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6.30.2009 | Men's Rowing
OAKLAND, Calif. – Oklahoma City University rower Jimmy Von Peters received an invitation to attend USRowing’s national team freshman sculling camp on July 1-11.
Von Peters, a freshman from Chattanooga, Tenn., is one of 17 athletes from across the country selected for the camp, which is designed for athletes with elite-level potential and aspirations.
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6.23.2009 | Women's Golf, General
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University placed sixth in the NAIA National Association of College Directors of Athletics Director’s Cup standings for 2008-09 after the Stars won the national women’s golf championship.
OCU captured its fifth consecutive NAIA women’s golf crown. In 2008-09, the Stars also reached the NAIA semifinals in men’s soccer and women’s basketball, placed tied for third in the NAIA World Series and took fourth in men’s golf and softball.
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6.22.2009 | General
ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators recognized Oklahoma City University athletics’ marketing and promotions efforts with three “Best Of” awards.
Among Group III, OCU took gold in the new revenue-generating idea, bronze in the sponsorship program and bronze in the television commercial category. OCU competes for these awards against more than 700 NAIA, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III schools.
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6.22.2009 | Men's Wrestling, Women's Wrestling, General
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University garnered awards for its athletic publications for 2008-09, including the best wrestling media guide cover in Division C as awarded by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
NAIA-Sports Information Directors of America recognized OCU’s basketball media guide with eighth place in the combined basketball brochure publications contest and the Stars’ soccer media guide with eighth in the multisport brochure contest.
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6.19.09 | Women's Golf
DEVENS, Mass. – NAIA individual women’s golf champion Sydney Cox will be competing in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship starting Monday at Red Tail Golf Club.
Cox finished her college career by leading Oklahoma City University to its fifth consecutive national championship in May at Rapid City, S.D. Cox, from Edmond, Okla., will tee off at 12:10 p.m. Oklahoma time at the first hole, then at 7:10 a.m. on the 10th tee.
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6.16.09 | Women's Wrestling
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University has added Taylor Busboom of Spring, Texas and Chelsea Koenen of Killeen, Texas to its women’s wrestling program.
Busboom and Koenen were each four-time state qualifiers. Busboom captured the girls folkstyle national championship at 109 pounds in March at OCU.
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6.12.09 | Men's Golf
NORMAN, Okla. – Anthony Michael of Oklahoma City University has been named to the all-Nicklaus team, which recognizes the top men’s collegiate golfers from the NAIA and NCAA Division I, II and III.
Michael, a senior from Johannesburg, South Africa, was part of the 20 honorees as selected by the Golf Coaches Association of America. The all-Nicklaus team was created last year and named for Jack Nicklaus.
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6.12.09 | Men's Golf
NORMAN, Okla. – Clark Collier and Colin Nel of Oklahoma City University have been named PING NAIA men’s golf all-Americans by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Collier, a freshman from Edmond, Okla., made the second team, while Nel, a senior from Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, made the third team. Anthony Michael of the Stars was earlier named to the first team.
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6.12.09 | Men's Golf
OKLAHOMA CITY – Ben Bench of Oklahoma City University has been named ESPN the Magazine academic all-American on the third team of the men’s at-large college-division team.
Bench, a junior golfer from Oklahoma City, has posted a 3.98 cumulative grade-point average majoring in biomedical sciences. The College Sports Information Directors of America chose the academic all-American team based on the athletes’ GPAs and success in competition.
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6.12.09 | Men's Wrestling, Women's Wrestling
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University has hired Mikel Delk as an assistant wrestling coach.
Delk brings experience coaching on the college, high school and youth levels. Delk earned all-American honors and won state championships as a wrestler.
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