The University of Missouri Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2026 brings together championship hardware, record-setting production and some of the most recognizable names in Mizzou history.
At the top of the list is quarterback Drew Lock, the Lee’s Summit High product who left Columbia with one of the most explosive seasons ever by a Tiger passer. In 2017, Lock earned first-team All-SEC honors after leading the nation with 44 touchdown passes. He also has a Super Bowl ring, earned with the Seattle Seahawks last season while serving as the backup for Sam Darnold.
The class also includes linebacker Nick Bolton and former assistant coach Andy Hill, both of whom had already been announced. Bolton is about to begin his sixth year with the Chiefs after being selected in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
He was an All-SEC pick in both 2019 and 2020. Hill, who joined the Chiefs as an assistant special teams coach in 2020 before retiring in 2025, spent 24 seasons on the Missouri staff under three different head coaches after first playing wide receiver for the Tigers.
Both Bolton and Hill were part of two Super Bowl championship teams.
Missouri’s softball success from the early 2010s is represented by Ashley Fleming, who helped the Tigers reach three straight College World Series beginning in 2010. Fleming was an All-Big 12 selection three years in a row and finished as Missouri’s top hitter in both 2011 and 2012.
Wrestling star Daniel Lewis also earned his place in the class after putting together a 118-17 career record. Lewis was a four-time All-America and a four-time Mid-American Conference champion, a run that made him one of the most accomplished wrestlers in program history.
Rounding out the group is track and field standout Nicki Webber Moore, who set school records in the 800 and pole vault while serving as a four-year captain. She later moved into athletic administration and is now the athletic director at Cornell University.
The Hall of Fame class will be honored on Oct. 9, one day before Missouri hosts Texas A&M in football.
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