2010 ou women's golf guide

OKLAHOMA WOMEN’S GOLF

Table of ContentsTable of Contents ............................................................. 1

Quick Facts ...................................................................... 2

Schedule and Roster........................................................ 3

OU Athletics Communications ......................................... 4

Athletics Directory ........................................................... 5

Media Information .......................................................... 6

Tournament Information ................................................. 7

Spring 2010 Preview ....................................................... 8

Charlie Coe Golf Learning Center ....................................60

Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club ............................................62

Alternate Courses ...........................................................64

GENERAL INFORMATION

Head Coach Veronique Drouin ........................................ 10

Assistant Coach Jennie Arseneault ................................. 12

2009-10 Roster Breakdown ............................................ 13

Chelsey Collins ............................................................... 14

Ryanne Elmer ................................................................. 16

Andrea Sellmeyer ........................................................... 18

Sara Hemingway ............................................................ 20

Ellen Mueller .................................................................. 22

Brooke Collins................................................................. 24

Kelly Short ..................................................................... 26

Taylor Schmidt ............................................................... 28

Aly Seng ......................................................................... 29

Season Recap ................................................................. 32

Team and Individual Results........................................... 33

Tournament Standings ................................................... 34

Summer Recap ............................................................... 38

All-Time Coaches ............................................................ 42

Sooners in the Pros......................................................... 43

All-Time Results ............................................................. 44

Team Records ................................................................. 52

Individual Records .......................................................... 53

Conference Honors ......................................................... 54

Honors and Awards ........................................................ 55

Team Awards .................................................................. 56

All-Time Letterwinners .................................................. 57

GUIDE DESIGN

Stephanie Turner

WRITER

Stephanie Turner

COVER DESIGN

Scott Matthews

PHOTOGRAPHY

Ty Russell, Lisa Hall and OU Athletics Communications files

(Sooners in the Pros photos courtesy of the LPGA and the Royal

Canadian Golf Association)

PRINTING

The 2009-10 Oklahoma Women’s Golf Media Guide was printed

by Transcript Press at no cost to the taxpayers of the state of

Oklahoma. The guide was designed and produced by the OU

Athletics Media Relations office using Adobe InDesign and

Adobe Photoshop.

The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution.

(December 2009)

FACILITIES

A Pacesetter for Higher Education in the U.S. .................66

What do you know about OU? ........................................68

The Path to Graduation ..................................................70

Athletics Excellence in 2008-09 ......................................74

A Storied and Active Tradition of Athletics Excellence .....76

Supporting the Community that Supports OU................80

Showcasing Sooners to a National Audience ..................82

Strength Conditioning and Medical Training ..................84

Great Expectations and Beyond ......................................86

A University Town with a Championship Spirit ...............88

The Big 12 Conference ....................................................88

Soonersports.com ..........................................................90

VP/AD Joe Castiglione ....................................................91

Soonersports.com ..........................................................92

THE COACHES AND PLAYERS

2008-09 REVIEW

HISTORY

CREDITS

THE UNIVERSITY

PUBLICATION EDITORS

Stephanie Turner, Debbie Copp and

Mike Houck

CONTRIBUTORS

Phillip Rogers

The Jimmie Austin

OU Golf Club

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Head Coach ................................................................................................ Veronique Drouin

Years at Oklahoma .................................................................................................. First year

Assistant Coach ..........................................................................................Jennie Arseneault

Years at Oklahoma .................................................................................................. First year

Office Address .......................................................................................................4 Par Drive

Norman, OK 73019

Office Phone .................................................................................................. (405) 325-8343

Office Fax ...................................................................................................... (405) 325-7274

Communications Contact ............................................................................ Stephanie Turner

Office ............................................................................................................ (405) 325-8349

E-mail ............................................................................................ [email protected]

WOMEN’S GOLF INFORMATION

Big 12 Championship Finish ............................................................Third (315-306-317=938)

Best Finish ...................................Second, Susie Maxwell Berning Classic (315-314-315=944)

Low Single-Round Score ................................. 298, Central District Invitational, second round

Low Three-Round Score ...................... 903, Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Invitational (299-299-305)

Location ........................................................................................................... Norman, Okla.

Founded .............................................................................................................Dec. 19, 1890

Enrollment ................................................................................................................... 30,092

Nickname ................................................................................................................... Sooners

Colors ...........................................................................................................Crimson & Cream

Conference ....................................................................................................................Big 12

President .......................................................................................................... David L. Boren

University Web site .............................................................................................www.OU.edu

VP for Intercollegiate Athletic Programs & AD ................................................. Joe Castiglione

Athletics Web Site ............................................................................ www.SoonerSports.com

2008-09 INDIVIDUAL BESTS

Tournament Finish ....................................... 1st (Kendall Dye, Susie Maxwell Berning Classic)

18 Holes ................................................70 (Ellen Mueller, Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational)

54 Holes .................................................................. 220 (Ellen Mueller, Windy City Collegiate)

(Kendall Dye, Betsy Rawls Invitational)

(Kendall Dye, Mountain view Collegiate)

RETURNING LETTERWINNERS

Brooke Collins........................................................................................................Sophomore

Chelsey Collins ..............................................................................................................Senior

Ryanne Elmer ................................................................................................................Senior

Sara Hemingway ........................................................................................................... Junior

Ellen Mueller ................................................................................................................. Junior

Andrea Sellmeyer ................................................................................................................ Senior

Kelly Short ...................................................................................................................Sophomore

NEWCOMERS

Taylor Schmidt .........................................................................................................Freshman

Aly Seng ...................................................................................................................Freshman

2008-09 TEAM INFORMATIONUNIVERSITY FACTS

Quick Facts

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........................................................................................................FrFrom left to right: Seniors Andrea

Sellmeyer, Chelsey Collins and

Ryanne Elmer

meyer, Chelsey Collins and

ne Elmer


Date Tournament Location Total Place Par

Sept.11-13 Texas A&M “Mo” Morial Bryan, Texas 309 (+21) 5th 72

Sept. 19-20 Dick McGuire Invitational Albuquerque, N.M. 914 (+38) 15th 73

Oct. 5-6 Windy City Collegiate Classic Glenview, Ill. 911 (+47) 13th 72

Oct. 26-27 The Alamo Invitational San Antonio, Texas 304 (+16) 7th 72

SPRING 2010

2009-10 ROSTER

FALL 2009

2009-10 Schedule & Roster

Feb. 7-9 Lady Puerto Rico Classic Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

March 1-2 UCF Intercollegiate Invitational Orlando, Fla.

March 8-9 Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational San Jose, Calif.

March 26-28 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational Austin, Texas

April 2-4 Rebel Intercollegiate Oxford, Miss.

April 12-13 Baylor Lady Bear Invitational Waco, Texas

April 23-25 Big 12 Championship Norman, Okla.

May 6-8 NCAA Regionals TBD

May 18-21 NCAA Championships Wilmington, N.C.

Golfer Height Classification Hometown Previous School

Brooke Collins* 5-2 Sophomore Louisville, Colo. Monarch HS

Chelsey Collins*** 5-8 Senior Louisville, Colo. Monarch HS

Ryanne Elmer*** 5-8 Senior Edmond, Okla. Bishop McGuinness HS

Sara Hemingway* 5-6 Junior Kingwood, Texas Texas A&M

Ellen Mueller** 5-2 Junior Evansville, Ind. Reitz Memorial HS

Taylor Schmidt 5-8 Freshman KIncardine, Ontario Kincardine Secondary School

Andrea Sellmeyer*** 5-8 Senior McAlester, Okla. McAlester HS

Aly Seng 5-6 Freshman Enid, Okla. Enid HS

Kelly Short* 5-2 Sophomore Muncie, Ind. Yorktown HS

* denotes letters earned at Oklahoma

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ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONSThe University of Oklahoma Athletics Comunications Office is located on the second floor

in the northwest corner of the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Women’s

golf contact: Stephanie Turner (information listed below).

BIG 12 GOLF CONTACTS

Big 12 Conference ... .........Emily Franzenburg ([email protected])

Baylor ....................................... Chris Yandle ([email protected])

Colorado .............................................. Allie Musso ([email protected])

Iowa State ................................................... Erin Heissel ([email protected])

Kansas .............................................................Mike Strauss ([email protected])

Kansas State .............................................Jeremy Holaday ([email protected])

Missouri ................................................ Josh Murray ([email protected])

Nebraska ................................................... Jeff Griesch ([email protected])

Oklahoma State ............................ Ryan Cameron ([email protected])

Texas ..........................Ashley Cushman ([email protected])

Texas A&M ........................................Colin Killian ([email protected])

Texas Tech ....................................................Blayne Beal ([email protected])

CASSIE GAGE

DAVID BASSITY

CRAIG MORAN

JARED THOMPSON

MIKE HOUCK

KENNY MOSSMAN

STEPHANIE TURNER

Office: (405) 325-8349

McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics

Web Site: SoonerSports.com Phone: (405) 325-8231

Fax: (405) 325-7623

Address: McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics

180 W. Brooks

Suite 2525

Norman, OK 73019

PHILLIP ROGERS

MITCH HECKART

OU Athletics Communications

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VP/Director of Athletics

Joe Castiglione ....................................................................................................(405) 325-8208

Executive Associate Athletics Director

Larry Naifeh ........................................................................................................(405) 325-8241

Senior Associate AD (Academics & Student Life)

Dr. Gerald Gurney ................................................................................................(405) 325-8265

Executive Director of Compliance

Jason Leonard .....................................................................................................(405) 325-7719

Senior Associate AD (Communications)

Kenny Mossman ..................................................................................................(405) 325-8228

Senior Associate AD (Senior Woman Administrator)

Gloria Nevarez .....................................................................................................(405) 325-7718

Senior Associate AD (Chief Financial Officer)

Greg Phillips ........................................................................................................(405) 325-8241

Associate AD (Ticket Operations)

Billy Ray Johnson ................................................................................................(405) 325-8133

Assistant AD (Business)

Luther Lee ...........................................................................................................(405) 325-8440

Assista nt AD (Development)

Robert Smith ......................................................................................................(405) 325-8546

Assistant AD (Equipment)

Greg Tipton .........................................................................................................(405) 325-8430

Assistant AD (Marketing)

Charlie Taylor ......................................................................................................(405) 325-7811

Assistant AD (Psychological Resources)

Dr. Nicki Moore ....................................................................................................(405) 325-3138

Executive Director, Varsity O Association/Special Assistant to the AD

Merv Johnson .....................................................................................................(405) 325-8224

Special Assistant to the Athletics Director

Joe Washington...................................................................................................(405) 325-8262

Faculty Athletics Representative

Connie Dillion ......................................................................................................(405) 325-5894

DEPARTMENT HEADSAccounting

Beth Kelly..................................................................................................(405) 325-8452

Broadcasting/SoonerVision

Brandon Meier ..........................................................................................(405) 325-8875

Development

Matt Roberts .............................................................................................(405) 325-8237

Event Management

Lindy Roberts ............................................................................................(405) 325-8225

Facilities

Danny Davis ..............................................................................................(405) 325-8235

Graphic Design

Scott Matthews .........................................................................................(405) 325-8223

Internet Services

Jason Matheson ........................................................................................(405) 325-4274

Licensing

Renata Hays ..............................................................................................(405) 325-8547

Marketing

Dave Haskin ..............................................................................................(405) 325-5482

Publications

Debbie Copp ..............................................................................................(405) 325-8367

Sports Enhancement

Jerry Schmidt ............................................................................................(405) 325-8370

Sports Medicine

Scott Anderson..........................................................................................(405) 325-8332

ADMINISTRATION HEAD COACHES

Athletics DirectoryBaseball

Sunny Golloway .......................................................................................... (405) 325-8354

(Oklahoma Christian, 1984)

Basketball (Men)

Jeff Capel ..................................................................................................... (405) 325-4732

(Duke, 1997)

Basketball (Women)

Sherri Coale .................................................................................................. (405) 325-8322

(Oklahoma Christian University of Science & Arts, 1987)

Cross Country/Track & Field

Martin Smith ............................................................................................... (405) 325-8212

(Bridgewater College, 1974)

Football

Bob Stoops ................................................................................................... (405) 325-8245

(Iowa, 1983)

Golf (Men)

Ryan Hybl ..................................................................................................... (405) 325-8342

(Georgia, 2004)

Golf (Women)

Veronique Drouin ......................................................................................... (405) 325-8343

(Kent State, 2003)

Gymnastics (Men)

Mark Williams .............................................................................................. (405) 325-8341

(Nebraska, 1980)

Gymnastics (Women)

K.J. Kindler ................................................................................................... (405) 325-6876

(Iowa State, 1992)

Rowing

Leeanne Crain .............................................................................................. (405) 325-6961

(UCLA, 1988)

Soccer

Nicole Nelson ............................................................................................... (405) 325-8296

(Oklahoma City, 1997)

Softball

Patty Gasso .................................................................................................. (405) 325-8371

(Long Beach State, 1984)

Tennis (Men)

John Roddick ................................................................................................ (405) 325-8362

(Georgia, 1998)

Tennis (Women)

David Mullins ............................................................................................... (405) 325-8325

(Fresno State, 2001)

Volleyball

Santiago Restrepo ........................................................................................ (405) 325-8364

(East Stroudsburg, 1986)

Wrestling

Jack Spates ................................................................................................... (405) 325-8209

(Slippery Rock, 1975)

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For the latest on women’s golf, including statistics, standings, tournament

results and photos, visit the official Web site of the University of Oklahoma

athletics department at www.SoonerSports.com.

Media interested in interviewing Coach Drouin can reach her at (405) 325-

8343. Student-athlete interviews should be arranged through Stephanie

Turner of the OU Athletics Communications office at (405) 325-8349. Please

call one day in advance of the requested interview.

Associated Press

Jeff Latzke, Sports Editor

([email protected])

Central Park One, Ste. 202

523 Central Park Dr.

Oklahoma City, OK 73105

Phone: (405) 525-2121

Fax: (405) 524-7465

The OklahomanMike Sherman, sports editor

([email protected])

P.O. Box 25125


Phone:(405) 475-3314

Fax: (405) 475-3315

Norman TranscriptClay Horning, Sports Editor

(cfhorning@normantranscript.

com)

P.O. Drawer 1058

Norman, OK 73070

Phone: (405) 366-3535

Fax: (405) 366-3516

Oklahoma Daily(student newspaper)

Sports Editor

([email protected])

860 Van Vleet Oval, Room 126

Norman, OK 73019

Phone: (405) 325-7630

Fax: (405) 325-6051

Tulsa WorldMike Strain, Sports Editor

([email protected])

P.O. Box 1770

Tulsa, OK 74102

Phone: (918) 581-8355

Fax: (918) 581-8352

KFOR (NBC- Channel 4)

Bob Barry Jr., Sports Director

([email protected])

444 E. Britton Rd.


Phone: (405) 478-6366

Fax: (405) 478-6337

KOCO (ABC- Channel 5 )

Mark Rodgers, Sports Director

([email protected])

P.O. Box 14555


Phone: (405) 475-5257

Fax: (405) 478-6675

KWTV (CBS - Channel 9)

Dean Blevins, Sports Director

([email protected])

P.O. Box 14159


Phone: (405) 841-9940

Fax: (405) 841-9989

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

PRACTICE POLICY

Results of all tournaments will be e-mailed to local media outlets as soon as

they become available and will also be posted online at www.SoonerSports.

com. Media interested in receiving results should contact Stephanie Turner the

week of the tournament.

Practices are held at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club and Charlie Coe Golf

Learning Center. Media who wish to attend must obtain clearance from

Stephanie Turner. Practices generally begin at 2:30 p.m. CT, and the best

time to conduct interviews is immediately following practice.

INTERVIEW POLICY MEDIA OUTLETS

Media Information

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SOONERSPORTS.COM


Sept. 11-13 Host: Texas A&M University

Course: Traditions Golf Club

Par/Yards: 72/6,225

Contact: Colin Killian

Tournament Information

Sept. 19-20 Host: University of New Mexico

Course: University of New Mexico Golf Course

Par/Yards: 73/6,187

Contact: Greg Remington

WINDY CITY COLLEGIATE CLASSIC

Oct. 5-6 Host: Northwestern University

Course: The Glen Club

Par/Yards: 72/6,539

Contact: Rand Champion

Oct. 25-27 Host: UT-San Antonio

Course: Briggs Ranch Golf Club

Par/Yards: 72/7,206

Contact: Carlos Valdez

Feb. 7-9Host: Purdue University

Course: Coco Beach Golf Course

Par/Yards: 72/6,219

Contact: Sara White

March 1-2 Host: University of Central Florida

Course: Red Tail Golf Course

Par/Yards: 72/6,301

Contact: Leigh Torbin

March 8-9 Host: San Jose State University

Course: Almaden Country Club

Par/Yards: 72/6,210

Contact: Amy Villa

BETSY RAWLS LONGHORN INVITATIONAL

April 2-4Host: University of Mississippi

Course: University Golf Course

Par/Yards: 72/6,132

Contact: Kimberly Ling

April 12-13Host: Baylor University

Course: Twin Rivers Golf Club

Par/Yards: 72/6,698

Contact: Julie Bennett

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP - NORMAN, OKLA. JIMMIE AUSTIN OU GOLF CLUBApril 23-25

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THE ALAMO INVITATIONAL REBEL INTERCOLLEGIATE

March 26-28 Host: University of Texas

Course: University of Texas Golf Club

Par/Yards: 72/6,324

Contact: Ashley Cushman

TEXAS A&M “MO” MORIAL UCF CHALLENGE

DICK MCGUIRE INVITATIONAL JULI INKSTER SPARTAN INVITATIONAL

LADY PUERTO RICO CLASSIC BAYLOR LADY BEAR INVITATIONAL


2010 Spring PreviewThe 2009-10 season for the University of Oklahoma

women’s golf team will mark the beginning of an

exciting new era with first-year head coach Veronique

Drouin and assistant coach Jennie Arseneault taking

over the program’s reins.

The return of seniors Chelsey Collins, Andrea Sell-

meyer and Ryanne Elmer is a major comfort to the

new staff, and all three have been charged with helping

set team goals on and off the golf course.

“The three seniors we have on the team are very hard

workers,” Drouin said. “They’ll be able to help the

underclassmen and are a great group of leaders for our

team.”

Drouin is as interested in seeing strong performance in

the classroom as she is on the links. This year’s team

members are no strangers to achieving academic excel-

lence. During last year’s spring semester, the Sooners

posted a collective 3.5 grade point average. Continuing

the commitment to academics is a top priority. All

nine Sooners will also get involved in a handful of

community service projects as they strive to reach their

service goals.

On the course, the Sooners say their aim is to finish in

the top five of every tournament. And they’ve got one

outing in particular circled on the calendar.

“Our main goal this year is to win the Big 12 Champion-

ship since we’re hosting it,” said Sellmeyer. “It’s a great

opportunity for us to make a statement on our home

turf.”

At last year’s Big 12 Championship in Lubbock, Texas,

OU fought through adverse weather conditions and as-

sembled an impressive third-place finish. The Sooners

aren’t interested in third place this year.

“The weather was very difficult last year, but we learned

that we all had the guts to keep fighting and we just

need to keep reminding ourselves that we all can fight

for every single stroke,” said Ellen Mueller, a junior

who enters the season with seven top-20 finishes under

her belt. “With the Big 12 Championship being here in

Norman this spring, the weather could be the exactly

same.”

With 11 tournaments on this year’s schedule, Drouin

wants her squad to use every practice and qualifying

round as preparation for the conference championship.

Drouin adheres to the philosophy that playing against

the nation’s top golfers is the best way to strengthen her

team’s individual abilities. With that in mind, the Soon-

ers’ 2009-10 schedule will be very competitive.

“I want our players competing against the best in the

country,” Drouin said. “I think that’s important for them

to assess how they’re doing and what they need to

improve upon.”

A firm believer that dedication to practice is an essential

element of success, Drouin also understands that col-

lege is more than just golf. In fact, she encourages her

student-athletes to participate in campus functions and

events so that they can have a complete and fulfilling

collegiate experience.

“I want them to have a great time here as college

students,” Drouin said. “It’s not always about playing

golf. There’s more to it and I want them to have a well-

rounded life as a student. I’d like for them to be regular

students away from the course, and then be a golfer

when they come to practice.”

