Three of the four players who signed come from the state of Missouri, including 2008 all-state selections Katelyn Heil from Dexter and Hailee Parks from Sullivan.

Following is information on the four players:

CATHRYN HEIL, a 5-10 forward-guard from Dexter High School in Dexter, Mo.: Heil averaged 5.2 points and 2.4 steals a game last season in helping Dexter record 22 victories, its second-most in school history and a district championship.  She is the twin sister of Katelyn Heil, who was an all-state selection that also signed with Missouri S&T.  Heil is a three-sport athlete at Dexter, as she - along with her sister - compete in tennis and track and field.

"Cathryn is a very athletic player who will give us some depth at the forward and wing positions," said Missouri S&T head coach Alan Eads.  "She can run the floor and guard people and she's a player who can score when she needs to."

KATELYN HEIL, a 5-10 guard-forward from Dexter High School in Dexter, Mo.: Heil, Cathryn Heil's twin sister, was an all-state selection in Missouri Class 4 last season and co-player of the year in the SEMO Conference after averaging 18.5 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.  Those marks helped lead Dexter to a 22-5 record, its second-highest win total in school history and a district championship.  She broke the school's single-game scoring record by scoring 42 against a state-ranked Portageville team, including six three-point baskets.  Heil was named to the Class 4 all-state first team that also included current Lady Miner Courtney Kemp.

"Katelyn is a scorer who can shoot from the perimeter or post a guard up or put the ball on the floor," Eads said.  "She is a player whom I really believe can come in and contribute right away.  Katelyn is an athletic, hard-nosed player who could be a candidate for "Miss Basketball" in the state this year."

NATALIE MASSEY, a 6-1 center-forward from North Cedar High School in Mechanicsville, Iowa: Massey was a first-team all-district and all-conference selection as a junior when she averaged 14.2 points and 9.7 rebounds per game.  She also shot 45.8 percent from the floor and 37.5 percent from three-point range during the 2007-08 season.  As a sophomore, Massey averaged a double-double with marks of 11.6 points and 10.4 rebounds per game.  Massey also competes in track and field, where he she holds the school record in the high jump at 5-4 and earned a berth to compete in the Drake Relays.

"Natalie is another athletic player who can run the floor," Eads said.  "She has shown the ability to score and rebound at the high school level and should be able to help us at the four and five spots.  She plays at a smaller school so this will be a jump in the competitive level for her, but she has a lot of ability that we're excited about."

HAILEE PARKS, a 5-11 forward from Sullivan High School in Sullivan, Mo.: Parks, who has earned all-state honors in each of the last two seasons, averaged 17.7 points, nine rebounds and 1.8 assists per game in her junior year at Sullivan, which reached the Missouri Class 4 sectional round.  She shot 42.6 percent from the floor, nearly 30 percent from three-point range and 77.1 percent at the free throw line.  She also had 43 steals and 22 blocked shots during the 2007-08 season.  As a sophomore, Parks averaged 20.6 points and 10.5 rebounds per contest with 33 blocked shots and 39 steals.  She has been named to the Four Rivers Conference all-league first team for three straight seasons.

Parks enters her senior year at Sullivan ranked second on the career list for points with 1,458 (254 from first) and fourth in career rebounds with 808 (156 from first).

"Hailee is a really athletic player for her size," Eads said.  "She has great footwork and has shown that she can score inside and outside.  She is a two-time all-state selection who can really fit into the four spot with her scoring and rebounding abilities.

"We're really excited about this group of recruits," Eads added.  "We've been able to get some of the top seniors in the state during the early period to help fill some of the needs that we're going to have next season.  All four of these players are strong athletically and are also great academically, so they will fit in very well as student-athletes at Missouri S&T."

The Lady Miners finished 24-7 in the 2007-08 season and finished second in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional to eventual national champion Northern Kentucky.  Missouri S&T is 3-2 thus far in the 2008-09 campaign.

