2009 ou men's tennis guide

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NUNIVERSIT Y OF OKL AHOMA MEN’S TENNIS

2009 MEDIA GUIDEThe 2009 Oklahoma Men’s Tennis Guide was designed

and produced by the Oklahoma Athletics Department

in Norman, Okla., using Abobe InDesign and Adobe

Photoshop.

The guide was printed by Transcript Press of Norman

at no cost to the taxpayers of the state of Oklahoma.

The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity

employer. (January 2009)

GUIDE DESIGN Ryan Kasmiersky & Jason Bodin

WRITERS Ryan Kasmiersky & Jason Bodin

COVER DESIGNScott Matthews

CONTRIBUTORSChris Freet, Mitch Heckart, Mike Houck, Matt Mont-

gomery, Jason Matheson, Craig Moran, Phillip Rogers

and Jared Thompson.

PHOTOGRAPHYCoach and athlete headshots by Shevaun Williams of

Shevaun Williams & Associates. Additional photogra-

phy by Jerry Laizure, Ty Russell, Mark Kraus, Lisa Hall

and OU Media Relations Files.

Nike is the official footwear, apparel

supplier and sponsor of the University of

Oklahoma men’s tennis program.

A LETTER FROM HEAD COACH PAUL LOCKWOODWelcome to men’s tennis at the University of Oklahoma.

As a coaching staff we believe we have the talent in place to compete at a very high level in the Big 12 Conference and on the nation’s elite level.

After recording 31 victories in the last two years and reaching the 2007 NCAA Tournament, our expectations for this season are even higher - improve our record and make an appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years.

As the head coach of the Sooners, I embrace the responsibility of preparing my student-athletes for the court of competition as well as in the court of life.

At Oklahoma, we strive to improve our student-athletes in competition and in the classroom. The mission statement of our athletics department states that we ‘inspire champions today and pre-pare leaders for tomorrow.’

That is very evident in the fact that we offer our student-athletes the top resources to help prepare them for success in every facet of life here at OU and after their collegiate careers.

The University of Oklahoma is one of, if not the top, athletics programs in the country and we are held to the highest standards. The university and fans demand success and we would not have it any other way.

We look forward to the success that this season will bring and have our sights set on the bright futures of tomorrow.

PAUL LOCKWOOD | Head Coach | OU Men’s Tennis

WELCOME LETTER

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2009 GUIDE DIRECTORY

9SEASON PREVIEWLetter and Credits 1

Contents 2

2009 Roster 4

2009 Schedule 5

Gregg Wadley Pavilion 6

Preview 9

Roster Breakdown 12

13PLAYERSSergey Avdeyev 14

Ionut Beleleu 15

Andrei Daescu 16

Blake Boswell 17

George Chanturia 17

Chase Miller 17

Andrew Oatman 18

David Pultr 18

19COACHESHead Coach Paul Lockwood 20

Assistant Coach Silviu Tanasoiu 23

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25SEASON REVIEWSeason Review 26

Season Results 27

Individual Records 28

Doubles Records 30

Match Results 31

35HISTORYConference Championships 36

Individual Conference Champions 37

Records 38

Year-by-Year Results 40

Letterwinners 47

49BOOMER SOONERPresident Boren 50

Athletic Dir. Joe Castiglione 51

OU Head Coaches 52

OU Administration 53

The University of Oklahoma 54

OU Sports Information 66

Support Staff 74

Quick Facts 77

Big 12 Conference 78

Media Outlets 79

SoonerSports.com 80

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NAME HEIGHT YEAR HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) PRONUNCIATION

Avdeyev, Sergey 6-1 Sr. Moscow, Russia (N 708 Moscow) Ser-GAY AV-duh-yev

Beleleu, Ionut 6-0 So. Zalau, Romania (Colegiul Zalau) I-oh-noot Bel-eh-lu

Boswell, Blake 5-8 So. Tulsa, Okla. (Boise State) BOS-well

Chanturia, George 5-7 Fr. Tibilisi, Georgia (Grigol Robakidze University) Chan-TOUR-ia

Daescu, Andrei 6-2 Jr. Bucharest, Romania (C.N. Emil Racovita) AN-dre DIE-es-cue

Miller, Chase 6-0 So. Edmond, Okla.(Southern Illinois)

Oatman, Andrew 5-10 Fr. Austin, Texas (McCallum High School) OAT-man

Pultr, David 6-0 So. Prague, Czech Republic (Charles University) PULL-tur

OKLAHOMA COACHING STAFF

Head Coach: Paul Lockwood, 22nd year

Assistant Coach: Silviu Tanasoiu, Third Year

2009 ROSTER

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DAY DATE OPPONENT/EVENT LOCATION TIME

Saturday Jan. 24 Texas-Pan American Oklahoma City 2 p.m.

Sunday Feb. 1 Oral Roberts Oklahoma City 3 p.m.

Friday Feb. 6 @ Washington Seattle, Wash. 6 p.m.

Saturday Feb. 7 vs. Boise State ! Seattle, Wash. 4 p.m.

Saturday Feb. 14 TCU NORMAN 6 p.m.

Monday Feb. 16 Pacific NORMAN 11 a.m.

Friday Feb. 20 @ Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. 3 p.m.

Friday Feb. 27 Northern Arizona # Las Vegas, Nev. Noon

Saturday Feb. 28 @ UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. Noon

Wednesday March 4 @ Baylor * NORMAN 3 p.m.

Saturday March 7 San Diego NORMAN 4 p.m.

Thursday March 19 Blue-Gray Classic Montgomery, Ala. All Day

Friday March 20 Blue-Gray Classic Montgomery, Ala. All Day

Saturday March 21 Blue-Gray Classic Montgomery, Ala. All Day

Sunday March 22 Blue-Gray Classic Montgomery, Ala. All Day

Friday March 27 Texas A&M * NORMAN 6 p.m.

Sunday March 29 Texas * NORMAN 1 p.m.

Friday April 3 Rice NORMAN 2 p.m.

Sunday April 5 @ Nebraska * Lincoln, Neb. 11 a.m.

Saturday April 11 Oklahoma State * NORMAN 5 p.m.

Wednesday April 15 Wichita State NORMAN 2 p.m.

Sunday April 19 @ Texas Tech * Lubbock, Texas 1 p.m.

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPSFriday April 24 Big 12 Championships NORMAN All Day

Saturday April 25 Big 12 Championships NORMAN All Day

Sunday April 26 Big 12 Championships NORMAN All Day

2009 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSSaturday May 9 at NCAA Regionals TBA All Day

Sunday May 10 at NCAA Regionals TBA All Day

Thursday May 14 at NCAA Championships College Station, Texas All Day

Friday May 15 at NCAA Championships College Station, Texas All Day

Saturday May 16 at NCAA Championships College Station, Texas All Day

Sunday May 17 at NCAA Championships College Station, Texas All Day

Monday May 18 at NCAA Championships College Station, Texas All Day

Tuesday May 19 at NCAA Championships College Station, Texas All Day

Wednesday May 20 at NCAA Championships College Station, Texas All Day

Thursday May 21 at NCAA Championships College Station, Texas All Day

Friday May 22 at NCAA Championships College Station, Texas All Day

Saturday May 23 at NCAA Championships College Station, Texas All Day

ALL TIMES LISTED ARE CENTRAL

HOME MATCHES ARE IN BOLD AND HELD AT THE HEADINGTON FAMILY TENNIS CENTER UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

* — denotes conference match

! — played at the University of Washington

# — played at the University of Nevada Las Vegas

2009 SCHEDULE

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GREGG WADLEY PAVILION

J O E C A S T I G L I O N E , G R E G G A N D B E T S Y WA D L E Y A N D D AV I D B O R E N

Joe Castiglione, VP/Director of Athletics

“We are grateful to those who share our vision for the future. They enable us to make this

wonderful enhancement for our men’s and women’s tennis programs. I think it is especially

noteworthy that many of the donations came from former student-athletes.”

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‘09 Opening for play during the 2009 season.

55 The number times a thousand of square footage in the new Gregg Wadley Pavilion.

375 The number of chair-back seats for spectators which are elevated between the courts.

6 The number of of air-conditioned, championship-quality lighting and surface courts in the Gregg Wadley Pavilion.

GREGG WADLEY PAVILION

Gregg Wadley

“OU has had a long, rich tradition of great tennis and this is our way of

extending and enriching that legacy. Also, tennis has been a lifelong

hobby and passion of mine. I’ve enjoyed exciting competition and

made terrific friends through tennis. Betsy and I hope OU students

and friends of the University will use this facility to enhance their lives

through the great sport of tennis.”

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WORLD CLASS TENNIS FACILITIES

PREVIEWOKLAHOMA MEN’S TENNIS

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ROSTER & QUICK FACTS

HOLDING COURT

With three letterwinners returning from the 2008 squad, including two who reached

the NCAA Tournament in 2007, the 2009 Sooners figure to rebuild on the momentum

gained in 2007 and make a run at an NCAA Tournament appearance.

Five highly skilled newcomers enter the mix along with an experienced senior, a

junior who is ranked among the nation’s best, and a sophomore who is quickly devel-

oping into a dynamic player. Oklahoma expects it will contend with the not only the

Big 12 Conference’s elite but the nation’s as well.

As proud as they were with their trip to the NCAA tournament two years ago, the duo

of Sergey Avdeyev and Andrei Daescu would like to that performance this year.

They expect nothing less.

Despite losing seniors Federico Chavarria and Ryan Thomas, who exhausted their eli-

gibility, Oklahoma returns one senior – Avdeyev – who is a model of what Lockwood

expects Sooners to be, a junior in Daescu, who participated in the NCAA Tournament

last year as an at-large selection, and a sophomore in Ionut Beleleu, who opened the

2008-09 fall season with a 9-1 record.

To complement what he already had tucked away, Lockwood and his assistant

coach Silviu Tanasoiu recruited five newcomers – Blake Boswell, George Chanturia,

Chase Miller, Andrew Oatman and David Pultr – who can step in and fill any void

immediately.

“I always expect the most from our kids and this season will be no different. We are

a more highly skilled team this year and after what we were able to accomplish last

year, I expect us to excel this season,” Lockwood said.

Daescu will be leaned on this year to take on the role of the No. 1 singles spot and he

is more than prepared.

The Bucharest, Romania, native finished last fall with an overall record of 15-7.

Daescu competed exclusively at the No. 1 spot as a sophomore and looks to thrive off

of the experience gained in 2008.

As a freshman in 2007, Daescu played No. 1 through 3 singles when most players in

his shoes were playing No. 4 through 6 singles. With the experience from the last two

seasons under his belt, Daescu is better prepared to take on the elite competition in

the nation.

Working toward their second NCAA tournament appearance in three years, the Oklahoma men’s ten-nis team is looking for redemption in 2009.


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“Andrei is a very solid tennis player and last season, while rough at times, helped him

mature and learn to focus on what he needed to do to improve and become a very

highly skilled No. 1 singles player at the Division I level,” Lockwood said. “We have full

confidence in Andrei and the way he improved himself during the offseason shows

he is ready to resume his role as a leader this season.”

Avdeyev, Beleleu, Pultr, and transfer Boswell promise to give the Sooners a wealth of

experience in singles play backing up Daescu.

Avdeyev had strong showings in the No. 2 and 3 singles as a junior. The experience

was invaluable as this season the Moscow, Russia, native will be looked upon to hold

down anywhere from the No.1 to No. 3 slots at times.

Chanturia, Oatman and Miller all have speed and skill that are a must to compete in

the Big 12 and on the nation’s elite level.

“We feel very confident that either Sergey or Ionut can give us what we are looking

for at No. 2 singles,” Lockwood said. “Both of them have shown that they can com-

pete at the level needed to be a tremendous No. 2 player.”

“Blake has grown tremendously in his singles play and we look forward to him

becoming a staple in our starting singles lineup,” Lockwood continued. “George has

improved enormously in the last couple of months. I think he will find his niche and

make his way into the regular singles lineup.

SCHEDULE BREAKDOWNThe Sooners’ schedule in 2009 is one that promises to prepare OU for its grueling Big

12 schedule.

“We are looking forward to a great 2009 season and, as usual, our schedule is a very

challenging one with five of six Big 12 opponents ranked in the top-30 of the ITA

pre-season rankings,” Lockwood said. “Our players are enthusiastic and ready to take

on a tough schedule.”

OU will travel to Montgomery, Ala., for the Blue-Gray Classic again in 2009. This

tournament is becoming a regular stop for Lockwood as many of the nation’s elite

programs make appearances.

The 11-match non-conference schedule has the Sooners hosting ranked opponents

TCU, and San Diego and traveling to face ranked opponents in Washington, Boise

State and Arkansas.

Oklahoma opened the 2009 season in Oklahoma City when Texas Pan-American

made the trip to Oklahoma City at Willow Creek Golf and Country Club on Jan. 24, fol-

lowed by a home match at the Greens Country Club in Oklahoma City vs. Oral Roberts.

After the home openers, the Sooners will hit the road for two straight matches in Se-

attle, Wash., first against Washington on Feb. 6 and then Boise State on Feb. 7, before

returning to host Tulsa on Feb. 12. Two days later, Oklahoma plays host to TCU, and

then to Pacific two days after that. Those matches are planned to be the first action in

the brand new indoor tennis center, the Gregg Wadley Pavilion, will see.

From there, the Sooners will have four days to prepare for a trip to Fayetteville, Ark.,

to face the Arkansas Razorbacks on Feb. 20, before heading to Las Vegas, Nev., Feb. 27

and 28 to face off with Northern Arizona and UNLV.

The Sooners finish out their non-conference schedule by hosting San Diego March

7 before heading to Birmingham, Ala., to compete in the Blue-Gray Classic, March

19-22.

The six-match Big 12 schedule will feature home duals against rivals and perennial

top 25 teams in Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma State.

Oklahoma travels to defending conference champion Baylor March 4 in its Big 12

opener. Other Big 12 road tilts include trips to Lincoln, Neb., to take on the Cornhusk-

ers, and Lubbock, Texas, to square off with Texas Tech.

The Big 12 Championships will be in Norman at the Headington Family Tennis Center

and Gregg Wadley Pavilion April 24-26. The NCAA Regional is scheduled for May

9 and 10 at a site to be announced. The NCAA Championships will be held on the

campus of Texas A&M University at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center, May 14

through the 25.

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Roster Breakdown

By ClassificationSeniors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Juniors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Sophomores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Freshman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

By CountryUnited States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Alphabetical Roster

Avdeyev, Sergey ............................... Sr.

Beleleu, Ionut .................................. So.

Boswell, Blake .................................. Jr.

Chanturia, George ............................ Fr.

Daescu, Andrei ................................. Jr.

Miller, Chase..................................... So.

Oatman, Andrew .............................. Fr.

Pultr, David ...................................... So.

Newcomers

Juniors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blake Boswell

Sophomores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chase Miller

David Pultr

Freshmen . . . . . . . . . . . . George Chanturia

Andrew Oatman

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SERGEY AVDEYEV

2008-09 SENIORITA pre-season ranked No. 122 ... navigated the fall season with a 6-2 record ... ad-vanced to the Wilson/ITA Central Regional semifinals ... fell one round short of qualify-ing for the 2008 D’Novo All-American Championships.

2007-08 JUNIORFinished the season with a 7-13 record competeing in the No. 2 and 3 singles slots ...

completed the season with a 9-9 doubles record while teaming with both Alexandru

Joitoiu and Vlad Marinescu.

2006-07 - SOPHOMORECompeted in No. 5 and 6 singles during the fall ... finished the season with a singles

record of 13-4 and 1-0 in the Big 12 ... teamed up with Rob McKenzie and Marek

Velicka in doubles and finished with a record of 10-2 ... had season-high six-match

winning streak from March 11 to March 30 ... competed in first round of the NCAA

Championships.

2005-06 - FRESHMANDid not compete in a singles or doubles match in the fall ... tallied an 11-11 singles

record in the spring ... went 2-5 in Big 12 duals and 3-4 against regional opponents ...

was 1-1 in spring doubles matches.

PRIOR TO OKLAHOMARanked No. 3 in age group (18) in Kazakstan.

PERSONAL INFORMATIONson of Alexey and Olga Avdeyev ... majoring in international business.

PERSONALITY PROFILEFavorite tennis player: Marat Safin

Favorite OU tradition: Football homecoming parade

Why did you choose OU? Great school

What is your favorite tennis memory at OU? Winning the Rice Invitational

Favorite restaurant: Outback

What do you like to do in your spare time:? Hang out with my friends

Who has had the greatest impact on your tennis career? My father

Nickname: Sarge

Favorite sports hero: Maradona

What has been the highlight of your tennis career: Practicing with Shutler

Senior | 6-1 | Right-Handed

Moscow, Russia

N 108 Moscow

SINGLES DOUBLESYear 1 2 3 4 5 6 Overall Spring Fall Big 12 Region 1 2 3 Overall Spring Fall Big 12 Region

2005-06 0-0 1-0 1-0 5-6 3-2 1-3 11-11 11-11 0-0 2-5 3-4 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

2006-07 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 7-4 4-0 13-4 13-4 3-1 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 8-1 11-2 10-2 0-0 2-0 0-0

2007-08 0-0 5-9 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 7-13 7-13 XX 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-2 10-6 10-8 10-8 XX 2-4 0-0

Total 0-0 6-9 3-4 7-6 10-6 5-3 31-28 31-28 3-1 4-10 3-4 2-0 1-3 19-8 22-11 21-11 0-0 4-4 0-0

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IONUT BELELEU

2008-09 SOPHOMOREConcluded the fall season with a 9-2 record ... took the No. 2 flight championship at the 2008 Navy Invitational ... held a seven-match winning streak from Sept. 12- Oct. 7 ... advanced through pre-qualifying at the 2008 D’Novo All-American Championships .

2007-08 - FRESHMANCompleted the season with a 7-6 record, competing in the No. 2 and 3 single slots in non-conference ... had a 5-6 doubles record teaming up with Ryan Thomas ... did not compete in Big 12 play.

PRIOR TO OKLAHOMATwo-time National Champion (individual) ... earned one team National Championship ... two-time runner-up in National Championships (singles and doubles) ... third place finish in European Championships ... third place in Orange Bowl doubles ... ranked No. 1267 in ATP ... top 100 in ITF ... top five ranking in ETA (European ranking).

PERSONALSon of Ioan and Aurica Beleleu ... majoring in finance ... has one brother, Petrut (17).

PERSONALITY PROFILEFavorite tennis player: Rafael Nadal

Favorite OU tradition: The intro video before each football game

Why did you choose OU: Coach Silviu and the rich tradition of OU athletics

What is your favorite tennis memory at OU: The first game inside the Gregg Wadley

Favorite restaurant: BJ’s and Chilli’s

What do you like to do in your spare time: Play soccer & spend time with my girlfriend

Who has had the greatest impact on your tennis career: My father

Nickname: Johnny

Favorite sports hero: Zinedine Zidane

What has been the highlight of your tennis career: Winning the Individual Romanian

National Championship twice

Sophomore | 6-0 | Right-Handed

Zalau, Romania

Colegiul National Silvania Zalau


2008-09 - - - - - - - - 9-2 - - - - - - - 2-3 0-0 0-0

2007-08 0-0 4-5 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 7-6 7-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-5 1-1 5-6 5-6 0-0 0-0

Total 0-0 4-5 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 7-6 7-6 9-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-5 1-1 5-6 5-6 2-3 0-0 0-0

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ANDREI DAESCU


2006-07 ? ? ? ? ? ? 14-4 13-8 0-0 2-4 0-0 ? ? ? ? 14-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Total ? ? ? ? ? ? 14-4 13-8 0-0 2-4 0-0 ? ? ? 14-4 14-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

CAREER STATISTICS

2008-09 JUNIORCompleted the fall season with a 6-4 record ... pre-season ranked No. 22 ... quali-

fied for the main draw at the ITA All-American where he went 2-2 ... advanced to the

quarerfinals on the Wilson/ITA Central Regional where he lost to the eventual regional

champion ... selected as one of five at-large players to participate in the ITA National

Indoor Championships.

2007-08-SOPHOMOREFinished singles season with an overall record of 15-7 and a conference record of 3-3

... held a 4-8 record against opponents ranked in the top 100 ... completed the season

with a 14-7 doubles record while teaming with Federico Chavarria ... advanced to the

first round of the NCAA Championships.

2006-07 - FRESHMANFinished singles season with an overall record of 13-11 and a conference record of 2-4

... finished the season with a record of 1-2 versus ranked opponents ... ended season

with a doubles record of 12-6 while teaming up with Fedrico Chavarria, Vaclav Kucera

and Ryan Thomas ... won his first round match in the NCAA Championships, defeating

Eoin Heavey of California 6-2, 6-4.

PRIOR TO OKLAHOMASingles national champion ... winner of 2 ETA tournaments ... best ATP rank, 1210

... two-time finalist in the singles National Championships ... three-time finalist in

doubles National Championships.

PERSONALSon of Nicolae and Laura Daescu ... majoring in management ... has one brother, Al-

exandrj.

PERSONALITY PROFILEFavorite tennis player: Ivan Lsubicic

Favorite OU tradition: Bedlam!

Why did you choose OU? Because of the long tradition of the tennis program

What is your favorite tennis memory at OU? The doubles victory with

Federico against Baylor

Who has had the greatest impact on your tennis career? My first coach

Nickname: Big daddy

What has been the highlight of your tennis career? The 6-2, 6-1 victory over the No.

3 ranked player in collegiate tennis and defeating the No. 1 singles player for OSU

Junior | 6-2 | Right-Handed

Bucharest, Romania

C.N. Emil Racovita


2006-07 3-2 7-5 4-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 13-11 13-11 0-0 2-4 0-0 7-4 4-2 1-0 12-6 12-6 0-0 6-3 0-0

2007-08 15-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 15-7 15-7 0-0

Total 18-8 7-5 4-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 28-18 13-11 0-0 2-4 0-0 7-4 4-2 1-0 12-6 12-6 0-0 6-3 0-0

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PRIOR TO OKLAHOMA Spent two years at Bosie State, collecting a 23-16 record

his freshman season ... named to the 2007 second team

All-WAC in both singles and doubles ... three-time Okla-

homa state champion ... tabbed Missouri Valley Player of the Year twice.

PERSONALSon of Douglas and Tori Boswell ... majoring in finance ... has two sisters, Hailey and

Courtney.

Junior | 5-8 | Right-Handed

Tulsa, Okla.

Boise State

PRIOR TO OKLAHOMA Spent his freshman year at Southern Illinois where he

accumulated five wins in singles and eight in doubles.

PERSONALSon of Kris and Robin Miller ... majoring in political science ... has a sister, Makenzie,

and a brother, Luke.


Edmond, Okla.

Southern Illinois

PRIOR TO OKLAHOMA

Three-time Georgian national champion ... Participated

in the 2007and 2008 Davis Cup representing Georgia.

PERSONALSon of Bella and the late Avtandil Chanturia ... majoring in business.

Freshman | 5-7 | Right-Handed

Tibilisi, Georgia

Grigol Robakidze University

GEORGE CHANTURIA

CHASE MILLER

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PRIOR TO OKLAHOMA Quarterfinalist and semifinalist in Texas 4A state high

school tennis tournament in 2008 and 2007 respectively.

PERSONALSon of Debbie and Steve Oatman ... majoring in English ... has two older brothers, Colin

and Taylor.

Freshman | 5-10 | Right-Handed

Austin, Texas

McCallum High School

PRIOR TO OKLAHOMA Finished third in doubles at 2004 Master of Republics ...

Took second in 2005 Master of Republics in singles and

doubles ... top-five finisher in Czech standings.

PERSONALSon of Ivo and Alice Pultr ... majoring in business.


Prague, Czech Republic

Charles University

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PAUL LOCKWOODHEAD COACH | 22nd SEASON | 313-201 (.609)

Rare is it that you have a former student-athlete re-turn to his alma mater and become the cornerstone of an athletic program.

But that is exactly what the University of Oklahoma men’s tennis program received in 1974 as a talented young man, Paul Lockwood, stepped on the courts.

Now more than 30 years later and with 328 victories under his belt,

that same man has become the cornerstone of a successful Division I

tennis program at Oklahoma.

Not only has his program succeeded on the court, it has produced

where it counts the most, in the classroom.

From the fall 1996 semester through the spring 2006 semester, Lock-

wood’s team held a cumulative team GPA of at least a 3.0.

Lockwood now sits at the head of a team that may be his best since the

inception of the Big 12.

With the addition of an indoor tennis center this season, the future

could not look any brighter for Lockwood and the Sooner men’s tennis

program.

Lockwood reached a personal coaching milestone on April 26, 2007,

when his team defeated the Texas Tech Red Raiders by a score of 4-3.

Not only did the Sooners pocket their 18th win of the 2007 season, but

Lockwood notched his 300th career victory.

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HEAD COACHTHE LOCKWOOD FILEBirth Date: Sept. 9, 1953Hometown: Tulsa, OklahomaChildren: daughter Lauren, married to Trey Albright

daughter AllisonWife: Debra LockwoodHigh School: Holland Hall (Okla.)College: Oklahoma (B.S. in business administration, 1976).

PLAYING EXPERIENCE1974-76 University of Oklahoma

NOTE: Team captain of the Sooners’ 1976 Big Eight Championship squad. Also won the Big Eight No. 1 singles and doubles crown.

COACHING EXPERIENCE1987-Present: Head Coach, University of Oklahoma1977-78: Head Coach, University of Tulsa1976-77: Assistant Coach, University of Oklahoma

After graduating from OU in 1976, Lockwood served one term as an

OU assistant to then head coach Jerry Keen during the 1977 season.

From there, Lockwood was named the head coach at the University of

Tulsa where he served as head coach for one season. After one season

in Tulsa, Lockwood dusted off his racket and decided to play tennis

professionally for two seasons.

In 1979, he participated in the U.S. Open Qualifying Tournament in

Flushing Meadows, N.Y. Lockwood earned a world ranking in both

singles and doubles play during his professional career.

Lockwood returned to lead the Oklahoma tennis program in 1987

after serving as the head professional at Philcrest Hills Tennis Club in

Tulsa, Okla., for one year. He also was the head professional at Shadow

Mt. Racquet Club for five years (1981-86).

The Tulsa, Okla., native has amassed a career record of 313-201 in 22

years. His program has accumulated 13 singles and nine doubles con-

ference champions.

The 1999 season was an especially impressive one when Lockwood

earned his first trip as a head coach to the National Indoor Team Cham-

pionships. His team defeated host Tulsa, 4-2 and then proceeded to

defeat the No. 1 seed Kansas by a score of 4-1.

Ironically, the last time that a Sooner team had accomplished such a

feat was with Lockwood serving his one year as an assistant coach in

1977.

His accomplishments as a head coach have not gone ignored as he was

named the 1991 and 1992 Big Eight Coach of the Year by his peers.

An accomplished coach at Oklahoma, Lockwood was just as outstand-

ing as a student-athlete for the Sooners.

Coming out of Tulsa’s Holland Hall High School where the young Lock-

wood only lost two singles matches his entire career, he became a key

component of the Sooners’ four-year reign of the Big Eight while in

school.

From 1974-76, Lockwood amassed a career record of 68-29 with four

Big Eight Championships (three singles and one doubles). Lockwood

was instrumental in helping take the team to two Big Eight team

championships in 1974 and 1976.

Lockwood represented the Sooners at the NCAA Championships, com-

peting in three championships as a singles player and three years in

doubles competition.