The Sooners returned to school in August after several

experienced success in various local, regional and

national tournaments over the summer.

Collins enters her final year of college with confidence

after winning this summer’s Colorado Women’s Golf

Association Match Play Championship. Drouin hopes

Collins harnesses the victory into momentum for the

2009-10 campaign.

“Chelsey is a very hard worker and is a great leader for

our team,” Drouin said of the veteran, who, along with

Sellmeyer, recorded holes-in-one during practice rounds

last October. “I really hope to see her crack the lineup as

much as possible this year.”

Elmer, a fifth-year senior, possesses the leadership

qualities the OU coaching staff admires. She is excited

to end her collegiate career on a high note.

“Coach Drouin and Coach Arseneault have a lot of talent

and will be able to help all of us individually,” Elmer

said. “We’re going to take advantage of that and work to

improve this year.”

Mueller, who holds a 76.57 career stroke average, is on

pace to become one of the most accomplished golfers in

school history. Just halfway through her career, she has

racked up four top-10 finishes (three of them top-five

efforts). Mueller is a mainstay in the OU lineup.

Fellow junior Sara Hemingway enters her second

season as a Sooner after transferring from Texas A&M.

Drouin expects her to help the squad in multiple ways.

“Sara is a unique individual who helps bring out the dif-

ferent personalities of everyone on the team,” the head

coach said. “She also has a ton of national experience

as a player.”

Sophomores Brooke Collins and Kelly Short were

major assets last year as rookies, and Drouin will rely on

them to continue their steady contributions.

Incoming freshmen Taylor Schmidt and Aly Seng join

the team after a busy summer. Schmidt competed in

the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship

and won the 2009 Golf Association of Ontario’s Women’s

Champion of Champions title. Seng, meanwhile, placed

second to Mueller at the 2009 Women’s Oklahoma

Golf Association Stroke Play Championship and won

the consolation title at the 2009 WOGA Match Play

Championship.

“Taylor is a very hard worker,” Drouin said. “She con-

stantly works on her short game, and has a lot of junior

and amateur golf experience. I definitely see her being

a big part of this team. Aly comes from Oklahoma and

does not have much national playing experience. Still,

she has a lot of potential to develop as one of our key

players.”

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The Coaches and Players

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Head Coach

FIRST YEAR

THE DROUIN FILEHometown ....................................................... Sts-Anges, Quebec

High School .............................................. Academie Les Estacades

College ................................................ Kent State University, 2003

COACHING HISTORY

2003-2006 ......................................Kent State, Graduate Assistant

2006-2009 ...............................................Georgia, Assistant Coach

2009-Present .............................................Oklahoma, Head Coach

PLAYING EXPERIENCE

1999-2003 .................................................................... Kent State

COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Regional and NCAA Championships (Bulldogs finished in second

and eighth place, respectively)

of Fame (2009)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A PLAYER

EDUCATION

Kent State (2003)

Kent State (2007)

Veronique Drouin

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On June 24, 2009, Veronique Drouin (pronounced VAIR-o-neek DREW-un), became

the fifth head women’s golf coach at the University of Oklahoma. Drouin made the

move to Norman after being an assistant coach at Georgia for the past four years.

“Veronique Drouin brings the teaching skills, passion, character and recruiting

ability we need in this leadership role to build on the foundation of what has been

established here,” OU Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Programs and

Athletics Director Joe Castiglione said.

During Drouin’s first full season at Georgia in 2006, the Bulldogs won two prestigious

events the Golf Daytona Beach Fall Preview and the SEC Championship. Drouin

also served as interim head coach during the 2007 Central Regional and NCAA

Championships, leading the Bulldogs to second- and eighth-place finishes,

respectively.

During her tenure at UGA, the team notched three top-10 and four top-20 finishes in

the national championships. Individually, 11 All-Americans and two SEC champions

were crowned while Drouin was on staff.

Prior to joining the Georgia staff, Drouin was a graduate assistant at Kent State for

two-and-a-half years. She also enjoyed a standout playing career with the Golden

Flashes as the 2000 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Freshman of the Year, the 2003

MAC Golfer of the Year and a three-time first-team All-MAC performer.

As a senior, Drouin led Kent State to a second-place finish at the 2003 Central

Reigonal and a 19th-place showing at the NCAA Championships. Two years earlier,

she helped the Golden Flashes to a 15th-place finish at the 2001 NCAA, the program’s

best effort ever.

Drouin continued to compete as an amateur following graduation, and finished

2006 at No.8 in Canada’s national rankings. Drouin was runner-up at the 2006 Royale

Cup Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship after tying for medalist honors

and falling in a playoff. Her additional amateur highlights include: advancing to

the quarterfinals of the 2005 British Ladies’ Amateur; representing Canada at the

2003 Commonwealth Games and the 2003 and 2005 Spirit International Amateur

Golf Championship; winning the 2001 and 2003 Quebec Amateur Championship;

finishing eighth at the 2004 Royale Cup Canadian Women’s Amateur; and finishing

fifth in stroke play qualifying at the 2004 British Ladies’ Am.

A native of Sts-Anges, Quebec, Drouin received her bachelor’s degree in business

administration from Kent State in the spring of 2003 and her master’s in sports

management from Kent State in 2007.

I can’t live without ............................................ my phone and my family

Prized possession ...................................................... my master’s degree

One thing that most people don’t know about me ........ I’m right handed

but play golf left handed

Favorite actor/actress ..................................................... George Clooney

Favorite TV show .............................................................. Grey’s Anatomy

Nobody knows that........................................................... I can tap dance

Most memorable golf moment ......................... playing Augusta National

Favorite professional athlete ................................................. Tiger Woods

Favorite movie ............................................................ Million Dollar Baby

A QUICK NINE...

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Assistant Coach

FIRST YEAR

Just a few weeks after graduating from the University of Virginia, Jennie

Arseneault changed her role from being a competitive collegiate golfer

to University of Oklahoma assistant coach. She was hired Aug. 27, 2009.

Arseneault (pronounced ARR-sun-alt) was an honorable mention All-

American and a two-time All-ACC selection at Virginia.

A native of Concord, N.H., who considers Grinnell, Iowa, as her hometown,

Arseneault recorded a 75.3 career stroke average at Virginia. She was

named to the All-ACC team as a sophomore. As a junior, she finished ninth

at the ACC Championship and 34th at the NCAA Championships. During

her 2008-09 senior year, Arseneault posted five top-10 finishes to boost

her career total to 10, and was again named to the all-conference squad.

She was also named an honorable mention All-American by Golfweek.

Away from the University of Virginia, Arseneault won the 2008 Women’s

Western Golf Association (WWGA) National Amateur Championship,

took home top honors at the Iowa State Women’s Amateur in 2004,

2005 and 2006, reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 U.S. Amateur and

WWGA National Amateur Championship, and qualified for the 2006 U.S.

Women’s Open.

Arseneault graduated in August 2009

with a degree in anthropology.

Jennie ArseneaultArseneault was an honorable mention All-

American at the University of Virginia.

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2009


Back row (left to right): Chelsey Collins, Andrea Sellmeyer, Taylor Schmidt, Ryanne Elmer, Sara Hemingway. Front row (left to right): Head coach Veronique

Drouin, Ellen Mueller, Brooke Collins, Aly Seng, Kelly Short, assistant coach Jennie Arseneault.

Collins, Brooke ......................................So.

Collins, Chelsey.....................................Sr.

Elmer, Ryanne ......................................Sr

Hemingway, Sara .................................Jr.

Mueller, Ellen .......................................Jr.

Schmidt, Taylor.....................................Fr.

Sellmeyer, Andrea ................................Sr.

Seng, Aly ..............................................Fr.

Short, Kelly...........................................So.

RETURNING GOLFERS’ TOTALSALPHABETICAL ROSTER BY STATE/PROVINCE

Career Top-20 Finishes ...................... 14

Career Top-10 Finishes ........................ 5

Total Rounds ................................... 232

Total Strokes ............................... 18,326

Team Average............................... 78.99

Oklahoma ........................................... 3

Colorado .............................................. 2

Indiana ................................................ 2

Ontario ................................................ 1

Texas ................................................... 1

2009-10 Roster Breakdown

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COLLINS’ CAREER STATSYear Rds Low Strokes Average

2008-09 12 76 1,000 83.33

2007-08 14 74 1,118 79.86

2006-07 18 68 1,393 77.38

Career 44 68 3,511 80.19

SeniorsRyanne ElmeryRyanne ElmeryRyRyayannne ElElmlmereryy

2008-09:

Took part in four tournaments ... Recorded a season-low 76 during the second round of the Mountain

View Collegiate and the third round of the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (both in the spring) ... Tied for 64th

at the Windy City Collegiate in October ... Posted her best 54-hole score of 246 at the Mountain View

Collegiate.

2007-08:

Earned a career-best finish at the Jeannine McHaney/Audrey Morehead Invitational with a tie for

14th place (her third career top-20) ... Carded a season-low 54-hole tournament score of 231 at the

McHaney/Morehead Invitational ... Posted her season-low round with a 74 in the second round of the

McHaney /Morehead Invitational ... Shot her best career 36-hole tournament score of 168 at the Badger

Invitational to tie for 61st place ... Tied for 54th at the Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate ... Carded

a three-round 237 at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic to finish tied for 52nd... Received the team’s

Sportsmanship Award.

2006-07:

Posted two top-20 finishes (Lady Puerto Rico Classic and Susie Maxwell Berning Classic) ... Finished in a

tie for 16th at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic after shooting five over through three rounds ... Fired

a final-round 73 in the “Mo” Morial Invitational, OU’s lowest of the tournament ... Shot a second-round

68 at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (tied for 15th with teammate Heather Wright) ... Was her first time in

the lineup ... Shot a 232 at the Big 12 Championship to finish in a tie for 32nd ... Received team’s Most

Improved Award.

High School:

Selected to first team all-conference squad all four years and first team all-region team three consecu-

tive years ... Was named to the Denver Post All-State first team and Rocky Mountain News All-Colorado

first team in 2005 and 2006 ... Won the Colorado Junior Golf Association All Star Award (2004 and

2005)... Played for the CWGA Junior America’s Cup Team ... Qualified for and competed at the 2005

Junior World Championship and finished 58th out of 120 ... Finished second at the 2005 5A state cham-

pionship and finished third at the event in 2006 ... Named the 2003 Colorado Women’s Golf Association

Most Improved Player after lowering her handicap seven strokes in one year.

Personal:Parents are Terri and Larry Collins ... Sister is Brooke Collins, a Sooner sophomore ... Home course is

Omni Interlocken Golf Course, where her father is the course professional ... Played golf for 13 years and

competitively for seven years... Majoring in communication.

Chelsey Collins

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SENIOR LOUISVILLE, COLO. MONARCH HIGH SCHOOL


SINGLE ROUND ........................ 68 .........Lady Puerto Rico Classic, 2nd round (2007)

36-HOLE TOURNAMENT ....... 168 .................................Badger Invitational (2007)

54-HOLE TOURNAMENT ....... 221 ......................... Lady Puerto Rico Classic (2007)

Susie Maxwell Berning Classic (2007)

TOURNAMENT FINISH .......T14th .............. Jeannine McHaney Invitational (2007)

CAREER TOP-20 FINISHES ........ 3

JUNIOR (2008-09)

Windy City Collegiate ....................................64 ........................ 83-86-82=251

Lady Puerto Rico Classic ................................85 ........................ 85-88-76=249

Mountainview Collegiate ..............................T94 ...................... 88-76-82=246

Susie Maxwell Berning Classic .......................T61 ...................... 81-86-87=254

SOPHOMORE (2007-2008)

Badger Invitational .......................................T61 ............................83-85=168

Jeannine McHaney Invitational .....................T14 ...................... 79-74-78=231

Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate .............T54 ...................... 78-84-75=237

Central District Invitational ...........................T64 ...................... 85-79-81=245


FRESHMAN (2006-2007)

Lady Puerto Rico Classic ................................T15 ...................... 76-68-77=221

“Mo” Morial Invitational ................................T34 ...................... 81-85-73=239

Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational ................T31 ...................... 83-75-79=237

Mountainview Collegiate ..............................T85 ...................... 80-78-78=236


Big 12 Championship ....................................T32 ...................... 80-77-82=239

TOURNAMENT FINISHES

CAREER BESTS

A QUICK NINE...

How you mark your ball ....................................Two Cs on each side of the number

Favorite club in your bag ............................................................................... putter

Greatest passion outside of golf ................................running and horseback riding

Dream foursome .................................................... my family (there are four of us)

Favorite vacation spot ...............................................................Breckenridge, Colo.

Favorite movie.......................................................................................Caddyshack

Favorite TV show ......................................................................CMT in the morning

Favorite professional athlete ................................................................Tiger Woods

Most people don’t know that ............ I can last eight seconds on a mechanical bull

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ELMER’S CAREER STATSYear Rds Low Strokes Average

2008-09 9 79 742 82.44

2007-08 17 72 1,376 80.94

2006-07 9 77 737 81.89

Career 35 72 2,855 81.57

Ryanne ElmeryRyanne ElmeryRyRyayannne ElElmlmerer

2008-09:

Maintained a spot in the Sooner lineup for three consecutive tournaments ... Fired a season-best

79 during the first round of the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational and the last two rounds of the

Mountain View Collegiate in March ... Recorded a season-best 54-hole score of 240 at the Mountain

View Collegiate ... Tied for 74th at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic in April.

2007-08:

Took hold of the No. 5 spot in the lineup for OU’s last three tournaments ... Recorded a career-low

18-hole score with an even-par 72 in the final round of the MountainView Collegiate ... Finished in a

career-best 31st place at the MountainView Collegiate ... Three-round score of 226 at the Mounta-

inView Collegiate was a career best for a 54-hole tournament ... Tied for 34th at the Susie Maxwell

Berning Classic with a 54-hole score of 230 ... Tied for 38th place at the Badger Invitational with

a career-best 36-hole tournament score of 161 ... Named to the 2008 NGCA All-American scholar

team... Received the team’s Most Improved Award.

2006-07:

Shot a 241 to finish 42nd in her first collegiate appearance at the Lady Wolverine Invitational ...

Shot a 242 at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic.

2005-06:

Redshirted.

High School:

Member of the 2005 4A All-Academic and 4A state runner-up teams ... Won 4A state tournament,

4A regional tournament and one invitational tournament while placing in the top five in seven invi-

tational tournaments ... Earned 4A all-state honors in 2002 and 2005 ... Earned 5A all-state honors

in 2003 and 2004 ... Placed in the top 10 in three AJGA tournaments ... Selected to the 2005 Daily

Oklahoman All-City golf team ... Lettered in golf four years and was a captain for three years.

Personal:

Parents are Mike and Carleen Elmer ... Home course is Oak Tree Country Club ... Majoring in zoology/

pre-med.

Ryanne Elmer

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SENIOR EDMOND, OKLA. BISHOP MCGUINNESS HIGH SCHOOL


SINGLE ROUND ........................ 72 ........Mountainview Collegiate, 3rd round (2008)

36-HOLE TOURNAMENT ....... 161 .................................Badger Invitational (2007)

54-HOLE TOURNAMENT ....... 226 ....................... Mountainview Collegiate (2008)

TOURNAMENT FINISH ....... T31st ....................... Mountainview Collegiate (2008)

TOURNAMNENT FINISHES

CAREER BESTS

JUNIOR (2008-09)

Betsy Rawls Invitational ................................74 ........................ 79-81-82=242

Mountainview Collegiate ..............................87 ........................ 82-79-79=240



Badger Invitational .......................................T38 ............................77-84=161

Lady Puerto Rico Classic ................................T74 ...................... 79-78-80=237

Moutainview Collegiate ................................T31 ...................... 78-76-72=226


Big 12 Championship ....................................T57 ...................... 97-91-82=270

NCAA West Regional......................................107 ...................... 86-84-82=252


Wolverine Invitational ...................................42 ........................ 77-85-79=241

“Mo” Morial Invitational ................................T75 ...................... 86-87-81=254


A QUICK NINE...


Favorite golf course snack .................................................my mom’s “fairway mix”

Greatest passion outside of golf .........................................going to medical school

How I define success ........................................ by the journey and what is learned

Favorite music group ...............................................................................Sugarland

Favorite TV show ............................................................................. Grey’s Anatomy

I would like to witness .............................................my dreams/goals coming true

Most memorable golf moment ............................ getting a hole in one at Oak Tree

Favorite animal .................................................................................................dog

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2008-09:

Competed in four of team’s 10 tournaments ... Posted her best performance of the season at the Central District

Invitational in February by tying for 47th with a 235 ... Tied for 79th at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in February

... Tied for 52nd at the season-opening Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate in September ... Fired a season-low

round of 74 at the Ron Moore ... Shot a 262 to tie for 80th place at OU’s Susie Maxwell Berning Classic in April ...

Recorded her first-ever hole-in-one during practice round at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in October 2008.

2007-08:

Competed in two tournaments ... Posted a season-best finish with a tie for 34th place at the Susie Maxwell

Berning Classic ... Carded a season-low 73 (1-over par) in the final round of the Susie Maxwell ... 54-hole score

of 230 at the Susie Maxwell was also a season low ... Tied for 54th at the Jeannine McHaney/Audrey Morehead

Invitational with a score of 245 ... Named Outstanding Scholar Athlete of the Year ... Presented with the Athletics

Council Service Award and the Athletic Director’s Leadership Award.

2006-07:

Saw action in five tournaments in her first season as a Sooner ... Shot a career-best 11 over to finish in 13th

place (also marking a collegiate best) in the Betsy Rawls Invitational ... Tied for 59th after shooting a 237

at the Jeannine McHaney Invitational ... Named to NGCA All-American Scholar team ... Received team’s


High School:

Selected to the 2006 first team all-state squad in golf and volleyball ...Varsity golf captain three

consecutive years and varsity volleyball captain two years ... Four-year golf state qualifier ... Finished

third in 2006 golf state tournament ... Named Trusted Choice “Big I” state champion at OU’s Jimmie Austin Golf

Club in 2006 ... Was a Wendy’s High School Heisman state finalist in 2005 ... Qualified for 2005 USGA National

Girls Junior Championship ... Qualified and placed in the top three all four years at the regional tournament ...

2004 regional golf champion ... Recorded 30 top-10 finishes in high school tournaments, including 24 top-four

finishes and eight victories.

Personal:

Parents are Jeff and Sabrina Sellmeyer ... National Merit Scholar ... Member of OU President’s Leadership Class

... Was high school valedictorian ... Home course is McAlester Country Club ... Majoring in health and exercise

science.

SELLMEYER’S CAREER STATSYear Rds Low Strokes Average

2008-09 12 74 981 81.75

2007-08 6 73 475 79.17

2006-07 15 69 1,168 77.87

Career 33 69 2,624 79.51

Andrea Sellmeyer

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SENIOR MCALESTER, OKLA. MCALESTER HIGH SCHOOL


SINGLE ROUND.............................69.. .... Betsy Rawls Invitational, 2nd round (2007)

54-HOLE TOURNAMENT ..............222 .....................Mountainview Collegiate (2007)

TOURNAMENT FINISH .................13th ..........Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational (2007)

CAREER TOP-20 FINISHES ...........1

TOURNAMENT FINISHES

CAREER BESTS

JUNIOR

Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate T52 ...........................80-84-74=238

Lady Puerto Rico Classic T79 ...........................83-82-81=246

Central District Invitational T47 ...........................84-75-76=235

Susie Maxwell Berning Classic T80 ...........................88-85-89=262


Jeannine McHaney Invitational T54 ...........................85-80-80=245



Jeannine McHaney Invitational T59 ...........................76-81-80=237

Wolverine Invitational 55 ...........................82-81-85=248

Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational 13 ...........................78-69-80=227

Mountainview Collegiate T32 ...........................74-73-75=222


A QUICK NINE...

Favorite course you’ve played ..................................................... Flint Hills National

Favorite club in your bag ................................................most frequently my 7-iron

Greatest passion outside of golf ...............................................................volleyball

Favorite book ............................................................................................the Bible

Favorite food ......................................................... prime rib, but I also love sweets

Favorite actress/actor ........................................................ Matthew McConaughey

Person I would like to meet ................................................................my soul mate

Most people don’t know that .........................I played the saxophone for five years

Favorite animals ....................................................................... bears and alligators

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HEMINGWAY’S CAREER STATSYear Rds Low Strokes Average

2008-09 17 74 1,369 80.53

Career 17 74 1,369 80.53

Juniors

2008-09:

Participated in all four fall tournaments and two spring tournaments during her first season as a

Sooner ... Sustained a wrist injury near the end of the fall season ... Recorded a season-best 11th-

place finish at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic in April ... Fired a 230 for 23rd place at the Windy

City Collegiate in October ... Carded a career-low 74 during the first and third rounds of the Price’s

“Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate in October ... 228 at Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” marked a season best ...

Finished 60th at the Big 12 Championship in April.

2007-08:

Participated in three tournaments as a Texas A&M freshman ... Averaged 81.6 strokes over her

nine rounds ... Posted her best finish (tied for 47th place) at the Texas A&M MoMorial Invitational

with a three-round 253 (+37) ... Tied for 84th at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown ... Low

round of 76 came in the Cougar Classic second round.

High School:

Advanced to semifinals of 2007 Texas Women’s Amateur ... Qualified for 2007 U.S. Women’s

Amateur ... Participated in 2006 USGA Girls Junior Championship ... Won the 2006 American

Junior Golf Association Skills Challenge Championship in Phoenix, Ariz. ... Had extensive junior

golf experience with eight top-15 and four top-10 career finishes in AJGA play ... Named the

2004 player of the year on the Texas Junior Golf Tour ... Won the 2006 Greater Houston Junior

Championship ... Three-time district champion and state tournament qualifier ... Placed sixth at

state tournament in 2007 ... Was the No. 4 ranked senior in Texas and was rated No. 51 nationally

by Golfweek ... Three-time team MVP ... Coached by Jeff Belnap.

Personal:

Parents are Larry and Kellie Hemingway ... Home course is Kingwood Country Club ... Majoring

in energy management.

Sara Hemingway

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JUNIOR KINGWOOD, TEXAS TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY


CAREER BESTS

TOURNAMENT FINISHES

SOPHOMORE

Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate ..............T57 ..................... 78-84-78=240

Windy City Collegiate ....................................T23 ..................... 75-75-80=230

Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Invitational ..................T22 ..................... 74-80-74=228

Kent Youel Invitaitonal ..................................WD ............................. 87-WD-84

Susie Maxwell Berning Classic .......................T11 ..................... 80-78-79=237

Big 12 Championship ....................................60 ....................... 87-84-92=263

SINGLE ROUND .............................74 ..............Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” 3rd round (2008)

54-HOLE TOURNAMENT ..............228 ............................ Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” (2008)

TOURNAMENT FINISH .................T11th .. ...............Susie Maxwell Berning Classic (2008)


A QUICK NINE...

Golf course superstitions ...................................................... using my OU ballmark

Favorite course you’ve played .............................................................. Spyglass Hill

Greatest passion outside of golf ...........music, playing guitar and drums and DJing

Favorite thing about OU ........... being able to play for and represent a great school

Favorite food ...............................................................................................Chinese

Favorite musician/group ............................................................ A.F.I. or Pink Floyd

If I won a million dollars, I would ................................................... travel the world

Most memorable golf moment ................ meeting Arnold Palmer at Pebble Beach

Favorite animal ......................................................................................... sea otter

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JUNIOR EVANSVILLE, IND. REITZ MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLEllen Mueller

2008-09:

Maintained a spot in the Sooner lineup for every tournament ... Three-round 230 placed her in a tie for 24th at

the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in February ... Picked up a third-place finish with a career-best 54-hole score of 220

at the Windy City Collegiate in October ... Fired a career-low 70 at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational where

she tied for 14th ... Led the Sooner lineup heading into the season-opening Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate

where she finished tied for 29th ... Nabbed a second-place finish at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic (her third

career top-five finish) in April ... Finished tied for 31st at the Big 12 Championship ... Tied for 31st after posting a

three-round 230 at the “Price’s ‘Give ‘Em Five” Invitational in October 2008.

2007-08:

Recorded one of the best freshman seasons in Oklahoma women’s golf history ... Started all 11 tournaments for

OU ... Led the Sooners with a tie for 22nd place in the strongest field of the season at the NCAA West Regional

... Three-round score of 221 (5-over-par) at the NCAA West Regional marked her career low for a 54-hole

tournament and left her only three strokes out of a trip to the NCAA Championship as an individual ... Fired a

then-career-low 72 in the first round of the West Regional ... Finished tied for 10th place at the Susie Maxwell

Berning Classic with a 54-hole score of 222 (her second career top-10 finish) ... Made her presence felt in her

first collegiate event at the season-opening Badger Invitational by finishing in a career best second place tie

with teammate Kendall Dye ... Score of 148 at the Badger Invitational marked her career low for a 36-hole score

... Tied for 21st place at the Big 12 Championship with a three-round score of 243 ... Held the No. 1 roster spot

going into the CU Heather Farr Memorial Invitational ... Fired a three-round 225 to tie for 24th place at the Farr

Memorial Invitational ... Earned her second career top-15 finish at the Jeannine McHaney/Audrey Morehead

Invitational by carding a score of 230 to finish in 13th place ... Posted the third top-20 finish in her first four

events at the Price’s “Give `Em Five” Intercollegiate with a three-round 228 (tied for 19th) ... Recorded a 76.90

scoring average on the season for the third-best average on the team ... Recorded seven top-25 finishes, four

top 20s, two top 10s and a top five during her remarkable freshman campaign ... Named to the 2008 NGCA

All-American scholar team.

High School:

Four-year Indiana state tournament finalist with second, third, fifth, and 10th-place finishes ... Four-time

Indiana all-state first team and All-SIAC Conference first team honoree ... Recorded three wins on the Future

Collegians World Tour (FCWT) and was the recipient of the 2006 FCWT “For Good of The Game” sportsmanship

award ... Played in three USGA Championships: 2006 U.S. Girls’ Junior (quarterfinalist); 2007 U.S. Women’s Public

Links; and 2007 U.S. Women’s Amateur ... 2007 Indiana State Amateur runner-up, 2007 Indiana Open third-place

finisher and 2007 Indiana Women’s Golf Association “Player of the Year.”

Personal:

Parents are Ken and Becky Mueller ... Home course is Cambridge Golf Club ... Majoring in health and exercise

science/pre-PT.

MUELLER’S CAREER STATSYear Rds Low Strokes Average

2008-09 30 70 2,287 76.23

2007-08 31 72 2,384 76.90

Career 61 70 4,671 76.57

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TOURNAMENT FINISHES

CAREER BESTS

SOPHOMORE (2008-09)

Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate ..............T29 ..................... 76-75-80=231

Windy City Collegiate` ...................................3 ......................... 71-71-77=220

Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Invitational ..................T31 ..................... 76-76-78=230

Kent Youel Invitational ..................................T36 ..................... 76-74-78=228

Lady Puerto Rico Classic ................................T24 ..................... 83-74-73=230

Central District Invitational ...........................T36 ..................... 72-77-82=231

Betsy Rawls Invitational ................................T14 ..................... 74-70-78=222

Mountainview Collegiate ..............................T38 ..................... 75-75-77=227

Susie Maxwell Berning Classic .......................2 ......................... 76-75-78=229

Big 12 Championship ....................................T31 ..................... 80-77-82=239


Badger Invitational .......................................T2 ............................ 75-73=148

CU Heather Farr Memorial Invitational ..........T24 .....................75-73-77=225

Jeannine McHaney Invitational .....................13 .......................77-76-77=230

Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate .............T19 .....................76-77-75=228

Central District Invitational ...........................T50 .....................82-79-78=239

Lady Puerto Rico Classic ................................T66 .....................76-82-76=233

Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational ................T57 .......................... 82-85=167

Mountainview Collegiate ..............................T43 .....................76-75-77=228

Susie Maxwell Berning Classic .......................T10 .....................75-74-73=222

Big 12 Championship ....................................T21 .....................85-80-78=243

NCAA West Regional......................................T22 .....................72-74-75=221

SINGLE ROUND .............................70 Betsy Rawls Invitational, 2nd round (2009)

36-HOLE TOURNAMENT ..............148 Badger Invitational (2007)

54-HOLE TOURNAMENT ..............220 Windy City Collegiate (2008)

TOURNAMENT FINISH .................2nd Susie Maxwell Berning Classic (2009)

Badger Invitational (2008)

CAREER TOP-20 FINISHES ........... 7


CAREER TOP-FIVE FINISHES ........3

A QUICK NINE...

Favorite music on your iPod .........................................................................country

How do you mark your ball ............................................ match colors to my outfits

Favorite golf course snack ................................................................ peanut M&M’s

Favorite course you’ve played .................................................................... Erin Hills

My motto ..................................................................................... “Hakuna Matata”

Favorite food ............................................................................................. crab legs

Favorite musician/group ......................................................................Rascal Flatts

Biggest superstition ......changing golf balls when playing well will stop my streak

Most memorable golf moment .......eagling the 17th hole @ the UT golf course to shoot 70

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COLLINS’ CAREER STATSYear Rds Low Strokes Average

2008-09 18 71 1,419 78.83

Career 18 71 1,419 78.83

SOPHOMORE LOUISVILLE, COLO. MONARCH HIGH SCHOOL

Ryanne ElmeryRyanne ElmeryRyRyayannne ElElmlmereryyyBrooke Collins

2008-09:

Competed in six of team’s 10 tournaments and posted three top-30 finishes … Began the fall

with a season-best 228 at the Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate for 24th place … Second-

round 71 at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate marked a career best … Placed 29th after posting a

229 at Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate in October … Tied her season-best finish of 24th at

the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic in April.

High School:

Selected to the Denver Post All-State and Rocky Mountain News All-Colorado teams in 2007 ...

Chosen as a Denver Athletic Club/ Denver Post 2008 Student Athlete of the Year finalist ... Named

Monarch High School 2008 Femaie Athlete of the Year ... Won the 2007 Colorado High School 5A

State Championship and 2006 Colorado Women’s Golf Association Junior Championship ... Placed

13th in 2008 Colorado Women’s Open ... Tied for eighth place at 2007 Colorado Women’s Golf

Association Stroke Play Championship.

Personal:

Parents are Terri and Larry Collins ... Older sister is a senior on the OU roster ... Home course is

Omni Interlocken Golf Course where her father is the course professional ... Has played golf for 13

years and competitively for 10 years ... Majoring in multi-disciplinary studies.

Sophomores

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TOURNAMENT FINISHES

CAREER BESTS


Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate ..............T24 .....................81-71-76=228

Windy City Collegiate ....................................T40 .....................80-79-76=235

Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Invitational ..................T29 .....................74-77-78=229

Kent Youel Invitational ..................................71 .......................77-80-83=240

Lady Puerto Rico Classic ................................T79 .....................78-84-84=246

Susie Maxwell Berning Classic .......................T24 .....................78-82-81=241

SINGLE ROUND .............................71 ............. Ron Moore Women’s, 2nd round (2009)

54-HOLE TOURNAMENT ..............228 ............................. Ron Moore Women’s (2008)

TOURNAMENT FINISH .................T24th .......................... Ron Moore Women’s (2008)

Susie Maxwell Berning Classic (2009)

A QUICK NINE...

How do you mark your ball .........................................................................one dot

Favorite course you’ve played at ................................... Country Club of the Rockies

Greatest passion outside of golf ............................................ art and being outside

Favorite thing about OU ..............................................................................football

I can’t live without ....................................................................................laughing

Favorite actor/actress .............................................................................Bill Murray

If I won a million dollars, I would .......................................................... quit my job

Nickname ......................................................................................... “Brooke Trout”

Favorite animal ........................................................................... my horse, “Rebel”

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SHORT’S CAREER STATSYear Rds Low Strokes Average

2008-09 24 75 1,877 78.21

Career 24 75 1,877 78.21

Ryanne ElmeryRyanne ElmeryRyRyayannne ElElmlmerer

2008-09:

Competed in eight of 10 tournaments as a freshman ... Led the Sooners by tying for eighth

after firing a three-round 225 at the Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Invitational in October (her

first career top-10 finish and career-best 54-hole tournament score) ... Earned her second

top-20

finish by tying for 17th at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic in April ... Finished tied for 23rd

at the Big 12 Championship ... Earned a respectable 32nd-place finish at the season-

opening

Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate with a 54-hole score of 232 ... Fired a career-low 75

during the third round of the event ... Posted a three-round 231 at the Mountain View

Collegiate in March... Tied for 58th after shooting a three-round 242 at the Central District

Invitational in Februrary ... Held the No.1 roster spot heading into the Kent Youel Invita-

tional in October.

High School:

Selected to the Indiana All-State first team in 2006 and 2007 ... Competed as a finalist at

the Indiana High School State Championship in 2004, 2005, 2006 (eighth place) and 2007

(third place) ... Three-time Hoosier Heritage Conference Champion ... Named East Central

Indiana Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007 ... Placed fifth at the 2007 Indiana Open.

Personal:

Parents are Kevin and Nancy Short and has four brothers ... Home course is The Players Club

... Majoring in health and exercise science.

Kelly Short

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SOPHOMORE MUNCIE, IND. YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL


TOURNAMNENT FINISHES

CAREER BESTS


Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate ..............32 ....................... 81-76-75=232

Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Invitational ..................T8 ....................... 75-75-75=225

Kent Youel Invitational ..................................T50 ..................... 76-77-80=233

Central District Invitational ...........................T58 ..................... 86-76-80=242

Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational ................T62 ..................... 78-80-80=238

Susie Maxwell Berning Classic .......................T17 ..................... 81-80-78=239

Big 12 Championship ....................................T23 ..................... 82-80-75=237

SINGLE ROUND .............................75 ............................. Big 12 Championship (2009)

54-HOLE TOURNAMENT ..............225 .........Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Invitational (2008)

TOURNAMENT FINISH .................T8 ...........Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Invitational (2008)



How do you mark your ball ....................................... trace Titleist with red Sharpie


Favorite pro sports team to follow ............................................... Indianapolis Colts

Non-golf talent you would like to have ......................................... riding a unicycle

Favorite animal ................................................................................my dog, “Bear”

I can’t live without ..........................................................................................Jesus

Favorite vacation spot ................................................................................ Jamaica

Favorite musician/group ....................................................................Kings of Leon

Favorite movie......................................................................... A Walk to Remember

A QUICK NINE...

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TOURNAMENT FINISHES


FreshmenRyanne ElmeryyRyanne ElmeryRyRyayannne ElElmlmereryyy

High School:

Won the 2009 Champion of Champions Tournament (competition of all Ontario public club

champions) ... Placed 15th at the 2009 Canadian Junior Girls Championship ... Recorded an

11th-place finish at the 2008 Ontario Junior Championships ... Placed first at the 2008 Central

Western Ontario Secondary School Association Championship ... Member of the Ontario High

Performance Team (2007 and 2008) ... Won the 2008 Bluewater Athletic Association Champion-

ships ... Placed 16th at the 2008 Canadian Junior Championships ... Tied for 60th at 2008 U.S.

Junior Girls Championship.

Personal:

Parents are Dennis and Cindy Schmidt ... Home course is Kincardine Golf & Country Club ... Major-

ing in Education.

Taylor Schmidt

Favorite golf course ritual ..................... twirl my club and put my hand on my thigh before I putt

Golf course superstitions ...................... can’t have my ankle socks show above my shoes

Favorite pro sports team ..................................................................Toronto Maple Leafs

Favorite thing about OU ................. the pride that every student takes in being a Sooner

Favorite food ........................................................................................................ mango

I would like to have witnessed ....................................... Mike Weir winning The Masters

If I won a million dollars, I would ..................donate to my home golf course and my high school

Nickname ................................................................................................................ “Tay”

Favorite animal ................................................................................................... dolphin

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A QUICK NINE...

FRESHMAN KINCARDINE, ONTARIO KINCARDINE SECONDARY SCHOOL


High School:

Won 2009 Oklahoma Class 6A individual state championship ... Captured two Centennial Confer-

ence individual championships and two Class 6A regional titles ... Placed second to OU’s Ellen

Mueller at the 2009 Women’s Oklahoma Golf Association Stroke Play Championship ... Won the

consolation championship for the 2009 WOGA Match Play Championship ... Won the 2008 Junior

WOGA Championship ... Placed first at the 2008 Trusted Choice “Big I” Junior Classic (qualifier for

national tournament in Pinehurst, N.C.) ... Named to the 2009 All-Centennial Conference girls

basketball team.

Personal:

Parents are Tom and Julie Seng ... Older brother, Tyson, plays baseball for OU ... Home course is

Oakwood Country Club ... Major is undecided.

Ryanne ElmerRyanne ElmerRyanne ElmerRyanne ElmerRyRyayannne ElElmlmerer

Favorite class at OU ..................................................................................... Personal Health

Favorite course you’ve played ................................................................................ Oakwood

Non-golf talent you would like to have ...........................................................ability to sing

Dream foursome ............................................... me, my dad, Tim Mendenhall, Tiger Woods

I can’t live without ................................................................................. God and my family

Favorite movie..........................................................................How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Nickname .............................................................................................................. “Lil Seng”

Person I would switch places with for a day .................................................. Whitney Hand

Most people don’t know that ............................ I’m left-handed but play golf right-handed

Aly Seng

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A QUICK NINE...

FRESHMAN ENID, OKLA. ENID HIGH SCHOOL


On the beach in Hawaii for the Kent Youel Invitational

At the Dick McGuire Invitational in

Albuquerque, N.M.

At the UT Golf Course in

Austin, Texas

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At the Dick McGuire Invitational in

Albuquerque, N.M.


Sara Hemingway

Ellen Mueller

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EEElllllleeennn MMMuuueeelllllleeerrr

KKKKeeennnddddaaalllll DDDyyeeeeeeeeeee

2008-09 Review

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The 2008-09 University of Oklahoma women’s golf team, led by senior Kend-

all Dye, recorded four top-five finishes in its 10 regular season tournaments.

It was a year marked by moments of success for every player on the team.

The Sooners got off to a somewhat rocky start at the first tournament of the

season, the Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. An

11th-place finish wasn’t the outcome the team hoped for, and the Sooners

knew they were capable of more in the fall’s final three events.

Heavy preparation resulted in a better outcome at the next tournament as

the Sooners fired a 909 (+45) at the Windy City Collegiate Championships in

Skokie, Ill., to finish in fifth place out of 13 teams. Less than a week later, OU

was back in action in quest of a top-three finish.

The Sooners traveled to Las Cruces, N.M., for the “Price’s ‘Give ‘Em Five”

Invitational, where they recorded a season-low 54-hole team score of 903

(+39). All five Sooners finished within the top 50, giving them third place

out of 17 teams. The team then closed the fall with a 12th-place finish at the

Kent Youel Invitational in Oahu, Hawaii.

In February, the Sooners traveled outside the country for the Lady Puerto

Rico Classic in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, where they finished 11th. Less than

a week later, OU competed at the Central District Invitational in Parrish, Fla.,

against a highly competitive 15-team field that included 11 top-50 teams.

OU recorded a 918 (+54) for ninth place.

On March 20-22, the Sooners prepared to face another tough field at the

17-team Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational, in Austin, Texas. The team fired

a three-round 922 (+58) for 10th place. Though not one of the year’s better

finishes by the Sooners, OU did manage to beat five higher-ranked teams.

Near the end of March, the Sooners inked their third-best score of the season

at the MountainView Collegiate in Tucson, Ariz., with a 911 (+47) to finish in

17th place.

The Susie Maxwell Berning Classic, played on the Sooners’ home turf at the

Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club, allowed the team one last opportunity to gain

momentum before the conference championship. Strong winds and chilly

temperatures didn’t seem to affect the Sooners on their home course as they

led the tournament after two rounds. Baylor stole the lead on the final 18,

though, and registered a three-shot victory over the home team. Almost

tasting victory, the Sooners were hungry entering the Big 12 Championship.

OU encountered windy conditions at the conference championship at the

par-73 Rawls Course in Lubbock, Texas. With hopes of earning an NCAA

Regional bid, the Sooners notched an impressive third-place finish and beat

four higher-ranked squads.