The two individuals joining the Miner program are Andrew Simek, a two-time state champion at Fort Zumwalt West High School and Matt Welsh, an all-state performer at Lafayette High School in the St. Louis area.

ANDREW SIMEK, from Fort Zumwalt West High School in O'Fallon, Mo.: Simek was the Missouri state champion for 2008 in the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard breaststroke, with times of 50.48 in the butterfly and 56.41 in the breaststroke that were the best marks in the St. Louis area during the season in those events. As a junior, Simek was a first-team all-metro selection in the St. Louis area after finishing second in the 100-butterfly and fourth in the 100-breaststroke; he was a second-team all-metro pick after his sophomore year.  Simek has also competed at the junior nationals and holds conference and school records in three events.

"Andrew had a great state meet and capped off a fantastic senior year with his championship swims in the 100-fly and 100-breast," Grooms said. "He will make an immediate impact on our program next season as a freshman."

MATT WELSH, from Lafayette High School in Wildwood, Mo.: Welsh, an all-state performer, was the Suburban West Conference champion in the 100- and 200-yard freestyle events in the recently completed 2008 season and also won the 500-yard freestyle in the league meet in 2007.  He finished 11^th in the 200-yard freestyle at the Missouri State Championships in a time of 1:46.83 - his best time of the season in that event -- and also competed in the 500-freestyle at the state meet.  Welsh also had top times of 58.38 in the 100-yard backstroke, 48.63 in the 100-yard freestyle, 4:49.40 in the 500-freestyle and 2:05.82 in the 200-individual medley during the 2008 season and also competed in the freestyle relays.

"Matt has a bright future ahead in collegiate swimming with the Miners," Grooms said. "He will physically mature and develop with our strength and training program over the next four years.

"Both of these young men come to us from the Rockwood Swim Club which prepares athletes to achieve their greatest success at the college level," Grooms added. "I am looking forward to working with these guys over the next four years to help them reach their potential in the pool."

Missouri S&T finished second at the 2008 NCAA Division II Championships and fourth in the 2007 national meet.

The Miners, who improved to 3-1 on the season heading into their Great Lakes Valley Conference opener Thursday against Rockhurst, used a 17-0 run late in the first half to break open a game that had been played on even terms for the first 12 minutes.

Central Bible held a 25-23 lead after Caleb Willis' three-point play with 8:26 to play in the first half.  The Miners took the lead back just under a minute later on a jumper by Aaron Redecker and didn't allow the Spartans (2-9) to score until the final seconds of the first half, by which time S&T had built its lead to 15.

S&T saw the lead fall under 10 only momentarily in the second half, when Blake Hanson hit one of his seven three-pointers to cut the margin to eight at 43-35.  A.J. Mandani's jumper in the lane on the Miners' next trip down the floor sparked a 15-3 spurt that allowed them to expand the lead to 20 with 12 minutes to play.

The Miners led by as many as 21 in the second half, the last time at 71-50.

Mandani led the Miners with 14 points, while Adam Knollmeyer and Redecker finished with 12 apiece.  Redecker added 10 rebounds in the game to give him a double-double for the second day in succession. 

S&T shot 50 percent for the second straight game and had a six rebound edge on the Spartans, who were led by Hanson with his game-high 26 points.

The Miners will face Rockhurst Thursday at 7:30 p.m. to kick off GLVC play at Billy Key Court at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.

The Miners had six players in double figures in the contest, led by a double-double by junior center Aaron Redecker.  S&T shot 50.8 percent from the field on the night and went a season best six-of-14 from three-point range.

After the teams traded baskets in the opening minutes of the contest, the Miners rattled off an 18-4 run to take a 33-19 lead by the 8:24 mark.  S&T made six of its eight shots from the floor during that run, including three-points from Aaron Hays and Marquis Jones.

The Miners took a 14-point lead into the locker room and extended it to 21 in the first five minutes of the second half as Justin Taylor's three-pointer gave S&T a 66-45 advantage. 

