Brittney Roberts (10/22/2012) - Athlete Awards - Oklahoma City University Athletics

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10/22/2012
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#17 Women's Wrestling
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Oklahoma City University’s Brittney Roberts posted a 6-0 record en route to helping the second-ranked Stars take the inaugural Oklahoma City duals and is this week’s Super Star of the Week.
“It was a really big win for us,” Roberts said. “We were ranked No. 2 and we have always been national champions and it is just something that we have to fulfill those expectations. We had to come together as a team and we had to get back to where we are supposed to be.”
Roberts downed Julia Salata, of King (Tenn.), to help the Stars to the title. Roberts and Salata have battled at 155 pounds for the past few seasons.
“It was a really a great win for me,” Roberts said. “Sometimes she beats me, sometimes I beat her, but it was really big for me to go out and just wrestle and perform and take her head on and do what I needed to do.”
Roberts, a senior from Santa Fe, Texas, has been a member of three consecutive WCWA national championship teams and will look to lead OCU to another.
“It is awesome, but there is so much pressure at the same,” Roberts said. “I know that I need to step up and I have had so many great role models before me who have showed me how to do it, and I just need to step up and lead the team and get them to wrestle for themselves and for the team.”
Roberts, a three-time WCWA all-American, had to be talked in to becoming a wrestler.
“It is a funny story actually,” Roberts said. “I played every sport I could while growing up. My friend’s brother was a wrestler and she decided to give wrestling a shot and got me to try it with her. She ended up quitting a couple weeks later and I just kept going.”
Roberts, a biomedical science major, plans to continue her education and wrestling career after graduating from OCU.
“My career plans are to graduate in May and then go on to attend nursing school or physician’s-assistant school,” Roberts said. “I want to continue to wrestle and try to wrestle in the 2016 Olympics.”

More on Brittney:
Actor who would play me in my life story: Jessica Biel
Favorite campus hangout: Tends to be the library whether I like it or not
Sporting event I would like to see someday: Olympics… Hopefully competing
My pet peeve: People who don’t appreciate you going out of your way to do something for them
Favorite team: Second to our team is the Oklahoma City Thunder

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
11/5/2012	Katrina Nolan	#22 Women's Cross Country
10/29/2012	Ashley Bechtold	Women's Soccer
10/22/2012	Brittney Roberts	#17 Women's Wrestling
10/15/2012	Danielle Robison	Volleyball
10/8/2012	Meghan McMahon	Women's Soccer
10/1/2012	Liz Mathews	Women's Rowing
9/24/2012	Trevor Harmon	Men's Soccer
9/17/2012	Alissa Reed	Women's Soccer
9/10/2012	Meghan Irwin	Volleyball
4/30/2012	Clark Collier	#4 Men's Golf
4/23/2012	Cody Crabaugh	Baseball
4/16/2012	Dane Phillips	Baseball
4/9/2012	Magean De La Torre	#2 Softball
4/2/2012	LeeAnn Lopez	#2 Softball
3/26/2012	Taylor Booze	Women's Basketball
3/12/2012	Lily LaVelle	#2 Softball
3/5/2012	Kevin Hardy	#4 Men's Wrestling
2/27/2012	Dietra Caldwell	Women's Basketball
2/20/2012	Nik Turner	#4 Men's Wrestling
2/13/2012	Blake Schwartz	Baseball