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Lockwoood’s Career Coaching RecordYear School . . . . . . Title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Record2008 Okahoma . . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-132007 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-92006 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-122005 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-72004 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-72003 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-102002 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-122001 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-122000 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-121999 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-151998 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-111997 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-91996 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-111995 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-91994 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22-71993 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-91992 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-41991 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-61990 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-101989 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-121988 Oklahoma . . . Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-4At OU 22 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313-207 (.602)

T H E LO C K W O O D FA M I LYLockwood has produced outstanding tennis

players at the University of Oklahoma and

his student-athletes have produced where it

matters most and that is the classroom.

Students-athletes are attracted to the Univer-

sity of Oklahoma for many reasons and they

are recruited because of their athletic ability.

Still, over the past 21 years, Lockwood and his

staff have made sure that their student-ath-

letes know the main reason they have come

to the University of Oklahoma. And that is to

get an education.

Lockwood’s players have been named to the

Academic All-Big 12 first team 23 times since

1998. Of those 23, seven have been on mul-

tiple first teams.

Eight student-athletes have been honored on

the second team.

From 1992-1996, 10 athletes were named to

the All-Big Eight singles team. One of those

student-athletes was a two-time award win-

ner.

The Oklahoma men’s tennis team has pro-

duced 22 ITA Scholar Athletes since 1993.

Of those 22, Brett Zeuschner, Jave Rush, Rick

Warren, Chris Mitchell, Tommy Garrison, Silviu

Tanasoiu, Matt Long and Lee Gregg were mul-

tiple winners.

Tanasoiu, a current assistant coach, was a three-

time winner and Garrison was a four-time win-

ner.

In 2006, Garrison was a member ESPN THE MAG-

AZINE/CoSIDA Academic All-America team.

Lockwood is married to the former Debra

Griffith of Oklahoma City. The couple have

two daughters, Lauren and Allison. Lauren

is married to Trey Albright and the couple re-

sides in Gordonville, Texas. Allison is a ninth

grader at Norman High School.


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SILVIU TANASOIU

Third season at Oklahoma

COLLEGE COACHING CAREEROU, assistant coach, 2006-present

PLAYING CAREERLouisiana-Monroe, 2001-02Oklahoma, 2003-05 EDUCATIONB.S degree, Oklahoma `05

PERSONALBorn in Romania

NCAA TOURNAMENTS AS COACH2006-07

To have a successful program, you must have excel-lent coaches. Head tennis coach Paul Lockwood has proven his abilities in 21 years as the head coach of the Oklahoma program.

But Lockwood will be the first to admit that a good assistant is worth his weight in gold. Entering his third season with the OU tennis program is assis-tant coach Silviu Tanasoiu.

The former OU standout was a three-year letter-winner at Oklahoma while competing for the Soon-ers from 2003-2005.

Tanasiou graduated from Oklahoma in 2005 with a degree in psychology.

The Romanian native arrived at OU after competing at the University of Louisiana-Monroe for the 2001-02 season, finishing with the third highest winning percentage on the team.

Once arriving at Oklahoma, Tanasoiu served as a reliable threat in singles and doubles competition.

In both his junior and senior seasons, he produced more than 20 wins and helped Oklahoma upset Texas and No. 22 ranked Baylor in duals with part-ner Marek Velicka in 2005.

“Silviu has brought a lot of energy and on and off court experience to the players,” Lockwood said. Tanasoiu’s excellent leadership on the court and his age will be a valuable asset to the Sooners’ coach-ing staff.

Lockwood has been very pleased to work with his former player and sees a great deal of potential in him in the future.

“He will make a great impact on our program,” Lockwood continued.

For the last three and a half years, Tanasoiu has also been working with former OU standout Anda Perianu on the professional circuit.

With Tanasoiu as her coach, Perianu reached the second round of the 2006 French Open and a rank-ing of 120 on the WTA tour.

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PA U L LO C K W O O D

S E R G E Y A D V E Y E VA N D R E I D A E S C U

COACHING THE BEST

THE SOONERS BEGIN THE SEASON WITH A TOP-75 ITA RANKING AND HAVE THREE SINGLES PLAYERS RANKED IN THE TOP 150.

N O. 4 4 N AT I O N A L LY & N O. 5 I N T H E C E N T R A L R E G I O N N O. 7 7 N AT I O N A L LY & N O. 7 I N T H E C E N T R A L R E G I O N

N O. 1 2 2 N AT I O N A L LY & N O. 1 0 I N T H E C E N T R A L R E G I O N

I O N U T B E L E L E U

Sooner coaches expect nothing but the best from each of their student-athletes. That is what makes this coaching staff the best in the country.

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In 2008 Paul Lockwood proved his worth as the head coach of the Sooners. At times during the season, the young but talented Sooners showed glimpses of being a top-ranked team.

The Sooners strength came from a bevy of youthful players. In particular, sophomore Andrei Daescu, a unanimous selection to the all-Big 12 team in singles.

Daescu teamed with senior Federico Chavarria to earn all-Big 12 honors in doubles as well. The doubles award was the second consecutive for the duo that also teamed up in 2007. The pair was also ranked No. 39 nationally in the ITA doubles ranking and No. 3 in the Central Region. Chavarria and Daescu finished the season with a record of 14-7.

OU also boasted another ranked duo in senior Ryan Thomas and freshman Ionut Beleleu, No. 13 in the Central Region by ITA.

Daescu was one of 47 at-large selections to participate in the NCAA Championships. Daescu fell to Clancy Shields of Boise State and ended the year at No. 39 in the ITA singles ranking.

The young players proved to be OU’s strength as Daescu, junior Sergey Avdeyev, and freshman Alexandria Joitoiu all performed well throughout the season.


Avdeyev ended the season ranked No. 15 in the Central Region, and fresh-man Ionut Beleleu was ranked No. 27 in the Central Region by ITA.

On the season, the pre-season No. 34th-ranked Sooners opened play in stunning fashion winning the Shocker Invitational after defeating Wichita State and Illinois State, back-to-back.

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ITA Rank: NR

Overall record: 11-13 | Big 12 Record: 1-5

Home: 8-3 | Away: 2-5 | Neutral: 2-4

Time/ Overall Big 12 |--------------Singles--------------| |------Doubles------| OU Opp.

Date Opponent Score Record Record 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 Rank Rank

Jan. 25 Fresno State (at Oklahoma City) W, 6-1 1-0 0-0 W L W W W W W W W 34 70

Feb. 2 at Old Dominion W, 5-2 2-0 0-0 W W L L W W W L W 34 45

Feb. 3 at VCU (at Norfolk) L, 5-2 2-1 0-0 W L W L L L L L W 34 32

Feb. 9 at Minnesota W, 4-3 3-1 0-0 W L L W L W W W W 36 52

Feb. 10 at Green Bay (at Minneapolis) W, 7-0 4-1 0-0 W W W W W W W L W 36 NR

Feb. 17 Arkansas (at Oklahoma City) L, 4-3 4-2 0-0 L W L L W L W W W 33 NR

Feb. 28 at Tulsa L, 5-2 4-3 0-0 L L W L L L W L W 47 23

March 2 Oral Roberts POSTPONED

March 2 East Central POSTPONED

March 5 at TCU L, 4-3 4-4 0-0 W W L L L W L L L 35 29

March 8 Memphis W, 5-2 5-4 0-0 W L W W W L W L W 35 NR

at Blue-Gray National Classic

March 13 Boise State L, 4-1 5-5 0-0 DNF L DNF L L W L L W 46 35

March 14 Alabama L, 4-1 5-6 0-0 L W L L L DNF - - - 46 26

March 15 William and Mary L, 4-1 5-7 0-0 DNF L L L L DNF L DNF L 46 60

March 20 at Jacksonville CANCELLED

March 25 Cameron W, 4-3 6-7 0-0 W L W W L W W L L 61 NR

March 25 Oklahoma Baptist W, 7-0 7-7 0-0 W W W W W W W W W 61 NR

March 28 at Texas A&M L, 4-3 7-8 0-1 W L L W L L W L W 61 21

March 30 at Texas L, 7-0 7-9 0-2 L L L L L L L L L 61 5

April 4 Texas Tech L, 6-1 7-10 0-3 L L L L L L W L L 67 17

April 7 Oral Roberts W, 4-0 8-10 0-3 W DNF DNF W W W - - - 67 NR

April 11 UT Arlington W, 6-1 9-10 0-3 W W L W W W W W L NR NR

April 11 East Central W, 7-0 10-10 0-3 W W W W W W W W W NR NR

April 13 Baylor L, 6-1 10-11 0-4 W L L L L L L L DNF NR 14

April 16 Oklahoma State L, 6-1 10-12 0-5 L L L L W L L L L NR 20

April 20 Nebraska W, 6-1 11-12 1-5 W W W W L W W W W NR NR

April 25* Oklahoma State L, 6-1 11-13 1-5 L L DNF L DNF L W DNF W NR

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SERGEY AVDEYEVRecord: 7-13| Big 12: 1-5 | Career: 31-28 | .525 Career Winning Percentage

DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L Jan. 25 Rudy Siwy Fresno State -- No. 2 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 LFeb. 2 Tobias Faneslow Old Dominion -- No. 3 6-1,3-6, 6-1 LFeb. 3 Damien Lacombre VCU -- No. 3 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 WFeb. 9 Sebastian Gallego Minnesota -- No. 3 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 LFeb. 10 Mark Goldin Wis.- Green Bay -- No. 2 6-2, 7-6 (0) WFeb. 28 Victor Kolik Tulsa 96-NR No. 3 6-4, 6-7 (2), 1-0 (10) WMarch 5 Emanu Brighiu TCU -- No. 2 6-3, 7-5 W March 9 Leon Masemann Memphis -- No. 2 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 LMarch 14 Sammy Struyf Alabama -- No. 3 6-0, 7-5 LMarch 15 Marwan Ramadan William & Mary -- No. 3 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 LMarch 25 Jordi Mullor Cameron -- No. 2 6-3, 6-2 LMarch 29* Wil Spencer Texas A&M -- No. 2 6-3, 7-6 (5) LMarch 30* Kellen Damico Texas NR-25 No. 2 6-3, 6-1 LApril 4* Sinisa Markovic Texas Tech -- No. 2 6-4, 6-0 LApril 11 Dmitry Minkin UT-Arlington -- No. 2 6-3, 6-3 WApril 11 Cristobal Nunez East Central -- No. 2 6-0, 6-0 WApril 13* Denes Lukacs Baylor NR-12 No. 2 6-3, 6-4 LApril 16* Ivan Puchkarov Okla. State NR-64 No. 2 6-4, 6-3 LApril 20* Calin Paar Nebraska -- No. 2 6-1, 6-4 WApril 25@ Ivan Puchkarov Okla. State NR-67 No. 2 6-4, 6-4 L

IONUT BELELEURecord: 6-6 | Big 12: 0-0 | Career: 6-6 | .500 Career Winning Percentage

DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L Jan. 25 Tejesvi Veerepalli Fresno State -- No.3 6-3, 6-4 WFeb. 2 Eidy Igarashi Old Dominion -- No. 2 6-0, 6-4 WFeb. 3 Thibaut Charron VCU -- No. 2 6-2, 6-1 LFeb. 9 Dino Bilankov Minnesota -- No. 2 6-2, 6-1 LFeb. 17 Colin Mascall Arkansas -- No. 2 7-6, 6-2 WFeb. 28 Ricardo Soriano Tulsa -- No. 2 7-5, 7-6 (9) LMarch 5 Adrian Simon TCU NR-115 No. 3 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 LMarch 9 Jordan Smith Memphis -- No. 3 6-4, 6-3 WMarch 13 Clancy Sheilds Boise State NR-55 No. 2 6-2, 6-1 LMarch 15 Dominic Pagon William & Mary -- No. 2 6-2, 6-1 LMarch 25 Saman Samii Cameron -- No. 3 6-2, 6-2 WMarch 25 Scott Milner Okla. Baptist -- No. 2 6-2, 6-2 W

FEDERICO CHAVARRIARecord: 15-7 | Big 12: 2-4 | Career: 37-19 | .660 Career Winning Percentage

DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L Jan. 25 Sidd Harth Alapati Fresno State -- No. 6 7-5, 7-5 W Feb. 2 Yakov Diskin Old Dominion -- No. 6 6-4, 6-3 WFeb. 3 Sebastian Ripoll VCU -- No. 6 6-4, 7-6 LFeb. 9 Adam Altepeter Minnesota -- No. 6 6-2, 6-1 WFeb. 10 Eric Plaushines Wis.-Green Bay -- No. 5 6-1, 6-2 WFeb. 17 Bradwin Williams Arkansas -- No. 5 6-4, 6-3 WFeb. 28 Ross Cunningham Tulsa -- No. 6 6-4, 6-2 LMarch 5 Jack Seider TCU -- No. 6 6-0, 6-0 WMarch 9 Charlie Ramsay Memphis -- No. 5 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 WMarch 13 Paul Koenke Boise State -- No. 6 6-2, 6-1 WMarch 25 Nicolas Mascheroni Cameron -- No. 4 7-6, 6-1 WMarch 25 Gustavo Schaefer Okla. Baptist -- No. 4 6-1, 6-2 WMarch 29* Chris Chirico Texas A&M -- No. 4 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 W March 30* Luis Diaz Barriga Texas NR-86 No. 4 7-5, 6-2 LApril 4* Llya Babinciuc Texas Tech -- No. 4 7-6,6-2 LApril 7 Dennis Troyke Oral Roberts -- No. 4 6-2, 6-2 WApril 11 Brieuc Hamom UT-Arlington -- No. 4 6-1, 6-1 W

CHAVARRIA CONT.DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L April 11 Victor Rios East Central -- No. 4 6-4, 6-3 WApril 13* Dominik Mueller Baylor -- No. 4 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 LApril 16* Nathan Byrnes Okla. State -- No. 4 6-3, 6-3 LApril 20* Francois Van Impe Nebraska -- No. 4 6-3, 6-4 WApril 25@ Nathan Byrnes Okla. State -- No. 4 7-5, 6-3 L

ANDREI DAESCURecord: 15-7 | Big 12: 3-3 | Career: 28-18 | .608 Career Winning Percentage

DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L Jan. 25 Mirko Zapetal Fresno State 21-NR No. 1 6-3, 6-1 WFeb. 2 Aleksandr Seleznev Old Dominion 21-NR No. 1 7-6, 6-2 WFeb. 3 Martin Schulhauser VCU 21-NR No. 1 6-2, 6-4 WFeb. 9 Raoul Schwark Minnesota 21-NR No. 1 6-3, 7-5 WFeb. 10 Tim Prudlow Wis.-Green Bay 21-NR No. 1 6-3, 6-4 WFeb. 17 Blake Strode Arkansas 21-76 No. 1 6-3, 6-4 LFeb. 28 Arnau Brugues Tulsa 34-38 No. 1 6-3, 6-4 LMarch 5 Cosmin Cotet TCU 27-21 No. 1 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 WMarch 9 Amrit Narasimhan Memphis 27-NR No. 1 6-0, 6-3 WMarch 14 Saketh Myneni Alabama 27-94 No. 1 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 LMarch 25 Daniel Pazos Cameron 39-NR No. 1 7-6, 6-1 WMarch 25 Bruno Scacalossi Okla. Baptist 39-NR No. 1 6-3, 6-4 WMarch 29* Connor Pollock Texas A&M 39-23 No. 1 6-4, 6-4 WMarch 30* Dimitar Kutrovsky Texas 39-42 No. 1 7-5, 6-2 LApril 4* Bojan Szumanski Texas Tech 32-43 No. 1 6-4, 6-3 LApril 7 Oleksandr Kotsuik Oral Roberts 32-NR No. 1 6-2, 6-1 WApril 11 David Costa UT-Arlington 32-NR No. 1 6-0, 6-1 WApril 11 Pytor Sitnikov East Central 32-NR No. 1 6-0, 6-2 WApril 13* Lars Poerscke Baylor 25-8 No. 1 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 WApril 16* Oleksandr Nedovyesov Okla. State 25-5 No. 1 4-6, 6-1, 10-6 LApril 20* David Bendheim Nebraska 25-94 No. 1 6-1, 6-3 WApril 25@ Oleksandr Nedovyesov Okla. State 32-3 No. 1 6-1, 6-1 LMay 22% Clancy Sheilds Boise State 30-83 -- 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 L

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DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L Jan. 25 Martin Nilsson Fresno State -- No. 5 6-2, 6-3 WFeb. 2 Matt Fawcett Old Dominion -- No. 5 6-3, 7-6 WFeb. 3 Emil Lindgren VCU -- No. 5 6-1, 6-1 LFeb. 9 Pierre Dumas Minnesota -- No. 5 6-3, 6-4 LFeb. 10 Matt Keesey Wis.-Green Bay -- No. 4 4-6, 6-2, 10-7 WFeb. 17 Matt Hogan Arkansas -- No. 3 7-5, 7-5 LFeb. 28 Alberto Sottocorno Tulsa -- No. 5 6-2, 6-3 LMarch 5 Kriegler Brink TCU -- No. 4 6-1, 6-3 LMarch 13 Piotr Dilaj Boise State -- No. 4 6-3, 6-3 LMarch 14 Daniel Buikema Alabama -- No. 4 6-3, 7-6 LMarch 15 Keziel Juneau William & Mary -- No. 4 7-5, 6-7, 6-2 LMarch 25 Cristian Easton Cameron -- No. 5 6-2, 6-4 LMarch 25 Andrew Sharp Okla. Baptist -- No. 5 6-1, 6-0 WMarch 30* Milan Mihailovic Texas -- No. 5 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 LApril 4* Michael Breler Texas Tech -- No. 6 6-1, 6-0 LApril 7 Denis Balazinec Oral Roberts -- No. 6 6-0, 6-3 WApril 11 Nishant Hari UT-Arlington -- No. 6 6-4, 6-1 WApril 11 Colin Helton East Central -- No. 6 6-1, 6-3 WApril 13* Atilla Bucko Baylor -- No. 5 6-2, 6-4 LApril 16* Anton Bobytskyi Okla. State -- No. 5 1-6, 7-5, 10-8 WApril 20* Renato Melo Nebraska -- No. 5 6-3, 6-4 LApril 25@ Anton Bobytskyi Okla. State -- No. 5 DNF DNF

VLAD MARINESCURecord: 7-13 | Big 12: 1-5 | Career: 7-13 | .350 Career Winning Percentage

DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L Jan. 25 Denny Fafek Fresno State -- No. 4 6-4, 6-3 WFeb. 2 Rodrigo Souza Old Dominion -- No. 4 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 LFeb. 3 Alexandre Israel VCU -- No. 4 6-7, 7-6, 10-8 LFeb. 9 Chi Pham Minnesota -- No. 4 6-2, 6-4 WFeb. 10 Matt Clegg Wis.- Green Bay -- No. 3 6-1, 6-4 WFeb. 17 Christopher Nott Arkansas -- No. 4 7-6, 6-2 LFeb. 28 Will Gray Tulsa -- No. 4 6-2, 6-4 LMarch 5 Zach Nichols TCU NR-122 No. 5 6-4, 5-7, 7-6, (3) LMarch 9 Michael Gaerthoeffner Memphis -- No. 4 7-6, 4-6, 1-0 (9) WMarch 13 Eric Roberson Boise State -- No. 5 6-0, 6-1 LMarch 14 Javier Bes Alabama -- No. 5 6-2, 6-4 LMarch 15 Sebastien Vidal William & Mary -- No. 5 1-6, 7-6, 6-3 LMarch 25 Peter McCorkle Okla. Baptist -- No. 3 6-0, 6-2 WMarch 29* Austin Krajicek Texas A&M -- No. 3 6-2, 6-0 LMarch 30* Ed Corrie Texas NR-38 No. 3 6-2, 6-0 LApril 4* Lenoir Ramos Texas Tech -- No. 3 6-4, 2-6,6-4 WApril 11 Hugo Taracido UT-Arlington -- No. 3 6-1, 3-6, (3) LApril 11 Camilo Munoz East Central -- No. 3 6-1, 6-1 WApril 16* Dmytro Petrov Okla. State -- No. 3 7-6, 6-1 LApril 20* Hendrik Stahmer Nebraska -- No. 3 7-5, 5-2 WApril 25@ Dmytro Petrov Okla. State -- No. 3 DNF DNF

RYAN THOMASRecord: 7-8 | Big 12: 1-5 | Career: 27-25 | .519 Career Winning Percentage

DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L Feb. 10 John Brough Wis.- Green Bay -- No. 6 6-0, 6-3 WFeb. 17 Dmitry Lebedev Arkansas -- No. 6 6-2, 7-5 LMarch 9 Benedict Fischer Memphis -- No. 6 6-7 (6), 7-5, 1-0 (9) LMarch 25 Agustin Criado Cameron -- No. 6 6-2, 7-6 WMarch 25 Michael Canavan Okla. Baptist -- No. 6 6-0, 6-0 WMarch 29* Matt Bain Texas A&M -- No. 6 6-4, 6-2 LMarch 30* Miguel Reyes Varela Texas -- No. 6 7-5, 6-3 LApril 4* Christian Rojmar Texas Tech -- No. 5 6-3, 7-6, 13-11 LApril 7 Dario Beslic Oral Roberts -- No. 5 6-3, 6-1 WApril 11 Gonzalo Bienzobas UT-Arlington -- No. 5 6-4, 6-4 WApril 11 John Sedlak East Central -- No. 5 6-2, 6-0 WApril 20* Mark Tate Nebraska -- No. 6 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 WApril 25@ Igor Sobolta Okla. State -- No. 6 6-2, 6-1 L

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AVDEYEV/JOITOIURecord: 8-7 | Big 12: 2-4

DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L Jan. 20 Leiby/Siwy Fresno State No. 3 8-6 WFeb. 2 Fawcett/Funkhouser Old Dominion No. 3 8-4 WFeb. 3 Lacombre/Siska VCU No. 3 8-5 WFeb. 9 Altepeter/Gallego Minnesota No. 3 9-8 WFeb. 10 Clegg/Keesey Wis.-Green Bay No. 2 8-4 LMarch 25 Murgier/Samii Cameron No. 3 8-6 LMarch 29* Bain/Beatty Texas A&M No. 3 8-5 WMarch 30* Chodkiewicz/Weigand Texas No. 3 8-2 LApril 4* Babinciuc/Ramos Texas Tech No. 3 8-3 LApril 11 Bienzobas/Taracido UT-Arlington No. 3 8-7 LApril 11 Helton/Sholty East Central No. 3 8-1 WApril 13* Bucko/Poerschke Baylor No. 3 8-6 LApril 16* Sobolta/Bobytski Okla. State No. 3 8-3 LApril 20* Schneider/Tate Nebraska No. 3 9-7 WApril 25@ Bobytski/Puchkarov Okla. State No. 3 8-6 W

AVDEYEV/MARINESCURecord: 1-2 | Big 12: 0-0DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L March 9 Gaerthoeffner/Fischer Memphis No. 3 8-2 WMarch 13 Dilaj/Robertson Boise State No. 3 8-6 LMarch 15 Sud/Vidal William & Mary No. 3 8-1 L

CHAVARRIA/DAESCURecord: 14-7 | Big 12: 3-3DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L Jan. 25 Zapletal/Veerepalli Fresno State No. 1 8-6 WFeb. 2 Faneslow/Souza Old Dominion No. 1 9-8 WFeb. 3 Lindgren/Ripoll VCU No. 1 8-4 LFeb. 9 Pham/Schwark Minnesota No. 1 8-1 WFeb. 10 Golding/Prudlow Wis.-Green Bay No. 1 8-4 WFeb. 17 Mascall/Strode Arkansas No. 1 8-5 WFeb. 28 Connelly/Cunningham Tulsa No. 1 8-4 WMarch 5 Brink/Cotet TCU No. 1 8-4 LMarch 9 Naracimhan/Ramsay Memphis No. 1 8-4 WMarch 13 C. Sheilds/ S. Shields Boise State No. 1 8-6 LMarch 15 Cojanu/Pagon William & Mary No. 1 8-5 LMarch 25 Mullor/Pazos Cameron No. 1 7-2 WMarch 29* Krajicek/Spencer Texas A&M No. 1 8-6 WMarch 30* Diaz Barriga/Reyes Varela Texas No. 1 8-4 LApril 4* Rojmar/Szumanski Texas Tech No. 1 8-6 WApril 11 Costa/Minkin UT-Arlington No. 1 8-1 WApril 11 Munoz/Nunez East Central No. 1 8-6 WApril 13* Galic/Lukacs Baylor No. 1 8-6 LApril 16* Nedovyesov/Byrnes Okla. State No. 1 8-4 LApirl 20* Parr/Bendheim Nebraska No. 1 8-2 WApril 25@ Nedovyesov/Byrnes Okla. State No. 1 8-5 W

CHAVARRIA/THOMASRecord: 1-0 | Big 12: 0-0DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L March 25 Milner/Sharp Okla. Baptist No. 1 8-1 W

BELELEU/THOMASRecord: 5-6 | Big 12: 0-1DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L Jan. 25 Fafek/Kerin Fresno State No. 2 8-4 WFeb. 2 Igarashi/Seleznev Old Dominion No. 2 8-4 LFeb. 3 Charron/Schulhauser VCU No. 2 9-8 LFeb. 9 Bilankov/Peterson Minnesota No. 2 9-8 WFeb. 17 Hogan/Lebdev Arkansas No. 2 9-8 WFeb. 28 Kolik/Sottocorno Tulsa No. 3 9-8 WMarch 5 Seider/Nichols TCU No. 3 8-3 LMarch 9 Khougassian/Nasemann Memphis No. 2 8-3 LMarch 13 Koenke/Roberson Boise State No. 2 8-4 LMarch 25 Easton/Mascheroni Cameron No. 2 9-7 LMarch 29* Chirico/Pollock Texas A&M No. 2 4-3 L

MARINESCU/THOMASRecord: 4-4 | Big 12: 1-3DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L Feb. 10 Plaushines/Zaron Wis.-Green Bay No. 3 8-4 WMarch 30* Kutrocsky/Zavala Texas No. 2 8-4 LApril 4* Breler/Markovic Texas Tech No. 2 9-7 LApril 11 Hamon/Hari UT-Arlington No. 2 8-4 WApril 11 Moore/Rios East Central No. 2 8-3 WApril 16* Petrov/Puchkarov Okla. State No. 2 8-3 LApril 20* Stahmer/ Van Impe Nebraska No. 2 8-6 WApril 25@ Petrov/Sabolta Okla. State No. 2 DNF DNF

JOITOIU/MARINESCURecord: 2-2 | Big 12: 0-0DATE OPPONENT SCHOOL RANK (OU-?) POS. SCORE W/L Feb. 17 Joost/Tarnasky Arkansas No. 3 9-7 WFeb. 28 Brugues/Soriano Tulsa No. 2 8-2 LMarch 5 Brighiu/Simon TCU No. 2 8-2 LMarch 25 Canavan/McCorkle Okla. Baptist No. 2 8-4 W

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Singles

1. Andrei Deascu (OU) def. Mirko Zapletal (FSU) 6-3, 6-1

2. Rudy Siwy (FSU) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

3. Ionut Beleleu (OU) def. Tejesvi Veerepalli (FSU) 6-3, 6-4

4. Vlad Marinescu (OU) def. Denny Fafek (FSU) 6-4, 6-3

5. Alex Joitoiu (OU) def. Martin Nilsson (FSU) 6-2, 6-3

6. Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Sidd Harth Alapati (FSU) 7-5, 7-5

Doubles

1. Chavarria/Daescu (OU) def. Zapletal/Veerepalli (FSU) 8-6

2. Beleleu/Ryan Thomas (OU) def. A.J. Kerin/Fafek (FSU) 8-4

3. Avdeyev/Joitoiu (OU) def. Taylor Leiby/Siwy (FSU) 8-6

Singles

1. Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Alexsandr Seleznev (ODU) 7-6, 6-2

