Missouri State

DEBBIE DACE SWYERS
Volleyball-Softball, 1973-75
Inducted May 6, 1989

Debbie Dace was a volleyball standout for the Bears of coach Linda Dollar and a stalwart on the softball team of coach Kay Hunter during a three-year playing career at Missouri State. The softball Bears were in a sustained period of success at that time, winning AIAW state, regional and national titles in a 1974 season in which MSU went 19-4. The Bears had finished third in the national meet a year earlier, and claimed third in the state meet in 1975. In volleyball, also playing at the Division I level, the Bears were enjoying tremendous success as well, claiming 38 match wins in 1973 with a seventh-place national finish, winning 49 times in the 1974 season with state and regional crowns, and collecting an all-time school record 64 match victories in 1975 in a season which again included state and regional tournament titles.