Northwest Missouri State baseball travels to Weatherford, OK for the season-opener Friday, January 30.

Northwest Missouri State softball begins the 2026 season Friday in Mansfield, TX.

The Northwest road basketball game against Central Missouri will shift to Friday evening.

On Jan. 3, 2026, Wilmer Jimenez awoke to texts from his mother who was at home in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Jimenez, a Junior studying at Northwest Missouri State University, was in the United States preparing for the spring semester.

Jalen Sundell, a 2018 Maryville High School graduate, has had a breakout season as the starting center for the Seattle Seahawks.

Northwest was well-represented in the trenches as Clayton Power and Kaleb McCullough earned All-America honors.

Northwest Missouri State product Joel Osborn received national honors after guiding Benedictine College football to back-to-back national semifinal appearances.

John Coffey and Sharon Cross Bonnett, Northwest Missouri State graduates and instrumental figures for decades at KXCV-KRNW, received the nod for the Missouri Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. The induction banquet will be held in southern Missouri on June 5.

Kennedi Cline returned to the track for the first time in two and a half years on Saturday in the Mel Tjeersma Classic.