Unfortunately, the strong performance at the Big 12 Championship was not

enough to continue the Sooners’ season, as they did not receive an invitation

to NCAA regional action. However, the 2008-09 campaign left much to

reflect upon.

For senior Kendall Dye, the road didn’t end in Lubbock. With a 12th-place

finish at regionals advanced to compete individually at the NCAA Champi-

onships, where she finished in 52nd place after jumping 56 spots over the

course of the final three rounds. The performance capped a stellar season of

11 top-25 finishes for Dye, including tournament wins at the Susie Maxwell

and Big 12 Championship. Dye was crowned Big 12 Golfer of the Month in

April and finished her career as one of OU’s best all-time golfers. She posted

a 76.34 four-year stroke average, second best on the school’s all-time list.

Fellow senior Staci Smoot competed in a total of seven tournaments during

the 2008-09 season. Smoot fired a season-low 73 in the first round of the

Central District Invitational, where she finished tied for 29th with a 230, her

best score of the year. The Rochester, Minn., native also tied for 23rd place at

the Big 12 Championship, her best finish of the season.

Ellen Mueller turned in a solid sophomore season for the Sooners with five

top-25 finishes, two of them within the top five. The Evansville, Ind., native

took third place at the Windy City Collegiate, firing a career-best 71 (-1) in

the first round en route to a career-best three-round score of 220. Mueller

also tied her career-best finish at the Susie Maxwell, taking second behind

Dye.

Sophomore transfer Sara Hemingway made the Sooner lineup in six of the

OU’s 10 tournaments. Hemingway, from Kingwood, Texas, set her career low

of 74 in the first and third rounds of the Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Invitational.

She also turned in her career-best three-round score of 228 for 22nd place.

At the Susie Maxwell, she finished in a career-best 11th place.

Brooke Collins assembled a solid freshman campaign and competed in six

tournaments. She turned in her best performance in her collegiate debut at

the Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate, shooting a season-low round of 71

on the second 18 and tied for 24th place with a 228 (+12).

Kelly Short, another freshman, took the spotlight in October at the Price’s

“Give ’Em Five” Intercollegiate. She tied for eighth place after shooting 75s

across the board and finished at +9.

Juniors Chelsey Collins, Ryanne Elmer and Andrea Sellmeyer all took turns

filling in the fourth and fifth spots of the lineup for the 2008-09 season.

Collins competed in four tournaments, turning in a season-best 61st-place

finish at the Susie Maxwell. Sellmeyer also participated in four tournaments,

placing a season-best 47th at the Central District Invitational. Elmer joined

the lineup for the last three regular season tournaments and placed a sea-

son-best 74th at both the Betsy Rawls Invitational and the Susie Maxwell.

2008-09 Recap

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Golfer Rounds Low Strokes AverageBrooke Collins............................................18 ...........................71 ...........................1,419 ......................... 78.83Chelsey Collins ..........................................44 ...........................68 ...........................3,511 ......................... 79.80Kendall Dye .............................................128 ..........................68 ...........................9,772 ......................... 76.34Ryanne Elmer ............................................35 ...........................72 ...........................2,855 ......................... 81.57Sara Hemingway .......................................17 ...........................74 ...........................1,369 ......................... 80.53Ellen Mueller .............................................61 ...........................70 ...........................4,671 ......................... 76.57Andrea Sellmeyer ......................................33 ...........................69 ...........................2,624 ......................... 79.52Kelly Short ................................................24 ...........................75 ...........................1,877 ......................... 78.21Staci Smoot ...............................................68 ...........................71 ...........................5,442 ......................... 80.03

FALL 2008 1st 2nd 3rd Total Place Teams Par

9/22-24 Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) 306 315 301 922 11th 13 72

10/6-7 Windy City Collegiate Championships (Skokie, Ill.) 301 301 307 909 5th 13 72

10/13-15 NMSU Prices “Give ‘Em Five” Invitational (Las Cruces, N.M.) 299 299 305 903 3rd 17 72

10/28-29 Kent Youel Invitational (Oahu, Hawaii) 303 306 315 924 12th 15 72

SPRING 2009 1st 2nd 3rd Total Place Teams Par

2/8-10 Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Rio Grande, Puerto Rico) 317 309 309 935 11th 16 72

2/16-17 Central District Invitational (Parrish, Fla.) 309 298 311 918 9th 15 72

3/20-22 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational (Austin, Texas) 302 309 311 922 10th 17 72

3/28-29 Mountainview Collegiate (Tucson, Ariz.) 305 299 307 911 17th 19 72

4/5-6 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic (Norman, Okla.) 315 314 315 944 2nd 15 72

4/24-26 Big 12 Championship (Lubbock, Texas) 315 306 317 938 3rd 12 73

CAREER TOTALS

2008-09 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

OKLAHOMA RECORDS

Team18 Holes: 287 (2008 MountainView Collegiate and 1994 Chris Johnson Invitational)54 Holes: 874 (2000 UALR Invitational)

Individual18 Holes: 66, Kim O’Connor (1994 Lady Paladin Invitational)54 Holes: 211, Kendall Dye (2007 Mountain View Collegiate) and Lisa Meldrum (2002 Dick McGee Invitational and 2002 Susie Maxwell Berning)Season Stroke Avg.: 74.94, Lisa Meldrum (2003-04)

Career Stroke Average1. Lisa Meldrum (75.14) (2001-2004) 2. Kendall Dye (76.34) (2006-2009) 3. Allison Johnson (76.92) (2000-2003) 4. Kelly Jacques (76.93) (2005-2008)5. Kim O’Connor (77.22) (1992-1995) 6. Wendy Martin (77.44) (1999-2002)

Golfer Rounds Low Strokes AverageBrooke Collins............................................18 ...........................71 ...........................1,419 ......................... 78.83Chelsey Collins ..........................................12 ...........................76 ...........................1,000 ......................... 83.33Kendall Dye ..............................................37 ...........................71 ...........................2,774 ......................... 74.97Ryanne Elmer .............................................9 ............................79 ............................ 742 ........................... 82.44Sara Hemingway .......................................17 ...........................74 ...........................1,369 ......................... 80.53Ellen Mueller .............................................30 ...........................70 ...........................2,287 ......................... 76.23Andrea Sellmeyer .....................................12 ...........................74 ............................ 981 ........................... 81.75Kelly Short ................................................24 ...........................75 ...........................1,877 ......................... 78.21Staci Smoot ...............................................21 ...........................74 ...........................1,672 ......................... 79.62

2008-09 INDIVIDUAL TOTALS

FALL ‘08/SPRING ‘09 RON MOORE WINDY CITY PRICE’S “GIVE ‘EM FIVE” KENT YOUEL LADY PUERTO RICO Brooke Collins (T24) 81-71-76=228 (T40) 80-79-76=235 (T29) 74-77-78=229 (71) 77-80-83=240 (T79) 78-84-84=246 Chelsey Collins DNP (64) 83-86-82=251 DNP DNP (85) 85-88-76=249 Kendall Dye (T19) 72-80-74=226 (T9) 75-75-74=224 (T22) 78-71-79=228 (T21) 74-75-74=223 (T16) 72-76-80=228 Ryanne Elmer DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPSara Hemingway (T57) 78-84-78=240 (T23) 75-75-80=230 (T22) 74-80-74=228 (WD) 87-WD-84 DNPEllen Mueller (T29) 76-75-80=231 (3) 71-72-77=220 (T31) 76-76-78=230 (T36) 76-74-78=228 (T24) 83-74-73=230Andrea Sellmeyer (T52) 80-84-74=238 DNP DNP DNP (T79) 83-82-81=246Kelly Short (T32) 81-76-75=232 DNP (T8) 75-75-75=225 (T50) 76-77-80=233 DNP

Staci Smoot DNP DNP (T41) 82-78-74=234 DNP (T39) 79-77-80=236

SPRING 2009 CENTRAL DISTRICT BESTY RAWLS MOUNTAINVIEW SUSIE MAXWELL BIG 12 CHAMP. NCAA REGIONAL NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSB. Collins DNP DNP DNP (T24)78-82-81=241 DNP DNP DNPC. Collins DNP DNP (T94) 88-76-82=246 (T61)81-86-87=254 DNP DNP DNPK. Dye (T15) 80-72-73=225 (T10)71-78-71=220 (T15) 76-71-73=220 (1)77-75-73=225 (T1) 76-73-76=225 (T12) 76-76-74=226 (T52)82-73-76-75=306R. Elmer DNP (74) 79-81-82=242 (87) 82-79-79=240 (T74)90-84-86=260 DNP DNP DNPS. Hemingway DNP DNP DNP (T11)80-78-79=237 (60) 87-84-92=263 DNP DNPE. Mueller (T36)72-77-82=231 (T14)74-70-78=222 (T38) 75-75-77=227 (2) 76-75-78=229 (T31) 80-77-82=239 DNP DNPA. Sellmeyer (T47)84-75-76=235 DNP DNP (T80)88-85-89=262 DNP DNP DNPK. Short (T58)86-76-80=242 (T62)78-80-80=238 (T60) 77-76-78=231 (T17)81-80-78=239 (T23) 82-80-75=237 DNP DNP

S. Smoot (T29)73-75-82=230 (89)80-88-85=253 (T76) 77-77-81=235 (T38)87-80-80=247 (T23) 77-76-84=237 DNP DNP

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Team and Individual Results


RON MOORE WOMEN’S

INTERCOLLEGIATEHighlands Ranch Golf Course

Highlands Ranch, Colo.

6,605 yards, par 72

Sept. 22-24, 2008

TEAM STANDINGS 1. Denver ..................................287-286-280=853

2. TCU .......................................305-289-286=880

3. San Jose State .......................293-298-297=888

4. UC Irvine ...............................304-292-298=894

5. Arkansas-Little Rock .............314-296-298=908

6. Kentucky ...............................302-301-310=913

T7. UC Davis ................................310-301-305=916

T7. Baylor ...................................311-301-304=916

9. Iowa State .............................317-300-301=918

10. UNC Wilmington ...................314-305-300=919

11. Oklahoma .....................306-315-301=922

12. Wyoming ..............................302-318-305=925

13. Northern Colorado ................322-317-324=963

OU IINDIVIDUAL RESULTS

T19. Kendall Dye .................................72-80-74=226

T24. Brooke Collins (Individual) ..........81-71-76=228

T29. Ellen Mueller ...............................76-75-80=231

32. Kelly Short ..................................81-76-75=232

T52. Andrea Sellmeyer .......................80-84-74=238

T57. Sara Hemingway .........................78-84-78=240

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST

Stephanie Sherlock, Denver .................67-71-68=206

WINDY CITY COLLEGIATEEvanston Golf Club

Skokie, Ill.

6,350 yards, par 72

Oct. 6-7, 2008

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Purdue ................................ 301-290-300=891

2. TCU ..................................... 306-297-297=900

3. Michigan ............................. 390-299-303=902

4. Arizona ............................... 297-306-301=904

5. Oklahoma ................... 301-301-307=909

T6. Texas ................................... 308-303-306=917

T6. East Carolina ....................... 320-301-296=917

8. Iowa State ........................... 303-310-306=919

9. Illinois ................................. 314-299-307=920

10. Northwestern ..................... 311-301-313=925

11. UNC Wilmington ................. 309-313-310=932

12. Texas State .......................... 312-302-303=935

13. UNLV ................................... 318-310-319=947

OU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

3. Ellen Mueller ............................. 71-72-77=220

T9. Kendall Dye ............................... 75-75-74=242

T23. Sara Hemingway ....................... 75-75-80=230

T40. Brooke Collins ........................... 80-79-76=235

64. Chelsey Collins .......................... 83-86-82=251

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST

Junthima Gulyanamitta, Purdue ........ 69-69-74=212

PRICE’S “GIVE ‘EM FIVE”

INTERCOLLEGIATENew Mexico State University Golf Course

Las Cruces, N.M.

6,319 yards, par 72

Oct. 13-15, 2008

TEAM STANDINGS

1. UC Irvine .............................293-302-286=881

2. Baylor .................................297-304-298=899

3. Oklahoma ................... 299-299-305=903

4 Oral Roberts ........................303-305-298=906

5. Missouri ..............................309-303-296=908

6. UC Davis ..............................306-312-293=911

7. Colorado State ....................309-314-295=918

8. New Mexico State ...............299-312-310=921

9. Hawaii ................................312-305-313=930

10. UTEP ...................................310-311-310=931

T11. Nevada ...............................308-320-314=932

T11. Kansas State .......................307-314-311=932

T13. Cincinnati ............................311-313-309=933

T13. North Texas .........................304-316-313=933

15. San Diego State ..................310-319-305=934

16. Eastern Washington ............320-316-320=956

17. Samford ..............................320-316-321=957


T8. Kelly Short ................................75-75-75=225

T22. Kendall Dye ...............................78-71-79=228

T22. Sara Hemingway .......................74-80-74=228

T29. Brooke Collins ...........................74-77-78=229

T31. Ellen Mueller .............................76-76-76=230

T41. Staci Smoot ...............................82-78-74=234

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST

Jane Chin, UC Irvine ...........................70-74-67=212

2008-09 Tournament Standings

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KENT YOUEL INVITATIONALKapolei Golf Course

Kapolei, Hawai’i

6,140 yards, par 72

Oct. 28-29, 2008

TEAM STANDINGS

1. San Francisco ....................... 285-286-296=867

T2. UC Irvine .............................. 296-292-290=878

T2. San Jose State ...................... 289-297-292=878

4. Oregon ................................. 291-297-291=879

5. New Mexico ......................... 291-291-299=881

6. Stanford ............................... 293-297-296=886

7. Oregon State ........................ 304-295-300=899

8. San Diego State ................... 310-291-306=907

9. UC Riverside ......................... 300-305-304=909

10. Fresno State ......................... 304-301-305=910

11. Hawai’i ................................. 305-306-305=916

12. Oklahoma .................... 303-306-315=924

13. Cal Poly ................................ 306-307-318=931

T14. Southern Illinois .................. 324-309-317=950

T14. CSU-Northridge ................... 319-307-324=950


T21. Kendall Dye ................................ 74-75-74=223

T36. Ellen Mueller .............................. 76-74-78=228

T50. Kelly Short ................................. 76-77-80=233

71. Brooke Collins ............................ 77-80-83=240

WD Sara Hemingway ................................87-WD-84

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST

Jane Chin, UC Irvine ............................ 68-66-69=203

LADY PUERTO RICO CLASSICCoco Beach Resort

Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

6,219 yards, par 72

Feb. 8-10, 2009

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Purdue ...................................304-288-296=888

2. Tennessee ..............................312-300-297=909

T3. Georgia ..................................302-300-308=910

T3. N.C. State ...............................310-300-300=910

5. TCU ........................................302-301-313=916

6. Kent State ..............................308-304-309=921

7. New Mexico ...........................313-300-310=923

8. Florida State ..........................305-313-310=928

9. Northwestern ........................317-312-301=930

10. Minnesota..............................314-305-314=933

T11. Oklahoma ..................... 317-309-309=935

T11. Michigan ................................314-310-311=935

13. Iowa State ..............................314-312-310=936

14. Indiana ..................................318-311-308=937

15. Texas Tech ..............................315-312-315=942

16. Wisconsin ..............................329-309-310=948


T16. Kendall Dye ..................................72-76-80=228

T24. Ellen Mueller ................................83-74-73=230

T39. Staci Smoot ..................................79-77-80=236

T79. Andrea Sellmeyer ........................83-82-81=246

T79. Brooke Collins (Individual) ...........78-84-84=246

85. Chelsey Collins .............................85-88-76=249

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST

Maria Hernandez, Purdue............75-71-73=219 (+3)

Laura Nochta, Indiana .................72-74-73=219 (+3)

CENTRAL DISTRICT

INVITATIONALRiver Wilderness Golf Club

Parrish, Fla.

6,099 yards, par 72

Feb. 16-17, 2009

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Auburn...................................284-295-303=882

2. LSU ........................................292-297-296=885

3. Purdue ...................................305-286-297=888

4. Duke ......................................294-298-303=895

5. Michigan State .......................304-297-302=903

6. Ohio State ..............................304-301-302=907

7. TCU ........................................310-292-307=909

8. Kent State ..............................313-293-310=916

9. Oklahoma ..................... 309-298-311=918

10. Texas ......................................315-304-306=925

11. South Carolina .......................309-319-308=936

12. Iowa State ..............................315-302-326=943

T13. Kansas ...................................319-306-321=946

T13. Missouri .................................318-308-320=946

15. Michigan ..................................32-306-321=949


T15. Kendall Dye ..................................80-72-73=225

T29. Staci Smoot ..................................73-75-82=230

T36. Ellen Mueller ................................72-77-82=231


T58. Kelly Short ...................................86-76-80=242

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST

Megan McChrystal, LSU.........................71-74-68=213

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MOUNTAINVIEW COLLEGIATEMountainView Golf Course

Tucson, Ariz.

6,263 yards, par 72

March 29-30, 2009

TEAM STANDINGS

1. San Jose State ...................... 284-287-295=866

2. UNLV .................................... 291-287-297=875

3. Louisville.............................. 292-295-292=879

4. Indiana ................................ 297-298-298=884

5. Missouri ............................... 301-295-298=885

6. Northwestern ...................... 297-301-292=890

7. Colorado State ..................... 297-294-305=896

8. Michigan .............................. 302-299-297=898

9. Nebraska .............................. 290-302-309=901

10. Iowa State ............................ 309-298-297=903

T11. Oregon State ........................ 298-310-297=905

T11. Colorado .............................. 297-301-307=905

13. Fresno State ......................... 303-303-302=908

T14. Washington State ................ 307-313-289=909

T14. Texas Tech ............................ 311-299-299=909

17. Oklahoma .................... 305-299-307=911

18. Arizona ...............................307-307=312=926

19. Boise State ........................... 308-317-317=942


T15. Kendall Dye ................................ 76-71-73=220

T38. Ellen Mueller .............................. 75-75-77=227

T60. Kelly Short ................................. 77-76-78=231

T76. Staci Smoot ................................ 77-77-81=235

87. Ryanne Elmer ............................. 82-79-79=240

T94. Chelsey Collins ........................... 88-76-82=246

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST

Erica Moston, San Jose State ............... 72-68-69=209

BETSY RAWLS LONGHORN

INVITATIONALUniversity of Texas Golf Club

Austin, Texas

6,324 yards, par 72

March 20-22, 2009

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Purdue ...................................291-287-294=872

2. Arizona State .........................287-291-300=878

3. Arkansas ................................288-294-298=880

4. New Mexico ...........................292-298-301=891

5. Duke ......................................299-302-296=897

6. Notre Dame ...........................296-308-311=915

T7. Furman ..................................302-310-306=918

T7. Texas A&M .............................311-301-306=918

9. Texas ......................................307-308-304=919

T10. Oklahoma ..................... 302-309-311=922

T10. Vanderbilt ..............................291-312-319=922

T12. South Carolina .......................310-311-308=929

T12. Tulsa ......................................308-309-312=929

14. UT Chattanooga .....................304-311-315=930

15. Arizona ..................................306-317-309=932

16. Florida State ..........................317-313-393=933

17. UCF ........................................303-327-320=950


T10. Kendall Dye ..................................71-78-71=220

T14. Ellen Mueller ................................74-70-78=222

T62. Kelly Short ...................................78-80-80=238

74. Ryanne Elmer ...............................79-81-82=242

89. Staci Smoot ..................................80-88-85=253

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST

Maria Hernandez, Purdue......................70-69-71=210

SUSIE MAXWELL BERNING CLASSICJimmie Austin OU Golf Club

Norman, Okla.