2. Ionut Beleleu (OU) def. Eidy Igarachi (ODU) 6-0, 6-4

3. Tobias Fanselow (ODU) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4

4. Rodrigo Souza (ODU) def. Vlad Marinescu (OU) 6-4, 7-5, 6-4

5. Alex Joitoiu (OU) def. Matt Fawcett (ODU) 6-3, 7-6

6. Fedrico Chavarria (OU) def. Yakov Diskin (ODU) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles

1. Chavarria/Daescu (OU) def. Souza/Fanselow (ODU) 9-8

2. Igarashi/Seleznev (ODU) def. Beleleu/Thomas (OU) 8-4

3. Avdeyev/Joitoiu (OU) def. Fawcett/ Alex Funkhouser (ODU) 8-4

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Singles

1. Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Martin Schulhauser (VCU) 6-2, 6-4

2. Thibaut Charron (VCU) def. Ionut Beleleu (OU) 6-2, 6-1

3. Sergey Avdeyev (OU) def. Damien Lacombre (VCU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4

4. Alexandre Israel (VCU) def. Vlad Marinescu (OU) 7-6, 6-7,10-8

5. Emil Lindgren (VCU) def. Alex Joitoiu (OU) 6-1, 6-1

6. Sebastian Ripoll (VCU) def. Federico Chacarria (OU) 6-4, 7-6

Doubles

1. Ripoll/Lindgren (VCU) def. Daescu/Chavarria (OU) 8-4

2. Schulhauser/Charron (VCU) def. Thomas/Beleleu (OU) 9-8

3. Avdeyev/Joitoiu (OU) def. Siska/Lacombre (VCU) 8-5

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Singles

1. Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Raoul Schwark (Minn.) 6-3, 7-5

2. Dino Bilankov (Minn.) def. Ionut Beleleu (OU) 6-7, 6-3, 1-0

3. Sebastian Gallego (Minn.) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU) 4-6, 7-6, 1-0

4. Vlad Marinescu (OU) def. Chi-Lang Pham (Minn.) 6-2, 6-4

5. Pierre Dumas (Minn.) def. Alex Joitoiu (OU) 6-3, 6-4

6. Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Adam Altepeter 6-2, 6-1

Doubles

1. Daescu/Chavarria (OU) def. Schwark/Pham (Minn.), 8-1

2. Ryan Thomas/Beleleu (OU) def. Derek Peterson/Bilankov (Minn.), 9-8

3. Avdeyev/Joitoiu (OU) def. Gallego/Altepeter (Minn.), 9-8

Singles

1. Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Tim Prudlow (WGB), 6-4, 6-4

2. Sergey Avdeyev (OU) def. Mark Goldin (WGB), 6-2, 6-7, 10-0

3. Vlad Marinescu (OU) def. Matt Clegg (WGB), 6-1, 6-4

4. Alex Joitoiu (OU) def. Matt Keesey (WGB), ( 4-6), 6-2, 10-7

5. Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Eric Plaushines (WGB), 6-1, 6-2

6. Ryan Thomas (OU) def. John Brough (WGB), 6-0, 6-3

Doubles

1. Daescu/Chavarria (OU) def. Prudlow/Goldin (WGB), 8-4

2. Clegg/Keesey (WGB) def. Avdeyev/Joitoiu (OU), 8-4

3. Thomas/Marinescu (OU) def. Plaushines/Zaron (WGB), 8-4

Singles

1. Blake Strode (UA) def. Andrei Daescu (OU), 6-3, 6-4

2. Ionut Beleleu (OU) def. Colin Mascall (UA), 7-6, 6-2

3. Matt Hogan (UA) def. Alex Joitoiu (OU), 7-5, 7-5

4. Christopher Nott (UA) def. Vlad Marinescu (OU), 7-6, 6-2

5. Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Bradwin Williams (UA), 6-4, 6-3

6. Dmitry Lebedev (UA) def. Ryan Thomas (OU), 6-2, 7-5

Doubles

1. Daescu/Chavarria (OU) def. Mascall/Strode (UA), 8-5

2. Ryan Thomas/Beleleu (OU) def. Hogan/Lebedev (UA), 9-8

3. Joitoiu/Marinescu (OU) def. Branden Joost/Tyler Tarnasky (UA), 9-7

NO. 34 OKLAHOMA 6, NO. 70 FRESNO STATE 1Jan. 25, 2008 | Oklahoma City

NO. 36 OKLAHOMA 4, NO. 62 MINNESOTA 3Feb. 9, 2008 | Minneapolis, Minn.

NO. 32 VCU 5, NO. 34 OKLAHOMA 2Feb. 3, 2008 | Norfolk, Va.

NO. 34 OKLAHOMA 5, NO. 45 OLD DOMINION 2Feb. 2, 2008 | Norfolk, Va.

ARKANSAS 4, NO. 33 OKLAHOMA 3Feb. 17, 2008 | Oklahoma City

NO. 36 OKLAHOMA 7, WIS.-GREEN BAY 0 Feb. 10, 2008 | Minneapolis, Minn.

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Singles

1. Arnau Brugues (TU) def. Andrei Daescu (OU), 6-3, 6-4

2. Ricardo Soriano (TU) def. Ionut Beleleu (OU), 7-5, 7-6, (9-7)

3. Sergey Avdeyev (OU) def. Victor Kolik (TU) 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 1-0 (12-10)

4. Will Gray (TU) def. Vlad Marinescu (OU), 6-2, 6-4

5. Alberto Sottocorno (TU) def. Alex Joitoiu (OU), 6-2, 6-3

6. Ross Cunningham (TU) def. Federico Chavarria (OU), 6-4, 6-2

Doubles

1. Chavarria/Daescu (OU) def. Andy Connelly/Cunningham (TU), 8-4

2. Brugues/Soriano (TU) def. Joitoiu/Marinescu (OU), 8-2

3. Beleleu/Ryan Thomas (OU) def. Kolik/Sottocorno (TU), 9-8 (9-7)

Singles

1. Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Cosmin Cotet (TCU) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5

2. Sergey Avdeyev (OU) def. Emanu Brighiu (TCU) 6-3, 7-5

3. Adrian Simon (TCU) def. Ionut Beleleu (OU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

4. Kriegler Brink (TCU) def. Alexander Joitoiu (OU) 6-1, 6-3

5. Zach Nichols (TCU) def. Vlad Marinescu (OU) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3)

6. Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Jack Seider (TCU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

1. Brink/Cotet (TCU) def. Daescu/Chavarria (OU) 8-4

2. Brighiu/Simon (TCU) def. Marinescu/Joitoiu (OU) 8-2

3. Seider/Nichols (TCU) def. Beleleu/Ryan Thomas (OU) 8-3

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Singles

1. Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Amrit Narasimhan (UM), 6-0, 6-3

2. Leon Nasemann (UM) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU), 6-3, (4-6), 7-6

3. Ionut Beleleu (OU) def. Jordan Smith (UM), 6-4, 6-3

4. Vlad Marinescu (OU) def. Michael Gaerthoeffner (UM), 7-6, (4-6), 1-0 (9)

5. Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Charlie Ramsay (UM), 6-3, (2-6), 6-2

6. Benedict Fischer (UM) def. Ryan Thomas (OU), (6-7) (6), 7-5, 1-0 (9)

Doubles

1. Chavarria/Daescu (OU) def. Narasimhan/Ramsay (UM), 8-4

2. Khougassian/Nasemann (UM) def. Beleleu/Thomas (OU), 8-3

3. Avdeyev/Marinescu (OU) def. Gaerthoeffner/Fischer (UM), 8-2

Singles

1. Andrei Daescu (OU) vs. Luke Sheilds (BSU), 6-3, 3-1, DNF

2. Clancy Shields (BSU) def. Ionut Beleleu (OU), 6-2, 6-1

3. Brent Werbeck (BSU) vs. Sergey Avdeyev (OU), 5-1, DNF

4. Piotr Dilaj (BSU) def. Alex Joitoiu (OU), 6-3, 6-3

5. Steve Robertson (BSU) def. Vlad Marinescu (OU), 6-0, 6-1

6. Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Paul Koenke (BSU), 6-2, 6-1

Doubles

1. C. Shields/L. Shields (BSU) def. Chavarria/Daescu (OU), 8-6

2. Koenke/Roberson (BSU) def. Beleleu/Thomas (OU), 8-4

3. Avdeyev/Marinescu (OU) def. Dilaj/Robertson (BSU), 8-6

NO. 23 TULSA 5, NO. 47 OKLAHOMA 2Feb. 28, 2008 | Tulsa, Okla.

NO. 35 OKLAHOMA 5, MEMPHIS 2March 8, 2008 | Norman, Okla.

NO. 29 TCU 4, NO. 35 OKLAHOMA 3Feb. 28, 2008 | Norman, Okla.

NO. 35 BOISE STATE 4, NO. 46 OKLAHOMA 1March 13, 2008 | Montgomery, Ala.

MATCH RESULTS

MATCH

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Singles

1. Saketh Myneni (UA) def. Andrei Daescu (OU), 6-3, (1-6), 6-2

2. Ionut Beleleu (OU) defeated Mathieu Thibaudeau (UA), (3-6), 7-6

3. Sammy Struyf (UA) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU), 6-0, 7-5

4. Daniel Buikema (UA) def. Alex Joitoiu (OU), 6-3, 7-6

5. Javier Bes (UA) def. Vlad Marinescu (OU), 6-2, 6-4

Singles

No. 1 Alex Cojanu (W&M) vs. Andrei Daescu (OU), did not finish

No. 2 Dominic Pagon (W&M) def. Ionut Beleleu (OU), 6-2, 6-1

No. 3 Marwan Ramadan (W&M) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU), 6-4, (3-6), 6-3

No. 4 Keziel Juneau (W&M) def. Alex Joitoiu (OU), 7-5, (6-7), 6-2

No. 5 Sebastien Vidal (W&M) def. Vlad Marinescu (OU), (1-6), 7-6, 6-3

No. 5 Alexander Zuck (W&M) vs. Federico Chavarria (OU), did not finish

Doubles

No. 1 Cojanu/Pagon (W&M) def. Chavarria/Daescu (OU), 8-5

No. 2 Juneau/Richard Wardell (W&M) vs. Beleleu/Ryan Thomas (OU), did not finish

No. 3 Kavi Sud/Vidal (W&M) def. Avdeyev/Marinescu (OU), 8-1

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NO. 26 ALABAMA 4, NO. 46 OKLAHOMA 1March 14, 2008 | Montgomery, Ala.

NO. 60 WILLIAM AND MARY 4, NO. 46 OKLAHOMA 1March 15, 2008 | Montgomery, Ala.

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No. 1 Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Daniel Pazos (CU), 7-6, 6-1

No. 2 Jordi Mullor (CU) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU), 6-3, 6-2

No. 3 Ionut Beleleu (OU) def. Saman Samii A(CU), 6-2, 6-2

No. 4 Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Nicolas Mascheroni (CU), 7-6, 6-1

No. 5 Cristian Easton (CU) def. Alex Joitoiu (OU), 6-2, 6-4

No. 6 Ryan Thomas (OU) def. Agustin Criado (CU), 6-2, 7-6

Doubles

No. 1 Chavarria/Daescu (OU) def. Jordi Mullor/Daniel Pazos (CU), 7-2

No. 2 Cristian Easton/Nicolas Mascheroni (CU) def. Beleleu/Thomas (OU), 9-7

No. 3 Ignacio Murgier/Saman Samii (CU) def. Avdeyev/Joitoiu (OU), 8-6

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Singles

No. 1 Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Bruno Scacalossi (OBU), 6-3, 6-4

No. 2 Ionut Beleleu (OU) def. Scott Milner (OBU), 6-2, 6-2

No. 3 Vlad Marinescu (OU) def. Peter McCorkle (OBU), 6-0, 6-2

No. 4 Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Gustavo Schaefer (OBU), 6-1, 6-2

No. 5 Alex Joitoiu (OU) def. Andrew Sharp (OBU), 6-1, 6-0

No. 6 Ryan Thomas (OU) def. Michael Canavan (OBU), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1 Chavarria/Thomas (OU) def. Milner/Sharp (OBU), 8-1

No. 2 Joitoiu/Marinescu (OU) def. Canavan/McCorkle (OBU), 8-4

NO. 61 OKLAHOMA 7, OKLAHOMA BAPTIST 0March 25, 2008 | Norman, Okla.

NO. 61 OKLAHOMA 4, CAMERON 3March 25, 2008 | Norman, Okla.

MATCH RESULTS

Singles

1. Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Conor Pollock (A&M), 6-4, 6-4

2. Wil Spencer (A&M) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU), 6-3, 7-6 (5)

3. Austin Krajicek (A&M) def. Vlad Marinescu (OU), 6-2, 6-0

4. Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Chris Chirico (A&M), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

5. Matt Bain (A&M) def. Ryan Thomas (OU), 6-4, 6-2

6. Kayvon Karimi (A&M) def. (OU), default

Doubles

1. Chavarria/Daescu (OU) def. Krajicek/Spencer (A&M), 8-6.

2. Chirico/Pollock (A&M) def. Ionut Beleleu/Thomas (OU), 4-3.

3. Avdeyev/Alex Joitoiu (OU) def. Bain/Mike Beatty (A&M), 8-5.

MATCH

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March 28, 2008 | Norman, Okla.

Singles

1. Dimitar Kutrovsky (UT) def. Andrei Daescu (OU), 7-5, 6-2

2. Kellen Damico(UT) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU), 6-3, 6-1

3. Ed Corrie (UT) def. Vlad Marinescu (OU), 6-2, 6-0

4. Luis Diaz Barriga (UT) def. Federico Chavarria (OU), 7-5, 6-2

5. Milan Mihailovic (UT) def. Alex Joitoui (OU), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

6. Miguel Reyes Varela (UT) def. Ryan Thomas (OU), 7-5, 6-3

Doubles

1. Diaz Barriga/Reyes Varela (UT) def. Daescu/Chavarria (OU), 8-4

2. Kutrovsky/Josh Zavala (UT) def. Marinescu/Thomas (OU), 8-4

3. Jon Weigand/Hubert Chodkiewicz (UT) def. Avdeyev/Joitiou (OU), 8-2

MATCH

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March 28, 2008 | Austin, Texas

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Singles

1. Bojan Szumanski (TTU) def. Andrei Daescu (OU), 6-4, 6-3

2. Sinisa Markovic (TTU) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU), 6-4, 6-0

3. Lenoir Ramos (TTU) def. Vlad Marinescu (OU), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

4. Ilya Babinciuc (TTU) def. Federico Chavarria (OU), 7-6, 6-2

5. Christian Rojmar (TTU) def. Ryan Thomas (OU), 6-3, 7-6, 13-11

6. Michael Breler (TTU) def. Alex Joitoiu (OU), 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

1. Chavarria/Daescu (OU) def. Rojmar/Szumanski (TT), 8-6

2. Breler/Markovic (TT) def. Thomas/Marinescu (OU), 9-7

3. Babinciuc/Ramos (TT) def. Avdeyev/Joitoiu (OU), 8-3

NO. 17 TEXAS TECH 6, No. 67 OKLAHOMA 1April 4, 2008 | Norman, Okla.

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Singles

1. Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Oleksandr Kotsuik (ORU), 6-2, 6-1

2. Sergey Avdeyev (OU) def. DNF

3. Vlad Marinescu (OU) def. DNF

4. Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Dennis Troyke (ORU), 6-2, 6-2

5. Ryan Thomas (OU) def. Dario Beslic (ORU), 6-3, 6-1

6. Alex Joitoiu (OU) def. Denis Balazinec (ORU), 6-0, 6-3

Doubles

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NO. 67 OKLAHOMA 4, ORAL ROBERTS 0April 7, 2008 | Norman, Okla.

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Singles

1. Andrei Daescu (OU) def. David Costa (UTA), 6-0, 6-1

2. Sergey Avdeyev (OU) def. Dmitry Minkin (UTA), 6-3, 6-3

3. Hugo Taracido (UTA) def. Vlad Marinescu (OU), 6-1, 6-3, 10-3

4. Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Brieuc Hamon (UTA), 6-1, 6-1

5. Ryan Thomas (OU) def. Gonzalo Bienzobas (UTA), 6-4, 6-4

6. Alex Joitoiu (OU) def. Nishant Hari (UTA), 6-4, 6-1

Doubles

1. Chavarria/Daescu (OU) def. Costa/Minkin (UTA), 8-1

2. Marinescu/Thomas (OU) def. Hamon/Hari (UTA), 8-4

3. Bienzobas/Taracido (UTA) def. Avdeyev/Joitoiu (OU), 8-7

Singles

1. Oleksandr Nedovyesov (OSU) def. Andrei Daescu (OU), 4-6, 6-1, 10-6

2. Ivan Puchkarov (OSU) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU), 6-4, 6-3

3. Dmytro Petrov (OSU) def. Vlad Marinescu (OU), 7-6, 6-1

4. Nathan Byrnes (OSU) def. Federico Chavarria (OU), 6-3, 6-3

5. Alex Joitoiu (OU) def. Anton Bobytskyi (OSU), 1-6, 7-5, 10-8

6. Igor Sobolta (OSU) def. Ryan Thomas (OU), 7-5, 6-1

Doubles

1. Nedovyesov/Byrnes (OSU) def. Chavarria/Daescu (OU), 8-4

2. Petrov/Puchkarov (OSU) def. Thomas/Marinescu (OU), 8-3

3. Sobolta/Bobytskyi (OSU) def. Avdeyev/Joitoiu (OU), 8-3

OKLAHOMA 6, UT-ARLINGTON 1April 11, 2008 | Norman, Okla.

NO. 20 OKLAHOMA STATE 6, OKLAHOMA 1 April 16, 2008 | Stillwater, Okla.

MATCH RESULTS

Singles

1. Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Pyotr Sitnikov (ECU), 6-0, 6-2

2. Sergey Avdeyev (OU) def. Cristobal Nunez (ECU), 6-0, 6-0

3. Vlad Marinescu (OU) def. Camilo Munoz (ECU), 6-1, 6-1

4. Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Victor Rios (ECU), 6-4, 6-3

5. Ryan Thomas (OU) def. John Sedlak (ECU), 6-2, 6-0

6. Alex Joitoiu (OU) def. Colin Helton (ECU), 6-1, 6-3

Doubles

1. Chavarria/Daescu (OU) def. Munoz/Nunez (ECU), 8-6

2. Marinescu/Thomas (OU) def. Samuel Moore/Rios (ECU), 8-3

3. Avdeyev/Joitoiu (OU) def. Helton/Mitch Sholty (ECU), 8-1

Singles

1. Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Lars Poerschke (BU), 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

2. Denes Lukacs (BU) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU), 6-3, 6-4

3. OU DNF

4. Dominik Mueller (BU) def. Federico Chavarria (OU), 3-6, 6-2, 6-0

5. Atilla Bucko (BU) def. Alex Joitoiu (OU), 6-2, 6-4

6. Jordan Rux (BU) def. Ryan Thomas (OU), 6-4, 7-5, 9-8

Doubles

1. David Galic/Lukacs (BU) def. Chavarria/Daescu (OU), 8-6

2. Bucko/Poerschke (BU) def. Avdeyev/Joitoiu (OU), 8-6

3. OU DEFAULT

OKLAHOMA 7, EAST CENTRAL 0April 11, 2008 | Norman, Okla.

NO. 14 BAYLOR 6, OKLAHOMA 1 April 13, 2008 | Norman, Okla.

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Singles

1. Andrei Daescu (OU) def. David Bendheim (NU), 6-1, 6-3

2. Sergey Avdeyev (OU) def. Calin Paar (NU), 6-1, 6-4

3. Vlad Marinescu (OU) def. Hendrik Stahmer (NU), 7-5, 5-2 default

4. Federico Chavarria (OU) def. Francois Van Impe (NU), 6-3, 6-4

5. Renato Melo (NU) def. Alex Joitoiu (OU), 6-3, 6-4

6. Ryan Thomas (OU) def. Mark Tate (NU), 3-6, 6-2, 6-0

Doubles

1. Daescu/Chavarria (OU) def. Paar/Bendheim (NU), 8-2

2. Thomas/Marinescu (OU) def. Stahmer/Van Impe (OU), 8-6

3. Joitoiu/Avdeyev (OU) def. Schneider/Tate (NU), 9-7

Singles

1. Oleksandr Nedovyesov (OSU) def. Andrei Daescu (OU), 6-1, 6-1

2. Ivan Puchkarov (OSU) def. Sergey Avdeyev (OU), 6-4, 6-4

3. Dmytro Petrov (OSU) vs. Vlad Marinescu (OU), DNF

4. Nathan Byrnes (OSU) def. Federico Chavarria (OU), 7-5, 6-3

5. Anton Bobytskyi (OSU) vs. Alex Joitoiu (OU), DNF

6. Igor Sobolta (OSU) def. Ryan Thomas (OU), 6-2, 6-1

Doubles

1. Daescu/Chavarria (OU) def. Byrnes/Nedovyesov (OSU), 8-5

2. Petrov/Sobolta (OSU) vs. Thomas/Marinescu (OU), DNF

3. Avdeyev/Joitoiu (OU) def. Bobytskyi/Puchkarov (OSU), 8-6

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OKLAHOMA 6, NEBRASKA 1April 20, 2008 | Norman, Okla.

NO. 20 OKLAHOMA STATE 4, OKLAHOMA 1April 25, 2008 | College Station, Texas

Big 12 Championships

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HISTORYOKLAHOMA MEN’S TENNIS

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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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YEAR SCHOOL COACH

1929 Oklahoma John Mosley

1930 Oklahoma John Mosley

1931 Kansas W.R. Smith

1932 Kansas Wilbur Coen

1933 Kansas Wilbur Coen

1934 No Team Championships

1935 Oklahoma Leslie Hewes


1937 Kansas Art Voss









1946 Iowa State Harry Schmidt

1947 Oklahoma Walter Mead

1948 Kansas Jim Seaver





1953 Colorado Dick Gray




1957 Oklahoma Don Walraven

1958 Oklahoma State Myron Roderick


1960 Oklahoma Don Walraven




1964 Kansas Denzell Gibbons

1965 Oklahoma Jerry Keen










1975 Missouri Bill Price



1978 Oklahoma State James Wadley









1987 Kansas Scott Perelman

1988 Kansas Scott Perelman




1992 Oklahoma Paul Lockwood

1993 Colorado Ron Smarr

1994 Kansas Michael Center



1997 Texas* Dave Snyder

1998 Texas A&M Tim Cass

1999 Texas Dave Snyder



2002 Baylor Matt Knoll







* Inaugural Big 12 Championship

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NO. 1 SINGLES

John Stuart .......................................................... 1949

Glenn Land .......................................................... 1952

Kenneth Taylor ...........................................1953, 1954

Barry Walraven ...........................................1956, 1957

Stephen Stockton ................................................ 1967

Glen Mullins ...............................................1969, 1970

Barr Baynton ...........................1971, 1972, 1973,1974

Paul Lockwood .................................................... 1976

John Staub .......................................................... 1978

Olivier Lorin ................................................1986, 1987

Michael Martinez ................................................ 1991

Brett Zeuschner ................................................... 1994

NO. 2 SINGLES

Charles Cunningham ..................................1949, 1950

Kenneth Taylor .................................................... 1952

Barry Walraven .................................................... 1955

Joe Harris ............................................................ 1957

Hal McCoy ........................................................... 1967

Gerry Perry .......................................................... 1968

Scott Martin ...............................................1969, 1970

Daryl Hess ...................................................1971, 1972

Rick Lashley ......................................................... 1973

Brian Crozier ...............................................1977, 1978

Dennis Wall ......................................................... 1982

Joe Braver ............................................................ 1984

Michel Tremblay .........................................1991, 1992

NO. 3 SINGLES

Jack Griggs .......................................................... 1949

Abe Ross Jr. .......................................................... 1950

Don Walraven ...................................................... 1951

John Martin ......................................................... 1955

Dennis Cross ........................................................ 1957

Vance McSpadden ............................................... 1966

Gerry Perry .................................................1967, 1969

Bruce Barrett ....................................................... 1968

Jack Theimer ....................................................... 1970

Scott Martin ......................................................... 1971

Jack Hughes ......................................................... 1972

Daryl Hess ........................................................... 1973

Paul Lockwood .................................................... 1974

Mark Collins ......................................................... 1986

Chris Leap ............................................................ 1990

Joc Simmons ....................................................... 1992

NO. 4 SINGLES

Guy Ewton ........................................................... 1948

Gerald Badget ...................................................... 1949

Hal McCoy ............................................................ 1966

Dick Gilky ............................................................. 1967

Gayle Bradshaw ................................................... 1969

Jack Hughes ...................................... 1970, 1971, 1973

Scott Martin ......................................................... 1972

Mark Crozier ......................................................... 1974

Paul Lockwood ..................................................... 1975

Peter Smythe ....................................................... 1982

Andrew Schmidt .................................................. 1988

Sean Groenwald ................................................... 1994

Nigel Birkett ......................................................... 1995

NO. 5 SINGLES

Sonny West ......................................................... 1948

Roger Clark .......................................................... 1951

James Arnold ....................................................... 1952

Dennis Cross ........................................................ 1957

Michael McSpadden ......................... 1964, 1965, 1966

John Hampton ..................................................... 1967

Jack Theimer ..............................................1968, 1969

Daryl Hess ........................................................... 1970

Rick Lashley ......................................................... 1972

Mark Crozier ........................................................ 1975

Mike Newport ..................................................... 1977

Andrew Scott ....................................................... 1978

Peter Smythe ....................................................... 1981

Andrew Roediger ................................................ 1983

Joe DeLuna .................................................1991, 1992

Gene Highfield .................................................... 1995

NO. 6 SINGLES

Dale Quigley ......................................................... 1972

Les Topp .............................................................. 1976

Andrew Scott ....................................................... 1977

Dale Christian ....................................................... 1982

Bill Mee ............................................................... 1984

Ryan Rainwater .................................................... 1995

NO. 1 DOUBLES

Charles Cunningham/Jack Griggs ......................... 1949

Charles Cunnigham/Guy Ewton ............................ 1950

Glenn Land/Kenneth Taylor ................................. 1952

Kenneth Taylor/Roger Clark ................................. 1953

Kenneth Taylor/James Metzer .............................. 1954

Barry Walraven/Dennis Cross ............................... 1956

Barry Walraven/Joe Harris .................................... 1957

Joe Harris/Dunlap Vanice...................................... 1959

Gordan Hebert/Vance McSpadden ....................... 1965

Dick Gilkey/Hal McCoy .......................................... 1967

Bruce Barrett/Glen Mullins ................................... 1968

Gerry Perry/Glen Mullins ...................................... 1969

Glen Mullins/Scott Martin ................................... 1970

Barr Baynton/Daryl Hess ............................1972, 1973

Paul Lockwood/Brian Crozier ................................ 1976

Peter Smythe/Steve Dawson ................................ 1983

Joe DeLuna/Brett Zeuschner ................................ 1993

Brett Zeuschner/Glenn Kellett .............................. 1994

Alexei Ivanov/Marek Velicka ................................. 2006

NO. 2 DOUBLES

John Stuart/Guy Newton ...................................... 1949

Glenn Land/Dick Land ......................................... 1950

Don Walraven/Dick Land ...................................... 1951

Russell Fuller/John Martin ................................... 1955

Don Cross/Dennis Cross ........................................ 1957

Vance McSpadden/Hal McCoy .............................. 1966

Gerry Perry/Dick Gilkey ........................................ 1968

Scott Martin/Gayle Bradshaw .............................. 1969

Jack Theimer/Jack Hughes ................................... 1970

Scott Martin/Jack Hughes ...........................1971, 1972

Jack Hughes/Rick Lashley ..................................... 1973

John Staub/Mike Newport ................................... 1976

Brian Crozier/Tony Eugenio .................................. 1978

Travis Rich/Joc Simmons .............................1991, 1992

Federico Chavarria/Tommy Garrison ..................... 2006

NO. 3 DOUBLESRick Lashley/Dale Quigley .................................... 1972

Jim Bowles/Dale Quigley...................................... 1973

Dale Quigley/Mark Crozier .................................... 1974

Mark Geurkink/Andrew Scott .............................. 1979

Joe Braver/Whit Jones .......................................... 1981

Andrew Roediger/David Mantor .......................... 1983

Bill Mee/Barry King .............................................. 1984

Joe DeLuna/Brett Zeuschner ................................ 1992

Bradley Plokhooy/Nigel Birkett ............................ 1994

Lee Gregg/Marek Velicka ...................................... 2004

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MISCELLANEOUS RECORDSSEASON (SINGLES)Most Victories ....................................................... 45, Olivier Loren (1987)

