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

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2/6/2012	Miguel Beltran	Baseball
1/30/2012	Kidd Gomez	#4 Men's Wrestling
1/23/2012	Lauren Gober	Women's Basketball
1/16/2012	Orlan Jackman	Men's Basketball
1/9/2012	Jennifer Page	#17 Women's Wrestling
11/28/2011	Tiffany Goldwire	Women's Basketball
11/14/2011	Kayla MacKenzie	Women's Basketball
11/7/2011	Raechel Brown	#22 Women's Cross Country
10/31/2011	Adam Black	Men's Soccer
10/24/2011	Blerta Rashica	Women's Soccer
10/17/2011	Jessica Schiele	#19 Women's Golf
10/10/2011	Pauric McLaughlin	Men's Cross Country
10/3/2011	Tessa Plana	#17 Women's Wrestling
9/26/2011	Alex Miller	Competitive Cheerleading
9/19/2011	Allie Glazner	Women's Soccer
9/12/2011	Victoria Cross	Volleyball
4/25/2011	Rich Hawkins	Baseball
4/18/2011	Kirk Walker	Baseball
4/11/2011	Julien Pollard	Baseball
4/4/2011	Lily LaVelle	#2 Softball