OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University honors its student-athletes for their 2021-22 achievements in the 16th annual Jim Wade Awards at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Petree Recital Hall inside the Wanda Bass School of Music.
OCU will unveil the overall Jim Wade Award winners, who will be recognized as the Stars' student-athletes of the year.
The athletic department selected those considered the best representatives of OCU athletics both on and off the field of competition and best embody the ideals of the awards' namesake, the late Gen. Jim Wade. Each OCU team chose its own Jim Wade Award winner to be considered for the overall awards. Oklahoma City's most recent overall Jim Wade Award winners were David Meyers (men's golf) and Cierra Foster (women's wrestling) in 2020-21.
The Stars will induct their latest induction class into Chi Alpha Sigma, a national student-athlete honor society.
Wade competed for OCU in baseball, basketball and football and became an OCU Athletic Hall of Famer and university trustee emeritus. Wade was a general in the U.S. Air Force who was decorated for service in the Korean War and had tours of duty in World War II and the Vietnam War. He earned his bachelor of arts from the university in 1949. OCU's baseball field, office suites and soccer press box bear his name.
2021-22 Jim Wade Award winners by sport
Baseball: Noah Barks
Men's basketball: Elie Ghomsi
Men's cross country/track & field: Zouhair Talbi
Men's golf: Dalton Daniel
Men's soccer: John Woodhead
Men's wrestling: Keegan Luton
Rowing: Nikola Uveric
Women's basketball: Abby Selzer
Competitive cheerleading: McKenzie Landes
Competitive pom/dance: Jordyn Pierson
Women's cross country/track & field: Cailen Jolley
Softball: Kennedy Jackson
STUNT: Kristin Oliphant
Volleyball: Isabel Harwell
Women's golf: Natalie Gough
Women's soccer: Madison Caputo
Women's wrestling: Destiny Lyng
Chi Alpha Sigma Inductees
Aubrey Armstrong, women's soccer
Pedro Becerra, men's track & field
Manuel Belmonte, men's soccer
Sofia Carvajal Granados, women's soccer
Landy Champlin, competitive dance
Dalton Daniel, men's golf
Dane Drennan, competitive cheerleading
Alexandra Eckelbarger, competitive dance
Megan Filler, STUNT
Paige Graham, women's soccer
Grace Keen, women's rowing
Sarah Koopman, competitive dance
Elizabeth Heffernan, women's cross country/track & field
April Hill, women's soccer
Braden Hill, baseball
Cailen Jolley, women's cross country/track & field
Kaitlyn Jones, softball
Jusung Kang, men's soccer
Josie Knox, women's soccer
Mallorie Lane, women's soccer
Laurel Marsh, competitive cheerleading
Mallory McCoy, softball
Thomas McElyea, men's soccer
Madison McEwin, women's soccer
Holly Parker, competitive dance
Harvey Paul, men's soccer
Angeli Pena, competitive dance
Emma Petherick, competitive dance
Charles Pitman, competitive dance
Tyler Polk, baseball
Irene Sanchez, women's wrestling
Millie Templeman, women's soccer
Sydney Turbeville, competitive dance
Nicola Uveric, men's rowing
Alejandro Viera, men's soccer
Olivia Williams, STUNT
Jim Wade Award Winners
MALE
2006–Jeff McLaughlin, baseball
2007–Kameron Gray, men's basketball
2008–Kameron Gray, men's basketball
2009–Brandon Hull, men's soccer
2010–Ben Bench, men's golf
2011–Chad Carman, baseball
2012–Chad Carman, baseball
2013–Charlton Jones, men's basketball
2014–Mark Anderson, men's golf
2015–Ryan Wright, baseball
2016–Hunter Marcum, baseball
2017–Terence Bonhomme, men's basketball
2018–Terence Bonhomme, men's basketball
2019–Quinton Walbergh, baseball
2021–David Meyers, men's golf
FEMALE
2006–Randi Scheer, softball
2007–Roxie Luegge, women's rowing
2008–Viola Beybeyah, women's basketball
2009–Mindy Crabaugh, softball
2010–Jenni Gaby, softball
2011–Brittany Tibbs, women's soccer-softball
2012–Emily Davis, women's basketball
2013–Lauren Gober, women's basketball
2014–Elia Folch, women's golf; Beatrize Martinez, women's wrestling
2015–Emily Webster, women's wrestling
2016–Caroline Goodin, women's golf
2017–Caroline Goodin, women's golf
2018–Aminat Olowora, women's cross country & track & field
2019–Cassidy Jasperson, women's wrestling; Dominique Kopecky, competitive cheerleading/STUNT
2021–Cierra Foster, women's wrestling
