Mark EllisMark Ellis, 2009 NCAA heavyweight champ for the University of Missouri, is one of six athletes who have been selected to be inducted into Mizzou's Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame, the school announced Monday.
Ellis and the other five outstanding Missouri Tiger athletes will be formally inducted on Friday, Oct. 20 in a ceremony and celebration to be held at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Columbia, Mo. In addition, the honorees will be recognized at the Mizzou Football Homecoming game the next day against Idaho.
Mark Ellis is the only Tiger wrestler to have won a heavyweight crown in the long history of Mizzou wrestling. Ellis won the 285-pound title at the 2009 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. In addition, the native of Peculiar, Mo. was a two-time NCAA All-American, earning that honor in 2009 and 2010. Ellis compiled a 90-39 career record, with one-third of those wins by pin. He won the 2010 Mizzou Wrestling Ed Lampitt Total Tiger Award for his well-rounded academic and athletic success, and was named the team's Most Outstanding Wrestler in 2009.
Other all-time great Missouri student-athletes who are Class of 2017 Mizzou Athletics Hall of Fame include Tim Lauder (baseball); Adrianne Perry (gymnastics); Dennis Poppe (football); Rhea Taylor (softball); and Sean Weatherspoon (football).
The Friday, Oct. 20 induction ceremony at the Columbia Hampton Inn is open to the public. A limited number of tickets are available for the general public to purchase for $40 by ordering online at TSFMizzou.com/HalllofFame.
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