This week, we will continue to reveal our Drury Dozen – the top 12 moments from 2017-18 as voted on by members of the Drury University athletics media relations team that covered a variety of DU sports throughout the year.
The list on this countdown does not reflect the most significant moments from the year, although the biggest games/events certainly played a part in our decision. Ultimately, these were our favorite moments from the previous year and the ones that we will likely always associate with the 2017-18 sports season.
#2 – Bailee Nunn wins four swimming national titles
An injury kept her out of the GLVC championship meet, and she hadn't competed in two months. But Bailee Nunn returned for the NCAA-II national championship meet in Charlotte, North Carolina and emerged with four national titles.
The sophomore from Marshfield, Missouri won the 200-yard breaststroke, the 200 individual medley, the 100 butterfly, and the 100 breaststroke. Nunn also picked up two second-place finishes on a pair of relay teams in the 400 freestyle and the 200 freestyle.
The points Nunn racked up helped Drury to a national runner-up finish. After the meet, she was named the NCAA-II Women's Swimmer of the Year and was nominated for the 2017-18 NCAA-II Honda Women's Athlete of the Year.
Coverage of the final day of the national swimming & diving championships
Video – Highlights from Day 4 and post-meet reactions
Earlier in the countdown
#3 – Andrew Ballock's OT game-winner at Truman State
#4 – Claire McCune wins the GLVC women's cross country championship
#5 – DU women's swimming wins the GLVC title
#6 – Lady Panthers survive scare from UMSL in GLVC semifinals
#7 – Andrea Bazzoli win the national title in the 100 breaststroke
#8 – Drury women's tennis wins the GLVC title
#9 – DU men's tennis defeats Ferris St. in the NCAA-II 2nd round
#10 – Chaz Ferguson-Cooper wins the GLVC title in the 400 m. hurdles
#11 - Austin Simms ties a DU record with an 11-strikeout performance
#12 – Trevor Richards makes his MLB debut