6,013 yards, par 72

April 5-6, 2009

TEAM STANDINGS 1. Baylor ....................................325-310-306=941

2. Oklahoma ..................... 315-314-315=944

3. Oral Roberts ...........................317-316-316=949

4. Kansas ...................................327-314-317=958

5. UALR ......................................318-316-325=959

6. UTEP ......................................314-322-332=968

7. Redlands CC ...........................331-322-318=971

8. Texas A&M Corpus Christi .......334-327-313=974

9. Kansas State ..........................337-316-324=977

10. Oklahoma City Univ. ...............331-327-321=979

11. SMU .......................................344-322-318=984

12. Wichita State .........................341-324-327=992

13. North Texas ..........................340-334-329=1003

14. Bucknell ...............................347-344-326=1017

15. Creighton .............................353-342-341=1036


1. Kendall Dye ..................................77-75-73=225

2. Ellen Mueller ................................76-75-78=229

T11. Sara Hemingway ..........................80-78-79=237

T17. Kelly Short ...................................81-80-78=239

T24. Brooke Collins ..............................78-82-81=241

T38. Staci Smoot ..................................87-80-80=247

T61. Chelsey Collins .............................81-86-87=254

T74. Ryanne Elmer ...............................90-84-86=260


INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS

Kendall Dye, Oklahoma ............... 77-75-73=225

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BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPRawls Golf Course

Lubbock, Texas

6,564 yards, par 73

April 24-26, 2009

TEAM STANDINGS 1. Oklahoma State .......................295-302-312-909

2. Texas A&M .............................304-299-319=922

3. Oklahoma .................... 315-306-317=938

4. Kansas State ..........................311-311-322=944

5. Kansas ...................................312-310-323=945

6. Texas ......................................321-308-317=946

7. Baylor ....................................322-313-315=950

T8. Colorado ................................317-305-330=952

T8. Iowa State ..............................325-315-312=952

10. Nebraska ................................315-314-324=953

T11. Texas Tech ..............................326-312-319=957

T11. Missouri .................................317-311-329=957


T1. Kendall Dye ..................................76-73-76=225

T23. Kelly Short ...................................82-80-75=237

T23. Staci Smoot ..................................77-76-84=237

T31. Ellen Mueller ................................80-77-82=239

60. Sara Hemingway ..........................87-84-92=263

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST

T1. Ashley Freeman, Texas A&M ........72-73-80=225

T1. Kendall Dye, Oklahoma ....... 76-73-76=225

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

CENTRAL REGIONALScarlet Course- The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio

6,246 yards, par 72

May 7-9, 2009

TEAM STANDINGS

1. UCLA ......................................284-290-303=877

2. Purdue ...................................295-289-312=896

3. Wake Forest ...........................298-295-306=899

4. Oklahoma State .....................297-292-312=901

5. Michigan State .......................295-300-310=905

6. New Mexico ..........................301-296-315=912

7. Ohio State ..............................306-293-318=917

8. UT Chattanooga .....................303-299-320=922

9. Georgia State .........................303-305-318=926

10. Washington ...........................308-300-319=927

11. Louisville................................308-307-317=932

12. Kent State ..............................305-304-325=934

13. Kentucky ................................308-307-317=932

14. Stanford .................................310-304-332=946

15. North Carolina State...............312-307-335=954

16. Notre Dame .........................3156-305-338=959

17. Michigan ................................312-321-327=960

18. Illinois State ...........................311-313-339=963

19. Harvard ..................................318-323-338=979

20. Murray State ..........................322-327-341=990

21. Farleigh Dickinson..................328-321-346=995


T12. Kendall Dye ..................................76-76-74=226

INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS

Maria Jose Uribe, UCLA ..........................69-70-73=212

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSCaves Valley Golf Club

Owings Mills, Md.

6,443 yards, par 72

May 19-22, 2009

TEAM STANDINGS 1. Arizona State ............... 302-298-291-291=1182

2. UCLA ............................ 296-293-304-297=1190

3. Southern California ...... 301-295-294-301=1191

4. Oklahoma State ........... 303-297-309-290=1199

5. Denver ......................... 294-304-309-299=1206

6. Duke ............................ 308-301-302-296=1207

7. North Carolina ............. 299-301-306-304=1210

8. Virginia ........................ 305-302-301-304=1212

9. Pepperdine .................. 312-298-302-301=1213

10. Purdue ......................... 306-301-311-298=1216

11. Alabama ...................... 305-302-311-299=1217

12. LSU .............................. 302-304-309-304=1219

T13. Michigan State ............. 307-303-315-300=1125

T13. Wake Forest ................. 303-300-318-304=1225

15. Georgia ........................ 316-307-301-310=1234

16. Arizona ........................ 310-305-314-306=1235

17. Tennessee .................... 307-313-306-311=1237

18. TCU .............................. 314-316-301-307=1238

19. New Mexico ................. 311-314-307-310=1242

20. Tulane .......................... 312-305-317-312=1246

21. UT Chattanooga ........... 316-307-305-320=1248

22. UC Irvine ...................... 320-316-312-301=1249

23. Texas ............................ 314-311-313-314=1252

24. Ohio State .................... 323-311-314-310=1258


T52. Kendall Dye, Oklahoma .......... 82-73-76-75=306

INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST

Maria Hernandez, Purdue................ 74-72-72-71=289

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Several members of the University of Oklahoma women’s golf team had a busy and successful 2009 summer, competing in local, regional and national

tournaments.

On May 25 in Brighton, Ontario, freshman Taylor Schmidt kicked off her summer with a win at the Golf Association of Ontario’s Women’s Golf Champion

of Champions, a competition of all Ontario public club champions. Schmidt fired a 3-over 74 en route to the victory, and marked her first Ontario Provincial

Championship.

Sophomore Brooke Collins (Louisville, Colo.) competed in the Colorado Women’s Open at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in Denver, Colo., May 27-29. Collins

carded a three-round 219 (+3), including a 4-under-par 68 in the final round, to tie for seventh place. She finished five strokes behind former Sooner

Kendall Dye, who took second place.

After winning the individual Oklahoma Class 6A state title in May, freshman Aly Seng (Enid, Okla.) won the consolation championship at the Women’s Okla-

homa Golf Association (WOGA) Match Play Championship, 4 and 3, over Bartlesville’s Jennifer Hoyt at the Shawnee Country Club June 17.

Schmidt (Ontario, Canada), and junior Ellen Mueller (Evansville, Ind.) qualified for the 2009 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship that was

held in Devens, Mass., June 20-25. Mueller punched her qualifying ticket after advancing to the round of 32 at last year’s U.S. Women’s Amateur Champion-

ship. Schmidt shot a 36-hole 157 (+13) during stroke play but missed the cut to advance to match play. Mueller advanced to match play but was defeated

in the round of 32, 3 and 2, by Massachusetts native Brittany Altomare.

ummerSweetS

Summer Recap

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Taylor Schmidt with

the Champion of

Champions trophy

she won in May

The 2009 CWGA Match

Play trophy went to

Chelsey Collins


“(Altomare) had a huge crowd following her,” Mueller said following the match. “I was

able to one-up her early, but toward the end she made a birdie with the crowd backing

her. She started to make birdies and gain momentum. (Weather and course) conditions

weren’t ideal, but it was still a good experience.”

Senior Chelsey Collins (Louisville, Colo.) made a comeback from what seemed to be a

period of struggle in her golfing career by winning the Colorado Women’s Golf Association

Match Play Championship in Denver on June 25. Collins defeated 2008 CWGA Stroke Play

champion Ashley Tait, 4 and 3, in the title match.

On July 20-21, Mueller took home medalist honors at the WOGA Stroke Play Champion-

ship in Stillwater, Okla., after firing a two-round 144 (+4). Seng finished in second, three

strokes behind Mueller.

“I played pretty solid and, if I couldn’t win, I was happy for Ellen that she did,” Seng said. “I

came up a little short, but I thought I played solid both days.”

Mueller made her return to the U.S. Women’s Amateur, held Aug. 3-9 at Old Warson

Country Club in St. Louis, Mo. Carding a two-round 155 (+13) in stroke play, Mueller came

within four strokes of advancing to the match play portion of the tournament.

On August 4-9, Schmidt competed at the 2009 Royale Cup Canadian Junior Girls Champi-

onship at the Hampton Golf Club in Hampton, New Brunswick. Schmidt led the tourna-

ment field of 106 competitors after firing an opening-round 2-under-par 71 and finished

the four-round event in 15th place.

Ellen Mueller (left) and Aly Seng pose next to the WOGA Stroke

Play trophy after taking first and second place, respectively.

Chelsey Collins’ father, Larry, served as her caddy

at the CWGA Match Play Championship.

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At a team dinner in Austin for the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational

Spending downtime on the beach in Puerto Rico during the Lady

Puerto Rico Classic

Spending downtime on the beach in Puerto Rico during the Lady

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At dinner in Norman following a second-place finish at the

Susie Maxwell Berning Classic


History

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JOAN BLUMENTHAL

1975-82

Took over for Karen Dowd in the fall of

1975 ... Led the Sooners to their first

tournament victory at the Big Red In-

vitational in the spring of 1976 ... Won

nine events during her tenure, includ-

ing two Big Eight Conference titles in

1978 and 1981 ... Seven of her players

were individual tournament medalists

... Competed in three AIAW Nationals

(best showing came in 1978 when the

team tied for 20th) ... Coached two

Big Eight medalists (Lindsey Wetzel

in 1976 and Dorea Mitchell in 1981)

as well as former OU head coach Carol

Ludvigson ... Has an award named af-

ter her that is presented annually to

the team’s most valuable player.

KAREN DOWD

1975

Served as Oklahoma’s first women’s

golf head coach ... Coached during the

spring of 1975 ... Led the team to a sev-

enth-place finish at the Texas Woman’s

University Invitational, the squad’s first

tournament.

Tenure spanned three seasons

... Played golf at OU under coach

Ray Thurmond in 1969, 1970 and

1972 ... Won the Western Chapter

South Central Section Oklahoma

PGA Championship in 1976 ... Only

tournament victory as a coach came in

1985 at the Big Red Invitational ... Best

finish at the Big Eight Championship

was second in 1983 ... One of his

golfers, Lee Ann Hammack, earned

medalist honors at the Rayburn

Country Classic in 1983.

CAROL LUDVIGSON

1985-2009

Longest tenure of any coach in OU

women’s athletics history ... Four-year

OU letterwinner and member of the

1981 Big Eight Championship team

... Won conference titles in 1990 and

2000 as a coach ... Coached OU to its

first NCAA Tournament in 1993 and

made four more appearances in 1994,

1995, 2000 and 2002 ... Named Big 12

Coach of the Year in 2001 ... Coached

2001 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Lisa

Meldrum ... Won 31 tournament titles

during her career as a coach ... Now

works in the Student Life office for the

OU Athletics Department.

Events : 4

Titles won: 0

Conference Titles: 0

Events: 91

Titles won: 9


Events: 264

Titles won: 29


Events: 27

Titles won: 1


All-Time Coaches

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DOUG BRECHT

1982-85


Sooners in the Pros

FORMER PROS

ALLISON (JOHNSON) REID (OU: 2000-03)

Turned Pro: 2003

Joined the FUTURES Tour: 2004

JENNIFER TANNEHILL (OU: 1999-2002)

Turned Pro: 2002


AUDREY BENDICK (OU: 1985-89)

Turned Pro: 1990

Joined the FUTURES Tour: 1990-94

WENDY MARTIN (OU: 1999-2002)

Turned Pro: 2002


MICHELE VINIERATOS (OU: 1987-1988)

Turned Pro: 1991


MARGARET WARD (OU: 1976-80)

Turned Pro: 1980


Audra Burks Lisa Meldrum Kelly Jacques Kendall Dye

Former Sooner

Lisa Meldrum won

her first Duramed

FUTURES Tour

tournament, the

iMPACT Classic, in

Richmond, Va., in

August 2009.

OU Career: 1987-89

Career Earnings: $525,384

Turned Pro: 1990

Joined the LPGA Tour: 2000

OU Career: 1987-89


Joined Duramed FUTURES

Tour: 2004

OU Career: 2005-2008

Joined the Duramed

FUTURES Tour: 2009

OU Career: 2006-2009

Joined the Duramed

FUTURES Tour: 2009

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g

amed FUTURES FUTURES Tour: 2009

OU Career: 1996-98, 2000


Turned Pro: 2001

Joined the LPGA Tour: 2004-2007

(retired in 2007)

Beisiegel, Burks, Dye, and Meldrum

made the cut at the second LPGA

qualifying sectional this October at

Plantation Golf and Country Club

(Venice, Fla.). The pair advances to

the final qualifier to join the LPGA

Tour in December.

Isabelle (Blais) Beisiegel

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Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/26-27 Iowa State Invitational 9 (738) Kay Pryor (16/174)10/17-18 Missouri Invitational 11 (781) Kay Pryor (179)*10/27-28 Houston Baptist Invitational 9 (702) Kay Pryor (15/163)11/13-14 Midland Invitational 3 (717) Debbie O’Toole (4/155)3/1-2 Lady Cardinal Invitational 4 (528) Debbie O’Toole (159)*3/12-13 Texas Invitational 6 (522) Debbie O’Toole (121)*3/17 OU-Kansas Dual N/A Lindsey Wetzel (N/A, 84)3/29-30 Sooner Invitational 1 (758) Lindsey Wetzel (2/177)4/9 OU-OSU Dual N/A Debbie O’Toole (N/A/90)4/16-17 Kentucky Invitational 12 (735) Debbie O’Toole (171)*4/23-24 Big Eight Championship 3 (707) Lindsey Wetzel (1/164)6/16-19 AIAW Nationals DNQ Debbie O’Toole (170)*

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/15-17 Tulsa Invitational 6 (694) Margaret Ward (161)*9/20-21 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 6 (657) Lindsey Wetzel (159)*10/6-8 Tucker Invitational 12 (1090) Margaret Ward (261)*10/17 OU-Kansas Dual N/A Debbie O’Toole (N/A, 84)10/24-26 Houston Baptist Invitational WD (433) Debbie O’Toole (WD, 82)3/12-14 Betsy Rawls Invitational (1045)* Margaret Ward (245)*3/28-29 Texas A&M Invitational 5 (1030) Margaret Ward (242)*4/9 OU-OSU Dual N/A Lindsey Wetzel (N/A, 82)4/14-15 Sooner Invitational 4 (1034) Debbie O’Toole (9/246)4/22-23 Big Eight Championship 3 (700) Margaret Ward (7/170)6/15-18 AIAW Nationals DNQ Debbie O’Toole (343)*

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/19-21 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 10 (978) Dorea Mitchell (238)*10/10-14 Tucker Invitational 17 (1058) Debbie O’Toole (258)*10/24-25 Houston Baptist Invitational 8 (971) Dawn Barlow (T15, 235)2/26-28 Texas A&M Invitational 9 (1074) Dawn Barlow (265)*3/17-19 Betsy Rawls Invitational 13 (998) Dawn Barlow (243)*3/30-4/1 Lady Paladin Invitational 11 (983) Dorea Mitchell (237)*4/3-5 University of Miami Invitational 3 (960) Dawn Barlow (7/238)4/13-15 Sooner Invitational 4 (1000) Dawn Barlow (9/245)4/28-29 Big Eight Championship 1 (653) Dorea Mitchell (3/159)6/12-17 AIAW Nationals T20 (972) Dawn Barlow (T33/310)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/11-13 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 4 (940) Stephanie Mischke (5/229)9/21-23 Iowa State Invitational 1 (626) Kris Monaghan (1/153)10/25-27 Nancy Lopez Invitational 11 (993) Stephanie Mischke (243)*11/5-7 Stephen F. Austin Invitational 3 (975) Kris Monaghan (2/230)2/25-27 Texas A&M Invitational 8 (1006) Kris Monaghan (242)*3/12 OU-Texas A&M-Lamar-HBU 4 (341) Dorea Mitchell (T7/83)3/14 OU-Texas-Lamar Triangle 3 (344) Stephanie Mischke (N/A,82)3/16-18 Betsy Rawls Invitational 16 (1009) Dorea Mitchell, Stephanie Mischke (N/A, 245)3/29-31 Lady Paladin Invitational 9 (964) Kris Monaghan, Dorea Mitchell (N/A, 239)4/8-10 Lady Cardinal Invitational 4 (954) Dorea Mitchell (T10/236)4/16-18 Sooner Invitational 1 (975) Stephanie Mischke (1/240)4/23-24 Big Eight Championship 2 (968) Kris Monaghan, Dorea Mitchell (T6/243)6/10-16 AIAW Nationals T21 (968) Kris Monaghan (T21/310)

1975

-76

1976

-77

BIG EIGHT CHAMPIONS

1977

-78

1978

-79

Italicized text denotes a tournament championBold denotes a top-three finish

* denotes incomplete tournament information

All-Time Results

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Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/17-19 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 7 (932) Dorea Mitchell (T6/225)9/29 OU-SMU-TCU Triangle 3 (322) Sheri Guariglia (4/78)10/8-10 Florida State Invitational 4 (944) Kris Monaghan (14/234)10/15-16 Sam Houston State Invitational 5 (706) Susan Marchese (171)*10/20-21 Missouri Invitational 7 (686) Susan Marchese (T5/164)10/24-26 Nancy Lopez Invitational 9 (982) Kris Monaghan (N/A/241)*11/8-10 Stanford Invitational 11 (994) Dorea Mitchell (246)*3/7-9 LSU-Alabama Invitational 7 (676) Margaret Ward (N/A, 164)*3/10 OU-LSU-Alabama Triangle 3 (337) Dorea Mitchell (79)*3/11 OU-Lamar-HBU Triangle 3 (318) Margaret Ward (1/75)3/14-16 Betsy Rawls Invitational 13 (940) Dorea Mitchell (233)*3/27-29 Lady Paladin Invitational T19 (658) Dorea Mitchell (155)*4/13-15 Lady Cardinal Invitational 5 (248) Dorea Mitchell (N/A, 232)4/21-23 Sooner Invitational 1 (908) Stephanie Mischke (1/222)4/28-30 Big Eight Championship 3 (944) Stephanie Mischke (4/232)6/11-14 AIAW Golf Championships 21 (955) Stephanie Mischke (T27/306)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/15-17 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 12 (965) Allison Gorgichuk (T30/236)9/26-27 Iowa State Invitational A-5 (649); B-9 (683) Dorea Mitchell (2/152) 10/4-5 Spartan Womens’s Invitational 4 (645) Carol Ludvigson (13/162)10/22-24 Nancy Lopez Invitational 15 (1007) Dorea Mitchell (T21/236)11/14-16 Lady Gator Invitational 13 (947) Dorea Mitchell (233)*2/5-6 Houston Baptist Invitational 7 (946) Dorea Mitchell (9/229)3/1-3 Texas A&M Invitational 6 (976) Dorea Mitchell (7/233)3/6-8 Tiger-Tide Invitational 5 (984) Dorea Mitchell (2/235)3/9 OU-LSU-Alabama Triangle 1 (310) Dorea Mitchell (1/71)3/13-15 Betsy Rawls Invitational 18 (978) Dorea Mitchell (236)*3/26-28 Rayburn Classic 1 (966) Dorea Mitchell (2/232)4/4 OU-TCU-SMU-NTSU Quad. 3 (344) Dorea Mitchell (T6/82)4/20-22 Sooner Invitational A-2 (927); B-7 (982) Dorea Mitchell (3/224) 4/27-29 Big Eight Championship 1 (922) Dorea Mitchell (1/227)5/15-17 Lady Buckeye Invitational 8 (976) Susan Marchese (T19/240)6/17-20 AIAW Championship DNQ Dorea Mitchell (T50/314)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/14-16 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic A:9 (934); B:15 (962) Susan Small (T40/235)9/24-26 Iowa State Invitational A:1 (939); B:6 (957) Susan Marchese (T4/234)10/22-24 Nancy Lopez Invitational 15 (998) Carol Ludvigson (T32/241)10/30-31 Lady Gator Invitational T10 (936) Carol Ludvigson (T23/229)11/12-14 Torneo Universitario de Golf A:12 (964); B:15 (973) Kammy Maxfeldt, Carol Ludvigson (T28/233)12/4-6 Bluebonnet Bowl Classic T5 (216) Carol Ludvigson (6/243)3/12-14 Betsy Rawls Invitational 15 (958) Lisa Wright (T28/234)3/29-31 Sooner Invitational A:2 (955); B:4 (979) Kammy Maxfeldt (2/231)4/4-6 Lamar Invitational 5 (951) Cathy Hicks (T19/239)4/17-19 Cowgirl Invitational 6 (991) Kammy Maxfeldt (T18/243)4/26-28 Big Eight Championship 2 (980) Cathy Hicks (8/241)5/26-29 NCAA Championships DNQ Kammy Maxfeldt (323)*6/16-19 AIAW Nationals DNQ Kammy Maxfeldt (45/312)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/13-15 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 6 (926) Kammy Maxfeldt (T12/228)10/7-9 McGuire Invitational 13 (989) Lisa Wright (T34/233)10/20-22 Nancy Lopez Invitational 14 (995) Martha DeBolt (T42/247)11/11-13 Torneo Universitario de Golf 10 (939) Kammy Maxfeldt (T14/227)1/29-2/1 Lady Cardinal Invitational 8 (812) Lee Ann Hammack, Kammy Maxfeldt (T36/203)2/11-13 Lady Gator Invitational 17 (685) Lee Ann Hammack (T60/167)3/4-6 Fairwood Invitational 7 (634) Kammy Maxfeldt (T12/154)3/11-13 Betsy Rawls Invitational T15 (947) Lisa Wright (T34/233)3/17-19 Rayburn Country Classic 2 (947) Lee Ann Hammack (1/230)4/25-27 Big Eight Championship 2 (962) Kammy Maxfeldt (5/239)

1982-831981-82

BIG EIGHT CHAMPIONS

1980-81 1979-80

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Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/20-22 Cowgirl Invitational 1 (940) Shelley Duncan (T7/232)9/27-29 Lady Buckeye Invitational 4 (926) Audrey Bendick (2/224)* Nancy Lopez Invitational 5 (627) Lee Ann Hammack (T4/147)* Lady Eagle Invitational 3 (627) Lee Ann Hammack (3/151)1/26-28 Guadalajara Invitational 6 (909) Audrey Bendick (T12/224)2/28-3/2 LSU Invitational 3 (952) Lee Ann Hammack (T9/235)3/14-16 Betsy Rawls Longhorn T7 (932) Lee Ann Hammack (T6/223)4/7-8 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 1 (957) Sandra Renaud (2/234)4/27-28 Rayburn Country Classic 1 (933) Audrey Bendick (1/231)4/28-29 Big Eight Championship 2 (951) Lee Ann Hammack (T2/231)5/28-31 NCAA Championship DNP Lee Ann Hammack (T7/296)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/4-6 Diet Coke/Roadrunner Invitational 3 (918) Jane Mennie (3/221)9/19-21 All-College Kickoff 5 (940) Audrey Bendick (18/232)10/2-4 Dick McGuire Invitational 7 (923) Jane Mennie (T3/223)10/15-17 Nancy Lopez Invitational 4 (956) Audrey Bendick (T11/236)11/16-18 Lady Cardinal Invitational 3 (931) Audrey Bendick (1/223)* Illini Summerfield Classic 1 (932) Audrey Bendick (1/221)1/25-27 Guadalajara Invitational 8 (942) Shelley Duncan (T17/228)2/27-3/1 Patty Sheehan Invitational 12 (959) Jane Mennie (T37/238)3/15-17 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 12 (963) Audrey Bendick (T25/236)4/6-7 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 2 (961) Shelley Duncan (1/231)4/27-28 Big Eight Championship 2 (945) Shelley Duncan (4/231)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/12-14 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 9 (957) Lee Ann Hammack (T10/229)11/6-8 Seascape Tournament 5 (952) Susan Marchese (1/220)1/29-31 Lady Cardinal Invitational 10 (1002) Lee Ann Hammack ( 235)*3/2-4 Lady Tiger Invitational 8 (972) Susan Marchese, Lee Ann Hammack (T3/236)3/9-11 Betsy Rawls Invitational 18 (1006) Susan Marchese (T14/234)4/2-3 Big Red Invitational 6 (1022) Lee Ann Hammack (T7/241)4/23-25 Big Eight Championship T3 (987) Lee Ann Hammack (3/232)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/10-12 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 2 (945) Audrey Bendick (T3/232)* Alabama Seascape Tournament T10 (638) Cathy Hicks-Norman (T9/152)10/17-19 Nancy Lopez Invitational T11 (981) Jane Mennie (T12/232)* Cowgirl Invitational 8 (973) Audrey Bendick (T5/230)1/25-27 Guadalajara Invitational 16 (982) Cathy Hicks-Norman (T53/242)2/10-12 Lady Cardinal Classic 10 (1010) Audrey Bendick (T11/240)3/1-3 Lou Besson Invitational 11 (652) Audrey Bendick (T18/156)3/8-10 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 18 (1001) Audrey Bendick (T51/240)4/8-9 Big Red Golf Invitational 1 (953) Jane Mennie (2/229)4/22-23 Big Eight Championship 4 (1010) Jane Mennie, Audrey Bendick (T8/248)

1983

-84

1984

-85

1985

-86

1986

-87

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Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/11-13 Diet Coke/ Roadrunner Invitational 13 (931) Shelley Duncan (T29/230)9/25-27 All-College Kickoff 3 (935) Shelley Duncan (6/230)10/9-11 Beacon Woods Invitational T4 (916) Shelley Duncan (4/220)10/16-18 Tulsa Intercollegiate 7 (966) Julie Rieger (238)*11/8-9 Lamar Invitational 7 (954) Jane Mennie (T3/228)1/22-23 Guadalajara Invitational 10 (999) Julie Rieger (T32/245)2/26-28 Patty Sheehan Invitational 15 (995) Ellen Mielke (15/995)3/11-13 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational 15 (987) Julie Rieger (T34/240)4/4-5 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 3 (963) Audra Burks (T6/237)4/8-10 SMU Lady Mustang Invitational 9 (982) Julie Rieger (T8/233)4/25-26 Big Eight Championship 2 (992) Audra Burks (3/238)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/2-3 Cyclone Golf Classic 1 (633) Audra Burks (1/157)9/9-11 New Mexico State Tournament 2 (934) Julie Rieger (3/226)9/23-25 OU/OSU All-College Kickoff 5 (931) Audrey Bendick (T10/228)11/14-16 UCLA Amy Alcott Desert Classic 9 (931) Audrey Bendick (T26/229)11/18-20 Beacon Woods Invitational 1 (903) Ellen Mielke (2/224)1/20-21 Guadalajara Intercollegiate 8 (963) Audra Burks (T14/236)3/17-19 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 9 (939) Julie Rieger (T24/232)3/24-26 South Carolina Women’s Invitational 3 (929) Audrey Bendick, Cathy Stevens (T10/231)4/3-4 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 2 (952) Audra Burks (2/224)4/7-9 Lady Mustang Round-Up 5 (960) Audrey Bendick (T9/235)4/24-25 Big Eight Championship 2 (946) Cathy Stevens (2/231)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/15-17 Diet Coke/Roadrunner Classic 4 (959) Beth Brown (7/235)9/22-24 All-College Kickoff 5 (1001) Cathy Stevens (T11/243)* Beacon Woods Invitational 4 (916) Ellen Mielke (T11/227)11/20-22 Bruin Desert Classic 10 (976) Ellen Mielke (T39/241)1/19-20 Guadalajara Women’s Intercollegiate 8 (959) Ellen Mielke (T23/238)2/12-14 Chris Johnson Invitational 11 (943) Beth Brown (T26/234)3/16-18 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 13 (968) Cathy Stevens (T26/237)3/23-25 South Carolina Women’s Invitational 4 (931) Beth Brown (T7/232)4/2-3 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 1 (935) Ellen Mielke (1/229)4/9-11 Lady Sun Devil Classic 10 (936) Ellen Mielke (T17/229)4/23-24 Big Eight Championship T3 (962) Cathy Stevens (T8/237)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/14-16 OU-OSU Invitational 3 (937) Ellen Mielke (2/228)9/28-30 Dick McGuire Invitational 4 (949) Beth Brown (T3/231)10/15-17 Edean Ihelanfeldt Invitational 2 (932) Beth Brown (2/229)11/5-7 Bruin Desert Classic 6 (649) Beth Brown (T13/159)1/18-19 Guadalajara Invitational 4 (941) Ellen Mielke (T7/233)2/11-13 Chris Johnson Invitational 8 (931) Ellen Mielke (T23/230)3/4-5 Utah-Dixie Classic 5 (978) Marie Desbiens (T12/242)3/15-17 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 13 (655) Ellen Mielke (T28/160)4/1-2 Lady Eagle Invitational 1 (923) Alycya Rambin (1/227)4/8-10 Lady Sun Devil Invitational 7 (917) Cathy Stevens (T14/226)4/29-30 Big Eight Championship 1 (943) Cathy Stevens (1/232)

1987-881988-89

1989-90

BIG EIGHT CHAMPIONS

1990-91

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Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/13-15 New Mexico State Invitational T4 (937) Erin Johnsrud (T3/229)9/26-28 Dick McGuire Invitational 12 (975) Carolyn Janidlo (T31/239)10/14-16 Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational T9 (976) Marie Desbiens (T29/244)11/4-6 Bruin Desert Classic 6 (906) Erin Johnsrud (T18/226)2/24-25 Chris Johnson Invitational T5 (927) Marie Desbiens (13/229)3/13-15 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 15 (976) Medley Sapp (T19/235)3/27-29 South Carolina Women’s Invitational 4 (942) Marie Desbiens (8/230)4/13-14 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 1 (919) Kim O’Connor (2/229)4/27-28 Big Eight Championship 2 (935) Kim O’Connor (3/227)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/11-13 Diet Coke/Roadrunner Invitational 1 (926) Marie Desbiens, Alycya Rambin (T5/231)9/28-30 Dick McGuire Invitational T7 (952) Marie Desbiens, Alycya Rambin (T23/236)10/12-14 Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational 2 (936) Marie Desbiens (3/228)11/2-4 Bruin Golf Classic T7 (966) Kim O’Connor (T4/230)2/22-23 Chris Johnson Invitational 11 (944) Sonya Perales (T37/234)3/12-14 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic T8 (664) Marie Desbiens (T20/164)3/23-25 Rainbow Wahine Invitational 5 (921) Kim O’Connor (T2/226)4/2-4 Lady Sun Devil Invitational T11 (947) Marie Desbiens (T45/237)4/12-13 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 1 (934) Marie Desbiens (T4/228)4/26-27 Big Eight Championship 3 (973) Marie Desbiens (21/256)5/13-15 NCAA West Regional 8 (882) Kim O’Connor (T3/212)5/26-30 NCAA Championship 13 (1240) Kim O’Connor (T44/309)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/10-12 New Mexico State Invitational 1 (908) Kim O’Connor (1/223)9/27-29 Dick McGuire Invitational 4 (913) Alycya Rambin (T8/223)10/12-14 Edhean Ihlanfeldt Invitational 7 (934) Kim O’Connor (T9/225)11/1-3 Bruin Golf Classic 2 (927) Marie Desbiens (T6/228)2/21-23 Chris Johnson Invitational 3 (899) Kim O’Connor (4/219)3/11-13 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 4 (970) Kim O’Connor (9/238)3/22-24 Rainbow Wahine Invitational T6 (323) Kim O’Connor (T7/78)4/11-12 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 4 (638) Kim O’Connor (1/148)4/25-26 Big Eight Championship 2 (926) Kim O’Connor (2/226)5/13-15 NCAA West Regional 7 (900) Kim O’Connor (T6/218)5/25-28 NCAA Championship 12 (1253) Carolyn Janidlo (5/296)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/13-15 BYU Invitational 2 (919) Carolyn Janidlo (2/220)9/28-30 Dick McGuire Invitational 9 (918) Carolyn Janidlo (3/219)10/23-25 Lady Paladin Invitational T4 (914) Kim O’Connor (1/215)11/3-5 Golf World Invitational 6 (923) Carolyn Janidlo (5/223)2/8-10 Pioneer Electronics Bruin Classic 8 (932) Paula King (20/231)2/22-25 Chris Johnson Invitational T4 (923) Carolyn Janidlo (10/225)3/12-15 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 2 (944) Kim O’Connor (5/231)3/31-4/1 Rainbow Wahine Intercollegiate 3 (928) Paula King (4/228)4/11 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 1 (312) Kim O’Connor (1/71)4/25-27 Big Eight Championship 4 (1007) Carolyn Janidlo (9/247)5/13-15 NCAA West Regional 10 (912) Carolyn Janidlo (9/221)5/27-30 NCAA Championship T16 (1234) Carolyn Janidlo (14/296)

1991

-92

1992

-93

1993

-94

1994

-95

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Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9-15-17 Rolex Fall Preview 19 (968) Isabelle Blais (53/235)9-28-30 Dick McGuire Invitational 13 (949) Isabelle Blais (T28/231)10/8-10 Roadrunner Invitational 6 (945) Isabelle Blais (T12/230)10/20-22 Lady Paladin Invitational 19 (967) Paula King (T26/232)2/12-14 SMU-USC-Ohio State Challenge 12 (979) Isabelle Blais (T39/243)2/26-28 Conquistadores Arizona Invitational 16 (931) Paula King (T38/230)3/8-10 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 10 (951) Paula King (T11/229)3/29-31 Ping/Arizona State Invitational 14 (980) Paula King (T45/239)4/8-9 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 4 (966) Katie O’Neil (T10/238)4/22-23 Big Eight Championship T3 (974) Isabelle Blais (T6/240)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/19-21 Dick McGuire Invitational T15 (951) Kim McFarlin (T47/236)10/7-8 Big 12 Preview 10 (964) Isabelle Blais (T11/231)10/18-20 Lady Paladin Invitational 15 (971) Isabelle Blais (T28/242)10/28-30 Diet Coke/Roadrunner Invitational 11 (989) Isabelle Blais (T26/242)2/24-25 Pioneer Electronics Bruin Classic 9 (989) Isabelle Blais (10/237)3/14-16 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 13 (998) Isabelle Blais (T27/241)4/4-6 Ping/Arizona State Invitational 11 (935) Isabelle Blais (T5/222)4/14-15 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 1 (933) Isabelle Blais (1/224)4/21-23 Big 12 Championship 8 (965) Katie O’Neil (T5/234)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/14-16 Jeannine McHaney Invitational 3 (920) Isabelle Blais (T3/223)9/25-27 Dick McGuire Invitational 11 (927) Isabelle Blais (4/221)10/6-7 Big 12 Preview 7 (955) Isabelle Blais (T11/232)11/2-4 Roadrunner Invitational 9 (938) Isabelle Blais (T15/227)2/23-25 Pioneer Electronics Bruin Classic T13 (638) Isabelle Blais (T2/146)3/13-14 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic 10 (987) Isabelle Blais (T26/239)3/24-26 Rainbow Wahine Invitational 15 (968) Isabelle Blais (T20/231)4/3-4 Ping/Arizona State Invitational T12 (929) Leslie Elliott (T14/224)4/24-26 Big 12 Championship 5 (934) Isabelle Blais (T7/229)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual09/14-15 Jeannine McHaney Invitational 5 (971) Wendy Martin (T8/229)09/24-26 Dick McGuire Invitational 15 (968) Leslie Elliott (T49/239)10/3-4 Big 12 Preview 4 (929) Kellie Jamison (T10/230)10/12-13 Shoot-Out at the Legends 12 (942) Wendy Martin (T17/229)10/30-11/1 Diet Coke/Roadrunner Invitational 10 (953) Jennifer Tannehill (T38/239)2/22-23 GTE “Mo” Morial Invitational 2 (949) Wendy Martin (T5/233)3/12-14 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational 5 (958) Wendy Martin (T9/232)4/1-3 Ping/Arizona State Invitational T15 (966) Wendy Martin (T43/236)4/5-6 Utah-Dixie Classic 14 (961) Jennifer Tannehill (T35/237)4/12-13 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 1 (923) Wendy Martin (1/219)4/19-21 Big 12 Championship 5 (920) Wendy Martin (T2/219)

1995-961996-97

1997-981998-99

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Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/13-14 Big 12 Preview 3 (916) Isabelle Blais (3/222)9/23-25 Dick McGuire Invitational 10 (924) Wendy Martin (T16/224)10/11-12 Jeannine McHaney Invitational 2 (920) Isabelle Blais (5/228)11/1-3 Roadrunner Invitational 6 (304) Jennifer James (T4/73)2/18-20 Mountain View Collegiate 1 (604) Allison Johnson (2/146)3/6-7 GTE “Mo” Morial Invitational 4 (939) Wendy Martin (T6/230)3/13-14 Pioneer Electronics Bruin Classic 8 (934) Allison Johnson (T15/226)3/28-30 Rainbow Wahine Invitational T6 (941) Jaime Dello-Russo (T24/234)4/10-11 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 2 (950) Jennifer Tannehill (T3/231)4/21-23 Big 12 Championship 1 (916) Jennifer James (2/223)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/11-12 Alltel Husker Invitational 3 (917) Jennifer James (T3/226)9/21-23 Dick McGuire Invitational 5 (915) Wendy Martin (T17/227)10/2-3 Big 12 Fall Preview T3 (904) Lisa Meldrum (T7/224)10/16-17 UALR Invitational 1 (874) Lisa Meldrum (T4/218)10/30-31 Roadrunner Invitational T4 (909) Allison Johnson (T12/225)2/23-25 Midwestern Invitational 3 (924) Allison Johnson (8/227)3/5-6 GTE “Mo” Morial Invitational T2 (919) Allison Johnson (2/223)3/12-13 Pioneer Electronics Bruin Classic 2 (879) Allison Johnson (T2/216)3/27-29 Rainbow Wahine Invitational 4 (910) Lisa Meldrum (4/218)4/9-10 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 1 (883) Allison Johnson (2/218)4/23-25 Big 12 Championship 7 (965) Lisa Meldrum (2/227)5/11-13 NCAA West Regional 9 (944) Lisa Meldrum (T13/229)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual10/1-2 Big 12 Preview 7 (946) Allison Johnson (T7/228)10/8-10 New Mexico State Invitational 3 (881) Lisa Meldrum (2/213)10/15-16 Sunflower Invitational 1 (309) Lisa Meldrum (2/73)10/26-28 Alabama Capstone Invitational 6 (980) Lisa Meldrum (T7/237)2/25-26 Central District Invitational 5 (904) Allison Johnson (T15/225)3/4-5 GTE “Mo” Morial Invitational 4 (638) Lisa Meldrum (T5/154)3/11-12 UCLA Bruin Classic 3 (908) Lisa Meldrum (3/220)3/19-20 Dr. Thompson Wahine Invitational 2 (920) Jennifer Tannehill (T4/227)3/25-26 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational 3 (929) Allison Johnson (3/225)4/8-9 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 1 (887) Lisa Meldrum (1/211)4/19-21 Big 12 Championship 2 (912) Allison Johnson (T3/225)5/9-11 NCAA Central Regional 7 (931) Allison Johnson, Lisa Meldrum (T11/231)5/21-24 NCAA Championships 6 (1179) Lisa Meldrum (T31/296)

2001

-02

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/15-17 NCAA Fall Preview T9 (920) Lisa Meldrum (4/220)9/26-28 Dick McGuire Invitational 4 (901) Lisa Meldrum (T1/211)10/7-9 Price’s Give ‘Em Five Intercollegiate 7 (919) Lisa Meldrum,Hope Edge (T11/225)11/4-5 Edwin Watts Palmetto Intercollegiate 3 (886) Hope Edge (2/212)2/10-12 Northrop Grumman Challenge 16 (642) Allison Johnson (T5/149)2/28-3/1 Lady Puerto Rico Classic 12 (930) Lisa Meldrum (T23/228)3/9-11 Lady Gator Invitational 6 (906) Lisa Meldrum (T12/223)3/23-25 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational 4 (936) Amparo Gala (4/225)4/7-8 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 1 (916) Emily Milberger (1/224)4/21-23 Big 12 Championship 4 (923) Hope Edge (T11/230)5/8-10 NCAA Central Regional T10 (936) Lisa Meldrum (T9/226)

2002

-03

BIG 12 CHAMPIONS

1999

-200

0

2000

-01

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/12-14 NCAA Fall Preview 4 (888) Lisa Meldrum (2/214)9/27-28 Lady Northern Intercollegiate 4 (900) Lisa Meldrum (2/218)10/6-8 Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate 1 (888) Lisa Meldrum (T2/219)11/4-5 Kent Youel Invitational 1 (889) Lisa Meldrum (2/215)11/10-12 Las Vegas Showdown 6 (900) Lisa Meldrum (5/217)2/22-24 Lady Puerto Rico Classic 3 (888) Amparo Gala (8/220)3/7-9 Lady Gator Invitational 12 (954) Hope Edge (T16/231)3/21-23 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational 11 (968) Amparo Gala (T15/237)4/12-13 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 1 (900) Lisa Meldrum (1/215)4/23-25 Big 12 Championship 4 (6070 Lisa Meldrum (T4/147)5/6-8 NCAA Central Regional 14 (946) Lisa Meldrum (T31/232)

2003

-04

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Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/10-11 Badger Invitational T3 (934) Kelly Jacques (T6/229)9/18-19 McHaney Invitational 4 (884) Kelly Jacques (T7/218)9/30-10/1 Wolverine Invitational 9 (944) Kelly Jacques, Kendall Dye (T20/230)10/16-18 Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate 16 (939) Kelly Jacques, Megan Goodwin (T46/234)10/24-25 Kent Youel Invitational 9 (934) Kelly Jacques (T26/234)2/23-25 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T6 (893) Kelly Jacques (T8/219)3/9-11 “Mo” Morial Invitational T7 (953) Heather Wright (T26/234)3/16-18 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational 7 (934) Andrea Sellmeyer (13/227)3/24-25 MountainView Collegiate 13 (894) Kendall Dye (T2/211)4/8-9 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 6 (887) Heather Wright (T12/218)4/16-18 Big 12 Championship 5 (937) Kelly Jacques (T4/229)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/11-12 Lady Northern Invitational 7 (920) Amparo Gala (T11/226)9/24-26 Jeannine McHaney Invitational 2 (597) Amparo Gala (2/143)10/1-3 Mason Rudolph Championship 15 (909) Kelly Jacques, Emily Milberger (T28/224)10/26-27 Kent Youel Invitational 3 (893) Emily Milberger (T5/217)2/21-23 Lady Puerto Rico Classic 11 (941) Emily Milberger (T22/230)3/4-6 SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational 16 (958) Emily Milberger (T26/232)3/11-13 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational 15 (973) Emily Milberger (T14/241)3/24-26 Tapatio Springs Shootout 4 (931) Heather Wright (4/225)4/10-11 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 11 (958) Emily Milberger (T13/228)4/22-24 Big 12 Championship 10 (954) Emily Milberger (T12/230)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/11-12 Badger Invitational 7 (925) Kelly Jacques (T7/224)9/17-18 Mary Fossum Invitational 7 (916) Kelly Jacques (T3/221)10/16-18 Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate 20 (941) Kendall Dye (T33/229)10/31-11/2 Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown 15 (930) Kendall Dye (T31/222)2/24-26 Lady Puerto Rico Classic 10 (921) Kelly Jacques (T18/224)3/10-12 “Mo” Morial Invitational 5 (943) Kelly Jacques (T8/230)3/17-19 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational 8 (944) Kendall Dye (T11/231)3/24-26 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 16 (967) Heather Wright (T37/235)4/9-10 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 6 (913) Heather Wright (T19/227)4/17-19 Big 12 Championship 10 (940) Kendall Dye, Kelly Jacques (T19/233)

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/09-10 Badger Invitational 1st (594) Kendall Dye (T2/148) 10/1-2 CU Heather Farr Memorial Invitational 2nd (889) Kelly Jacques (T11/221)10/8-9 Jeannine McHaney/Audrey Morehead Invitational 4th (927) Kelly Jacques (12/229)10/15-17 Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Invitational 1st ( 902) Kelly Jacques (T4/222)2/18-19 Central District Invitational T11 (935) Kendall Dye (T18/229)2/24-26 Lady Puerto Rico Classic T11 (907) Kelly Jacques (T12/221)3/17-19 Betsy Rawls Invitational 9 (651) Kendall Dye (T24/160)3/29-30 MountainView Invitational T3 (891) Heather Wright (3/218)4/6-7 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 1 (885) Kendall Dye (T1/214)4/25-27 Big 12 Tournament 5 (965) Kendall Dye (9/236)5/8-10 NCAA Central Regional 15 (905) Ellen Mueller (T22/221)

2004-052005-06

2006-072007-08

Date Tournament Finish Top OU Individual9/22-24 Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate 11th (922) Kendall Dye (T19/226)10/6-7 Windy City Collegiate 5th (909) Ellen Mueller (3/220)10/13-15 Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate 3rd (903) Kelly Short (T8/225)10/28-29 Kent Youel Invitational 12th (924) Kendall Dye (T21/223)2/8-10 Lady Puerto Rico Classic 11th (935) Kendall Dye (T15/228)2/16-17 Central District Invitational 9th (918) Kendall Dye (T15/225) 3/20-22 Betsy Rawls Invitational 10th (922) Kendall Dye (T10/220) 3/28-29 MountainView Collegiate 17th (911) Kendall Dye (T15/220)4/5-6 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 2nd (944) Kendall Dye (T1/225)4/24-26 Big 12 Championship 3rd (938) Kendall Dye (T1/225)5/7-9 NCAA Central Regional (Individual) Kendall Dye (12/226)5/19-22 NCAA Championships (Individual) Kendall Dye (T52/306)

2008-09

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Score Tournament874 2000 UALR Invitational

879 2001 Pioneer Electronics Bruin Classic

881 2001 New Mexico State Invitational

882 1993 NCAA West Regional

883 2001 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic

884 2006 Jeannine McHaney Invitational


886 2002 Edwin Watts Palmetto Intercollegiate


2007 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic

888 2003 NCAA Fall Preview

2003 Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate

2004 Lady Puerto Rico Classic

Score Tournament 287 1994 Chris Johnson Invitational

288 2006 Jeannine McHaney Invitational


2000 UALR Invitational

2002 NCAA Championship


2007 CU Heather Farr Memorial Invitational

291 2001 New Mexico State Invitational



2000 UALR Invitational

2001 Pioneer Electronics Bruin Classic


293 2007 Badger Women’s Golf Invitational

294 2007 Lady Puerto Rico Classic

2007 MountainView Collegiate

Year Tournament Score1976 Sooner Invitational 758

1978 Big Eight Championship 653

Iowa State Invitational 626

1979 Sooner Invitational 975

1980 Sooner Invitational 908

1981 OU-LSU-Alabama Triangle 310

Rayburn Country Classic 966

Big Eight Championship 922

Iowa State Invitational 939

1985 Big Red Golf Invitational 953

Cowgirl Invitational 940

1986 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 957

Rayburn Country Classic 933

Illini Summerfield Classic 932

1988 Cyclone Golf Classic 633

Beacon Woods Invitational 903


1991 Lady Eagle Invitational 923

Big Eight Championship 943


New Mexico State Invitational 926

1993 New Mexico State Invitational 906

Susie Maxwell Berning Classic 934




2000 Mountain View Collegiate 604

Big 12 Championship 916

UALR Invitational 874


Sunflower Invitational 309



Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate 888

Kent Youel Invitational 889


2007 Badger Women’s Golf Invitational 594

Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate 902


Total Victories: 39

TOP 54-HOLE LOW SCORES

Team RecordsTOP 15 LOW ROUNDS (18 HOLES) TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Rd Golfer Tournament

66 Kim O’Connor 1994 Lady Paladin Invitational

67 Lisa Meldrum 2001 Big 12 Championship

Lisa Meldrum 2002 NCAA Championship

68 Kim O’Connor 1993 NCAA West Regional

Alycya Rambin 1994 Chris Johnson Invitational

Allison Johnson 2002 UCLA Bruin Classic

Chelsey Collins 2007 Lady Puerto Rico Classic

Kendall Dye 2007 MountainView Collegiate

69 Jane Mennie 1986 Roadrunner Invitational

Allison Johnson 2000 Mountain View Collegiate

Allison Johnson 2002 Edwin Watts Palmetto

Lisa Meldrum 2003 NCAA Fall Preview

Lisa Meldrum 2003 Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate

Lisa Meldrum 2003 Kent Youel Invitational

Andrea Sellmeyer 2007 Betsy Rawls Invitational

Heather Wright 2008 MountainView Invitational

Rd Golfer Tournament

211 Lisa Meldrum 2002 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic

2002 Dick McGuire Invitational

Kendall Dye 2007 MountainView Collegiate

212 Kim O’Connor 1993 NCAA West Regional

Hope Edge 2002 Edwin Watts Palmetto Intercollegiate

213 Lisa Meldrum 2001 New Mexico State Invitational

214 Lisa Meldrum 2003 NCAA Fall Preview

214 Kendall Dye 2008 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic

215 Kim O’Connor 1994 Lady Paladin Invitational

Lisa Meldrum 2003 Kent Youel Invitational


216 Lisa Meldrum 2001 Pioneer Electronics Bruin Classic

218 Kim O’Connor 1994 Big Eight Championship

Lisa Meldrum 2003 Lady Northern Intercollegiate

Kelly Jacques 2006 Jeannine McHaney Invitational

Heather Wright 2007 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic

Golfer Rds Strokes Avg

Lisa Meldrum 136 10,219 75.14

Kendall Dye 128 9,722 76.33

Ellen Mueller 61 4671 76.57

Allison Johnson 126 9,692 76.92

Kelly Jacques 120 9,231 76.93

Kim O’Connor 120 9,266 77.22

Wendy Martin 126 9,757 77.44

Isabelle Blais 104 8,127 78.14

Hope Edge 122 9,548 78.26

Jennifer Tannehill 121 9,474 78.29

Audrey Bendick 1986 Rayburn Country Classic

1986 Lady Cardinal Invitational

1986 Illini Summerfield Classic

Isabelle Blais 1997 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic

Audra Burks 1988 Cyclone Golf Classic

Shelley Duncan 1987 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic

Kendall Dye 2008 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic


Lee Ann Hammack 1993 Rayburn Country Classic

Susan Marchese 1983 Seascape Tournament

Wendy Martin 1999 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic

Lisa Meldrum 2002 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic

2002 Dick McGuire Invitational


Ellen Mielke 1990 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic

Emily Milberger 2003 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic

Dorea Mitchell 1981 Big Eight Championship

1981 OU-LSU-Alabama Triangle

Stephanie Mischke 1979 Sooner Invitational

1980 Sooner Invitational

Kris Monaghan 1978 Iowa State Invitational

Kim O’Connor 1993 New Mexico State Invitational


1994 Lady Paladin Invitational


Alycya Rambin 1991 Lady Eagle Invitational

Cathy Stevens 1991 Big Eight Championship

Margaret Ward 1980 OU-Lamar-Houston Baptist

Triangle

Lindsey Wetzel 1976 Big Eight Championship

Total Medalists: 28

LOW 54-HOLE SCORES

ALL-TIME MEDALISTS

Individual RecordsLOW ROUNDS TOP 10 CAREER STROKE LEADERS

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2000 All-Big 12 Second Team


2002, 2003 & 2004All-Big 12 First Team

2001 & 2002All-Big 12 Second Team


1981All-Big Eight First Team

Big Eight Champion

1986

All-Big Eight First Team

1991 All-Big Eight First Team

Big Eight Champion

1997All-Big 12 First Team

1976 All-Big Eight First Team

Big Eight Champion

LINDSEY WETZEL

2007 All-Big 12 First Team

Conference Honors

Former Sooner Kendall Dye was a first-team

All-Big 12 selection in 2008 and 2009.

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DOREA MITCHELL LEE ANN HAMMACK

CATHY STEVENS ISABELLE BLAIS WENDY MARTIN

ALLISON JOHNSON LISA MELDRUM EMILY MILBERGER

KELLY JACQUES


Year Golfer 1980 Carol Ludvigson

1981 Marty DeBolt

Carol Ludvigson

1982 Marty DeBolt

Carol Ludvigson

1983 Jill Prince

1985 Demetra Caporal

1986 Lee Ann Hammack

Jane Mennie

1987 Audrey Bendick

Shelley Duncan

Kristi Knight

Jane Mennie

1988 Kristi Knight

1989 Audrey Bendick

Ellen Mielke

Julie Rieger

Year Golfer1990 Ellen Mielke

Cindi Schaaf

Cathy Stevens

1991 Beth Brown

Ellen Mielke

Cindi Schaaf

Cathy Stevens

1993 Kim O’Connor

1994 Carolyn Janidlo

Kim O’Connor

Alycya Rambin

Medley Sapp


Medley Sapp

1996 Leslie Elliott

Year Golfer 1997 Isabelle Blais

Leslie Elliott

1998 Isabelle Blais

2000 Betsy Berry

Isabelle Blais

Jennifer James

Allison Johnson

2001 Betsy Berry

Hope Edge

Jennifer James

Allison Johnson

Wendy Martin

Jennifer Tannehill

2002 Betsy Berry

Hope Edge

Marsha Gonzaga

Jennifer James

Allison Johnson

Wendy Martin

Lisa Meldrum

Jennifer Tannehill

Jaime White

2003 Hope Edge

Allison Johnson

Lisa Meldrum

Year Golfer

Emily Milberger

2004 Hope Edge

Amparo Gala

Emily Milberger

Jaclyn Stelzer

2005 Amparo Gala

Emily Milberger

Jaclyn Stelzer

2006 Amparo Gala

Megan Goodwin

Kelly Jacques

Staci Smoot

Jaclyn Stelzer

2007 Kendall Dye

Megan Goodwin

Kelly Jacques

Jaclyn Stelzer

2008 Kendall Dye

Kelly Jacques

Sydney Lee

2009 Kendall Dye

Staci Smoot

Ellen Mueller

Year Golfer1986 Jane Mennie

1987 Audrey Bendick

Jane Mennie

1989 Audrey Bendick

Ellen Mielke

1990 Ellen Mielke

Cathy Stevens

1991 Beth Brown

Ellen Mielke

Cathy Stevens

1992 Beth Brown


Kim O’Connor

1994 Holly Alcala

Carolyn Janidlo

Kim O’Connor

Medley Sapp


Medley Sapp

1996 Leslie Elliott

1997 Isabelle Blais

Leslie Elliott

1998 Isabelle Blais

2000 Betsy Berry

Jennifer James

Allison Johnson

Wendy Martin

Year Golfer2001 Betsy Berry

Jennifer James

Allison Johnson

Wendy Martin

2002 Hope Edge

Allison Johnson

Wendy Martin

Emily Milberger

2003 Hope Edge

Allison Johnson

Emily Milberger

2004 Hope Edge

Amparo Gala

Emily Milberger

Jaclyn Stelzer

2005 Amparo Gala

Kelly Jacques

Emily Milberger

2006 Amparo Gala

Megan Goodwin

Kelly Jacques

2007 Megan Goodwin

Andrea Sellmeyer

Jaclyn Stelzer

2008 Ryanne Elmer

Ellen Mueller

2009 Ellen Mueller

Andrea Sellmeyer

Kelly Short

ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12

NGCA ALL-AMERICAN SCHOLAR GOLF TEAM

Year Golfer Award

1981 Dorea Mitchell Honorable Mention

1987 Audrey Bendick Honorable Mention

1994 Kim O’Connor Honorable Mention

1995 Carolyn Janidlo Honorable Mention

1998 Isabelle Blais Second Team

2002 Lisa Meldrum Honorable Mention

Jennifer Tannehill Honorable Mention

2004 Lisa Meldrum Honorable Mention

Honors & AwardsNGCA ALL-AMERICANS ACADEMIC ALL-BIG EIGHT

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Year Golfer 1990 Beth Brown

1991 M.J. Desbiens


1993 M.J. Desbiens


1995 Paula King

1996 Katie O’Neil

1997 Catharina Sundgren

1998 Sarah Warwick and Leslie Elliott

1999 Marsha Gonzaga

2000 Marsha Gonzaga

2001 Allison Johnson

2002 Emily Milberger

2003 Amparo Gala


2005 Staci Smoot

2006 Kelly Jacques

2007 Andrea Sellmeyer

2008 Chelsey Collins

2009 Kendall Dye

Year Golfer 1986 Lee Ann Hammack

1987 Shelley Duncan

1988 Audra Burks, Julie Rieger

1989 Audry Bendick

1990 Ellen Mielke

1991 Cathy Stevens, Ellen Mielke

1992 M.J. Desbiens

1993 Kim O’Connor

1994 Carolyn Janidlo, Kim O’Connor

1995 Carolyn Janidlo, Kim O’Connor

1996 Isabelle Blais, Paula King

1997 Isabelle Blais

1998 Isabelle Blais

1999 Wendy Martin

2000 Jennifer James, Wendy Martin,

Jennifer Tannehill

2001 Lisa Meldrum

2002 Jennifer Tannehill

2003 Lisa Meldrum

2004 Lisa Meldrum


2006 Kendall Dye

2007 Kelly Jacques

2008 Kelly Jacques

2009 Kendall Dye

Team Awards

Year Golfer 1997 Catharina Sundgren

1998 Sarah Warwick and Leslie Elliott

1999 Marsha Gonzaga

2000 Marsha Gonzaga

2001 Hope Edge

2002 Hope Edge

2003 Erin Goranson

2004 Jaclyn Stelzer

2005 Kelly Jacques

2006 Heather Wright

2007 Chelsey Collins

2008 Ryanne Elmer

2009 Staci Smoot

BLUMENTHAL AWARD SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD MOST IMPROVED AWARD

The Blumenthal Award is named after

Joan Blumenthal, the school’s second head

coach and one of the most successful men-

tors in school history. The award is pre-

sented to the team’s most valuable player.

Former senior Kendall Dye was the team’s

receipient of the Blumenthal Award in 2009

and 2006.

The Sportsmanship Award, which is

voted on by the team, is given to the player

who exemplifies teamwork and camara-

derie. Dye also received the 2009 season’s


The Most Improved Award, decided on

by the coaches, is given to the player who

shows the most improvement from the fall

to spring season. Former senior Staci Smoot

was named 2009’s most improved player.

