OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University hosts the 17th annual Jim Wade Awards, where the Stars will be lauded for their 2022-23 accomplishments, at 7 p.m. Friday inside the W. Angie Smith Chapel on campus.
Oklahoma City will recognize the overall Jim Wade Award winners, the Stars' student-athletes of the year.
The athletic department chose 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 named its own Jim Wade Award winner to be considered for the overall awards. OCU's Noah Barks (baseball) and Kennedy Jackson (softball) became the 2021-22 Jim Wade Award winners.
The Stars will honor 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.
2022-23 Jim Wade Award winners by sport
Baseball: Evan Maun
Men's basketball: Zach Lerblance
Men's cross country: Pedro Becerra
Men's golf: Bosten Benn
Men's rowing: Nikola Uveric
Men's soccer: Thomas McElyea
Men's track & field: Milan Todorovic
Men's wrestling: Keegan Luton
Women's basketball: Annilia Dawn
Competitive cheerleading: Katelyn Gregory
Competitive pom/dance: Ally Setser
Women's cross country: Kaitlyn Heffernan
Women's golf: Natalie Gough
Women's rowing: Ruthie Lacy
Women's soccer: Madison Caputo
Softball: Mallory McCoy
STUNT: Madison Blakey
Women's track & field: Shawna Smith
Volleyball: Rylee Steward
Women's wrestling: Sophia Smith
Chi Alpha Sigma Inductees
Caleb Allen, men's golf
Grant Baber, men's wrestling
Bosten Benn, men's golf
Ella Benward, competitive pom/dance
Nick Bonifay, men's basketball
Amy Crabaugh, softball
Aja Crawford, STUNT
Katlyn Davenport, women's cross country/track & field
Lexi Duff, softball
Kelsi Fitzgerald, women's basketball
Katelyn Gregory, competitive cheerleading
Hannah Grundy, volleyball
Katilyn Heffernan, women's cross country/track & field
Jordan Iwuchukwu, men's track & field
Ruthie Lacy, women's rowing
Zachary Lerblance, men's basketball
Wyatt Long, men's soccer
Grace McLean, competitive pom/dance
Raeslyn Miller, competitive cheerleading
McLain Moss, women's soccer
Holly Parker, competitive pom/dance
Ally Qualls, STUNT
Ana Rivera, women's cross country/track & field
Derrick Rodriguez, men's soccer
Sonia Ruiz, women's track & field
Fiona Scott, competitive pom/dance
Alexandra Setser, competitive pom/dance
Rebekah Sewell, STUNT
Andrija Simeunovic, men's rowing
Sophia Smith, women's wrestling
Katylin Sweeney, competitive pom/dance
Stephanie Towle, competitive pom/dance/women's track & field
Sydney Trenary, competitive cheerleading
Lily Tucker, competitive pom/dance
Emma Vance, volleyball
Drake Vannoy, men's wrestling
Savannah Whitten, competitive cheerleading
Fiona Wilson, women's basketball/track & field
Blake Yohn, competitive cheerleading
Peyton York, competitive cheerleading
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
2022–Noah Barks, baseball
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
2022–Kennedy Jackson, softball
