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ST. LOUIS – University of Missouri head coach Eliah Drinkwitz, graduate quarterback Brady Cook and former Tigers wide receiver Jeremy Maclin were honored with the Missouri Athletic Club’s Jack Buck Award on Monday night. He was honored at a banquet.
Drinkwitz received the Sports Personality of the Year Award, and Cook and Maclin received the Karl O. Bauer and Bob Prager Legend Awards, respectively.
The annual banquet, now in its 55th year, was founded in 1970 by Missouri Athletic Club member Jack Buck to honor St. Louis’ top athletes. The event will feature sports history including Bob Gibson, Joe Torre, Lou Brock, Ozzie Smith, Al MacInnis, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Brett Hull, Marshall Faulk, Albert Pujols, Kurt Warner, and more. The remaining celebrities have been honored.
At a dinner party in downtown St. Louis with more than 300 guests, Drinkwitz was honored with the Sports Personality of the Year award, joining Al Onofrio (1972) and Warren Powers (1978). He became the fifth MU head coach to receive the award. Norm Stewart (1992) and Gary Pinkel (2008).
Since taking over Mizzou’s program, Drinkwitz has led the Tigers to 37 wins, including a 27-7 record at Fowler Field. MU is 15-1 in its last 16 home games and has won 10 straight home contests, tied for the fourth-longest active home winning streak in the nation and second-longest in the SEC. This year, under Drinkwitz’s leadership, the Tigers achieved their 15th perfect home season and their first undefeated record since 2010. Additionally, Mizzou sold out all seven home games in 2024 for the first time since 1979.
Cook became the eighth Mizzou Tiger to win the Carl O. Bauer Award, which recognizes top figures in amateur sports. Mizzou’s previous recipients include Kellen Winslow (1978), Phil Bradley (1980), Kurt Peterson (1982), Brad Smith (2005) and Chase Daniel (2007). ), Marcus Golden (2014), and Cody Schroeder (2023).
With 2,248 passing yards this season, Cook is 73 yards away from tying Smith for third place in program history and 274 yards away from becoming the school legend’s first quarterback to pass and rush for 9,000 and 1,000 yards, respectively. is approaching. Mizzou career. Thanks to Chaminade Prep products, he will graduate summa cum laude from the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in December 2022 and earn a master’s degree in business administration from the same university in May 2024. The two-time Southeastern Conference Football Scholarship Player-Athlete of the Year award holds 25 awards. His career record as a Mizzou starter is -13, which ties him with Smith for second all-time for most wins by a Mizzou quarterback.
Maclin joins Roger Wehli (2001) and Steve Stipanovich (2014) as the only recipients of the Bob Prager Legend Award, which honors Bob Prager’s memory and positive impact on the St. Louis sports community. became a Tigers player.
Maclin, who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame a year ago, is currently the head coach at Kirkwood High School in his hometown of Kirkwood, Missouri. He is the only Tiger to be named to the All-American First Team twice and the eighth Mizzou player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Maclin is the only freshman in Missouri history to earn first-team All-America honors, earning consensus honors as an all-around/returning specialist in 2007. He held the NCAA record for all-purpose yards as a freshman (198.3 in 2007), led the FBS in all-purpose yards in 2008 (202.4), and was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award that season. did.
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