combined excellence on the field and in the classroom.

06/02/2026

All-American standard. 🇺🇸
Brooklynn Fischer earns AA honors for the THIRD time in her career, while Allison Leigraf lands on the All-America list for the first time after a record-breaking season.
Read More: mbuspartans.com/news/2026/6/2/fischer-leigraf-earn-naia-softball-all-american-honors.aspx

05/26/2026

Four MBU standouts were named to the 2025-26 CSC Academic All-District® Softball Team, as College Sports Communicators recognized Allison Leigraf, Brooklynn Fischer, Makayla Johnson and Jacie Dees for their combined excellence on the field and in the classroom.

Four Missouri Baptist University standouts were named to the 2025-26 CSC Academic All-District® Softball Team, as College Sports Communicators recognized Allison Leigraf, Brooklynn Fischer, Makayla Johnson and Jacie Dees for their combined excellence on the field and in the classroom.

05/25/2026

Today, we remember and honor the brave men and women who gave everything for our freedom. 🇺🇸
From all of us at MBU Athletics, we are forever grateful.

05/23/2026

Good morning family….Heartbreaking news to share this morning over the passing of alum Montana Drum Lopez. Montana was a graduate of Neosho High School and qualified for boys high school state and was an honor roll student at Neosho. Under the guidance of former head wrestling coach Brian Jackson, she ended her wrestling career at Missouri Baptist as a 2015 USA University National Champ, 3x WCWA All-American and multiple time USAW All-American. She graduated with her bachelor’s and master’s degree in kinesiology and exercIse science. Please keep her husband and family in prayer and send support to the gofund me listed below.
https://gofund.me/de82b3801