Missouri Southern State University - Athletics

Athletics

Missouri Southern's mascot is the Lions. The Lions play in NCAA Division II and in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association. MSSU fields seven men's and seven women's sports.

In the early morning on Friday, December 2, 2011, two Missouri Southern football players were killed in an automobile accident that injured two other students, the university said. Michael McCrimmons and Diondre Johnson, both 19-year-old freshmen from Springfield, Missouri died in the crash; the vehicle ran off the road on Interstate 44 about two miles east of Sarcoxie, Missouri. A vigil was being planned for the students, according to President Bruce W. Speck.