Most Consecutive Victories .................................... 19, Joe Braver (1982)

Top Winning Percentage ....................................... 962, Jack Stuart (1949)

CAREER (SINGLES)Most Victories ....................................................... 145, Olivier Lorin (1985-88)

Most Consecutive Victories .................................... 19, Joe Braver (1981-84)

.............................................................................. 19, Tommy Garrison (2003-06)

Top Winning Percentage .........................................833, Joe Braver (1981-84)

SEASON (DOUBLES)Most Victories .........................................................30, Travis Rich/Joc Simmons (1991)

Most Consecutive Victories .....................................19, Glenn Mullins/Bruce Barrett (1969)

Top Winning Percentage (individual) ................... .941 (16-1) Jack Griggs (1947)

Top Winning Percentage (team) ........................... 1.000 (19-0) Glenn Mullins/

Bruce Barrett (1969)

CAREER (DOUBLES)Most Victories (individual) .................................... 94, Travis Rich (1989-93)

Top Winning Percentrage (individual) .................. 833, Joe Braver (1981-84)

SEASON (TEAM)Most Consecutive Conference

Dual Victories ........................................................ 63, from Kansas (1965) to Missouri (1975)

Most Consecutive Conference Championships ........9, 1966-1974

Most Consecutive Dual Victories .............................19 (1982)

ALL-BIG 12 SELECTIONS (SINGLES)1997 ...................................................................... Adam Neal

1998 ...................................................................... Dusty Beard

2000 ...................................................................... Dusty Beard

2004 ...................................................................... Marek Velicka

2005 ...................................................................... Ondrej Fukala, Marek Velicka

2006 ...................................................................... Marek Velicka

2007 ...................................................................... Vaclav Kucera

2008 ...................................................................... Andrei Daescu

ALL-BIG 12 SELECTIONS (DOUBLES)1997 ...................................................................... Chris Barkla/Dusty Beard

2000 ...................................................................... Charlie Roberson/Rick Warren

2004 ...................................................................... Tommy Garrison/Ondrej Fukala

2005 ...................................................................... Tommy Garrison/Ondrej Fukala

2006 ...................................................................... Alexei Ivanov/Marek Velicka

2007 ...................................................................... Federico Chavarria/Andrei Daescu

2008 ...................................................................... Federico Chavarria/Andrei Daescu

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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 TEAMSFirst Team

1997 ...................................................................... Chris Barkla, Jave Rush,

Rick Warren

1998 ...................................................................... Rick Warren

1997 ...................................................................... Clinton Alford, Jave Rush,

John Walker, Rick Warren

2000 ...................................................................... Rick Warren, Charlie Roberson

2001 ...................................................................... *Chris Mitchell, Matt Ogle

2002 ...................................................................... Chris Mitchell, Matt Ogle

2003 ...................................................................... Matt Lopez, Chris Mitchell,

*Alex Nomicos

2004 ...................................................................... Alexei Ivanov, Tommy Garrison,

Matt Long, Silviu Tanasoui

2005 ...................................................................... Ondrej Fukala, *Tommy Garrison,

Lee Gregg, Alexei Ivanov,

Silviu Tanasoiu

2006 ...................................................................... Tommy Garrison, Matt Long,

Lee Gregg, Ryan Thomas

2007 ...................................................................... Ryan Thomas

2008 ...................................................................... Ryan Thomas

*Denotes those who earned a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Second Team

2000 ...................................................................... Dusty Beard, Jeremy Dunham

2001 ...................................................................... Julio Martinez

2003 ...................................................................... Matt Long, Matt Ogle

2005 ...................................................................... Marek Velicka

2006 ...................................................................... Alexei Ivanov, Marek Velicka

2007 ...................................................................... Marek Velicka

ALL-BIG EIGHT TEAMSSingles

1992 ...................................................................... Michel Tremblay, Joc Simmons

Michael Martinez

1993 ...................................................................... Brett Zeuschner

1994 ...................................................................... Brett Zeuschner, Joe DeLuna

1995 ...................................................................... Nigel Birkett, Gene Highfield,

Glenn Kellett

1996 ...................................................................... Simon Crabtree

ITA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMSThe ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative

GPA of at least a 3.20 on a 4.0 scale. All student-athletes must have competed in one

or more varsity matches for that academic year. The Sooners were given the award

from 1997-2001 and from 2003-2005.

ITA SCHOLAR ATHLETES1993 ...................................................................... Brett Zeuschner

1994 ...................................................................... Brett Zeuschner

1998 ...................................................................... Jave Rush

1999 ...................................................................... Jave Rush, Rick Warren

2000 ...................................................................... Rick Warren

2002 ...................................................................... Chris Mitchell

2003 ...................................................................... Tommy Garrison, Chris, Mitchell

Alex Nomicos, Brad Prigmore,

Silviu Tanasoiu

2004 ...................................................................... Matt Long, Silviu Tanasoiu

Tommy Garrison

2005 ...................................................................... Razvan Axente, Tommy Garrison,

Lee Gregg, Silviu Tanasoiu

2006 ...................................................................... Tommy Garrison, Lee Gregg,

Matt Long , Ryan Thomas

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS1952 10-6-2

Head Coach: Walter Mead

3/13 SE St. Teachers W Noscore

3/20 Northeastern State W 6-0

3/26 Central St. Teachers W 6-0

3/28 Denver L 4-2

4/5 Kansas State W 7-0

4/7 Houston L 6-0

4/8 Texas A&M L 4-3

4/9 Texas L 4-2

4/10 Rice W 4-2

4/12 Colorado W 6-1

4/16 Tulane L 7-0

4/22 Tulsa L 5-1

4/24 Oklahoma A&M W 5-1

4/28 Missouri W 6-1

5/1 Northwestern W 4-3

5/3 Arkansas W 6-0

5/8 SE St. Teachers T 3-3

5/14 Oklahoma A&M T 3-3

1953 7-8


3/11 Texas A&M L 0-7

3/12 Texas L 7-1

3/13 Houston L 6-0

3/14 Rice L 5-2

3/21 Denver W 5-4

3/26 SE St. Teachers W 6-0

4/3 Nebraska W 6-0

4/4 Colorado W 5-2

4/9 Denver L 4-3

4/10 Colorado W 5-2

4/21 Tulsa W 4-2

4/28 Oklahoma A&M L 5-1

4/30 Tulsa W 5-1

5/6 SE St. Teachers L 4-2


1954 10-10-2


3/12 Texas L 7-1

3/21 Denver W 5-4


4/1 Kansas L 5-2

4/3 Nebraska W 6-0

4/4 Colorado W 5-2

4/5 Oklahoma Baptist W 5-2

4/7 TCU W 6-0

4/8 Southeastern State W 6-0

4/9 Denver L 4-3

4/10 Colorado W 5-2

4/10 Houston L 6-1

4/12 Nebraska W 7-0

4/13 Central State College T 3-3

4/14 Rice L 5-2

4/23 Tulsa L 5-1

4/24 Texas L 6-0


5/3 Tulsa No results



5/30 Central State College T 3-3

1955 9-2-3


3/23 Iowa State W 7-0


4/2 Central State W 5-1

4/7 Colorado W 7-0

4/11 Houston L 7-0

4/13 Texas A&M T 3-3

4/14 Texas L 6-1

4/16 TCU W 5-1




4/26 Hardin-Simmons T 3-3

5/4 Tulsa W 5-1

5/6 Oklahoma A&M T 3-3

1956 9-7-1

Head Coach: Don Walraven


3/17 Central State T 3-3

3/22 Southeastern W 5-1

3/23 SMU L 6-0

3/24 TCU L 5-1

3/27 Nebraska W 6-1

3/29 Colorado L 4-3


4/12 Texas L 6-0

4/14 East Texas State L 5-2


5/1 Oklahoma Baptist L 4-3




5/8 Houston L 6-0


1957 12-3






3/29 TCU W 6-0

4/1 Tulane L 6-0

4/2 Lamar Tech L 6-0



4/12 Kansas W 6-1

4/14 Colorado W 6-1

4/16 Nebraska W 7-0



5/4 Oklahama A&M W 4-2

1958 8-4-2


3/25 Southern Illinois W 8-1


4/1 Nebraska W 6-1


4/3 Colorado L 4-3

No date Southeastern State W 6-0

4/19 Texas L 4-2



4/30 Trinity T 3-3

5/5 Oklahoma State L 4-3

5/6 Houston T 3-3



1959 9-3



3/23 Colorado W 5-2

3/25 Southeastern State L 6-0

3/27 Nebraska W 6-1


4/3 Kansas W 6-1

4/10 Arkansas W 7-0

4/11 Wichita L 4-3


4/21 Oklahoma State W 5-2



1960 9-5



3/25 North Texas L 4-2


4/1 Kansas L 5-2


4/15 Nebraska W 5-2



4/27 Wichita W 4-1

4/28 North Texas W 5-1

5/6 Wichita W 4-3




1961 10-8

Head Coach: Tommy Evans

3/29 Nebraska W 7-0

3/30 Colorado W 5-2



4/3 Kansas L 6-1


4/6 SMU L 6-1

4/7 TCU L 5-1


4/12 Wichita W 4-3



4/18 East Texas State W 4-2

4/24 Phillips W 4-2

5/2 Phillips W 6-0


5/12 Southwestern W 6-0

5/15 Southwestern W 7-0

1962 17-5-1

Head Coach: James Provines

3/27 at North Texas W 4-2

3/28 at SMU L 5-1

3/29 at TCU W 4-2

3/30 at East Texas State T 3-3

3/31 at Southeastern State L 6-0


4/4 Colorado W 4-3

4/5 Phillips W 6-0

4/7 Kansas L 5-2

4/9 Wichita W 4-2

4/11 Tulsa W 5-2


4/14 TCU W 4-2

4/16 at Oklahoma Baptist W 6-0

4/18 Tulsa W 5-2



4/28 at Phillips W 6-1


5/2 at Oklahoma State L 6-1

5/7 at Central State W 4-2

5/10 at Kansas State W 7-0

5/11 at Kansas L 5-2

1963 12-3-2

Head Coach: Don Russell

3/2 Texas A&M L 4-3

3/23 at Tulsa T 3-3

3/27 at Air Force Academy W 5-2

3/28 at Denver W 6-1

3/29 at Colo. Mines W 7-0


4/6 Kansas W 4-3

4/12 Missouri W 7-0

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4/22 Central State College W 7-0

4/26 at SMU W 5-1



5/6 Tulsa T 3-3

5/10 at Central St. College W 6-1

1964 14-6

Head Coach: Jerry Keen

3/12 at Southeastern State W 4-2

3/23 at TX-Pan American L 7-0

3/24 at Corpus Christi L 6-1

3/25 at Texas L 6-1

3/26 at Texas A&M L 4-3

3/30 Colorado W 7-0

3/31 Wichita L 5-2

4/1 Nebraska W 7-0

4/2 Kansas W 4-3

4/4 at North Texas State W 5-2


4/21 TCU W 6-0


4/25 at Missouri W 7-0

4/30 OK City Univ. W 7-0

5/2 TX-Pan American L 5-1


5/9 at Oklahoma State W 4-3

5/12 North Texas State W 5-2

5/14 at OK City Univ. W 6-1

1965 14-7-1


3/19 Texas A&M W 4-3



3/27 at Southeastern State L 4-3

3/29 at Corpus Christi T 3-3


3/31 at Trinity L 7-0

4/1 at Texas W 4-3

4/2 at Houston L 4-3

4/6 Tulsa W 6-1

4/9 at Kansas W 5-2

4/10 at TCU W 5-1






4/27 at Tulsa W 5-2

4/30 at Wichita State W 4-3

5/1 at Kansas L 7-0



1966 18-4


No date N. Texas State W 5-2

No date Texas A&M W 4-3

No date TCU W 5-2

No date St. Edward’s W 5-2

No date Lamar Tech L 7-0

No date Louisiana State L 4-3

No date Tulane L 5-1

No date Southeastern State L 5-2

No date Houston W 4-2

No date Kansas W 5-2

No date Missouri W 6-1

No date Kansas State W 6-1

No date Nebraska W 7-0

No date Wichita State W 4-3

No date OK City Univ. W 5-2

No date Oklahoma State W 7-0

No date North Texas State W 5-2

No date Southeastern State W 5-1




No date OK City Univ. W 5-2

1967 21-4


3/4 Western Illinois State W 7-0

3/10 Texas Tech L 4-3

3/11 Baylor W 4-2

3/16 at Houston W 5-2

3/21 Denver W 6-1

3/24 Emporia State W 7-0

3/25 Augustana W 7-0

3/28 at North Texas W 5-2

3/29 at SMU W 5-1

3/30 at TCU W 7-0

3/31 vs. Colorado W 6-1


4/7 vs. Mississippi State L 5-2

4/8 at Kansas W 7-0

4/13 vs. Southern Illinois L 4-3

4/14 at Oklahoma City W 6-1

4/15 vs. North Texas W 5-2



4/22 Missouri W 7-0

4/29 at Wichita W 7-0

5/5 at Nebraska W 6-1

5/6 vs. Kansas State W 6-1

5/12 at Southern Illinois L 4-3

5/13 vs. Murray State W 5-2

1968 13-9


3/8 at New Mexico L 4-3

3/9 at Texas Tech W 5-2

3/15 SMU W 6-3

3/21 TCU W 7-0

3/25 at LSU W 4-3

3/26 at Tulane L 6-1

3/28 vs. Michigan State W 5-2

3/29 at Mississippi State L 7-0

3/30 vs. Florida State L 5-2

4/4 at Oklahoma City+ L 4-3

4/5 vs. Houston L 4-3

4/5 vs. Lamar Tech W 4-3

4/6 vs. Southern Illinois L 6-1


4/17 Nebraska W 7-0


4/26 at Iowa State W 7-0


4/30 Oklahoma City L 6-1

5/3 Kansas W 6-1

5/4 Missouri W 7-0

5/11 Corpus Christi L 5-2

+- Oklahoma City Invitational, Oklahoma City

1969 14-5


3/7 West Texas State W 7-0



3/15 Arkansas W 9-0

3/29 at SMU W 5-4



4/2 at Rice L 5-2

4/3 at Texas A&M W 4-3

4/7 Murray State W 7-2

4/8 Wisconsin W 8-1

4/9 Nebraska W 7-0

4/10 OK City Univ. L 6-3

4/11 at Air Force W 7-0

4/26 at Colorado W 9-0


5/1 TX-Pan American W 7-2

5/2 Kansas W 9-0

5/3 Tulsa W 5-0

1970 12-9


3/6 SMU L 5-4

3/7 TCU W 6-1

3/14 Baylor W 6-1

3/19 at Rice Invitational No Team Results

3/23 at West Texas W 4-3

3/24 at Texas Tech L 7-2

3/28 Middle Tennessee~ W 8-1

3/28 Arkansas~ W 8-1

3/29 Oral Roberts~ L 5-4

4/3 Corpus Christi L 5-4

4/4 Nebraska W 4-0

4/4 Arkansas W 7-2

4/9 vs. North TX State+ L 5-4

4/9 vs. Southern Illinois+ L 4-3

4/10 at OK City Univ.+ L 4-3


4/25 at Kansas W 9-0


5/1 Colorado W 8-1

5/2 Air Force W 8-1


5/9 Oral Roberts L 5-4

~ - Oral Roberts Invitational, Tulsa, Okla. + -

Oklahoma City Inv., Oklahoma City

1971 18-10



3/12 Arkanasas L 7-2


3/18 at Rice Invational No Team

Results

3/22 at TX- Pan-American L 7-2



3/25 at Baylor W 5-4

3/26 at TCU W 9-0

3/27 at SMU L 8-1

3/30 Missouri W 9-0

4/12 Nebraska W 6-3

4/3 South Dakota State ~ W 9-0

4/3 Southeastern State~ W 6-0

4/4 Arkansas~ W 6-3

4/4 Oral Roberts~ W 5-4

4/5 Middle Tennessee St. W 8-1

4/7 West Texas State L 5-4

4/8 Kansas+ W 9-0

4/10 Missouri+ W 9-0

4/12 Nebraska W 6-3


4/17 Kansas W 9-0





5/4 at OK City Univ. L 7-2


~ - Oral Roberts Invitational, Tulsa, Okla. + -

Oklahoma City Inv., Oklahoma City

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2/24 Trinity L 7-0

2/25 Texas L 5-2



3/4 Iowa W 9-0

3/10 New Mexico W 5-4

3/11 Texas Tech W 7-2

3/17 TX-Pan American L 4-3


3/20 Baylor W 8-1

3/21 Trinity L 9-0

3/22 Houston L 6-3

3/23 Rice Invitational No team results

3/30 Nebraska W 9-0

3/31 Corpus Christi W 5-4

4/1 TCU W 6-3

4/7 Kansas W 9-0




4/21 Missouri W 7-2

4/21 Missouri W 6-3


4/28 Southern Illinois L 6-3

5/6 Oral Roberts W 8-1

1973 19-10


No date TX-Pan American W 5-1

No date Corpus Christi L 6-3

No date Texas L 7-2

No date Texas A&M L 5-4

No date Texas Tech W 7-2

No date Baylor W 6-1

No date Texas A&M W 6-2

No date TX-Pan American L 5-4

No date Corpus Christi L 5-4

No date Lamar W 9-0

No date Samford W 5-0

No date Nebraska W 9-0

No date Samford W 8-1


No date New Mexico L 5-4

No date East Texas State W 8-1


No date Colorado W 8-1

No date Arkansas L 6-3

No date West Texas State W 5-4

No date OK City Univ. L 6-3


No date Iowa State W 9-0

No date Missouri W 8-1

No date Oral Roberts L 5-4


No date Southern Illinois W 5-4


No date OK City Univ. L 5-3

1974 21-7


2/18 Baylor W 8-1

2/29 Texas L 7-2

2/30 Rice W 6-3

3/1 Texas A&M L 7-2



3/9 West Texas L 5-4


3/16 Arkansas W 6-3

3/25 Louisiana State L 7-2


3/28 Minnesota W 8-1


3/30 Arkansas L 5-4

4/6 Texas A&M W 5-4

4/9 Lamar W 7-2



4/12 West Texas State L 7-2


4/19 Nebraska W 9-0

4/20 Colorado W 9-0


4/26 Missouri W 7-2




5/4 Kansas W 9-0

1975 16-11


2/13 vs. Stanford L 9-0

2/14 vs. North Carolina L 8-1

2/15 at Wisconsin W 5-4

2/27 vs. Baylor W 7-2


2/27 vs. New Mexico L 5-4

2/28 vs. Tennessee W 5-4


3/8 Tulsa W 8-1

3/10 at Texas L 6-3


3/12 at Lamar W 5-1


3/14 at Rice W 5-4



4/5 at Missouri L 6-3



4/11 at Oklahoma City L 6-3

4/12 at West Texas State W 6-3



4/26 Colorado W 8-1


5/3 Kansas W 8-1


1976 26-6



2/26 vs. Texas A&M W 8-1

2/27 vs. Texas L 8-1

3/5 vs. New Mexico W 5-4

3/6 vs. Texas Tech W 9-0

3/6 vs. West Texas State W 6-3

3/8 vs. Mesa College W 9-0

3/9 vs. Arizona State L 6-3

3/12 vs. Angelo State W 9-0

3/18 vs. West Texas State W 5-4


3/25 at Tulsa W 7-2

3/27 at TCU L 5-4

3/30 vs. Oklahoma State W 5-4

4/2 Lamar W 5-4

4/3 Colorado W 9-0


4/8 vs. Kansas W 5-4

4/9 at OK City Univ. L 5-4

4/10 vs. Arkansas W 5-4


4/14 Baylor W 8-1

4/16 Nebraska W 9-0

4/17 Missouri L 5-4


4/26 Kansas W 7-2


4/28 vs. Oklahoma State W 5-4


5/1 at Kansas W 9-0

5/13 vs. Missouri W 5-4

5/14 vs. Nebraska W 8-1

1977 28-11


2/10 at Wisconsin L 6-3

2/11 vs. Alabama L 5-4

2/12 vs. Harvard W 5-4


2/24 vs. Baylor W 9-0

2/25 vs. Texas A&M W 8-1

2/26 vs. Trinity L 8-1


3/5 Tulsa W 8-1

3/12 at UCLA L 8-1

3/14 at San Diego W 5-4

3/16 at San Diego State W 5-1

3/18 at California Irvine W 5-4

3/19 at Redlands W 6-3

3/19 at Fullerton State W 7-2

3/25 at Drury W 9-0

3/25 at West Texas State L 5-4

3/26 at Oral Roberts W 5-1



4/2 Texas A&M W 7-2


4/6 Baylor W 5-2


7/8 vs. Arkansas L 6-3

4/9 vs. Southern Illinois W 5-4

4/11 vs. Kansas W 6-3

4/15 at TCU L 6-3


4/19 at Arkansas L 7-2


4/26 Kansas W 7-2



5/6 Oscar Rose W 9-0

5/6 Nebraska W 9-0



5/19 Trinity L 8-1

1978 15-13


2/23 vs. Arkansas L 7-2

2/24 vs. New Mexico State W 9-0


3/3 vs. Pan American L 8-1

3/4 at Texas Tech W 9-0

3/10 vs. West Texas State L 6-3

3/12 at TCU L 8-1


3/14 at Texas L 7-2


3/19 at Pan American L 6-2

3/23 Kansas W 7-1

3/24 Northwest Louisiana L 5-4

3/30 Nebraska W 8-1

3/30 Midland College W 7-2


4/6 vs. Oklahoma State L 5-4



4/13 Missouri W 7-2

4/15 Colorado W 5-4


4./19 Oklahoma State L 5-4



4/25 Oscar Rose W 9-0


1979 19-12


2/9 at Wichita State L 5-4

2/10 at S. Ill.-Edwardsville L 7-2

2/23 Baylor W 7-2

3/1 vs. S. Methodist L 8-1

3/1 vs. Furman W 6-3

3/2 vs. Pan American L 9-0


3/11 at Northeastern State W 6-3

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3/13 at SW Louisiana L 6-3

3/14 at Louisiana State L 6-3

3/15 at New Orleans W 9-0

3/16 at Tulane W 6-3


3/24 vs. Nebraska W 8-1


3/29 Tulsa W 7-2


4/6 at Kansas W 6-3

4/7 vs. Missouri W 9-0


4/10 Southeastern College W 7-1






4/20 vs. Memphis State L 5-1

4/21 vs. Vanderbilt W 5-1



1980 16-11



2/3 Wichita State L 8-1

2/15 Pan American L 9-0

No Date Texas A&M L 6-0

No Date Oral Roberts L 6-3


No Date Mississippi State L 6-3

No Date Texas Tech W 5-4

No Date Harvard L 5-4

No Date West Texas State L 7-2

3/10 Nicholls State L 5-4

3/11 Louisiana State L 7-2

3/13 New Orleans W 7-2

3/14 Tulane W 6-3


3/22 Baylor W 5-4

No Date Southern Illinois W 6-3

No Date Wichita State L 7-2

No Date Kansas W 5-4


4/11 Missouri W 7-2

4/12 Kansas W 7-2

4/13 Nebraska W 9-0

4/15 Oklahoma City W 7-2




1981 20-11


2/14 Cooke County W 8-1

2/20 vs. Washington W 8-1

2/20 vs. Pan American W 7-2

2/21 vs. Oral Roberts L 5-4


3/4 vs. San Diego L 6-3

3/5 vs. Ark.-Little Rock W 6-3

3/6 vs. SW Louisiana L 5-1


3/9 at Rice L 6-3

3/10 at Houston L 6-3



3/20 at Wisc.-Lacrosse W 8-1

3/20 at Tyler Jr. College W 7-2

3/21 at Southern Illinois L 5-4

3/21 at Southern Illinois W 6-3

3/25 at Tulsa L 6-3


4/2 at Southern Illinois W 6-3







4/17 at Colorado L 5-4





1982 17-6



No Date Texas A&M L 5-4

No Date Tulsa L 6-3

No Date New Mexico L 5-4

No Date San Diego State L 5-3

No Date San Diego L 6-3

No Date New Mexico W 6-3

No Date Webber State W 6-0

3/18 Tulsa W 5-4

3/22 Cooke County W 9-0


No Date Oklahoma State W 5-2

No Date Wichita State W 5-3




4/11 Nebraska W 9-0


4/16 Colorado W 9-0


4/23 Missouri W 8-1

4/24 Kansas W 9-0

No Date Oklahoma City W 9-0

1983 17-8-1


2/19 at TCU L 8-1

2/26 at New Mexico W 5-4

2/27 vs. Arizona State W 7-2

3/2 vs. San Diego W 8-1

3/3 vs. TCU W 5-1


3/4 vs. Texas L 5-4

3/5 vs. Arizona T 3-3

3/9 at Tulsa L 6-3

3/14 at San Diego State W 6-3

3/15 at San Diego W 6-3

3/16 at Point Loma W 9-0

3/19 at Cal-Irvine L 6-3

3/27 U.S. International W 6-0






4/9 Kansas W 7-2




4/22 Colorado W 8-1



1984 21-8


No DateTulsa W 9-0

No DateArkansas W 7-2

No DateWichita State W 7-2

No DateOral Roberts W 8-1

No Dateat Texas W 9-0

No Dateat TCU L 7-2

2/21 East Central W 9-0

No DateWichita State W 6-3

No Dateat NE Louisiana L 7-2

3/1 Michigan W 7-2

No DateCooke County W 7-2

No Dateat TCU L 7-2

No Dateat Texas L 5-1

No DateHouston W 5-4

No DateIllinois W 7-2

No DateSan Diego W 5-2

No DateU.S. International W 5-4

No DateYale W 5-1

No DateLoyola Marymount W 7-2

No Dateat Midland College L 5-4

- at Georgia L 5-1

- at Arizona L 5-1



4/7 Kansas W 6-3


4/14 Nebraska W 5-4


4/21 Colorado W 8-1

1985 12-16


2/16 East Central State W 9-0

2/22 vs. New Mexico# L 7-2

2/23 at Arizona State L 8-1

No DateTexas Tech# L 5-4

3/1 Midwestern W 8-1


3/6 vs. California$ L 8-1

No DateSan Diego$ W 5-4

No DateArizona$ L 7-2

No DateBaylor$ L 5-1

3/10 at San Diego State L 7-2

3/11 at San Diego L 8-1

- at Cal State-Fullerton W 9-0

3/14 at Cal St.-Long Beach L 8-1

3/16 at UC-Santa Barbara L 7-2


3/30 vs. Tulsa% W 7-2

No Date vs. Southern Illinois% W 5-0

No Date vs. Oklahoma State% L 8-1

4/4 Houston L 6-3

4/6 at Kansas L 8-1



4/13 Nebraska W 8-1




4/20 at Colorado L

7-2

$ Corpus, Christi, Texas. % District V Tournament.

# Tempe, Ariz. Tied for fourth in the Big Eight

Tournament.

1986 10-13



2/26 MeLennan W 5-4

3/2 at Houston W 5-4

3/5 vs. Florida~ L 5-4

3/6 vs. Mississippi~ L 6-3

3/7 vs. Illinois~ L 5-4

3/8 vs. Baylor~ W 5-1

3/11 at Arizona State L 7-2


3/15 vs. San Diego State L 6-3

3/18 Nebraska L 5-4




4/5 Kansas L 6-3


4/7 Tulsa W 5-4

4/11 at Iowa State L 5-4

4/12 at Nebraska L 5-4

4/14 Wichita State W 5-4

4/22 at Oral Roberts L 6-3


4/19 Colorado W 6-3

~ Corpus Christi, Texas.

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1/24 at Tulsa W 6-3


2/7 McLennan College W 7-2

2/14 vs. Texas A&M~ L 6-3

2/15 vs. Trinity~ L 5-3

2/23 Houston W 9-0

2/27 vs. Texas Tech ^ W 5-1

2/28 vs. Brigham Young^ W 5-2

2/28 vs. Weber State^ L 5-4


3/7 at Texas L 9-0

3/9 at Pepperdine L 9-0

3/12 at San Diego State L 5-4



3/21 Houston Baptist W 9-0

3/23 vs. Ohio State+ L 5-4


4/4 at Kansas L 7-2



4/8 SW Missouri St. W 7-2


4/11 Nebraska W 6-3

4/12 NE Louisiana State L 5-1

4/13 Tulsa W 7-2




~ Oklahoma City, ^ Albuquerque, New Mexico.

+ Dallas, Texas. Finished third at Big Eight

Tournament.

1988 17-4

Head Coach: Paul Lockwood


2/21 at Rice W 7-2


3/9 vs. N. Texas State^ W 6-3

3/13 at Davidson W 7-2

3/14 at North Carolina W 7-2

3/15 at N. Carolina State W 5-3

3/16 at Duke L 5-4


3/25 at Arkansas L 5-1

3/27 at SMS W 7-2


4/2 at Tulsa W 8-1

4/9 Kansas L 6-3

4/10 Missouri W 9-0





4/22 vs. Tulsa~ W 6-3

4/24 Colorado W 8-1

~ Edmond, Okla. ^ Oklahoma, City, Okla. OU

finished tied for second in the Big Eight Tourna-

ment, Lake Ozaark, Mo.

1989 11-12


2/10 at Tulsa L 5-1

2/12 vs. Indiana ~ L 6-3

2/24 vs. Oral Roberts ^ W 5-4

3/2 vs. Texas A&M+ L 5-1

3/3 vs. Wake Forest+ W 5-2

3/4 vs. Florida State+ W 5-2

3/5 vs. Oklahoma State+ L 5-1

3/8 vs. Rice< L 6-3

3/9 at Central Florida W 6-0

3/18 vs. Duke> L 5-1

3/19 vs. SW Missouri St.> W 5-3

3/19 vs. Wichita State> W 5-1


3/24 Hampton W 5-4



4/9 at Kansas L 6-3



4/16 Nebrasksa L 6-3


4/22 at Air Force Academy L 6-3


~ Oklahoma, City, ^ Edmond, Okla. + Corpus Christi,

Texas. < Orlando, Fla. > Houston, Texas

1990 16-10


2/11 Northern Arizona W 6-1

2/16 UNLV W 5-2

2/17 Wisconsin L 6-0

2/24 Indiana L 7-2

2/25 Purdue W 6-3

3/1 Notre Dame L 5-1

3/2 Utah W 5-4

3/3 Texas A&M L 6-0

3/4 UC Santa Barbara W 5-4


3/13 TCU L 7-1

3/16 Alabama L 9-0

3/17 Furman W 7-2


3/21 SW Missouri State W 6-0

3/25 Baylor W 9-0

3/31 Tulsa W 6-1


4/4 Cowley Country CC W 9-0

4/7 Colorado W 8-1


1991 15-6


2/17 Northeastern (OK)< W 9-0

2/23 vs. Texas Tech~ L 6-3


3/7 vs. Wisconsin+ L 5-1

3/8 vs. S. Methodist+ W 5-3

3/9 vs.UC-St. Barbara+ L 5-4

3/10 vs. Long Beach St.+ W 5-4

3/13 at UNLV L 5-3

3/20 Texas-Arlington W 8-1


3/23 Tulsa W 9-0


3/31 Drake W 8-1



4/7 Nebraska L 6-3



4/17 Cowley County CC W 8-0



~ Albuquerque, New Mexico.

< Oklahoma, City, + HEB Invitational, Corpus

Christi, Texas. Texas. $ Big Eight Tournament,

Oklahoma City (finished 2nd).

1992 20-4


2/14 vs. Oregon~ W 5-1

2/15 vs. Nevada-Reno~ W For.

2/16 vs. UTEP~ W 6-0

2/23 NE (Okla.) State W 9-0



3/6 Arkansas L 5-3

3/13 vs. Navy+ W 4-1

3/14 vs. Indiana State+ W 5-0

3/14 vs. Point Luma College+ W 9-0

3/15 vs. Yale+ W 3-2

3/21 Drake L 5-3

3/22 vs. SW Missouri St. W 9-0


4/1 Oral Roberts< W 8-1

4/4 Kansas L 5-4

4/5 Missouri W 9-0




4/18 Colorado W 6-3

4/24 Missouri$ W 6-0

4/25 Oklahoma State$ W 5-1

4/26 Kansas$ W 5-3

~ UNLV/Nevada Bob's Team Tennis Invitational,

Las Vegas, Nev.. + San Diego, Calif. < Oklahoma,

City, ^ Edmond, Okla. $ Big Eight Tournament,

Leawood, Kan. (finished first).

1993 16-9



2/20 vs. North Texas> W 7-0

2/21 vs. NE (Okla.)^ W 6-1

2/21 vs. Oral Roberts^ W 5-2

3/7 at Texas L 8-1

3/8 vs. Virginia Tech~ L 4-3

3/10 vs. Illinois~ W 5-2

3/13 Texas-El Paso W 5-2

3/19 at Rice L 6-1

3/20 vs. SMU+ L 4-3

3/20 vs. South Alabama+ L 6-0

3/24 Tulsa W 5-2



4/2 Regis College W 4-0




4/11 at Kansas L 5-2

4/14 at Oklahoma State^ W 6-1


4/18 Nebraska W 4-3

4/23 vs. Iowa State$ W 4-2

4/24 vs. Colorado$ L 4-0

4/25 vs. Kansas$ L 4-2

~ Austin, Texas. > Oklahoma City, + Houston,

Texas. ^ Edmond, Okla. $ Big Eight Tournament,

Kansas City, Mo. (finished fourth).

1994 22-7


1/24 vs. Michigan^ W 5-2

1/25 vs. Vir. Commonwealth^W 4-3

1/26 at Tennessee L 7-0

1/29 at New Mexico State W 7-0

1/30 at Texas-El Paso W 5-2

2/6 vs. NE State~ W 5-2

2/11 vs. Creighton+ W 7-0

2/12 at Drake L 5-2

2/13 vs. Indiana State + W 5-1


2/20 vs. North Texas ~ W 7-0

2/26 Missouri-Kansas City < W 5-0

2/26 Oral Roberts ~ W 7-0

3/7 at Chaminade W 4-0

3/8 at Hawaii W 5-2

3/10 Notre Dame# L 7-0

3/11 Ball State# W 4-3

3/23 Tulsa< W 7-0

3/26 SW Missouri< W 6-1



4/9 Colorado L 5-2


4/16 Kansas L 4-3

4/17 Missouri W 7-0

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4/23 Colorado $ W 4-3

4/24 Kansas$ L 4-3

5/14 Drake @ L 4-1

^ Knoxville, Tenn. ~ Edmond, Okla. + Des

Moines, Iowa < Oklahoma City, # Honolulu,

Hawaii. $ Big Eight Tournament, in Oklahoma

City, @ NCAA Regionals, Wichita, Kan. .

1995 15-9


1/19 vs. Saint Louis< W 8-0

1/28 vs. North Texas~ W 7-2

2/10 vs. Oral Roberts~ W 7-0

2/17 vs. Nevada-Reno# W 5-2

2/18 vs. Colorado# W 4-3

2/19 vs. Tulsa# L 5-2

2/24 vs. Cowley County W 7-0

2/26 vs. Drake~ L 4-3

3/11 at Texas L 7-0

3/13 vs. Virginia+ W 4-3

3/15 vs. Illinois State+ W 5-2

3/16 at South Florida L 5-2

3/22 at Tulsa W 5-2


3/25 vs. New Mexico~ L 7-0



4/2 at Kansas L 5-2

4/9 Nebraska W 5-1



4/21 Missouri$ W 7-0

4/22 Colorado$ L 5-2

5/5 Colorado@ L 4-3

< Oklahoma City, ~ Edmond, Okla. + Las Vegas,

Nev. + Tampa, Fla. $ Big Eight Tournament, in

Oklahoma City, (finished third). @ NCAA Region-

als, Lawrence, Kan.

1996 15-11


2/9 at Illinois L 6-1

2/10 vs. Ohio State> L 6-1

2/11 vs. Illinois State> W 6-1

2/16 vs. Weber State~ W 7-0

2/17 at UNLV~ L 6-1

2/18 vs. Tulsa~ L 4-1



3/3 Cameron^ W 7-0

3/8 at San Diego+ L 4-3

3/9 vs. Indiana State+ W 4-3

3/10 vs. Northern Arizona W 4-3

3/14 vs. UTSA< W 6-1

3/15 vs. SW Missouri St.< W 7-0

3/15 vs. Northeastern St.< W 5-1


3/30 Missouri-Kansas City W 7-0

4/6 Colorado L 5-2


4/12 at Drake L 5-2


4/20 Kansas L 6-1

4/21 Missouri W 7-0


4/26 Nebraska$ W 4-3

4/27 Kansas$ L 4-0

~ UNLV Invitational, Las Vegas, Nev. + Reebok

Collegiate Classic, San Diego, Calif. <matches

played in Tulsa, Okla. > matches played Cham-

paign, Ill. $ Big Eight Championship, Kansas City,

Mo. ^ match played in OKC.

1997 16-9


1/25 vs. Missouri+ W 7-0

1/31 vs. New Mexico St.> W 5-2

1/31 vs. Northeastern St.> W 7-0


2/21 at UNLV~ L 5-2

2/22 vs. Michigan State~ W 4-3

2/22 vs. San Diego State~ W 4-3

2/28 vs. NE Louisiana> W 5-2

3/1 vs. SW Missouri St.> W 4-2

3/1 Indiana State W 6-0

3/ 4 Wichita State W 4-3

3/8 Kansas L 5-2

3/12 at San Jose State W 7-0

3/14 at Cal-Berkley L 4-3



3/31 at Rice W 6-0

4/8 vs. Cowley County CC< W 7-0

4/11 vs. Texas A&M> W 4-3

4/12 vs. Texas> L 5-2




4/24 Colorado$ L 4-1

5/9 Colorado^ L 4-0

~ UNLV Tournament, Las Vegas, Nev. > Edmond,

Okla. < Oklahoma City, + Tulsa, Okla. $ Big 12

Championship, Austin, Texas. ^ NCAA Regionals,

Wichita, Kan.

1998 14-11


2/4 at NE Louisiana W 4-3

2/18 vs. Tulsa~ W 5-2


2/21 at Northeastern W 7-0

2/27 at SMS W 6-1

2/28 vs. Ark.-Little Rock+ W 6-1

3/5 vs. Fresno State~ L 4-2


3/8 at Kansas L 4-3

3/10 at Georgia Tech L 6-1

3/11 at Georgia L 7-0


3/22 Southern Methodist L 4-2


3/28 at Texas L 6-1

4/4 Baylor L 6-1


4/10 Rice W 4-3



4/17 Colorado W 6-1

4/19 Nebraska W 6-1

4/23 Missouri $ W 4-0

4/24 Texas A&M $ L 4-0

5/15 Kansas ^ L 4-1

~ Edmond, Okla. + Springfield, Mo. $ Big 12

Tournament, Lincoln, Neb. ^ NCAA Regionals,

Tulsa, Okla.

1999 13-15


11/1 vs. Tulsa^+ W 4-2

11/2 vs. Kansas^+ W 4-1

1/29 Oral Roberts+ W 7-0

2/6 SW Missouri State+ W 4-3


2/14 Texas L 7-0

2/18 vs. Stanford< L 5-1

2/19 vs. Pepperdine< L 7-0

2/20 vs. Harvard< L 6-0

2/27 Tulane L 3-4

2/28 Southwest Louisiana L 3-4

3/5 vs. SMU L 6-0

3/6 Northeastern State% W 6-0

3/6 Northeastern State% W 7-0

3/10 Wichita State+ W 6-1

3/13 vs. Texas Tech L 7-0

3/16 vs.LoyolaMM W 5-2

3/17 vs. San Diego State L 4-3

3/27 Northeast Louisiana W 4-1

3/30 vs. Tulsa+ L 7-1

4/2 Kansas+ W 5-2



4/10 vs. Baylor L 7-0

4/16 vs. Nebraska+ L 6-1

4/18 vs. Colorado+ W 4-3

4/22 Oklahoma State+ L 5-2

4/29 vs. Baylor$ L 4-0

$ Big 12 Championship, College Station, Texas,

^ Region V Indoor Team Championship, Tulsa,

Okla., + Region V matches, % NCAA Diision II

matches, < ITA National Indoor Championship,

Seattle, Wash.

2000 15-12


1/28 New Mexico State^ L 5-2



2/13 Indiana^ L 6-1

2/19 at Texas-Arlington L 4-3

2/27 Northeastern State^ W 7-0

2/27 Northeastern State^ W 7-0

3/3 vs. Minnesota> W 5-2

3/3 vs.La.-Lafay.> L 4-3

3/4 vs. Middle Tenn. St.> W 4-3

3/5 vs. Tulsa>+ L 5-2

3/8 at Oral Roberts+ W 6-1

3/14 vs. Cal State-Sacremento@ W 5-2

3/15 vs. Portland@ W 6-1

3/16 at Hawaii W 5-2


3/24 at Texas L 6-1

3/29 Tulsa W For.

4/1 at Kansas+ L 7-0



4/12 at Okla. State+ L 4-3

4/15 Nebraska + W 7-0


4/21 Baylor L 6-1

4/22 Colorado+ W 4-3

4/28 Texas A&M $ L 4-0

$ Big 12 Championship, Kansas City, Mo.^

Matches played in Edmond, Okla., + Region V

matches, % NCAA Diision II matches, < Division

II opponent,>HEB College Championship played

in Corpus Christi, Texas, @ matches played in

Honolulu, Hawaii, # national ranking at time

of match.

2001 2-12



2/10 vs.Tulane L 6-1

3/4 Southwest Mo. State L 5-2


3/18 at Baylor L 7-0

3/30 Texas L 7-0



4/7 Texas-Arlington L 7-0


4/13 Kansas L 6-1



4/26 Texas Tech$ L 4-1

$ Big 12 Championship, Waco, Texas.

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1/25 Okla.-Science & Arts W 7-0

1/25 Okla.-Science & Arts W 7-0


2/8 SMS W 4-3

2/10 Northern Iowa W 6-0

2/22 at Texas-Arlington L 4-2

2/23 vs. Lamar (at UTA) W 6-0

3/8 at Texas L 7-0


3/18 !vs. Chaminade W 7-0

3/19 !at Hawaii L 6-1

3/20 !vs. Idaho W 4-1

3/21 !vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay W 6-0





4/10 at Okla. State L 4-3

4/13 Colorado L 5-2

4/14 Baylor L 5-2


4/20 Nebraska L 5-2


3/26 $vs. Baylor L 4-0

! Matches played in Honolulu, Hawaii; $ Big 12

Championship, College Station, Texas.

2003 15-10


1/31 Oklahoma Baptist^ W 7-0

1/31 Oklahoma Baptist^ W 6-0

2/2 Drake#^ W 7-0

2/7 New Mexico^ L 7-0

2/8 Centenary^ W 6-0

2/8 Centenary^ W 6-0

2/13 at Oral Roberts# W 6-1

2/14 at SW Missouri State# W 4-2

2/21 Cowley County W 7-0

3/1 at Texas Tech * L 6-1

3/7 Oral Roberts# W 7-0

3/8 Michigan State W 5-2

3/11 Cameron W 6-1


3/19 at San Francisco L 4-2

3/20 at Sacramento State W 6-1

3/26 at Wichita State# L 6-1


3/30 Texas L 7-0

4/5 at Nebraska# L 4-3

4/9 Oklahoma State# L 5-2


4/13 Saint Louis# W 4-3

4/19 at Colorado# W 4-3

4/25 Texas! L 4-0

#Region V opponents; ^Indoor matches played

at Santa Fe Country Club (Oklahoma City) or

Oaktree Country Club (Edmond, Okla.); !Big 12

Championships (Kansas City, Mo.).

2004 17-7





2/13 Weber State$ W 7-0

2/14 UNLV$ W 6-1

2/15 Texas-Arlington$ W 4-0

2/29 Cowley CC^ W 7-0

2/29 East Central^ W 7-0

3/5 at Texas-Arlington W 5-2

3/6 at Louisiana-Lafayette L 4-3

3/10 Cameron W 7-0


3/17 at William and Mary L 4-3

3/18 at George Mason W 7-0



3/28 at Texas L 6-0

4/2 Lamar W 5-2

4/4 Colorado W 4-3

4/10 Baylor L 6-1


4/17 Nebraska W 6-1



^ denotes indoor matches, $ matches played at

UNLV Invitational tournament.

2005 17-7


1/21 Northwestern^ W 5-2

1/23 DePaul^ W 5-2


2/6 Bradley& W 7-0

2/6 Cameron& W 5-0

2/8 Arkansas W 6-1

2/11 Tyler CC W 7-0

2/19 Hawaii& W 6-1

3/5 Navy W 7-0



3/18 Baylor L 6-1




4/2 Texas A&M L 4-3

4/3 Texas W 4-3

4/7 Tulsa W 6-1

4/9 Nebraska W 7-0



4/23 Colorado L 4-3

4/29 Oklahoma State! L 4-0

5/14 South Carolina@ L 4-3

^Played at the Combe Indoor Tennis Center in

Chicago, Ill.; & Played at the Oaktree Country

Club in Edmond, Okla.; $ Played at the Fertitta

Tennis Complex in Las Vegas, Nev.; ! Big 12

Tournament (Austin, Texas); @ NCAA Tournament

(Stillwater, Okla.)

2006 14-12


1/21 Illinois State W 4-2

1/21 Nebraska W 4-0

1/22 Arkansas L 0-4

1/27 at Ohio State L 1-6

2/5 Memphis W 6-1

2/10 at Alabama L 2-5

2/25 Missouri State W 7-0


2/27 Cameron W 7-0

2/27 Cameron W 6-0

3/3 UL-Lafayette W 4-3



3/10 UT-San Antonio W 7-0


3/17 Bowdoin College W 7-0

3/26 Nebraska* W 6-1

3/28 Colorado* L 2-5

3/31 at Texas* L 1-6

4/2 at Texas A&M* L 0-7

4/7 Baylor* L 2-4

4/9 Texas Tech* L 3-4

4/12 Arkansas L 2-5

4/18 at Tulsa L 0-4

4/22 at Oklahoma State* L 2-5

4/28 Texas# L

0-4

*Big 12 match, #Big 12 Championships (Waco,

Texas)

2007 20-9


1/20 Nebraska # W 4-0

1/20 Oklahoma State # L 3-4

1/23 UT-Pan American ! W 6-0

2/02 Southern Illinois ^ W 7-0

2/09 at Arkansas W 4-3

2/22 at Chicago State W 7-0

2/23 Northwestern * W 5-2

2/28 Cameron W 5-2




3/10 North Carolina State % L 2-5

3/11 Fresno State W 5-2

3/18 Abilene Christian W 4-2

3/18 East Central Okla. W 7-0

3/23 Rice $ W 4-2

3/24 Middle Tennessee $ W 4-2

3/25 William & Mary W 4-2


4/03 Tulsa L 2-5


4/15 Texas L 1-6



4/26 Texas Tech + W 4-3

4/27 Nebraska @ W 4-1

4/28 Baylor @ L 1-4

5/12 California ~ W 4-3

5/13 Oklahoma State ~ L 0-4

*Big 12 match, #Big 12 Championships, Waco,

Texas, ! at Fort Worth, Texas, # at Tulsa, Okla., ^

at Oklahoma City, * at Chicago, Ill., % at Fresno,

Calif., $ at Rice Invitational, Houston, Texas, +

at Kansas City, Mo., @ at Big 12 Championships

(Kansas City, Mo.), ~ at NCAA Tournament

(Stillwater, Okla.)

2008 11-13


1/25 vs. Fresno State ! W 6-1

2/2 Old Dominion @ W 5-2

2/3 VCU @ L 5-2

2/9 Minnesota # W 4-3

2/10 Wisconsin-Green Bay # W 7-0

2/17 vs. Arkansas ! L 4-3

2/28 at Tulsa L 5-2

3/5 at TCU L 4-3

3/8 Memphis W 5-2

3/13 Boise St. $ L 4-1

3/14 Alabama $ L 4-1

3/15 William & Mary $ L 4-1

3/25 Cameron W 4-3



3/30 at Texas L 7-0


4/7 vs. Oral Roberts W 4-0



4/13 Baylor L 6-1


4/20 Nebraska W 6-1

4/25 Oklahoma State % L 4-1

! Oklahoma City, @ Norfolk, Va., # Minneapolis,

Minn., $ Blue-Gray Classic, (Montgomery, Ala.),

% Big 12 Championships (College Station, Texas)

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LETTERWINNERSA Alden, Arthur, 1904

Alden, Verne,1909-1910

Alford, Clinton,1998-99

Allen, Joe 1949

Arnold, James1952

Avdeyev, Sergey, 2006-Present

BBadgett, Gerald, 1948-1949

Baird, Rick, 1988

Barkla, Chris, 1997

Barrett, Bruce, 1968

Baynton, Barr, 1971-1974

Beard, Dusty, 1997-2000

Bedwell, Eddie, 1941-1942

Beleleu, Ionut, 2008-Present

Bell, Richard, 1962

Bennett, Crawford, 1929-1931

Birkett, Nigel, 1994-1995

Bordman, Dankin, 1924-1925

Bosworth, Harold, 1917

Bowles, James, 1972-1973

Bowman, Bruce, 1963

Box, David, 1984-1985

Bradford, James, 1958

Bradshaw, Gayle, 1969

Brandenburg, John, 1924-1926

Brandenburg, Robert, 1924-1926

Braver, Joe, 1981-1984

Braver, Robert E., 1980-1981

Browne, Henry, 1924-1926

Bubnack, Tim, 1987

CCanon, William, 1981

Carpenter, Ed, 1936-1937

Castanon, Martin, 1986

Champion, Joe, 1938

Champion, Roland, 1946

Chavarria, Federico, 2005-2008

Christian, Dale, 1982

Clark, Randall Jr., 1947

Clark, Roger, 1951-1953

Clement, Raymond, 1936-1938

Collins, Mark, 1984-1986

Conway, Joe, 1903-1906

Crabtree, Simon, 1996

Cross, Dennis, 1956-1958

Crozier, Brian, 1976-1979

Crozier, Mark, 1974-1977

Cunningham, Charles, 1947, 1949-1950

DDaescu, Andrei, 2006-Present

Dakil, Tanell, 1946

Darrough, Forest, 1918-1921

Darrough, Paul, 1915-1918

Davis, Bob, 1940-1942

Davis, Charles, 1931-1933

Davis, Evan, 2000-2001

Dawson, Steve, 1982-1984

DeLuna, Joe, 1991-1994

Douglas, Marvin, 1946

Draper, Stanley, 1947-1949

Duer, Wes, 1956

Dunham, Jeremy, 1997-2000

EEdwards, Jack, 1937

Ellard, Everett, 1946

Eugenio, Tony, 1976-1978

Evans, Albert, 1934-1935

Evans, Julian, 1926

Ewton, Guy, 1948-1950

FFarmer, Phillip, 1993-1996

Faulkner, Bob, 1942

Fentriss, Mark, 1986-1988, 1990

Fonivielle, Frank, 1947

Fotopoulos, Sam, 1982-1984

Frates, John, 1978

Fukala, Ondrej, 2003-2005

Fuller, Russell, 1954-1955

GGage, Harry, 1907-1908

Ganz, J.J., 1988-1990

Garlick, James, 1962

Garrison, Tommy, 2003-2005

Geiger, Bryan, 1989-1990

Geurkink, Mark, 1977-1980

Geyman, Jerry, 1961-1962, 1964

Gilkey, Dick, 1966-1968

Gilliam, Jeff, 1991

Glen, Steve, 1978

Goodwin, Rufus, 1938

Gordon, John, 1948

Green Mason, 1991

Gregg, Lee, 2004-2005

Gregory, Paul, 1961-63

Griggs, Jack, 1942-1944

Groenwald, Sean, 1993-1995

Gustus, Mark, 1980-1981

HHampton, John, 1967

Harlow, Bryce, 1936

Harrington, John, 1922-1923

Harris, Joe, 1957-1958

Harris, Richard, 1959-1960

Headington, Tim, 1970-1972

Hebert, Gordan, 1965

Hess, Daryl, 1970-1973

Highfield, Gene, 1995

Hill, Jason, 1989-1990

Hillis, John, 1982-1983

Hodge, Paul, 1927-1928, 1933

Hughes, Jack, 1970-1973

IIvanov, Alexei, 2003-2005

JJackard, Jeff, 1985

Jenkins, William, 1903

Johnson, Sam, 1942

Joitoiu, Alexandru, 2008

Jones, Whit, 1981

KKacmar, Ondrej, 2007

Keen, Jerry, 1982

Kellett, Glenn, 1994-1995

Kessler, Bill, 1984

King, Barry, 1984

Kirkland, Fred, 1926

Klaffke, Raymond, 1937

Knox, Mike, 1974-1975

Kronlein, Tobias, 1999-2002

Kyle, Jack, 1951

Knox, Mike, 1974-1975

Kronlein, Tobias, 1999-2002

Kucera, Vaclav, 2007

Kyle, Jack, 1951

LLackey, Bill, 1958-1960

Land, Glenn, 1950-1952

Land, Richard, 1948-1951

Landon, Duane, 1926-1928

Lashley, Rick, 1972-1975

Latham, Mark, 1962-1964

Leap, Chris, 1987-1990

Liebler, Weller, 1907-1908

Lile, Max, 1993-1995, 1997

Lindsey Ed, 1939-1940

Litchfield, E.P., 1939-1941

Lockwood, Paul, 1974-1976

Long, Matt, 2002-2004

Lopez, Matt, 2002-2004

Lorin, Olivier, 1985-1988

Love, William, 1962

Lukeman, Elmer, 1940

Lynn, James, 1973

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LETTERWINNERSMMahaffey, Tom, 1954

Mantor, David, 1982-1983

Maris,Matt, 1989

Marinescu, Vlad, 2008

Markley, Robert, 1955-1957

Martin, John, 1952-1955

Martin, Scott, 1969-1972

Martin, W.F., 1936-1937

Martinez, Julio, 1999-2001

Martinez, Michael, 1991-1992

Mason, Blake, 2000-2001

Mason, Dick, 1926-1928

Matheson, Ross, 1989-1990

McColl, Archie Jr., 1929-1930

McCoy, Hal, 1965-1967

McCoullough, Milton, 1949-1950

McFarland, Robert, 1930

McGuffin, Buford, 1918

McKenzie, Rob, 2007

McPhail, Ray, 1932

McSpadden, Michael, 1964-1966

McSpadden Vance, 1964-1966

Mead, Glen, 1924-1926

Mead, Walter, 1939-1941

Medonos, Marek, 1995-1996

Mee, Bill, 1983-1984

Metzer, James, 1952-1954

Minteer, Edwin, 1909-1912

Mitchell, Chris, 1999-2003

Monnet, Claude, 1913-1915, 1918

Monnet, Eugene, 1911

Montgomery, W.V., 1953

Moore, Walt, 1947

Moran, W.B., 1955

Moss, Joseph, 1980

Mullins, Glen, 1968-1970

Myers, Bill, 1946

NNeal, Adam, 1997-1998

Netland,Thomas, 1994-1996

Newman, Herbert, 1941

Newport, Mike, 1974-1977

Nguyen, Tien, 1991

Alex Nomicos, 2002-2003

OO'Connell, Lawrence, 1924

Ogle, Matt, 1999-2003

Overholser, Ed, 1930

Ozum, John, 1950

PParks, Ben, 1921

Parks, Kirt, 1921

Pettigrove, Craig, 1997-98

Perry, Gerry, 1967-1969

Perry, Wallace, 1906

Plokhooy, Bradley, 1993-1996

Powell, John, 1938-1939

Price, Matt, 2000-2001

Prigmore, Brad, 2002

Provines, James, 1959-1961

Putty, Drew, 1942

QQuiqley, Dale, 1971-1974

RRainwater, Ryan, 1992,1994-1996

Rich, Travis, 1990-1993

Richards, Jack, 1963-1965

Richardson, Bradley, 1986

Roberson, Charlie, 1997-2000

Robins, Randy, 1915

Rodgers, Joe Lee, 1975

Roediger, Andrew, 1983

Rollins, Albert, 1934-1935

Rooker, Mike, 1963-1965

Roop, Gene, 1938-1939

Ross, Abe Jr., 1947-1950

Royer, Fred, 1924-1925,1927-1928

Runkle, Lowe, 1928-1930

Rush, Jave, 1996-1999

SScallon, Tib,1952

Scheidegger, Brad, 1985

Schkade, Marvin, 1958-1960

Schimidt, Andrew, 1986-1989

Schwartz, Robert, 1954

Scott, Andrew, 1976-1979

Scott, Jeffery, 1980

Shoftstall, William, 1932

Simmons, Joc, 1991-1992

Sluice, Wayne,1986

Smythe, Peter, 1980-1983

Snow, Terry, 1968-1970

Staub, John, 1975-1978

Stockton, Stephen, 1966-1967

Stuart, John, 1949

Sutoris, Bob, 1961

Swartz, William, 1946

TTalbott, W.C., 1951-1952

Tanasoiu, Silviu, 2003-2005

Taylor, Kenneth, 1952-1955

Theimer, Jack, 1968-1969

Theimer, Dick, 1969-1970

Thixton, Tom, 1952

Thomas, John, 1931

Thomas, Ryan, 2005-2008

Thurman, Harold, 1928-1930

Toomey, Chris, 1987-1988

Topp, Les, 1975-1978

Tosh, Harry, 1904

Tracey, Shelley, 1909

Tremblay, Michel, 1991-1992

Trosper, Art, 1916

Trosper, Ray, 1916

Trout, Lawrence, 1909

UUpsher, Albert, 1934-1935

VVanice, Dunlap, 1959-1961

Velicka, Marek, 2004-2007

WWalker, John, 1999

Wall, Dennis, 1979-1982

Walraven, Barry, 1955-1957

Walraven, Don, 1950-1951

Warren, Richard, 1997-2000

Washington, Bill, 1977-1978

West, Carey, 1963

Whitman, Kenneth, 1983

Wright, Jon, 1987

ZZeuschner, Brett, 1991-1994

Bold denotes returning letterwinners.