S&T's lead never fell under 10 for the balance of the night.

Redecker posted his first double-double as a Miner with 18 points and 16 rebounds -- both career highs -- while A.J. Mandani finished with 14.  Hays added 13 points, while Taylor finished with 11 and Adam Knollmeyer and Jones scored 10 points apiece.

Thanks in large part to Redecker's 16 boards, the Miners (2-1) also enjoyed a huge advantage on the boards as they had 41 rebounds to Missouri Baptist's 27.  S&T got 18 of its rebounds on the offensive end and that led to 21 second chance points.

The Spartans (3-3), who got 17 points from Brandon Bishop, shot 48.2 percent from the field in the contest, but hit only two of their 13 three-point tries and just 19-of-29 at the free throw line.

Missouri S&T will face Central Bible Saturday in its second game at UMSL; game time is at 1 p.m.

S&T won the men's competition with a total of 934 points, winning by more than 200 points over the host school in its final competition before the Thanksgiving break. 

The Miners had a trio of multiple-event winners in the meet.  Zlatan Hamzic won the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 58.48 seconds, the fastest time of the year by a Miner in the event and the 200-breaststroke in 2:07.59. Andy Schranck took first in three events -- the 100-yard butterfly in 51.50 seconds, 200-fly in 1:54.29 and 200-yard individual medley -- where the Miners took the top four spots -- in 1:55.30.

Jeff Enge also had first place showings in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:54.01 and 400-individual medley in 4:09.08.  The Miners got their eighth individual win from Andrew Trowbridge in the 1,650-yard freestyle in a time of 16:03.08.

S&T also had three first place showings in the relays, winning the 400-yard medley relay with the team of Enge, Hamzic, Schranck and David Sanchez-Turner with a time of 3:29.99, as well as the 200-medley relay team of Kyle Kammer, Hamzic, Paul Reinisch and Kyle Gordon in 1:36.92 and 200-freestyle relay in 1:25.45 with Schranck, Gordon, Hamilton Vernon and Sanchez-Turner.

Enge was second in the 100-yard backstroke in 53 seconds flat and in the 200-IM in 1:57.04, as was Trowbridge in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:42.05 -- an event in which the Miners went 2-3-4 in the standings -- Danny Murphy in the 400-IM in 4:12.02 and Phil Arve in the 200-butterfly in 1:55.84.

Murphy had the third place finish in the 500-free in 4:47.47, while other thirds came from Hamzic in the 200-IM in 1:59.96, Aaron Schmidt in the 200-backstroke in 1:57.20, Zach Lemons in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:08.71 and the 400-IM in 4:12.49 and Arve in the 1,650-free in 16:40.20.

Fourth place finishes came from Kammer in the 100-backstroke in 54.41 seconds and 200-back in 1:58.73, Arve in the 500-freestyle in 4:48.79, Lemons in the 100-breaststroke in 1:00.33 and 200-fly in 1:58.49, Murphy in the 200-IM in 1:59.98 and Trowbridge in the 200-freestyle in 1:47.17.

Gordon placed fifth in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.12 seconds as did Kammer in the 100-butterfly in 53.38 seconds, Sanchez-Turner in the 100-yard freestyle in 48.28 and Brian Howell in the 200-backstroke in 1:59.03.

Missouri S&T's 400-yard freestyle relay team of Schranck, Gordon, Vernon and Sanchez-Turner placed second in the event in 3:09.07.

The Miners' next competition will take the place on Dec. 5-7 when S&T takes part in the Missouri Invitational in Columbia.

The Lady Miners have added two players from Blue Springs, Mo. -- first baseman Kaylea Smith from Missouri Class 4 state champion Blue Springs High School and pitcher Taylor Keal from Blue Springs South -- as well as infielder Jamie Hatlan from Rockwood Summit in Fenton, Mo.

