SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM, Basketball
Mizzou’s most popular athlete of the last decade got her own bobblehead at the start of her senior year and by season’s end broke the program’s career scoring record, setting the mark in the SEC tournament semifinals. The Columbia native ended her career as arguably the best player in team history while guiding the Tigers to four straight NCAA Tournament appearances.
T.J. SIKKEMA, Baseball
The Tigers’ lefthanded ace boosted his MLB draft stock with a dominant year on the mound — he should be a second-rounder in Monday’s draft — and established himself as one of the college game’s elite pitchers, finishing 7-4 with a 1.