UNIVERSITYOKLAHOMA MEN’S TENNIS

David L. Boren, who has served Oklahoma as governor and

U.S. senator, became the thirteenth president of the Univer-

sity of Oklahoma in November 1994. He is the first person in

state history to have served in all three positions.

Boren is widely respected for his academic credentials, his

longtime support of education, and for his distinguished

political career as a reformer of the American political system.

A graduate of Yale University in 1963, Boren majored in

American history, graduated in the top one percent of his class

and was elected Phi Beta Kappa. He was selected as a Rhodes

Scholar and earned a master’s degree in politics, philosophy

and economics from Oxford University, England, in 1965.

In 1968, he received a law degree from the University of

Oklahoma College of Law, where he was on the Law Review,

elected to the Order of the Coif, and won the Bledsoe Prize as

the outstanding graduate by a vote of the faculty.

As Oklahoma’s governor from 1974 through 1978, Boren

promoted key educational initiatives that have had an endur-

ing impact on Oklahoma. Established during his tenure were

the Oklahoma Arts Institute, the Scholar-Leadership Enrich-

ment Program, and the Oklahoma Physicians Manpower

Training Program, which provides scholarships for medical

students and medical personnel who commit to practice in

underserved rural areas. Also, the first state funding for Gifted

and Talented classes was provided in 1976 and, from 1976

through 1978, Oklahoma ranked first among all states in the

percentage increases of funding for higher education.

One of Boren’s most far-reaching projects in promoting

quality education at all levels is the Oklahoma Foundation

for Excellence, which he founded in 1985. The foundation

recognizes outstanding public school students and teachers

and helps establish private local foundations to help give

academic endowment grants to local public schools. As a

senator, he was the author of the National Security Education

Act in 1992, which provides scholarships for study abroad and

for learning additional languages, as well as legislation to

restore the tax deductibility of gifts of appreciated property to

universities in 1993.

Boren, also a former state legislator, spent nearly three de-

cades in elective politics before becoming the president of the

University of Oklahoma. Boren was the youngest governor

in the nation when he served from 1974 to 1978. Known as

a reformer, Boren campaigned with a broom as his symbol.

During his term, he instituted many progressive programs,

including conflict-of-interest rules, campaign-financing

disclosure, stronger open meeting laws for public bodies,

more competitive bidding on state government contracts,

and reform of the state’s prison system, including expanded

education programs for first-time offenders and the largest

expansion of the work-release program in state history.

During his time in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1994, Boren

served on the Senate Finance and Agriculture Committees and

was the longest-serving chairman of the Senate Select Com-

mittee on Intelligence. From his days as a state legislator and

governor of Oklahoma to Washington, Boren carried a com-

mitment to reform, leading numerous efforts to make govern-

ment work better for American citizens. As chairman of the

Senate Intelligence Committee, he strengthened oversight of

secret government programs and reformed the procedures for

Presidential notice of such programs to Congress.

For more than 10 years, he led the fight for congressional

campaign finance reform and for legislation discouraging

administration and congressional staff from cashing in on

government experience and contacts by becoming lobbyists.

In addition, he introduced legislation seeking to limit gifts and

travel subsidies that government workers, including members

of Congress, can receive from lobbyists. Boren also chaired

the special 1992-93 Joint Committee on the Organization

of Congress, which produced proposals to make Congress

more efficient and responsive by streamlining congressional

bureaucracy, reducing staff sizes and reforming procedures to

end legislative gridlock.

Boren left the U.S. Senate in 1994 with an approval rating of

9l percent after being reelected with 83 percent of the vote

in 1990, the highest percentage in the nation in a U.S. Senate

contest in that election year.

Boren served from 1988 to 1997 as a member of the Yale

University Board of Trustees. His university experience also

includes four years on the faculty of Oklahoma Baptist Uni-

versity, where he was chairman of the Department of Political

Science and chairman of the Division of Social Sciences. In

1993, the American Association of University Professors

presented Boren with the Henry Yost Award as Education

Advocate of the Year.

In April 2004, Boren received the Mory’s Cup from the Mory’s

Association at Yale University. In making the presentation to

Boren it was noted that he was the first Yale graduate in the

university’s history extending over three centuries to have

served as a Governor, U.S. Senator and President of a major

university.

Under Boren’s leadership, the University of Oklahoma has

developed and emerged as a “pacesetter university in Ameri-

can public higher education,” with 20 major new programs

initiated since his inauguration. They include establishment

of the Honors College, the Charles M. Russell Center for the

Study of Art of the American West, a new expository writing

program for freshmen modeled on the program at Harvard, an

interdisciplinary religious studies program, the Artist-in-

Residence Program, the International Programs Center, and

the Faculty-in-Residence Program putting faculty family

apartments in student residence halls. The Retired Professors

Program has been started, bringing 50 retired full professors

back to the University to teach freshmen.

The number of new facilities started or completed on the

campus during the Boren years has matched the explosion in

new programs. Since 1994, almost $1 billion in construction

projects have been completed or are under way on OU’s three

campuses. Among the largest of the recent projects are the

$18.7 million renovation and expansion of historic Holmberg

Hall, home of music and dance programs; the $67 million

National Weather Center; the $19 million addition to the

Michael F. Price College of Business; the $17 million Gaylord

Hall for journalism and mass communication; the $27 million

Stephenson Research and Technology Center; and the $83.5

million stadium project. The Health Sciences Center has a new

Student Union, and the new $24 million Stanton L. Young

Biomedical Research Center.

In 1995, Boren launched the “Reach for Excellence” fundrais-

ing campaign with a five-year goal of $200 million, which was

twice as large as any fundraising drive in Oklahoma history.

The drive exceeded $500 million, raising OU into the top 15

public universities in the United States in private endowment

per capita. Since 1994, endowed professorships have more

than quadrupled and the OU donor base has grown from

18,000 to more than 107,000 friends and alumni. During the

first 10 years of Boren’s tenure over $1 billion in private gifts

were donated to the university.

Above all, the Boren years have been marked by an emphasis

on putting students first. There is not a university president in

the country that is more committed to students as his number

one priority. He teaches a freshman-level course in political

science each semester and is one of the few presidents of

major universities to teach.

Boren is married to Molly Shi Boren, a former judge and

English teacher. Mrs. Boren is President Emeritus of the Okla-

homa Arts Institute, which provides education programs in

nine arts disciplines for high school students from across the

state who are gifted in the arts. Molly Boren has two degrees

from the University of Oklahoma, a master’s degree in English

and a Juris Doctorate from the OU College of Law. A native

of Seminole, Boren has two children, Carrie Christine Boren,

an Episcopal minister, and David Daniel Boren, a member of

the United States Congress from Oklahoma. Devoting much

of his life to public service, Boren drew from the example of

his parents, the late Congressman Lyle H. Boren and Christine

Boren.

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UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

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Principle Centered Leader …Visionary ... Passionate

Advocate for Student-Athletes ... Establishes Standards of

Excellence & Cultural Values ... Builder of Championship

Programs

Each of those characteristics, standing alone, describes the

11th director of athletics in University of Oklahoma history.

However, just as he has brought together different groups

who are committed to one goal, you must combine those

traits to get the complete picture of the person who has led

the OU athletics department since 1998.

Joe Castiglione has established a pattern of excellence that

few in his profession can match. In an environment where

every decision is made reflecting the department’s mission

statement “Inspiring champions today … Preparing leaders

for tomorrow,” forming the background, Castiglione is

leading the department that has written one of the most

successful eras in school history.

Quick to give credit to the student-athletes and coaches,

the staff and the university administration, the donors and

the fans, Castiglione was the one who implemented the

changes that led to success. When he was hired in 1998,

the search committee believed they had found a rising

star in the field of intercollegiate athletics administration.

Everything that has happened since his arrival at OU has

cemented that reputation.

The accomplishments of the department and its student-

athletes, coaches and staff have earned national recognition

for the university and the department. Recognized as

the 2007 PRISM Award winner by the School of Sports

Management at the University of Massachusetts, OU was

just the second Division I winner and all of the programs

recognized by the selection panel were started under Cas-

tiglione’s leadership. The PRISM Award annually recognizes

one Division I intercollegiate athletics department that

demonstrates industry-leading excellence and innovation in

sports management.

His commitment to the success of student-athletes led

NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand to appoint him as chair of

the Football Academic Progress Rate (APR) Working Group

in June of 2008. This group, which includes presidents,

chancellors, conference commissioners, faculty athletics rep-

resentatives, athletics directors and head football coaches,

has been given the charge to review the APR as it pertains

to Division I football student-athletes. When the study is

complete, the group will report back to Dr. Brand and the

NCAA Board of Directors with their findings, evaluations and

recommendations for improvement.

His peers have honored him for the department’s achieve-

ments as well. In October 2004, the Bobby Dodd Foundation

named him Athletics Director of the Year. In 2003, he was

inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Market-

ing Administrators Hall of Fame. In June 2001, he received

the General Robert R. Neyland Athletic Director Award

for lifetime achievement from the All-American Football

Foundation. The National Association of Collegiate Directors

of Athletics (NACDA) named him Central Region AD of the

Year in 2000.

Perhaps his most unique achievement over the last 10

years for Castiglione, though, came when he received his

master’s of education degree from OU in May 2007. To

understand the need for education and lifelong learning,

OU’s student-athletes just have to look at their AD who

started and completed his master’s degree while running

the department and maintaining his priorities to his family.

He quickly put his experience to use as an adjunct professor

in the College of Education teaching a graduate class in

Marketing & Development.

The 11th director of athletics at the University of Oklahoma

has celebrated seven national team championships and over

40 conference team titles; record numbers of graduating

student-athletes and record-setting grade point averages

for Sooner teams; dramatically increased donor giving; huge

increases in ticket sales for all sports; major facility improve-

ments, and development and construction of new facilities.

And, as aggressive as the push to improve, expand and excel

has been, he has produced a balanced budget in every year

of his tenure, a first since the early 1980s.

Credited with energizing OU’s fund-raising efforts, Casti-

glione was instrumental in the athletics department’s major

campaign, Great Expectations: The Campaign For Sooner

Sports. The campaign ended in November of 2003 with

more than $125 million raised. The figure has grown to

almost $200 million since then as the department continues

its approach, and largest fund-raising effort in OU athletics

history including projects that impact each of OU’s nearly

500 student-athletes and has become a national model.

Castiglione has cultivated over 20 multi-million dollar gifts,

including the largest capital gifts in history for athletics

at OU, and some of the largest ever for the university as a

whole. He has driven dramatic facilities projects, including

a $70 million renovation and expansion of Gaylord Family-

Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Others include a $17.2

million renovation of Lloyd Noble Center; phase I of The

Headington Family Tennis Complex; John Jacobs Track and

Field Complex; the Everest Training Facility, one of the larg-

est indoor practice areas in the country; and construction

of the Gregg & Betsy Wadley Indoor Tennis Center. Other

projects completed in his tenure have included the redesign

of the Sooner football practice fields; the Port Robertson

Wrestling Facility; phase I & II of the Sooner Soccer Complex,

expansion of the Viersen Gymnastics Pavilion as well as

additional renovations to the McCasland Field House; L. Dale

Mitchell Park, the Charlie Coe Golf Learning Center, the OU

Softball Complex and Barry Switzer Center. His administra-

tive work, which has seen significant reorganization and

the hiring of 12 head coaches, also included the negotiation

of multi-million dollar multi-media rights contract that

produces more than $8 million in annual revenue for the

athletics department. His leadership was instrumental as

well as the Sooners added their 21st athletics team to the

OU family, women’s rowing (which will begin competition in

the fall of 2008) and the design and construction of the new

McClendon Boathouse on the Oklahoma River.

Castiglione was hired on April 30, 1998, after serving as

athletics director at Missouri. In his 17-year career with the

Tigers, Castiglione, who was named director of athletics

at Missouri on Dec. 15, 1993, was credited with rebuilding

sports programs, hiring outstanding coaches, implementing

an innovative master plan for facilities, inspiring record-

setting increases in fund-raising and balancing the budget

in each of his five years as athletics director.

A 1979 Maryland graduate, Castiglione received the

University’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in April 2007. He

began his career as the sports promotions director at Rice.

He then worked a year as director of athletic fund-raising

at Georgetown before being hired in 1981 at Missouri as

director of communications and marketing.

Active on the national and conference level, he is currently

serving on the Gatorade Collegiate Advisory Board and the

National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of

Fame Board of Directors. He served two terms as chair of the

Big 12 Board of Athletics Directors and is a past president of

the Division I-A Athletic Directors Association and NACDA.

He served a four-year term on the NCAA Championship/

Competition Cabinet and the NCAA Baseball Committee

and is a past member of the NCAA Football Special Events

Certification Committee. He recently agreed to serve on the

NCAA Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee

and the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Discussion

Group. In 2007, he was named to the Phi Delta Theta Foun-

dation Board of Trustees. He is a highly requested speaker at

annual conventions and continuing education institutes.

A native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Castiglione is married to

the former Kristen Bartel, a 1990 graduate of the University

of Missouri. They are the parents of two sons, Joseph Robert,

Jr., (12) and Jonathan Edmund (8).

Other highlights of Castiglione’s tenure include:

Director’s Cup which measures overall athletics success in

eight of the last nine years, including an all-time program

best of 15th in 2003-2004. OU ranked 23rd in the 2007-08

standings.

in season-ending polls.

in 2003.

Game and the college football national championship in

2000.

in their respective Final Fours in 2002.

the football team and both basketball squads in the 2001-

02 school year.

represented in postseason play. A total of 18 of OU’s 20

teams advanced to NCAA competition in 2007-08 and con-

ference titles were produced by football, men’s gymnastics

and women’s gymnastics.

ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

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OU HEAD COACHESJEFF CAPELMen’s Basketball - Third year

MARTIN SMITHCross Country/Track & Field - Fourth year

JIM RAGANMen’s Golf - Ninth year

MARK WILLIAMSMen’s Gymnastics - 10th year

NICOLE NELSONSoccer - Second year

PAUL LOCKWOODMen’s Tennis - 22nd year

SANTIAGO RESTREPOVolleyball - Sixth year

SUNNY GOLLOWAYBaseball - Fifth year

SHERRI COALEWomen’s Basketball - 13th year

BOB STOOPSFootball - 10th year

CAROL LUDVIGSONWomen’s Golf - 24th year

K.J. KINDLERWomen’s Gymnastics - Third year

PATTY GASSOSoftball - 15th year

DAVID MULLINSWomen’s Tennis - First year

JACK SPATESWrestling - 16th year

LEANNE CRAINERowing - First year

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DR. GERALD GURNEYSenior Associate A.D. for Academics and Student Life

KENNY MOSSMANSenior Associate A.D. for Communications

GREG PHILLIPSSenior Associate A.D./Chief Financial Officer

LUTHER LEEAssistant A.D. Business

CHARLIE TAYLORAssistant A.D. for Marketing

DR. NICKI MOOREAssistant A.D. for Psychological Resources

MERV JOHNSONSpecial Assistant to the Athletics Director

CONNIE DILLONFaculty Athletics Representative

LARRY NAIFEHExecutive Associate Director of Athletics

JASON LEONARDExecutive Director of Compliance

GLORIA NEVAREZSenior Associate A.D./S.W.A.

MATT ROBERTSAssistant A.D. for Development

GREG TIPTONAssistant A.D./Lloyd Noble Center General Manager

JOE WASHINGTONSpecial Assistant to the Athletics Director,

Executive Director, Varsity O Association

BILLY RAY JOHNSONAssociate A.D. for Ticket Operations

OU ATHLETICS DEPARTMENTThe mission of the University of Oklahoma Athletics Department is to inspire champions today

and prepare leaders for tomorrow by providing an excellent environment to enable student-

athletes to achieve their highest academic, athletic and personal aspirations.

Core Values

PhilosophyThe University of Oklahoma Athletics Department promotes excellence in athletics without

compromising excellence in academics or integrity in its commitment to rules or conduct.

Student-athletes are encouraged by the coaching and administrative staff to maintain a balance

between athletics, academics, and the social aspects of college.

college experience and provides an opportunity for social, moral, emotional, and cultural

growth and development. The athletic programs strive to create traits that once acquired

will carry over and benefit student-athletes in their personal and professional endeavors. The

University of Oklahoma maintains a tradition of excellence in intercollegiate sports.

The Athletics Department continues to uphold this tradition by striving to make each athletic

ATHLETIC PHONE DIRECTORYUnless otherwise noted, numbers are

(405) 325 + four-digit extension

......................... 8265

Administration .......................................... 8200

Baseball .................................................... 8354

...................................... 4732

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.................................... 8440

Compliance .............................................. 8561

24 Hour Hotline ................................... 6479

..................... 8000

Toll Free ..............................(866) 766-6372

Equipment ................................................ 8379

.................................. 8235

Facilities .................................................... 8290

Football ..................................................... 2345

Graphic Design .......................................... 8223

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Marketing ................................................. 7811

Media Relations ........................................ 8231

Medical Training ....................................... 8332

O-Club ....................................................... 8224

Publications .............................................. 8367

Soccer ....................................................... 8296

Softball ..................................................... 8361

SoonerSports.com ..................................... 4274

Sooner Sports Properties ........................... 2148

SoonerVision ............................................. 8261

Spirit ......................................................... 8366

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Ticket Office .............................................. 2424

Toll Free ............................. (800) 456-4668

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Volleyball .................................................. 8364

Wrestling .................................................. 8209

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OU boasts an enrollment of nearly 30,000 students and more

than 2,000 full-time faculty. The Norman campus maintains a

student to instructor ratio of 20:1.20

OU has 20 colleges offering 152 majors at the baccalaureate level

and 160 majors at the master’s level. The university’s annual

operating budget is more than $1 billion.20

OU is included on Princeton Review’s “Top 10 Best Value Public

Colleges” list, which ranks the best colleges in the nation based

on academic excellence per value.10

The University of Oklahoma is in the top five in the nation among

all comprehensive public universities in the graduation of Rhodes

Scholars.5

The University of Oklahoma ranks number one among

comprehensive public universities in the per capita number of

freshman National Merit Scholars.1

O K L A H O M A M E M O R I A L U N I O N

FLAGSHIP EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF THE SOONER STATEThe University of Oklahoma is experiencing a golden era in the history of a great institution. The quality of new students is soaring and donor

confidence is at an all-time high. Over the last decade, OU’s donor base has expanded at a staggering rate to over 100,000 people.

President David L. Boren has spurred significant changes that have resulted in a learning environment of the highest order. As a

result, the state of Oklahoma enjoys resources that impact everything from medical science to the arts for many years to come.

The University of Oklahoma has long embraced the great tradition of Sooner athletics. With competitive facilities all located

on the main campus, including several near the heart of the university, student-athletes and their classmates mingle

comfortably in an environment that fosters an attitude of excellence, regardless of the endeavor.

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMAw students is soaring and donor

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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OU?

U.S. News and World Report rankings place OU in the top tier among national public

universities.

national study by the Policy Center on the First Year of College. The study recognizes

OU’s initiatives for first-year students and its commitment to put students first.

Oklahoma is also number one per capita among public universities in the number of

National Merit Scholars enrolled. Six hundred National Merit Scholars currently are

enrolled at OU.

the past decade, research and sponsored programs expenditures at Oklahoma have

more than doubled, and OU consistently sets new records for funding for externally

sponsored research.

gifts and pledges over the past decade, which has provided funding for dramatic

capital improvements, the growth in faculty endowment and student scholarships.

please visit the official website at www.OU.edu.

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PREPARING LEADERS FOR TOMORROWThe recent Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium expansion and

improvement included remodeled office space in the facility’s north end. The largest

piece of that project was the Prentice Gautt Academic Center. Some 35,000 square

feet are dedicated to the academic pursuits of Sooner student-athletes.

Indeed, there is considerable emphasis on classroom performance at OU. The center

staff has achievement as its focus, a fact that is reflected in a graduation rate that

exceeds that of the general student body. In addition to its academic work, the staff

assists in several life skills areas designed to enrich students in a broad range of tasks.

The Prentice Gautt Academic Center’s computer labs for OU

student-athletes house more than 100 desktop units and over 40

laptops available to check out.100

The Prentice Gautt Academic Center is available more than 90

hours per week for OU student-athletes.90

More than 50 businesses attend the annual OU Athletics

Department career fair. The event offers employers and job

seekers time to meet one-on-one to discuss opportunities.50

Prentice Gautt wore No. 38 during his Sooner career from 1956-

59. The first African-American to receive an athletics scholarship

at OU, the academic center is named in his honor.38

Some 35,000 square feet are dedicated to the academic pursuits

of Oklahoma student-athletes at the Prentice Gautt Academic

Center in the stadium’s north end.35

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THE LEGACY OF PRENTICE GAUTTThe OU Academics Center that today’s student-athletes

use every day now bears the name of the man who left an

indelible legacy for Sooner Athletics and helped change a

society in the process.

“It is appropriate that this center be named after Prentice

Gautt,” University of Oklahoma President David L. Boren said.

“His personal values and character, along with his leadership

as associate commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, continues

to bring pride to his alma mater.

“His personal example of quiet courage, grace under pressure

and dedication to the university helped open the doors

of opportunity for countless number of African-American

and minority student-athletes who have followed him into

collegiate athletics.”

First team Academic All-Big 12 selections in Garrison’s career.

Number of years Garrison was an ITA Scholar Athlete.

Garrison was a one-time selection to the ESPN THE MAGAZINE/CoSIDA

Academic All-America team.

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Garrison was a three-time member of the Academic All-Big 12 first team and a member of the

2006 ESPN THE MAGAZINE/CoSIDA Academic All-America team. He was also a four-time ITA

Scholar Athlete from 2003-2006.

The Enid, Okla., native graduated in May of 2007 with a bachelor of arts in mathematics and

has moved on to play professional tennis.

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NORMAN - HOME OF THE SOONERSNorman is an ever-changing city of more than 100,000 residents. Located in the

heart of the state, it has grown to become the third largest city in Oklahoma. Despite

its continuous growth, it has maintained the spirit and serenity of a small, close-knit

community.

Since the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889, Norman has grown into a popular and smart

city. The spirit of Norman and its citizens is unwavering and uncompromising. While

other towns were clamoring to become the state capital, Norman residents wanted

to have the first state university. When the first OU president got off the train and

saw a prairie, he saw opportunity.

As home to the state’s premier educational institution, Norman boasts an excellent

quality of life and is a city that thrives on and celebrates the diversity of its

community.

Legendary University of Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer called Norman “a

university town with a championship spirit.”

Norman continually exhibits its love for sports by hosting numerous local and

national athletic events. 196701831

Due to its central location, Norman is a quick 196-mile drive from

Dallas. Roughly 20 percent of OU’s students are from Texas and

choose to come north.

The average annual temperature in Norman. The area enjoys a

temperate climate with mild winters and four distinct seasons

with a warm spring and fall.

Located just 18 miles north of Norman, the state’s capital,

Oklahoma City, offers all the trappings of a large metropolitan

area within an easy drive.

Norman is the third largest city in the state with more than

100,000 residents. Despite its growth, the city nurtures and

maintains its small, college town atmosphere.

The Oklahoma City metropolitan area has a population of more

than one million people. OKC is the largest city in the state and

one of the 25 largest cities in the United States.

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OKLAHOMA CITYOklahoma City, the state’s capital, is located just 18 miles north of the Norman

campus. It was the first city settled in the Land Run of 1889 because of its position at

the center of the state.

Oklahoma City offers a variety of attractions and activities different from any other

place in the country.

Oklahoma City sprawls across 625 square miles of America’s heartland. The city’s

metro population numbers more than one million -- a third of the entire state’s

population.

Oklahoma City has become a haven for exciting sports action. It is home to three

professional sports team and is the permanent host of the NCAA College Softball

World Series.

Located just southeast of downtown, Bricktown is Oklahoma City’s entertainment

and dining district. Restaurants with a total capacity of more than 4,000 seats,

shopping, and a generous helping of turn-of-the-century charm has turned

Bricktown into a hotspot for Oklahoma City nights.