Hatlan was a first-team all-district and all-conference selection in each of the last two years and also earned second-team all-region honors following her junior and senior seasons at Rockwood Summit.  She hit .371 during the 2008 season with 12 runs batted in and 15 runs scored.  As a junior, she batted .330 with 16 runs batted in and had eight extra base hits for a team that went 23-6.  Hatlan played all four years at the varsity level at second and third base.

Keal earned first-team all-district honors following the 2008 season, as well as second-team all-region and all-conference laurels.  She was also a first-team all-league selection after her junior year.  Keal also played for the Kansas City Freeze club team and currently plays with the Kansas City Originals.

Smith was a first-team all-district in each of the last two seasons and also earned all-conference and all-region honors this past season at Blue Springs, which became the first team in Missouri Class 4 history to complete an undefeated season with a state championship.  Smith also plays for the Kansas City Originals Gold, one of the top club teams in the Kansas City area.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - An ice cold night from the field, particularly in the second half, doomed Missouri S&T's men's basketball team Tuesday night as it suffered its first loss of the season 70-59 at Lincoln University.

S&T was plagued by poor shooting - 35 percent for the night - and 22 turnovers as the Miners were unable to follow up their thrilling opening game win in double overtime Saturday with another victory.  Instead, the Miners had a tough time scoring, as a 32.3 shooting mark in the second half doomed any hope of rallying from a double-digit margin.

Lincoln led throughout the first half, building as much as an eight-point lead at 27-19 after a three-point play by Donald Brumfield.  S&T trimmed the lead down to three by halftime on a basket by A.J. Mandani, making the score 33-30 as the teams went to the locker room.

The Blue Tigers were able to extend that lead into double figures as the Miners came out cold to start the second half, as Kyle Wilde's three-pointer gave LU a 42-32 lead three minutes into the period.

Lincoln's lead grew to as many as 14 as the Miners made only two of their first 14 shots to start the second half. 

S&T was able to cut the Lincoln lead inside of double figures a couple of times, getting it down to eight on two free throws by Aaron Redecker with 8:17 to go, and later got the margin down to six at 59-53 when Redecker converted two more free throws at the 2:20 mark.

Mandani led the Miners with 15 points and Redecker had 12; no other Miner scored in double figures.  Lionel Booker led the Blue Tigers (2-0) with 17 points.

The Miners (1-1) will be idle until Nov. 28 when they face Missouri Baptist in a 7 p.m. game at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Of the 13 players named to the All-GLFC team, 10 were first team selections.  In addition, Miner head coach Kirby Cannon was selected as the GLFC's "Coach of the Year", senior wide receiver Mike Greaving was named as the league's "Offensive Player of the Year" and he along with five of his teammates were named as the top players at their respective positions.

Six of the Miners' 10 first team picks were on the offensive side of the ball, including three from the offensive line.  Senior guard Justin Hansen was named as the league's top offensive lineman and was joined on the first team by a pair of juniors, center Dan Hickman and guard John Krumme.  The line set the tone for an offensive unit that set new school records for points scored (408) and offensive yards (4,945) during the season.

Quarterback Jason Schlueter, a junior who started the bulk of the games for the Miners this year, was named as the first team quarterback after a year where he broke the S&T school record for completion percentage.  Schlueter completed 161-of-235 passes (68.5 percent) for 1,848 yards and 17 touchdowns.

Greaving, a senior, finished the season with 46 receptions for 618 yards and 11 touchdowns as he was one of five receivers with at least 44 catches on the year.  The Miners' second-leading receiver, junior Bryan Crider, was named as the first-team tight end after catching 53 passes for 549 yards and five scores.

S&T had two players on the defensive side of the ball named as the top players at their positions, as sophomore defensive tackle Justin Philpy as the top lineman and senior safety Robbie Woodard was named as the top defensive back.

Philpy finished the year with 31 tackles from his interior line spot, including six for a loss and five quarterback sacks.  Meanwhile, Woodard was the Miners' second-leading tackler with 72 and had five tackles for a loss and an interception.

