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Mizzou’s Brian Smith Earns Kiwanis Don Faurot Sportsperson of the Year

Tiger Style head coach wins annual award given to top sportsperson in Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Wrestling head coach Brian Smith is the 2019 Don Faurot Sportsperson of the Year, announced today by the Kiwanis Club of Columbia. Smith will be presented the award at a banquet on Tuesday, June 18, at the Broadway Hotel in Columbia. The honor – named after Mizzou’s legendary former football head coach and director of athletics – was established in 1991 to honor an outstanding candidate who contributes to the local sports community as an athlete, coach, administrator or official. Other notable Mizzou recipients are Karissa Schweizer, J’den Cox, Max Scherzer and Mike Alden. Coach Smith had another banner year at the helm of the Tiger Wrestling program, guiding the team to its eighth straight conference title, fifth straight top-10 finish at the NCAA Championships and a 16-1 regular season record. The Tigers ranked has high as fifth nationally in the major collegiate wrestling polls during the 2018-19 season, a spot that fans have grown accustomed to seeing Coach Smith’s program in.  In his 21^st season as the Tiger head coach, Smith coached four All-Americans this season, giving the Tigers at least four All-Americans in every season since 2014-15. Mizzou Wrestling us one of just five schools nationally to earn a top-10 finish and have at least three All-Americans in each of the last five seasons. Mizzou is 94-9 in dual competition over the last six seasons and went an incredible 7-1 against top-25 teams during the 2018-19 season. Rest of the story at

June 24, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized