Northwest Missouri State Athletics

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Josh Lamberson was the leader of some prolific offenses during his tenure as a quarterback for the Bearcats and ended his career in the NCAA top 30 all-time for career passing efficiency.
 
Lamberson found success early in his career but was struck with adversity midway through his junior year after suffering a serious hip injury. All the Wilber, Nebraska native would do is bounce back with one of the best single season performances for a quarterback in school history.  That 2005 season was simply remarkable – a school record 324 completions, recorded the 5^th best completion percentage in a single season and the 3^rd most TD passes in a single season with 33. After a 3 loss regular season, the Bearcats found themselves on the road beginning the 2005 playoffs.  Lamberson would lead the Bearcats on a dramatic five game stretch that would catapult the program to a run of 5 straight National Title game appearances.  During that playoff run, he would pass for a Division 2 record 1,365 yards and he still holds a championship game record with 33 pass completions in the showdown with number one ranked Grand Valley State.
 
Lamberson’s accomplishments off the gridiron are just as notable.  He is one of six Northwest student-athletes to win the prestigious Ken B. Jones award for the MIAA’s top overall student-athlete.  Named a first-team academic all-American in 2004 and then again in 2005, when he was also selected as the ESPN the Magazine and CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year.