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UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMAUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA OVERVIEW

Created by the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature in 1890, the University of Oklahoma

is a doctoral degree-granting research university serving the educational, cultural,

economic and health-care needs of the state, region and nation.

The Norman campus serves as home to all of the University’s academic programs,

except health-related fields. Both the Norman and Health Sciences Center colleges

offer programs at the Schusterman Center, the site of OU-Tulsa. The OU Health

Sciences Center, which is located in Oklahoma City, is one of only four comprehensive

academic health centers in the nation with seven professional colleges.

OU enrolls almost 30,000 students, has more than 2,000 full-time faculty members,

and has 20 colleges offering 152 majors at the baccalaureate level, 160 majors at

the master’s level, 80 majors at the doctoral level, 38 majors at the first professional

level, and 18 graduate certificates. The University’s annual operating budget is $1.2

billion. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution.

of National Merit Scholars enrolled. Six hundred National Merit Scholars currently are

enrolled at OU.

Experience, according to a national study by the Policy Center on the First Year of Col-

lege. The study recognizes OU’s initiatives for first-year students and its commitment

to put students first.

in terms of academic excellence and cost for students. The list included universities

like the University of California-Berkeley and University of Virginia-Charlottesville.

in math and sciences.

U.S. News and World Report rankings place OU in the top tier among national public

universities.

agreements with countries around the world. The University has 171 student

exchange agreements with universities in 60 countries. Fourteen hundred students

from 95 countries are enrolled on OU’s Norman campus.

the graduation of Rhodes Scholars.

year English composition courses at no more than 19 students.

programs among public universities in the United States. More than 2,600 students

participate in small classes of 19 or less.

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dowments, OU achieved its goal and has now passed its $90 million mark, allowing

the university to award hundreds of new scholarships and ensure that OU will remain

affordable and keep open the door of opportunity for all qualified students.

billion and has quadrupled the number of endowed faculty positions in the past 12

years, demonstrating a strong commitment to excellence.

gifts and pledges over the past decade, which has provided funding for dramatic

capital improvements, the growth in faculty endowment and student scholarships.

endowed faculty positions has quadrupled, increasing from 100 to 444, helping to

retain and attract talented faculty members.

more than doubled, and OU continues to set new records for funding for externally

sponsored research and will reach almost $250 million this year.

growth by achieving more than $124 million in federal, state, corporate and

nonprofit or foundation grants and contracts. Funding from the National Institutes of

Health – considered to be the gold standard for research – was nearly $53 million.

under way or are forthcoming on OU’s three campuses, the largest of which is the $67

million National Weather Center.

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ated with a university. The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History has

more than 6 million artifacts and contains 198,000 square feet on 60 acres of land.

The museum exhibits include the largest Apatosaurus on display in the world and

the oldest work of art ever found in North America — a lightning bolt painted on an

extinct bison skull.

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including OU’s Weitzenhoffer Collection of French Impressionism, the single most

important gift of art ever given to a U.S. public university; major works by the Taos

Colony of artists; the former U.S. State Department Embassy art collection; and the

Dorothy Dunn collection of Native American art.

documents and photographs, including a rare multivolume portfolio on the Indians

of the United States and Alaska by Edward S. Curtis.

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merce as Site Ready, which enables the university to capitalize on fast-moving

economic opportunities and enables site selectors to readily find quality land and

facilities that meet nationally established criteria in a timely fashion.

Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. The project has replaced a divided highway

through campus with seven tiered gardens featuring traditional OU arches at each

end. The new pedestrian walkway’s landmarks include an OU Seed Sower sculpture

at the west end, a clock tower at the east end, and a 70-foot granite fountain in the

center.

Programs Center led by Zach P. Messitte, a foreign policy expert with a doctorate in

international politics and whose experience includes working for the United Nations

and CNN.

sculptures, benches -- the University of Oklahoma has won first place in the educa-

tion category for Beautification and Landscaping in the statewide environmental

competition. Gifts of over $3 million have permanently endowed OU’s gardens.

in Native American enrollment and continues to be one of the leaders in enrollment

of Latin American, Asian American and African American students.

of early manuscripts in the history of science in the United States. It includes Galileo’s

own copy of his work, which first used the telescope to support the Copernican

theory, with corrections in his own handwriting.

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ber of volumes held, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. The University of

Oklahoma Library is the largest in the state with approximately 4.7 million volumes.

published at the University of Oklahoma.

second in prestige only to the Nobel Prize and often referred to as the “American

Nobel.” Twenty–six Neustadt laureates, candidates and jurors have won the Nobel

Prize in the past 38 years.

programs in the country.

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and Technology Center, where cutting-edge research into life science fields ranging

from robotics to genomic studies is taking place, and the National Weather Center,

which houses OU’s academic and research programs in meteorology and the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Norman-based weather, research and

operations programs.

history and among the top four among U.S. universities (excluding the big three

National Science Foundation supercomputing centers).

companies that have generated more than $60 million in capital, over $9.5 million in

cash and more than $12 million in current estimated equity value for the university.

In addition, the companies have created in excess of 120 jobs, which pay on average

nearly twice the median household income in Oklahoma.

program. OU’s debate team in 2007 won the National Collegiate Championship as

well as major tournaments at Harvard, Northwestern, and Wake Forest.

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ate colleges of education by U.S. News & World Report.

States, according to the Thomas M. Cooley Guide, and also received high marks by

U.S. News & World Report and top scores in bar examination results.

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rooms and creating a new library, a cutting-edge courtroom, and expanded student

lounge and office facilities.

families living in apartments in the student residence halls.

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graduate and graduate levels. Price College ranks in U.S. News & World Report’s top

50 in undergraduate business schools and in the top 15 in undergraduate business

specialties for international business.

thanks to a $22 million gift from Edward L. Gaylord on behalf of the Gaylord family of

Oklahoma City.

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ers during major national conferences and symposia. Over the past few years,

guests have included former President George Bush; former Soviet President Mikhail

Gorbachev; former U. S. Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, James A.

Baker III and Madeleine K. Albright; News Hour’s Executive Editor and Anchor Jim

Lehrer; author David McCullough; U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’ Connor;

NBC’s Meet the Press Moderator and Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert; former

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop

Desmond Tutu; investigative reporter Bob Woodward; and award-winning broadcast

journalist Katie Couric.

important university presses in the United States. It is a leading publisher of books

about Native Americans and the American West.

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PRENTICE GAUTT ACADEMIC CENTER In the 1950s, he came to OU to play football, and, in the process, broke down barriers

and crushed stereotypes. Today, OU student-athletes use the Prentice Gautt Academic

Center to break another kind of stereotype. The center that today’s student-athletes

use everyday now bears the name of the man who left an indelible legacy for Sooner

Athletics and helped change a society in the process.

The formal dedication of the Prentice Gautt Academic Center was held Friday, Sept.

17, 1999. The proposal to re-name the center was approved by the OU Board of

Regents in March 1999.

The professional consultants of the Prentice Gautt Academic Center help student-

athletes with a variety of academic tasks, from learning strategy instruction to any

stage of the writing process including preparing for an essay exam and the formal

research paper.

The goal is to help student-athletes develop the strategies they need to be successful

by encouraging the use of the center for all facets of the learning and writing

processes encountered in college.

The Prentice Gautt Academic Center provides student-athletes with a state-of-the-

art academic support facility. The environment encourages a collaboration between

staff members and student-athletes. In addition, it is highly conducive to learning in

all areas of students’ academic endeavors and features seven learning centers.

Located on the second and third floors in the north end of the Gaylord Family -

Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, the Academic Center houses Academic Counseling

Offices, the Kerr Foundation Computer Centers, Learning and Skill Development

Centers for communication, reading, study skills, math and foreign languages, the

Kerr Career Center, the Thompson Writing Center, Mentoring Office and study areas.

LEARNING CENTERS: KERR CAREER CENTERWhether student-athletes are freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors or graduates,

they will benefit from the services of the Kerr Career Center. It provides a system of

services that educates and guides students through the career development process.

The Career Center is dedicated to helping students make the transition from college

to career by developing an individualized career plan where they gather information

to assist in making a decision about a career; obtain information on the suitable

career list; explore classes and publications in the field as well as obtain experience;

and gain knowledge and skills necessary for résumé writing, job-related letter

writing and interviewing techniques.

The Career Center is a link with the campus Careers Services Office and offers student-

athletes a wide array of effective job hunting skills, training and career services.

KERR FOUNDATION COMPUTER CENTERSIn the 21st century, computers have become an integral part of the learning

experience. Students need access to computers and their resources almost daily. The

Kerr Foundation Computer Centers are here to meet these technological needs. We

provide each student with the equipment and support necessary to succeed.

There are currently two computer centers within the Prentice Gautt Academic Center.

These centers house nearly 200 computers and are available exclusively to our

student-athletes. This ensures that they will never go without computer access.

Students also enjoy a large amount of storage space on our athletic network. Laptop

computers are checked out to students when the computer centers are unavailable.

This allows access to our network and resources 24 hours a day. The laptop program

is very important in helping our athletes stay on top of their schoolwork when

traveling.

Group training is provided for all new student-athletes during the first week

of supervised study. This helps familiarize each student with our resources and

procedures. Individual training sessions are available to each student and lab

technicians are always on hand to help.


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COMMUNICATIONS CENTERA recent addition to the academic center focuses on developing communication and

public speaking skills for student-athletes. This state-of-the-art center, coordinated

by a broadcast professional, builds strong media relations skills through the use of

video equipment.

KERR FOUNDATION FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTERSTo assist you in speaking, listening, reading and writing in other languages, the Kerr

Foundation Foreign Language Center offers a multimedia environment that provides

instruction in all foreign languages and in English as a second language. On an

individual basis, students have the option of working with computers, audio-visual

equipment and tutors in order to enhance their language experience.

MATH CENTERIf performing math functions is a problem, the solution is the Math Center. As

a supplement to class instruction, the Math Center provides all levels of math

computations, concepts and problems to help students review course material.

In addition, it offers personal and group tutoring sessions to assist with math

assignments.

STUDY SKILLS CENTERIf students have trouble with assigned textbook readings or studying, the Reading

and Study Skills Center can help. It provides reading and studying techniques

and instructs how to make direct applications to current resources. Consultation,

computer-assisted instruction, tutoring and independent activities are available.

THOMPSON WRITING CENTERBecause learning and writing are essential life long skills which can always be

strengthened, the Writing and Study Skills Center offers personalized instruction to

student-athletes who seek assistance in refreshing, reviewing, or improving these

skills.


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UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMAUNDERGRADUATE MAJORS

College of Architecture Architecture

Construction Science

Environmental Design

Interior Design

College of Arts and SciencesAfrican & African-American Studies

Anthropology

A&S Planned Program

Astronomy

Astrophysics

Biochemistry

Botany

Chemistry

Chinese

Classical Culture

Classics

Communication

Economics

English

Ethics and Religion

Film and Video Studies

French

German

Health & Exercise Science

History

Human Relations

Information Studies

International & Area Studies

Letters

Linguistics

Mathematics

Microbiology

Native American Studies

Philosophy

Physics

Political Science

Psychology

Public Affairs & Administration

Religious Studies

Russian

Social Work

Sociology

Sociology - Criminology

Spanish

Women’s Studies

Zoology

College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences Geography

Meteorology

Michael F. Price College of BusinessAccounting

Economics

Energy Management

Entrepreneurship

& Venture Management

Finance

Human Resources Management

International Business

Management

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Supply Chain Management

College of Continuing EducationAviation

Professional Studies

College of Earth and EnergyEnvironmental Geology

Geology

Geophysics

Paleontology

Petroleum Engineering

Petroleum Geology

College of EducationEarly Childhood Education

Elementary Education

Foreign Language Education

Language Arts Education

Mathematics Education

Science Education

Social Studies Education

Special Education

College of EngineeringAerospace Engineering

Architectural Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Computer Engineering

Computer Science

Electrical Engineering

Engineering Physics

Environmental Engineering

Environmental Science

Industrial Engineering

Information Techonology

Mechanical Engineering

Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine ArtsArt

Art History

Dance

Drama

Music

Music Education

Musical Theatre Performance

Studio Arts

Theatre

Visual Communications

Gaylord College of Journalism and CommunicationAdvertising

Broadcasting & Electronic Media

Media

Journalism

Professional Writing

Public Relations

College of Liberal StudiesLiberal Studies

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UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOOTBALLOklahoma won its sixth Big 12 Football Championship and became the first program to win the crown in three consecutive seasons, after earning the right as the first to win back-to-back titles a year ago. The Sooners led the nation with 54 points per game and became the first program to score 60 or more points in five straight games en route to totaling 700-plus on the year, an NCAA record in the modern era. Oklahoma made its 10th straight bowl appearance, it’s sixth in the BCS and fourth in the championship game. Quarterback Sam Bradford became OU’s fifth Heisman Trophy winner and joined offensive guard Duke Robinson as consensus All-Americans. Oklahoma won 11 or more games for the eighth time in Bob Stoops’ 10 seasons.

CROSS COUNTRYThe women’s cross country program was represented at the NCAA Championships for the fifth time in the last six years as sophomore Kelly Waters advanced to the title meet in Terre Haute, Ind. Waters finished 93rd at the meet, 16th amongst sophomores and ninth among Big 12 runners. Waters advanced to the meet after garnering All-Region honors with 10th-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional. Waters also grabbed All-Conference honors by finishing fifth at the Big 12 Championships. Classmate Jessica Engel finished 18th at the conference meet. The men’s season was highlighted by a second-place finish at the Arkansas/Missouri Southern dual.

BASEBALLHead coach Sunny Golloway led the OU baseball team into the championship round of an NCAA Regional for the third time in his four years at the helm. The Sooners advanced to their 31st NCAA Tournament after a strong finish to the season which included an appearance in the Big 12 Championship where OU was one game away from playing for the conference title. In the Tempe Regional, OU defeated No. 22 Vanderbilt twice and was eliminated by the host school and fourth-ranked team in the country, Arizona State.

MEN’S BASKETBALLBehind a first team All-Big 12 performance from freshman forward Blake Griffin, head coach Jeff Capel’s Sooners posted a 23-12 overall record, finished in fourth place in the conference race and participated in the program’s 21st NCAA Tournament in the past 26 years. Griffin capped one of the most successful seasons in school history by averaging team highs of 14.7 points and 9.1 rebounds a game. He also ranked third in the Big 12 with his .568 field goal percentage.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLThe women’s basketball team finished the 2007-08 season with a 22-9 overall record, a No. 19 ranking and a 10th straight postseason appearance. OU reached the NCAA Tournament for the ninth straight year, defeating Illinois State to advance past the first round for the third straight year before falling in an overtime thriller to Notre Dame in the second round. Head coach Sherri Coale earned her 250th win as the Sooners’ head coach while Courtney Paris earned consensus All-America honors for a third straight season, becoming the first Sooner to do so, and was named the Big 12’s Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. Paris snagged record after record in her junior season, including becoming the fastest player in school or Big 12 history to score 2,000 career points.

MEN’S GOLFNine of the 10 roster spots on the 2007-08 men’s golf squad were filled by underclassmen, yet eighth-year head coach Jim Ragan led the Sooners to nine top-10 finishes and a spot in the NCAA West Regional to close the season. Lone upperclassman Phillip Bryan paced the team, carrying a 73.71 stroke average for the season and earning Academic All-Big 12 honors for the third consecutive season and a spot on the PING All-Region team. Eric Durbin fired an opening-round 7-under-par 64 at the Scenic City Invitational, the lowest round for an OU golfer since 2001.

WOMEN’S GOLFWhen all was said and done, the 2007-08 Sooners had captured three tournament championships and qualified for the NCAA West Regional, their first appearance in the NCAA Regional Championships since 2004. Kelly Jacques recorded eight top-15 finishes in OU’s 11 tournaments in 2007-08 while Kendall Dye recorded her first career tournament victory at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic.

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UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMAMEN’S GYMNASTICSRanked second heading into the 2008 NCAA Championships and facing No. 1 Stanford on its home floor in Palo Alto, Calif., the Sooners surged ahead of the Cardinal on the final routine of the night to claim their eighth national championship and fifth in the last seven years. Jonathan Horton, who won the 2008 Nissen-Emery Award, concluded his career as the most decorated gymnast in OU history by claiming an individual national championship on the still rings and earning All-America honors for his runner-up finish in the all-around as well as on rings and parallel bars. The Houston, Texas, native finished with six career individual NCAA titles and 18 career All-America honors during his time in Norman.

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICSEtching its name in the record books on multiple occasions, the Sooners clinched their first Big 12 title since 2004 in dramatic come-from-behind fashion and placed eighth at the NCAA Championships, tying the ‘07 squad for the best finish in program history at the season-ending event. Senior Kiara Redmond capped off her illustrious career with four additional All-America honors to move her career total to nine - the highest number of any gymnast in program history. Following OU’s come-from-behind heroics in the conference championship, second year head coach K.J. Kindler was named the 2008 Big 12 Coach of the Year while Redmond garnered Big 12 Gymnast of the Year honors.

SOCCEROU (3-15-1 overall, 2-7-1 Big 12) finished one win shy of qualifying for the Big 12 Championship. Sophomore forward Whitney Palmer was named to the All-Big 12 second team after leading the Sooners in goals scored for the second consecutive season. The Sooners placed six members on the 2008 Academic All-Big 12 first team. Sophomore defender Claire West was named to ESPN The Magazine’s Academic All-District VI third team as announced by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America).

SOFTBALLThe Sooners advanced to their third Super Regional in the last four years and finished the season with an overall record of 47-14, marking the 15th straight season that the Oklahoma program had notched a 40-win season. The Sooners are the only team in Big 12 Conference history to record 40-win seasons in each of the 13 years since the league has existed Oklahoma was solid in conference action as the Sooners produced a 16-2 record in the Big 12.

WOMEN’S TENNISThe University of Oklahoma women’s tennis team went 11-12 and 4-8 in the Big 12 with a young squad. The Sooners had three true freshmen playing in their top six, including standout Ana-Maria Constantinescu, who was named the ITA Central Regional Rookie of the Year after the season ended. Constantinescu led the Sooners at the No. 1 position, earning a 15-5 overall record and a 7-4 Big 12 mark.

TRACK & FIELDThe Sooners reached the double-digit mark in All-America honors with six coming at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and four at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Two of the All-Americans, Shardae Boutte and Latoya Greaves, recorded a sweep of the Big 12 Conference titles, claiming indoor and outdoor titles in the triple jump and hurdles, respectively. Both the men’s and women’s teams reached their highest national rankings, the men at No. 3 during the indoor season and the women at No. 16 in the outdoor season. The Oklahoma men closed out the indoor season with a 15th-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Eleven student-athletes were named to the Big 12 Conference’s 2008 Academic All-Big 12 Track and field teams, including Amy Backel and Catherine Odell with perfect 4.0 GPAs.

VOLLEYBALLWith a young squad, the 2008 Oklahoma volleyball team finished 12-16 overall, 8-12 in Big 12 play for a seventh-place finish. The Sooners started three freshmen and one transfer for the majority of the year - the only team in the league to have that young of a core. . During the conference season, OU tallied its biggest win in school history, upending then-third-ranked Texas in Austin on Oct. 29, 2008. It was Oklahoma’s first win over a top five opponent and the Sooners’ second win in the series. Despite fail-ing to make the NCAA Tournament, the 2008 team garnered much-need experience to carry the team far into the future. The freshmen duo of Caitlin Higgins and Brianne Barker were named to the Big 12 all-Freshman team.

WRESTLINGThe Sooner wrestling squad completed the 2007-08 regular season with a 14-5 dual record, its most wins since winning 14 in 2004. It also marked the 13th straight season that head coach Jack Spates had led the OU program to at least 10 wins. Seven of Oklahoma’s victories came against teams that placed in the top 30 at the NCAA Championships (No. 5 OSU, No. 16 Pitt, No. 18 Navy, No. 25 North Carolina, No. 26 Cal Poly, and tied for No. 28 was Michigan State and Arizona State). The OU squad caught fire midseason by reeling off seven straight victories, beginning with a win over at Central Oklahoma on Dec. 7. Four wrestlers qualified for the NCAA in St. Louis, Mo., by placing in the top three at the Big 12 Championships.

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The University of Oklahoma athletics program boasts a tradition that few schools can

rival. Over the years, Sooner squads have combined for 26 team national champion-

ships including eight in men’s gymnastics, seven in football, seven in wrestling, two

in baseball, one in men’s golf and one in softball.

The Sooner tradition isn’t something buried in the past. It inspires OU’s student-

athletes to greater heights every season. In 2004-05, the Sooner football team com-

peted in its second national championship in just four years and, in 2008, the men’s

gymnastics team earned its fifth national title in seven seasons. In 2002, the Sooner

men’s and women’s basketball teams carved their spot in history by advancing to the

NCAA Final Four -- only the third time in NCAA history a school accomplished the feat

with both teams in the same year. The OU women added another first in 2005-06,

becoming the first team men’s or women’s, in Big 12 history to go 16-0 in league

play.

Even more remarkable, during the 2001-02 season, the OU football and men’s and

women’s basketball teams combined for 74 wins -- the most ever for those three

sports by a Division I school in a single season. Oklahoma went 11-2 in football, 31-5

in men’s basketball and 32-4 in women’s basketball. The University of Oklahoma now

stands alone in college sports’ 30-30-10 club, created exclusively by OU.

Oklahoma’s student-athletes continue to lead in the classroom and their actions in

the community are exemplary. With the Great Expectations campaign, Oklahoma

continues to build the finest facilities in the nation.

Each day, it becomes more evident that the University of Oklahoma has become one

of the finest comprehensive athletics program in the country. When OU student-

athletes raise the trophy of another championship, the hands responsible for hoisting

that trophy symbolize thousands of Sooners around the globe. When OU student-athletes raise the trophy of another championship, the hands responsible for hoisting that trophy symbolize thousands of Sooners around the globe.

The following represents a closer look at the tradition powering the Oklahoma Sooners:

football programs to win seven or more national championships. And OU is the only Division I football program ever to record 47 straight victories.

the Sooners to two NCAA titles in 1977 and 1978. A three-time Olympian (1976, ‘80, ‘84), Conner won two gold medals in 1984. He was instrumental in the foundation of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.

school’s first softball national championship. The Sooners won 66 games, broke 15 school records, had four All-Americans, the WCWS Most Outstanding Player, three WCWS all-tournament team members, a Big 12 title, a No. 1 ranking and the National Coaching Staff of the Year. The Sooners became just the second non-West Coast team in NCAA history to win a softball national championship.

-ments, the nation’s longest current streak. Last season OU produced its 31st winning season in the last 32 years. No other Big 12 team can boast as many winning campaigns in the span.

titles, 24 bowl championships, 148 All-Americans and had 327 players drafted by the NFL, including 37 first-round selections and three No. 1 picks: Lee Roy Selmon (1976), Billy Sims (1980) and Brian Bosworth (1987—supplmental).

national championships. OU has produced 252 All-Americans and its 65 individualna-tional champions ranks third all-time.

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UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMAagainst league opponents, and was one of only four teams nationally to run the table against their league in 2005-06. Next season, OU enter with a 17-game regular season and a 20-game winning streak against conference foes. The unprecedented run netted the Coale-led Sooners their fourth regular season Big 12 Championship and their third Big 12 Tournament Championship, both league highs. OU’s 19-game winning streak topped the previous best of 18 set by the 2000-01 team. Sherri Coale garnered Big 12 Coach of the Year and WBCA Region 5 Coach of the year honors, while also being an official candidate for all but one of the National Coach of the Year awards. The Sooner mentor’s squad improved its win total by 14 over the previous season, one of the best turnarounds of any team in the country.

-tion and College Hall of Fame, including three head coaches: Bennie Owen in 1951, Bud Wilkinson in 1969 and Barry Switzer in 2001.

All-Americans, eight individual conference champions, 14 conference titles and the 1989 national championship.

-cord for steals in a contest with 13. He accomplished the feat twice in games against Centenary on Dec. 12, 1987, and Loyola-Marymount on Dec. 17, 1988.

the award in 1952, tailback Steve Owens won in 1969, halfback Billy Sims won in 1978, quarterback Jason White brought the trophy back to Norman in 2003, and most recently, Sam Bradford took home the award in 2008. OU players have captured 35 national player of the year awards and the Sooners have also produced five Outland Trophies, four Walter Camp Trophies, four Butkus Award winners, three Lombardi Awards, three Thorpe Awards, four` Davey O’Brien Awards, two Bronko Nagurski Awards, two Maxwell Awards, one Tatupu Award and one Bednarik.

Series without a loss to capture the 1994 national championship. The Sooners topped off a 42-17 regular season with the school’s second national baseball title.

history of the game. During his career, Coe captured U.S. amateur crowns in 1949, 1958 and 1959. He also played in 19 straight Masters Tournaments. Coe competed on the Walker Cup teams of 1949, 1951 and 1953.

gold and two silver medals. Brothers Dave and Mark Schultz both won gold in the 1984 games.

win over Tennessee in the championship game to become the first team in history to claim the title after winning the double-elimination tournament without a defeat.

the Sooners from 1983-85 and is the all-time leading scorer and rebounder in OU history. He was a member of the 1984 gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic team and was recently named the greatest player ever in the Big Eight Conference by a panel of longtime conference media observers and officials. Tisdale’s No. 23 jersey was retired by Oklahoma in 1997 -- the first jersey ever retired by OU in any sport.

the program’s history in 2002. She was the WNBA’s third overall draft pick by the Washington Mystics. In addition to leading OU to the 2002 national championship game, Dales was a two-time consensus All-American, two-time Big 12 Player of the Year, four-time Academic All-Big 12 selection, and two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American.

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UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA A STORIED AND ACTIVE TRADITIONThe University of Oklahoma athletics program boasts a tradition that few schools

can rival. Over the years, Sooner squads have combined for 25 team national cham-

pionships including seven in football, seven in wrestling, seven in men’s gymnastics,

two in baseball, one in men’s golf and one in softball.

The Sooner tradition isn’t something buried in the past. It inspires OU’s student-

athletes to greater heights every season. Oklahoma continued its excellence during

the 2006-07 school year as football, softball, women’s basketball and men’s track all

won Big 12 titles.

The University of Oklahoma has a long and storied history. The rich tradition has given

birth to some of the most recognized pageantry in all of college athletics. Here is a

look at the origin of some of the elements that create the wonderful atmosphere so

unique to OU:

SOONERSCollege sports fans are hard-pressed to find a nickname that is as unique and as tied-

in to a state’s history as a Sooner. The University of Oklahoma is the only school known

as Sooners and those who claim that they are Sooners say it with pride.

The Oklahoma Territory opened with the Land Run of 1889. Settlers from across the

globe, seeking free land, made their way to the prairies of the plains to stake their

claim. One of the few rules to claiming a lot of land was that all participants were to

start at the same time, on the boom of a cannon. All settlers who started then were

labeled as “Boomers” and the ones who went too soon were called “Sooners.”

OU athletic teams were called either Rough Riders or Boomers for 10 years before the

current Sooner nickname emerged in 1908.

The university actually derived its name from a pep club called “The Sooner Rooters.”

The success of University of Oklahoma athletic teams over the years has made the

nickname synonymous with winning.

BOOMER SOONEROne of the most recognizable college fight songs in the country, Boomer Sooner

immediately evokes enthusiasm from OU fans and sends chills down the spines of

those who dare to oppose them.

In 1905, Arthur M. Alden, a student in history and physiology whose father was a

Norman jeweler, wrote the lyrics to the fight song, borrowing the tune from Yale

University’s Boola Boola but improvising the words. A year later, an addition was

made to it from North Carolina’s I’m a Tarheel Born and the two combined to form

the university’s fight song today. Though the tune was first made known by Yale,

the everlasting success of Sooner squads has taken the melody of Boomer Sooner

to national popularity.

Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner



Boomer Sooner, OK U!

Oklahoma, Oklahoma

Oklahoma, Oklahoma

Oklahoma, Oklahoma

Oklahoma, OK U!

I’m a Sooner born and Sooner bred

and when I die, I’ll be Sooner dead

Rah Oklahoma, Rah Oklahoma

Rah Oklahoma, OK U!

PRIDE OF OKLAHOMAThe Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band has been supporting Sooner Spirit for nearly

a century. Unlike many other college bands, which began as military drill units, the

Pride of Oklahoma had its beginnings as a pep band.

In the early years of the 1900s, both townspeople of Norman and students of OU

participated in a band that played for football games. Professor John Merrill started

the first band in 1901, which was composed mostly of townspeople and disbanded

after each football season. Lloyd Curtis, a cornetist, founded the first continuous

student band in 1904.

Today, the 300-member Pride of Oklahoma has members representing virtually

every college and major on campus. The Pride of Oklahoma stands for excellence

in musicianship, academics, school spirit, and commitment to our role in the

surrounding community.

Boomer Sooner rings out at the end of each rehearsal, and that song is the defining

element of the University of Oklahoma. Maybe that is why Sooner fans love the band

so much. Not much can compare to the first “go-go” at a football game when the Pride

of Oklahoma marches the interlocking OU down the field playing Boomer Sooner.

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MASCOTSThe Sooner Schooner is a Conestoga, or covered wagon, reminiscent of the mode

of travel used by pioneers who settled Oklahoma. The Schooner is powered by

matching white ponies named Boomer and Sooner, and it ventures onto Owen

Field in a triumphant victory ride after OU scores. Although the Schooner was

introduced in 1964, it did not become the official mascot until 1980. The Schooner

is well-recognized by college athletics fans across the country and makes regular

appearances at university functions.

During OU football and baseball games from 1915-1928, Mex the Dog wore a red

sweater with a letter “O” on the side. Mex died of old age on April 30, 1928, and he

was so popular among students and faculty that the university closed for his funeral

and procession on May 2, 1928.

In the fall of 2005, the OU Athletics Deparment introduced costumed mascots. The

new characters will act as an extension of the Sooner Schooner and its horses to be

enjoyed by fans -- especially children -- at all OU athletics contests. The costumes

feature traditional collegiate gear as part of their regular uniform, but will don team

uniforms for football and men’s and women’s basketball. They were voted “Most

Collegiate” by the Universal Cheerleading Association (UCA).

CRIMSON AND CREAMIn the fall of 1895, Miss May Overstreet, the only woman on the faculty, was asked

to chair a committee to select the colors of the university. The committee decided

the colors should be crimson and cream and an elaborate display of the colors was

draped above a platform before the student body.

The student body approved with great enthusiasm and immediately pennants,

banners, badges and decorations of every description appeared on the streets, in the

windows, at chapel, in classrooms, and all public places; however, local merchants

could not supply the demand.

Even though the school colors have evolved to red and white over the years, you can

ask any self-respecting Sooner what the colors are and they will proudly announce

“Crimson and Cream.”

On gamedays, a sea of crimson rolls through OU’s home venues and all Sooners are

urged to wear the official colors to show the rest of the country what school spirit and

Sooner Pride is all about.

OU CHANTThe OU Chant is a loyalty song that is sung before every home football game, before

and after every men’s and women’s basketball games and at the end of many athletic

and university functions.

Every fan who wears the official colors, each current student and student-athlete

and all OU alumni are encouraged to stand and raise one finger in the air during the

playing of the Chant -- a symbolic gesture that shows those who do not know what

it means to be a Sooner, the greatness of the university and the unity between all

Sooners.

The Chant was written in 1936 by Jessie Lone Clarkson Gilkey, who directed the OU

girl’s glee club from 1936 to 1938 and was voted Outstanding Faculty Woman in

1937.

O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A

Our chant rolls on and on!

Thousands strong

Join heart and song

In alma mater’s praise

Of campus beautiful by day and night

Of colors proudly gleaming Red and White

‘Neath a western sky

OU’s chant will never die.

Live on University!




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FIRST CLASS FACILITIES With one of the greatest winning traditions in intercollegiate athletics, the

University of Oklahoma, its players, coaches and fans understand the meaning of

“Great Expectations.” OU hopes for and expects great things from its athletics teams

-- and the athletes and coaches expect the same from themselves. Time and time

again, the Sooners have delivered on this expectation: 25 national championships,

208 conference titles and more than 1,000 All-Americans.

The University of Oklahoma’s goal is to provide first-class facilities and resources for

all the programs and endeavors sponsored by the institution. OU Athletics captures

so much attention and interest that it requires the help and support of all Sooners to

continue the tradition that all have enjoyed. With that in mind, OU launched “Great

Expectations...The Campaign for Sooner Sports” in 1999.

“Great Expectations - The Campaign for Sooner Sports,” a recently completed

fund-raising effort, was about the continuation of a proud championship tradition.

It was a five-year campaign launched with an eventual goal of $100 million,

making possible an extraordinary era in new athletics facilities that has led to

unprecedented athletic and academic success for OU student-athletes.

GAYLORD FAMILY - OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL STADIUMThe $75 million expansion and renovation of OU’s football stadium, completed in

2004, transformed a towering concrete structure into a beautiful facility featuring

the brick and cast stone that characterize OU’s historic buildings. The expansion

added 8,000 seats, including 56 suites, on the east side. At the same time, the

press box was remodeled and outfitted with several state-of-the-art features. This

historical facility is the largest sports arena in the state, and following its recent

expansion, now ranks among the 15 largest on-campus facilities in the nation.

EVEREST TRAINING CENTERConsidered one of the premier indoor facilities in the country, the Everest Training

Center is a 74,000-square-foot center that includes a full-size playing field,

simulated stadium lighting, a complete scoreboard with play clocks, LED 40-yard

timing devices and a ceiling that hangs 65 feet above the playing surface to allow

for all kicking and throwing drills.

MCCLENDON CENTER FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICSWhile the football gameday facilities in the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial

Stadium may be more familiar to OU supporters, the north side McClendon Center

for Intercollegiate Athletics is one of the most vital areas for OU’s entire athletics

program as it is the center of student learning and athletics administration activities.

ROBIN SIEGFRIED & FAMILY STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COMPLEXThis 13,000-square-foot facility serves more than 400 athletes in OU’s 20 sports.

The state-of-the-art facility inside the Barry Switzer Center has been central to OU’s

success in recent years and helped develop OU’s reputation as the strength and

conditioning field.

BARRY SWITZER CENTERA special feature is the Barry Switzer Center on the south side of the Gaylord Family-

Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, where OU’s storied football history is displayed, media

conferences are held and recruits are entertained. The center recently experienced a

significant upgrade to reflect this success and to fully realize the original vision as an

exhibit area focusing on OU’s greatest victories and most successful coaching eras.

HENRY J. FREEDE, M.D., SPORTS MEDICINE FACILITYThis 8,000-square-foot sports medicine facility within the Barry Switzer Center treats

athletes from all 20 sports, ensuring the best possible health for OU student-athletes

through preventative medicine and post-injury treatment and rehabilitation.

FRED & MARY EDDY JONES FOUNDATION RED ROOMThe Red Room is where OU football players meet as a team or offensive/defensive

units to watch motivational videos before each game. OU’s offense and defense

post their goals for each week, and the Sooner coach holds his post-game press

conference in this area.

HEADINGTON FAMILY TENNIS CENTERThe construction of the $1.4 million, 12-court championship facility created for the

tennis teams during the athletic campaign was particularly notable because it was

donations exclusively from tennis lettermen who made the new courts possible. The

tennis teams will also enjoy a mult-purpose building in between the courts and the

OU Soccer Complex. The facility includes locker rooms, meeting and video rooms

and offices for the coaches and student athletes.


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JOHN CRAIN FIELD AT THE OU SOCCER COMPLEXThe University of Oklahoma Athletics Department and the soccer program enjoyed a

$4.5 million expansion to the soccer stadium in 2006. In addition to a press box and

a permanent grandstand, a multi-use building is located between John Crain Field

at the OU Soccer Complex and the Headington Family Tennis Center at the corner of

Chautauqua Avenue and Imhoff Road. The multi-purpose complex includes locker

rooms, meeting and video rooms and officesfor the student-athletes and coaches.

SOFTBALL COMPLEXIn 2002, the Robert E. Young and Family Softball Locker Room was added to the

Softball Complex, giving the team a spacious and comfortable gathering place for

preparation and relaxation. In 2003, the softball field was named in honor of retired

softball coach and women’s administrator Marita Hynes.

BASEBALL EXPANSIONRenovations to L. Dale Mitchell Park were completed when the press box underwent

state-of-the-art improvements including four suites and a press area, the Mike Treps

Media Room. The facility, which opened in 1982, hosted its first NCAA Regional

in 2006 and is currently in the process of adding a state-of-the-art indoor hitting

facility.

JOHN JACOBS TRACK AND FIELD COMPLEXThe project, which was completed in spring 2004, includes a 25,000-square-foot

building connecting the Mosier Indoor Practice Facility with the Everest Training

Center. This new building includes track and field locker rooms, a sports medicine

room and a video teaching room. The John Jacobs Track was altered and re-surfaced

to include European Oval turns for a faster track and nine 48-inch wide lanes. Other

improvements include upgrades of field event areas, placing them directionally

north/south and east/west to take advantage of wind conditions; spectator seating

for 2,000; new restrooms and concessions; and the installation of championship

lighting.

HOWARD MCCASLAND FIELD HOUSEThe Field House is one of OU’s most historic buildings. Many OU alumni fondly recall

the field house as the home of OU’s basketball program, which it was until Lloyd

Noble Center opened in 1975. In 2005, the Field House underwent a $6 million

facelift that included a complete interior renovation comprised of a resanded and

repainted floor with four efficient practice courts and chair-back seating that offers

fans more comfort. In addition, the entire facility was repainted and improvements

were made to the HVAC system, sound system, lighting and scoreboards. The

Sooners have also enjoyed renovations done to the training room as well as an

upgrade to both the volleyball and wrestling locker rooms.

MARY JANE NOBLE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CENTERIn 1975, the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation of Ardmore made the first

million-dollar gift in OU history with its contribution to OU’s campaign to build a

multi-purpose arena. In 1999, the foundation made another gift to support the

renovation of the original center, adding first-class matching facilities for the men’s

and women’s basketball teams. The Lloyd Noble Center addition includes two new

full-sized practice courts for the men’s and women’s basketball teams.

BOB AND ANN COLEMAN MEN’S BASKETBALL CENTERThe nearly 63,000-square-feet Lloyd Noble Center addition offers a matched set

of men’s and women’s facilities, including full-sized practice courts, new team and

coaches’ locker rooms, training rooms and steam/spa/sauna rooms. Office facilities

and conference rooms provide views of the practice courts as special features and a

shared weight training facility was created. The Keer-McGee Courtside Club gives

fans a new venue for special events.

GREGG WADLEY INDOOR TENNIS PAVILION This 55,000-square-foot indoor tennis pavilion is one of the finest practice and

competition venues in the country. The complex includes six air-conditioned courts,

championship quality lighting and surface, and approximately 375 chair-back seats

for spectators, which are elevated between the courts.


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SUPPORT STAFF

SHELLEY HARMONSECRETARY

JON DENIOEQUIPMENT MANAGER

DANNY HAYNOREVENT MANAGER

ANNETTE MORANACADEMIC ADVISOR

LAUREN KAUFMANTRAINER

ERIN BUCKEQUIPMENT ASSISTANT



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Oklahoma Athletics is a household name due to the overwhelming media attention that

hovers around the Sooners. Writers and broadcasters representing the nation’s most

recognized media outlets regularly interact with Sooner players and coaches and routinely

spend time in Norman.

And when they can’t come to campus, those same observers keep tabs on OU thanks to

extensive television coverage. The Sooners are at the very center of the college athletics and

everybody is watching.

legiate athletics, the OU baseball team received television coverage for an unprecedented

shown live across the nation.

to the hosting duties of their respective conference championships. The nation focused

purchased by fans. OU ranks eighth in the nation in sales of licensed merchandise.

collegiate sites in the nation.

during regional broadcasts due to their championship experience and athletics

expertiseexpertise

EVERYBODY’S WATCHING

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JASON BODINMedia Relations Student Assistant | Men’s Tennis

Office: (405) 325-8349 Cell: (405) 514-0557

[email protected]

MAT T WILSONMedia Relations Student Assistant | Men’s Gymnastics

Office: (405) 325-8349

[email protected]

OU ATHLETICS PHONE DIRECTORY

All numbers (405) 325 + four-digit extension

OU Athletics Main Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8200OU Athletics Ticket Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2424Joe Castiglione, Director of Athletics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8208Larry Naifeh, Executive Associate AD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8241Jason Leonard, Execute Director of Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7719Joe Washington, Varsity O Club Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8224Gerald Gurney, Ph.D., Sr. Assoc. AD/Academics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8265Kenny Mossman, Sr. Assoc. AD/Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8228Billy Ray Johnson, Assoc. AD/Ticket Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8133Gloria Nevarez, Sr. Associate AD/SWA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7718Greg Phillips, Sr. Assoc. AD/Chief Financial Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8241Luther Lee, Asst. AD/Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8203Dr. Nicki Moore, Assist. AD/Psychological Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3138Scott Anderson, Head Athletics Trainer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8332Eric Barnhart, Sooner Sports Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2148Brandon Meier, Executive Director of Video Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8875Danny Davis, Director of Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8235Dave Haskin, Director of Promotions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8232Beth Kelly, Manager of Financial Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8452Brian Martin, Coordinator of Team Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8288Charlie Taylor, Asst. AD/Marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8238Jerry Schmidt, Director of Sports Enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8370Greg Tipton, Asst. AD/Athletics Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8379

OU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS

Media Relations Main Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (405) 325-8349

Media Relations Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (405) 325-7623

University of Oklahoma Athletics Media Relations

Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

Suite 2525, 180 W Brooks St, Norman, OK 73019

SOONERSPORTS.COM

The latest official information on 2009 OU men’s tennis is available at SoonerSports.

com. Log on for complete media services including statistics, rosters, bios, game

notes, schedules, press conferences, quotes and more.

SOONERSPORTSMEDIA.COM

Media credentials for 2009 OU home season will be handled by Ryan Kasmiersky.

Applications will be accepted via e-mail (see above) or fax (see above) and can be

sent to Kasmiersky beginning Oct. 1. If you did not cover OU men’s tennis in 2008, the

credential request must come from the sports editor or director.

OKLAHOMA MEN’S TENNIS ONLINE

Official OU Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SoonerSports.com

OU Media Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SoonerSportsMedia.com

Big 12 Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Big12sports.com

NCAA Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAAsports.com

MEDIA RELATIONS

MIKE HOUCKAssociate Media Relations Director | Men’s Basketball

Office: (405) 325-8227

[email protected]

JARED THOMPSONAssociate Media Relations Director | Women’s Basketball, Football

Office: (405) 325-3671

[email protected]

CRAIG MORANAssistant Media Relations Director | Baseball, Football, Soccer

Office: (405) 325-6449

[email protected]

SCOT T MAT THEWSDirector of Graphic Design

Office: (405) 325-8223

[email protected]

DAVID BASSIT YAssistant Media Relations Director | Football, Track and Field

Office: (405) 325-8571

[email protected]

C ASSIE GAGEAssistant Media Relations Director | Softball, Volleyball

Office: (405) 325-8372

[email protected]

PHILLIP ROGERSMedia Relations Graduate Assistant | Men’s Golf, Women’s Gymnastics

Office: (405) 325-8413

[email protected]

MITCH HECKARTMedia Relations Graduate Assistant | Wrestling

Office: (405) 325-8299

[email protected]

LESLIE KOCHMedia Relations Student Assistant | Women’s Tennis

Office: (405) 325-8349

[email protected]

STEPHANIE TURNERMedia Relations Student Assistant | Women’s Golf

Office: (405) 325-8349

[email protected]

DEBBIE COPPDirector of Publications

Office: (405) 325-8367

[email protected]

KENNY MOSSMANSenior Associate Athletics Director for Communications

Office: (405) 325-8228

[email protected]

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GENERAL FACTS

Name of School: University of Oklahoma

City/Zip: Norman, OK/73019-6014

Founded: 1890

Enrollment: 29,931

School Colors: Crimson & Cream

Mascot/Nickname: Sooners

National Affiliation: NCAA Division I

Conference: Big 12

Home Court: Headington Family Tennis Center

President: David L. Boren

Athletics Director: Joe Castiglione (Maryland, ‘79)

Department Phone Number: (405) 325-8208

Ticket Office Phone Numbers: (405) 325-2424 or 1-800-456-4668

TEAM INFORMATION

2008 Team Record: 11-13

2008 Big 12 Record: 1-5

2008 Final ITA Ranking: NR

Letterwinners Returning: Three

Letterwinners Lost: Four

Newcomers: 4

Big 12 Tournament: Quarterfinals

NCAA Tournament: Did not qualify

Big 12 First Team: One (Andrei Daescu)

Big 12 First Team (Doubles): One (Federico Chavarria and Andrei Daescu)

COACHING STAFF

Head Coach: Paul Lockwood (Oklahoma, ‘76)

Career & OU Records: 317-205/21 years

Assistant Coach: Silviu Tanasoiu (Oklahoma, ‘05)

Trainer: Lauren Kaufman

Administrative Assistant: Shelley Harmon

Office Phone: (405) 325-8362

Fax: (405) 325-7505

Best time to be reached: Mornings

MEDIA RELATIONS

Office Phone: (405) 325-8231

Fax: (405) 325-7623

Web Site Address: www.SoonerSports.com

Media Relations Mailing Address:

180 West Brooks, Room 2525

Norman, OK 73019-6014

Men’s Tennis Address:

McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics

180 W. Brooks

Norman, OK 73109

Men’s Tennis Contact: Jason Bodin ...................... (405) 325-8349

E-Mail: ...................................................................... [email protected]

Cellular Phone: ......................................................... (405) 514-0557

The Oklahoma Media Relations Department welcomes your interest in Sooner

athletics. We make every effort to facilitate your coverage of our program.

For information on student-athletes or coaches, to set up interviews or photo

shoots, or if you are in need of file photos, please call us, stop by our office

(McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Atlhletics Suite 2525) , e-mail Jason Bodin

([email protected]), or fax us a request at (405) 325-7623.

MEDIA PASS LIST

A media pass list will be used this season for all home tennis matches. A name

on the pass list is utilized at each home tennis match. Please call Jason Bodin

(405/514-0557) at least 24 hours in advance to have your name included on

that list.

FACILITIES/PARKING

The Headington Family Tennis Center is located on the east side of Chautaqua

Avenue and south of Imhoff St. directly west of the Lloyd Noble Center parking

lot. Parking is avaliable in the Lloyd Noble Center parking lot.

INTERVIEWS

Head coach Paul Lockwood will take direct calls to his office or on his cell phone.

If you have trouble getting in touch with Lockwood, contact Kasmiersky and

he will arrange the interview. For student-athletes, please contact Kasmiersky

at least one day in advance of the requested interview and he will have the

student-athlete return your call. The best time to meet with an athlete for a one-

on-one interview is before practice (around 1:45 p.m.) or directly after practice

(4:15 p.m.) at the Headington Family Tennis Center. If requesting a one-on-one

interview, please allow at least one day notice to ensure that the student-athlete

is able to fulfill the request.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Photographers may not shoot in front of the team benches and must shoot from

one of the four corners of the court or from the top of the bleachers.

SOONERSPORTS.COM

The latest, official information on the 2009 Oklahoma men’s tennis team is

available at SoonerSports.com. Log on for complete media services including

statistics, rosters, bios, schedules and more.

SOONERSPORTSMEDIA.COM

The OU Athletics Department provides an innovative service for media covering

the Sooners. Log on to SoonerSportsMedia.com and download high-resolution

action photos, mug shots, official OU logos and more. Visit the site to request an

account for access.

QUICK FACTS & MEDIA POLICIES

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BIG 12 CONFERENCEA CONFERENCE OF EXCELLENCE

The Big 12 Conference has established a consistent level of national success on the field and in the classroom as it enters its 13th season in 2008-09.

Since it began play in 1996-97, the Conference can boast 31 team crowns and over 385 individual NCAA Championships. The success continued during 2007-08 as Kansas captured the Big 12’s first national title in men’s basketball, while the league added 31 individual crowns.

Over the past four seasons a total of 12 NCAA trophies have been hoisted by Big 12 institutions, with at least one national crown won in all but one year for the Confer-ence, including each of the past 11 seasons.

The Big 12 leads all conferences with five appearances in Bowl Championship Series title games. League squads have played for the football national championship five times in the last nine years with berths in 14 BCS games overall, including two in 2007. The Big 12 led all conferences with four teams ranked in the Top 10 in the final national polls a season ago. In addition, an all-time high eight league players earned consensus All-America recognition in 2007, more than any other conference.

In basketball, nine men’s and women’s teams have advanced to their respective Final Fours in the past seven seasons as the Big 12 continues its place among the elite intercollegiate athletic conferences. The six men’s Final Four participants since 2002 is more than any conference. Numerous national honors have been won by basketball student-athletes during the league’s history, with Michael Beasley (Kansas State), D.J. Augustin (Texas) and Courtney Paris (Oklahoma) the most recent to garner accolades as consensus All-America in 2007-08.

The Big 12 and its member institutions are committed to a competitive environment where sportsmanship and fair play take center stage. Whether on the field, in the classroom, or within the community the student-athletes, administrators, coaches and game officials of the Big 12 support the highest ideals in sportsmanship.

Big 12 student-athletes also do well in garnering national academic recognition. Sarah Pavan (Nebraska) was named Academic All-America of the Year in volleyball the past two seasons by ESPN The Magazine and College Sports Information Directors of America with a 4.0 grade-point average in Biochemistry. She also won the national academic honor presented for all sports in 2006-07 and was named recipient of the prestigious 2006-07 Honda-Broderick Award as Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. She is the first athlete since the Big 12 was formed to earn the accolade. In addition to his athletic accomplishments, Augustin was an Academic All-America First Team choice. In its history, the conference can boast of over 300 academic honorees, averaging more than 25 each season.

The Big 12 can boast of other stories that combine on and off the field success. Pa-tience Knight (Texas Tech) was the recipient of the Honda Inspiration Award in 2008, given to an outstanding female college athlete who overcomes adversity to excel in her sport. She was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in 2007, but rebounded to win All-America honors at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.

Competitive excellence, scholarship and sportsmanship are all equal components of the Big 12 philosophy. All-Big 12 teams and Academic All-Big 12 squads are recognized for each sport at the end of their respective seasons.

At the end of each academic year, the Conference honors its top male and female student-athletes with the Big 12 Athlete of the Year and Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year awards.

Institutions can also nominate student-athletes for the prestigious Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarships at the end of each academic year. A total of 201 scholars have received over $1.2 million in postgraduate financial aid through the first 12 years of the program.

The Big 12 sponsors 21 sports. Men’s squads include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, swimming & diving, tennis and wrestling. Women’s teams are fielded in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis and volleyball.

The conference is made up of 12 institutions that have shared many traditional rival-ries throughout their histories. Member schools include - Baylor University, University of Colorado, Iowa State University, University of Kansas, Kansas State University, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, University of Texas, Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University.

The institutions created a league that encompasses seven states, over 45 million people and television households in 18 of the top 100 markets within its geographic footprint. The conference conducts championships for 20 of its 21 sports. Each championship helps to determine teams and/or individuals that will represent the Conference in national postseason competition. The winner of the Big 12 football championship game earns the league’s berth into the prestigious Bowl Championship Series.

In the last several years the Big 12 has increased its bowl agreements and expanded television opportunities for all sports through contracts with ABC/ESPN, FSN and CBS College Sports. Most recently, the league renewed and expanded its multi-year arrangement with ABC/ESPN, Inc. The new contract begins in 2008-09.

In its first 12 years, the Conference has distributed more than $1 billion to its 12 member institutions.

The Big 12 staff administers to over 4,600 student-athletes in 21 sports. The confer-ence is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

BIG 12 QUICK FACTS

Founded: ................................................................................................ Feb. 25, 1994

Area: ............................................................. Seven states, population over 42 million

Television Markets: .......................................................... 18 of the Top 100 nationally

Commissioner’s Honor Roll Students: ............................... 48,000-plus (20 semesters)

Academic All-Big 12 First Team Members: ................................... Approximately 8,000

Athletes with a 4.0 GPA on Academic All-Big 12 Teams: ......................................... 498

Dr. Prentice Gautt Scholarships: ............................. 153 with $845,600 in financial aid

Team National Championships: ................................................................................ 28

Individual National Championships: ...................................................................... 319

First Team All-America Selections: ...................................................................... 2,125

Improvements to Big 12 Athletic Facilities: ................................................ $1.6 billion

Big 12 Postseason Championship Attendance: ............................................ 6.6 million

BOB BURDA

Assistant Commissioner/Media Relations

DAN BEEBE

Commissioner

DRU HANCOCK

Associate Commissioner

BONNIE RYAN

Will Hancock Communications Assistant/ MT Contact

CHERYL JONES

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SOONERSPORTS.COMThe University of Oklahoma, in conjunction with its multimedia rights partner, Sooner Sports Properties, recently signed on to become the latest partner in CSTV’s industry leading Online Network. CSTV operates Oklahoma’s official athletics Web site, providing Sooner fans with the most in-depth coverage and interactive content of Oklahoma sports that has ever been available.

The new and improved Web site, SoonerSports.com, launched on July 1, 2007.

The OU Athletics Department and CSTV committed considerable research, planning and design resources in developing the new SoonerSports.com. OU is recognized as a leader in intercollegiate athletics and its official site follows in that tradition. For many, the site serves as the front door to the Sooner experience. SoonerSports.com also provides an integral link between OU student-athletes, their families, coaches, Oklahoma students, fans, prospective student-athletes, alumni, media, donors, corporate partners, the University and peer institutions in the Big 12 Conference and the NCAA. The new site strengthens Oklahoma’s commitment in bringing its fans the most extensive coverage of the Sooners direct from Norman. By utilizing the latest technology, including webcasts, podcasts, RSS feeds, wireless services and more, OU presents fans with unprecedented opportunities to access official Sooner news, features and multimedia.

In addition to Oklahoma All-Access, CSTV will launch a custom Web site with a variety of online features including an e-commerce store, photo galleries and CSTV’s exclusive GameTrackerTM technology, which allows fans to follow live simulated game action, details and full play-by-play of their favorite Sooner sports.

SoonerSports.com will also receive CSTV’s industry-leading online and new media solutions, including access to new distribution platforms such as CSTV2Go mobile and podcasting.

Sooner Sports Properties is a division of Learfield Sports, which administers multimedia rights for nearly 35 collegiate institutions and associations including fellow Big 12 members Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State, Missouri and Texas A&M. The Dallas-based company also secures marketing partnerships for the Black Coaches Association (BCA) and provides exclusive sports programming to more than 1,000 radio stations throughout the country.

Additionally, Team Services, LLC, a Learfield Sports company, specializes in venue naming rights, marketing research and sales consultation.

CSTV Networks, Inc., now part of the CBS Corporation, is the leading digital and cable programming company dedicated to college sports. Connecting more fans to more college sports than any other company, its many platforms for programming distribution include CSTV: College Sports TV, televising regular-season and championship events for 35 men’s and women’s college sports; CSTV.com and its network of more than 215 official athletic sites; CSTV All Access, broadband services providing live audio and video of more than 10,000 events annually; as well as satellite television and radio, in-flight entertainment, wireless networks and more. Further information is available at www.CSTV.com.

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