Both were first team selections along with senior defensive end Matt Loula, who led S&T with 8.5 sacks and 15.5 tackles for a loss and senior linebacker Justin Butler, the Miners' top tackler on the season with 80 stops.

The Miners also had three second team selections in running back David Shields, who led S&T with 800 yards and a school record 13 rushing touchdowns; defensive end Loren Severs, who had three sacks and six tackles behind the line of scrimmage this season; and linebacker Brett Hanten, who finished the year with 60 tackles including 9.5 behind the line.

Missouri S&T finished the 2008 season with a 7-4 record and won a conference title for the first time since 1983.

On Saturday, the Miners were involved in another game that saw the winning points scored on the final snap of the ball -- but this time, the result went in the Miners' favor as they ended the season with a thrilling 39-38 double overtime win at Truman State.

The victory was the first for the Miners over the Bulldogs since 1983 -- Truman State had beaten S&T 22 straight times heading into Saturday's game -- and gave the Miners their second seven-win season in the last four years as they finished at 7-4.

For much of the first half, it appeared that the Miners were going to run away with the game as they took advantage of some Truman errors to build a 28-7 lead in the second quarter.

After a bad snap on a punt attempt gave the Miners the ball at the Bulldogs' 10-yard line midway through the first quarter, Brad Guidry connected with Mike Greaving for a touchdown on the next play to put S&T in front six minutes into the game.

The Miners got another turnover later in the quarter when Steve Edwards forced a fumble that Brian Gronewold recovered at the Truman 14.  They needed only two plays -- a 13-yard run by Jason Schlueter and a one-yard touchdown run by David Shields -- to extend the lead to 14-0.

After the Bulldogs cut the lead in half with their first scoring drive of the day, the Miners got their 14-point lead back when Guidry threw a 30-yard scoring pass to Chad Shockley.  With 3:32 left in the half, Guidry threw his third scoring pass of the half when he hit Shields on a six-yard scoring play to push the advantage to 28-7.

However, the Bulldogs spent the better part of the next two quarters wiping out that lead.  Matt Ticich threw a 10-yard scoring pass to Albert Coker with a minute to go in the half to make it 28-14 at the break, then after S&T missed a chance to extend the lead when Joe Drahos' field goal hit the upright, the Bulldogs got on a roll on the offensive side.

A 34-yard field goal by Mickey Massuci, followed by a 28-yard scoring pass from Ticich to Kendrick Blue -- the two-point conversion attempt failed -- cut the lead to 28-23.  Truman then put together a 55-yard scoring drive to take its first lead of the game when Ticich ran 14 yards to the end zone with 2:18 to go; a two-point conversion made it 31-28.

The Miners opened their last drive of regulation time at their own 42 and needed a fourth down completion to Greaving to keep the drive going.  The drive almost ended in disaster again when Zach Howard fumbled after making a catch, but Shockley pounced on the loose ball at the Truman 18.

Drahos atoned for his missed field goal by connecting on a 29-yarder with 19 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime.

The Miners got the ball first in overtime, but only gained five yards on the three plays and then had a missed field goal to give the Bulldogs a chance to win it.  The Miner defense answered the challenge, forcing a field goal attempt by Massuci that went wide to send the game to another overtime period.

Truman opened that period by scoring on the first play as Ticich connected with Coker to give the Bulldogs a 38-31 lead, but the Miners came back and put together the winning drive.

Guidry hit Bryan Crider for a first down to the Truman 14, then on a third-and-seven, the Bulldogs were flagged for pass interference at the two-yard line to give the Miners a first-and goal.

After the first two plays netted just one yard, Guidry took the third down play in to cut the lead to one.  Head coach Kirby Cannon decided to go for the win right there and Shields took the ball in for the game-winning two-point conversion.

The Miners finished with 478 yards of total offense and broke their single-season scoring record in the process with 408 points on the season.  Guidry was 35-of-52 for 383 yards and three touchdowns, with Howard catching 11 of the passes for 103 yards.

Shockley also reached the 100-yard mark on his eight catches.

Matt Loula finished with 15 tackles and Edwards with 13 on the defensive side of the ball.  Loula and Justin Philpy each finished with a sack in the game.

After watching Steven Barnett's three-pointer go in just before the buzzer in regulation to send the game to overtime -- and watching Harding follow that by taking a quick four-point lead in the extra period -- the Miners came back to force a second overtime period which it dominated to come away with a 93-80 double overtime win over the Bisons at Billy Key Court.

In a game that included 11 lead changes and 13 ties, neither team was able to build a lead of more than six points in the first 45 minutes of play.  S&T built its six-point lead at 21-15 after a pair of free throws by Aaron Redecker at the 4:45 mark and maintained the advantage for the balance of the half, going into the locker room with a 29-24 lead.

The Miners continued to hold the lead until the 12:29 mark of the second half, when the Bisons made a 10-2 run to take their biggest lead of the night at 51-45.  S&T answered with a 12-3 spurt of its own, as it regained the lead when Aaron Hays drained a three-pointer with 6:02 to go to give the Miners a 57-54 lead.

The game was tied at 65 with just over two minutes to go when Harding's Brian Howard fouled out when he was whistled for a block, which led to a technical foul being called on the Harding bench.  Adam Knollmeyer made three of the four free throws to give S&T a three-point lead, but the Miners were unable to put the game away. 

Hays hit the first of two at the line with five seconds to go to give S&T a three-point lead, but missed the second and Barnett took the rebound up the floor and fired up a shot from 22 feet away that went in at the buzzer to tie it at 72.

Harding jumped on top with baskets on its first two possessions in overtime, but the Miners clawed back and drew even at 78 when Justin Taylor hit two free throws with 26 seconds to go.  Trent Morgan missed a potential game-winning shot in the final seconds for the Bisons, then the Miners got one last chance but saw Taylor's three-pointer rim out at the horn.

Unfazed, the Miners jumped into the lead in the second overtime period and never relinquished it.  Marquis Jones knocked down a three from the 26 seconds into the period, then hit another one with just over two minutes to go to give the Miners their biggest lead of the night at 86-78.

S&T outscored Harding 15-2 in the second overtime period and held the Bisons without a field goal during those five minutes.

The Miners had five players in double figures, led by Redecker with 17 points.  Taylor and Knollmeyer had 15 apiece; Knollmeyer finished with a double-double as he added 15 boards.  S&T also got 11 points apiece from Jones and A.J. Mandani.

Morgan led all scorers in the contest with 21 points, while Barnett had 19 before he fouled out in the second overtime.

S&T (1-0) will face Lincoln Tuesday in a 7 p.m. game in Jefferson City. 

The Lady Miners led 30-22 at the half and still held only a six-point advantage four minutes into the second half at 38-32 after a three-pointer by Cherika Ramsey. But a three-pointer by Kylee Grant, the second of four in the second half for S&T, started the decisive run that ended with the Lady Miners up by 23 with 5:30 left to play.

Stacey Smith answered the Grant three with a basket, but the Lady Miners rattled off 10 straight points on lay-ins by Katie McElrath and Brittany Percival, followed by back-to-back three-pointers by Lauren Dubbert.

The Lady Miners finished the second half by shooting 53.8 percent in the second half.

Lincoln had only one lead in the game -- at 2-0 -- but the Lady Miners ran off the next 12 points to take the lead for good.  The Blue Tigers only got as close as five after that.

Dubbert finished with a game-high 18 points and connected on five of her seven three-point attempts in the contest.  Otherwise, the Lady Miners had balanced scoring with Tamara McCaskill finishing with 10 points, Grant with eight and five others with six points apiece.

S&T (1-0) will face 17th-ranked Hillsdale (1-0), a 104-62 winner over Oakland City in the first game of Saturday's action in the Lady Miner Tip-Off Classic, at 4 p.m. Sunday at Billy Key Court.