Kendall Dye

Staci Smoot

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PJo Anna Aguilar,1980

Holly Alcala, 1993-1994

Carrie Askins, 1976-1977

Diedra Bailey, 1983

Gayle Baker, 1978

Dawn Barlow, 1978

Audrey Bendick, 1985-1987, 1989

Betsey Berry, 1999-2002

Joanne Bishop, 1984

Isabelle Blais, 1996-1998, 2000

Beth Brown, 1990-1991

Charli Bullard, 2004-2005

Audra Burks, 1987-1989

Kayley Calhoun, 1981

Demetra Caporal, 1984-1986

Brooke Collins, 2009

Chelsey Collins, 2007-2009

Leslie Core, 1981

Lisa Craig, 1996-1999

Mary Ann Crow, 1981-1982

Martha Debolt, 1981

Jaime Dello-Russo, 1998-2000

M.J. Desbiens, 1990-1993

Alana Donaldson, 2994

Shelley Duncan, 1986-1988

Kendall Dye, 2006-2009

Hope Edge, 2001-2004

Leslie Elliot, 1996-1999

Ryanne Elmer, 2007-2009

Lee Ann Hammack, 1982-1984, 1986

Sara Hemingway, 2009

Cathy Hicks, 1982-1985

Dawn Hollingsworth, 1976

Kelly Jacques, 2005-2008

Jennifer James, 1999-2002

Kellie Jamison, 1998-2001

Carolyn Janidlo, 1992-1995

Jennifer Jeffrey, 1996-1998

Kathy Jennijahn, 1976

Allison Johnson, 2000-2003

Erin Johnsrud, 1991-1992

Paula King, 1994-1996-1998

Kristi Knight, 1985, 1987-1988

Sydney Lee, 2006-2008

Patricia Lopez, 1996-1999

Carol Ludvigson, 1979-1982

Anna Malm, 1998

Susan, Marchese, 1980-1982, 1984

Wendy Martin, 1999-2002

Kammy Maxfeldt, 1980, 1981, 1983

Kim McFarlin, 1994-1997

Lisa Medrum, 2001-2004

Jane Mennie, 1985-1987

Ellen Mielke, 1988-1991

Emily Milberger, 2002-2005

Holly Miller, 1997, 1999

Stephanie Mischke, 1979-1980

Dorea Mitchell, 1978-1981

Kris Monaghan, 1979-1980

Ellen Mueller, 2008-2009

Krista Newman, 1991-1992

Jenni Nimmo, 2002-2004

Kim O’Connor, 1992-1995

Katie O’Neil, 1996-1997

Debbie O-Toole, 1976-1978

Kathy Patton, 1978

Sonya Perales, 1993

Lisa Ponder, 1997

Rachel Preble, 1993

Jill Prince, 1982-1983

Alycya Rambin, 1990-1994

Sandra Renaud, 1986

Julie Rieger, 1988-1989

Medley Sapp, 1992-1995

Cindi Schaaf, 1988-1991

Andrea Sellmeyer, 2007-2009

Lisa Settle, 1981

Kelly Short, 2009

Susan Small, 1980-1983

Christy Smith, 1990

Jacqueline Smith, 1997

Staci Smoot, 2006-2009

Heather Sparks, 1992-1993

Jaclyn Stelzer, 2003-2006

Cathy Stevens, 1989-1991

Catharina Sundgren, 1997

Jennifer Tannehill, 1999-2002

Rhonda Tilley, 1979

Joyce Trus, 2007

Marie Turner, 2003-2004

Cathryn Uselton, 2003-2004

Sandra Veeder, 1997

Michele Vinieratos, 1987-1988

Megan Waller, 1996-1998

Margaret Ward, 1977-1980

Sarah Warwick, 1995-1998

Wendy Webb, 1994-1995

Lindsey Wetzel, 1976-1977

Jaime White, 2002

Kristin Wilhour, 1985

Heather Wright, 2005-2008

Lisa Wright, 1982-1983

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GAmparo Gala, 2004-2006

Lynn Gatling, 1978

Sheryl Gerlach, 1977

Agatha Gibney, 1976

Marsha Gonzaga, 1999-2002

Megan Goodwin, 2005-2006

Erin Goranson, 2003-2004

Allison Gorgichuk, 1980-1982

Sheri Guariglia, 1979-1982

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Former Sooners Staci Smoot and

Kendall Dye after the Susie Maxwell

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At the Dick Miguire/Branch Law Firm Invitational

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On the course at the Dick McGuire

Invitational

The team spending time on the

Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas

On the course at the Dick McGuire Former Sooners Staci Smoot and

Kendall Dye after the Susie MaxwellKendall Dye after the Susie Maxwell


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Charlie Coe Golf Learning Center

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The $1 million center, funded by private donations, is located at the south

end of the driving range at the Jimmie Austin University of Oklahoma Golf

Course, which underwent a $5 million facelift in 1995.

The 7,000-square-foot, indoor-outdoor facility allows golfers a place

to practice every day. There are three hitting bays that golfers can use to

practice, with or without video. The video system includes the most up-

to-date equipment on the market. The video cameras are integrated into a

computer system that provides consistent clear images and feedback.

The building houses locker rooms and offices for both the men’s and

women’s teams, as well as numerous items documenting the history of golf

at the University of Oklahoma.

The center also includes an expansive outdoor practice area. Designed

exclusively for the OU golf teams, this part of the complex is 225 yards

wide and 90 yards deep. Opened in September of 1996, both the men’s and

women’s golf teams have been training here with very positive results.

The practice complex was developed by Tripp Davis, a former Sooner All-

American and member of the 1989 National Champion OU men’s golf team,

in conjunction with Bob Cupp and Gregg Grost.

The coaching staff, along with golf course superintendent Jason Faires,

have worked with Davis each season to make improvements to the Coe

Center. Scheduled improvmetns include many interior updates that will

continue the Coe Center’s reputation as one of the best practice facilities in

the country.

The south end complex has two satellite chipping greens as well as a

12,000-square-foot bent grass chipping area with seven bunkers to cover

a myriad of sand and stance possibilities. There is also a bent grass and

Bermuda grass putting green.

College golf has experienced a level of competitiveness recently that was

not present just a few years ago. Each year, more schools are putting forth

the resources necessary to compete on a national level. The most expensive

and difficult resource for any college program to attain is an exclusive

practice facility for the members of the team. Through the dedication and

enthusiastic support of the University and its donors, Oklahoma has built

and opened the Charlie Coe Center to fill this need.

The Coe Center has gained a reputation as the model facility for college

golf. Each year since its opening, major Division I universities have inquired

about copying the facility. Many have traveled to Norman for a first-hand

look.


OKLAHOMA WOMEN’S GOLF LOCKER ROOM

TEAM LOUNGE

Located inside the Charlie Coe Center, this part of the facility is outfitted with

individually monogramed chairs and women’s golf memorabilia. Each player is

provided with her own space for equipment and personal belongings. The locker

room is where teammates are able to spend time with one another and often

convene for team meetings. This year, new carpet is being installed in the locker

room. New furniture is also being brought in as well.

This beautifully decorated room is adorned with photos

celebrating the many golfers and accomplishments that

make up Oklahoma golf. The lounge is filled with luxurious

couches, tables and chairs, a big screen television and

a pool table. This is where the team meets to set goals,

host recruits, eat team meals and gather for entertainment

nights. In addition to being a place for business, this area

also provides the student-athletes with a comfortable

place to go between classes, to study and to use computers.

Coe attended OU from 1946-48 and became one of the most celebrated

amateur golfers in the game’s history. A two-time U.S. Amateur winner,

Coe never turned professional, instead choosing to spend time with his

wife and family. He made 19 Masters appearances and owns almost every

Masters amateur record, including top-24 finishes (9); top-10 finishes (3);

eagles (6), rounds played (67) and most times low amateur (6).

Charlie Coe (1923-2001)

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Named one of Golfweek’s “Best Courses You Can Play” in 2008 and 2009“The University of Oklahoma is very proud to be the first collegiate golf

course ever selected to host the prestigious U.S. Amateur Public Links

Championship. It’s a real tribute to the beauty and

challenges of the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club and, also, the

donors who have supported the course with their generous gifts.”

- University of Oklahoma President David Boren

Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club

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The road to the 2010 Masters will go through Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club, the site of the 2009 U.S.

Amateur Public Links championship. The first collegiate course to host the event, the 7,380-yard

layout was designed by Perry Maxwell and opened in 1951, on the site of the former Norman

Naval Air Station. Bob Cupp redesigned the course in 1996.

Named one of the most difficult courses by Golfweek Magazine in 1999

and one of the best collegiate courses by Travel & Leisure magazine in

2001, the Jimmie Austin University of Oklahoma Golf Club has been

renovated to test even the best golfer who dares to set foot on it.

Highlighting the changes made to the course in 2007 was the renova-

tion of all greens and bunkers. The greens were switched to the A1/A4

strain of bentgrass, which is aggressive in choking out poa annua and

is drought and heat tolerant. For the bunkers, the old characteristic

of high-sodded faces was removed and replaced with new high-sand

faces. Also installed were state-of-the-art draining technology and

new white sand from south Texas.

Additionally, the front and back nines were flipped so the current

number one is the old number 10 and vice versa. These recent

upgrades are just the beginning of what is a much larger master plan

to make the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club the top public venue in the

state of Oklahoma.

The course’s other amenities include a full driving range including

fairway bunker hitting areas, a chipping and sand play practice green

and a practice putting green. The inside of the clubhouse also offers

golfers a unique experience. Equipped with a great menu, Jimmie

Austin houses a fully operating restaurant and sports grill. Enjoy your

meal in the comfort of a dining area complete with large screen TVs

and leather chairs for relaxing or outside on the patio overlooking the

golf course. The patio, by design, allows onlookers to view the 18th

and 9th greens as well as the first and third tees.

rses by Golfweek Magazine in 1999k upgrades are

Did you know?OU’s course was named the 13th-best

collegiate golf venue by Links Magazine

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Alternate Courses

Belmar Golf Club

Established in 2002, Belmar Golf Club is situated on 200

acres of unspoiled Oklahoma farmland just north of Nor-

man. The course features 18 championship holesrolling

throughout the natural terrain. The ambiance of the club

is reminiscent of an English country estate with a gated

entry that leads the clubhouse.

As a member of the OU women’s golf squad, you’re afforded the privilege of playing many of the top courses around the state of Oklahoma on a regular

bases. While the team calls the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club home, the Sooners also practice at many of the state’s top courses within a short drive of Norman

including Belmar Golf Club, Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, Quail Creek Country club and the Trails Golf Club. Below is short description of each of

these courses.

Shadow CreekLiterally in someone’s backyard, Dr. Tony Cruise’s personal golf

measures 7,034 yards with a 73.4 slope. With 136 perfect

greens, words can’t describe the course until you’re there. It’s a

must see and will make you better.

Twin Hills Golf &Country Club

A challenging layout located on the south side of Norman, the Trails

has played host to the Oklahoma Amateur, the Oklahoma Senior

Championshi[p and the Oklahoma Senior Fourball Championship.

Although relatively short in length, the layout still poses a stern test

for any golfer, as the course is characterized by its narrow tree-lined

fairways.The Trails Golf Club

Designed by Perry Maxwell, the 18-hole Twin Hills golf course in

Oklahoma City, opened in 1923. The course rates 74.2 and has a slope

rating of 133 on Bermuda grass.


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“The University of Oklahoma is truly a great university. It is becoming a pacesetter for public higher education in the United States. We must no longer keep the university’s excellence a secret! It’s time for us to let others know about the strengths of our university and our determination to make it even better.”

- University of Oklahoma President David L. Boren THE UNIVERSITY 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 more than 30,000 students, has more than 2,400 full-time faculty members, and has 20 colleges offering 158 majors at the

baccalaureate level, 167 majors at the master’s level, 81 majors at the doctoral level, 26 majors at the doctoral professional level, and 24 graduate certificates. The university’s annual operating budget is $1.46 billion. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OU?

universities in the number of National Merit Scholars enrolled per capita.

Princeton Review has ranked OU among the best in the nation in terms of academic excellence and cost for students.

freshman class at a public university in state history.

economy each year.

in international reciprocal exchange agreements with universities around the world. The University has 174 student exchange agreements with universities in 66

countries. OU plans to increase participation in study-abroad programs by 50 percent over the next four years.

highly among public institutions nationwide in the total

Goldwater Scholarship for math and science, becoming OU’s 28th winner since 1994.

to cap the class size of first-year English composition courses at no more than 19 students as well as all Honors Courses.

Oklahoma to be named a Truman Scholar this year. This prestigious national award is given based on a student’s leadership potential, intellectual ability and the likeli-hood of “making a difference.”

colleges, one of only a few universities to achieve the ranking two years in a row.

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the 10 best in the United States.

-sity to more than double new scholarships for students in just four years.

March 2008 surpassed its goal of raising $100 million for endowed scholarships. To date, almost $140 million in scholarship endowments have been donated or pledged.

of endowed faculty positions in the past 14 years, demonstrating a strong commitment to excellence.

with more than $1.6 billion in gifts and pledges since 1994, which has provided funding for dramatic capital improvements, the growth in faculty endowment and student scholarships.

team won back-to-back national championships in the “PetroBowl” Competition.

expenditures at OU have more than doubled, and OU continues to set new records for funding for externally sponsored research. OU ended FY 2008 with total expenditures of more than $275 million.

its impressive rate of sponsored research, training, and public service growth by achieving more than $141 million in federal, state, corporate and nonprofit or foundation grants and contracts. Funding from the

have been completed, are under way or are forthcoming on OU’s three campuses, the largest of which is the $67 million National Weather Center.

collections in the world of documents and photographs,

at a public university in Oklahoma.

museums in the world associated with a university. The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History has more than 7 million artifacts and contains 195,000 square feet on 40 acres of land. The museum exhibits

— a lightning bolt painted on an extinct bison skull.

total more than 10,000 works of art, including OU’s

single most important gift of art ever given to a U.S.

important private collections in the nation of works by

the former U.S. State Department Embassy art collection;

the appearance of the OU Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. The project replaced a divided highway through campus with seven tiered gardens featuring traditional OU arches at each end. The 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.

— gardens, fountains, sculptures, benches — the University of Oklahoma has won first place in the education category for Beautification and Landscaping in the statewide environmental competition. Gifts of over $3 million have permanently endowed OU’s gardens.

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largest physician group. Our practice encompasses almost every adult and child specialty. Many OU Physicians have expertise in the management of complex conditions that is unavailable anywhere else in the state, region or sometimes even the nation. Some have pioneered surgical procedures or innovations in patient care that are world firsts.

Physicians. These board-certified pediatric specialists committed their training and, now, their practices to the care of children. Many children with birth defects, critical injuries or serious diseases who can’t be helped elsewhere come to OU Children’s Physicians. Oklahoma doctors and parents rely on OU Children’s Physicians depth of experience, nationally renowned expertise and sensitivity to children’s emotional needs.

most important collections of early manuscripts in the

own copy of his work, which first used the telescope to support the Copernican theory, with corrections in his own handwriting.

World Literature Today, is published at the University of Oklahoma.

millionth volume, continuing a commanding lead as the state’s largest research library and claiming one of the top two spots in size among Big 12 libraries.

the world’s largest collection of political commercials. With more than 95,000 commercials, the archive includes political advertisements dating back to 1936 for radio and 1950 for television. student lounge and office facilities.

Literature, considered to be second in prestige only to the

won the Nobel Prize in the past 38 years.

students to share informal and social experiences. Students may volunteer to live on international floors with half of the residents from the United States and half from other countries.

Dance Magazine places the OU School of Dance in the top three of all dance programs in the country.

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

weather, research and operations programs.

Big 12 and in Oklahoma history and among the top four among U.S. universities (excluding the big three National Science Foundation supercomputing centers). been

education research and consulting organization.

Development has created 36 companies that have generated more than $84 million in capital, more than $10 million in cash and more than $30 million in current

companies have created in excess of 150 jobs, which pay on average nearly twice the median household income in Oklahoma.

to become Oklahoma’s first and only National Cancer

research and care in the United States, means that Oklahomans will no longer need to travel 450 miles out of state for comprehensive, state-of-the-art cancer care.The University of Oklahoma has established a comprehensive diabetes center with operations on the OU campuses in Oklahoma City and Tulsa to provide statewide leadership in diabetes treatment, research, prevention, information, education and awareness. The Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center provides access to the latest developments in diabetes care and management through the clinical trials hosted by the center.

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ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Multidisciplinary Studies

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE

Construction ScienceEnvironmental Design

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

BiochemistryBotanyChemistryChineseClassicsCommunicationEconomicsEnglish

Film and Video StudiesFrench German

History

LettersLinguistics

MathematicsMicrobiology

PhilosophyPhysicsPolitical SciencePsychology

Social WorkSociologySociology - CriminologySpanishWomen’s StudiesZoology

COLLEGE OF ATMOSPHERIC AND

GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES

GeographyMeteorology

MICHAEL F. PRICE

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

EconomicsEnergy ManagementEntrepreneurship

Finance

Management

MarketingSupply Chain Management

COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION

Professional Studies

MEWBOURNE COLLEGE OF EARTH

AND ENERGY

Environmental GeologyGeologyGeophysicsPaleontologyPetroleum EngineeringPetroleum Geology

JEANNINE RAIBOLT

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Early Childhood EducationElementary EducationForeign Language Education

Mathematics EducationScience EducationSocial Studies EducationSpecial Education

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Chemical EngineeringCivil EngineeringComputer EngineeringComputer Science

Electrical EngineeringEngineering PhysicsEnvironmental EngineeringEnvironmental Science

Mechanical Engineering

WEITZENHOFFER FAMILY

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS

DanceDramaMedia - Filmaking, Photography, VideoMusicMusic EducationMusical Theatre Performance

TheatreVisual Communications

GAYLORD COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM

AND COMMUNICATION

Professional Writing

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL STUDIES

Liberal Studies

MIC AFFAIRS Mathematics

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PRENTICE GAUTT ACADEMIC CENTER

process, broke down barriers and crushed stereotypes. Today, OU student-athletes use the Prentice Gautt

center that today’s student-athletes use everyday now bears the name of the man who left an indelible legacy

process.

Center was held Friday, Sept. 17, 1999. The proposal to re-

in March 1999.

Gautt,” OU President David L. Boren said. “His personal values and character, along with his leadership as associate commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, continue 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

student-athletes who have followed him into collegiate athletics.”

The professional consultants of the Prentice Gautt

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.

athletes with a state-of-the-art academic support facility. The environment encourages a collaboration between staff

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

Foundation Computer Center, the Thompson Writing Center and centers for communication, reading, study skills, math and foreign language as well as learning enhancement and study areas.

LEARNING CENTERS: KERR CAREER CENTER

Whether student-athletes are freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors or graduates, they will benefit from the

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 CENTER

part of the learning experience. Students need access

Foundation Computer Centers are here to meet these technological needs. We provide each student with the equipment and support necessary to succeed.

The computer center is housed within the Prentice Gautt

available exclusively to our student-athletes.

Students also enjoy a large amount of storage space on our athletic network. Laptop computers are checked out nts through the

j y g g pd out our athletic network. Laptop computers are checked

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to students when the computer center is unavailable. This allows access to our network and resources 24 hours a day. The laptop program is very important in helping 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.

and lab technicians are always on hand to help.

other universities around the country. We plan on being a leader in the future as well. Upgrades are scheduled annually and there is a deep commitment from the

computer center will continue for a long time.

COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

This academic center focuses on developing communication and public speaking skills for student-athletes. The 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 CENTER

To assist you in speaking, listening, reading and writing in

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 CENTER

the Math Center provides all levels of math computations, concepts and problems to help students review course

sessions to assist with math assignments. READING/STUDY SKILLS CENTER

teach how to make direct applications to current resources. Consultation, computer-assisted instruction, tutoring and independent activities are available.

THOMPSON WRITING CENTER

Because learning and writing are essential life long skills which can always be strengthened, the Writing Center offers personalized instruction to student-athletes who seek assistance in refreshing, reviewing, or improving these skills. The Thompson Writing Center offers a dynamic, positive atmosphere to help student-athletes generate ideas and strategies for writing assignments. Consultants help student-athletes organize papers, review grammatical basics, develop proofreading and library research skills, and design résumés.

THE PATH TO GRADUATION

Steps For Building “Champions For Life”

STEP ONE: Assessment

New Student-Athlete Assessment -The academic assessment process begins with an entry-level assessment of all incoming student-athletes. This assessment is designed to help student-athletes know their strengths and weaknesses in content areas such as reading, writing, and mathematics. With this information, we can determine if student-athletes have the skills necessary to succeed in standard entry-level courses. Some results from this initial assessment may require additional testing, enrollment in developmental courses and academic services, or programs recommended based on individual needs. The ultimate purpose of our assessment is to ensure that student-athletes have the appropriate academic support services to achieve academic success.

STEP TWO: Skill Development

Tutorial Programof approximately 150 tutors provides one-to-one and small-group instruction. Student-athletes are assisted with study skills, problem-solving techniques and specific

recommend tutors or a student-athlete may request one independently.

Study Skills - The Study Skills Center provides student-athletes with assistance in college reading strategies and

specialist regularly conducts time management and study skills workshops. The staff’s goal is to help student-athletes become independent writers and learners in the academic environment.

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Computer Skills

provides student-athletes with computer knowledge and access. The Computer Center is open six days a week with extended hours offered during peak times. Made possible

200 state-of-the-art computers, including Macintosh and Windows-compatible computers with color monitors,

laser printers, digital camera, video equipment and a scanner are also available for student-athlete use. Software in use includes all popular word processing programs, spreadsheet programs, presentation programs, databases

addition, computer training courses are provided each semester and portable computers are available to student-athletes who need computer access after 11 p.m.

when traveling.

Foreign Language -Center was established to assist student-athletes with speaking, listening, reading and writing in different languages. The Center, coordinated by a Modern Languages department instructor, offers a top-notch multimedia environment for all foreign language instruction.

Math Skills -

aims to help all student-athletes achieve an understanding of math and related topics in their course work. The

Mathematics Center offers regular instruction for student-athletes placed in preparatory mathematics courses and tutorial consultation in all math and statistics courses.

Career Preparationis enhanced through workshops in résumé development, job search strategies, interviewing skills and graduate

Center. The Sooner Career Program is dedicated to educating student-athletes about the world of work and providing a transition from college athletics to their first careers. The program includes the OU Career Fair, career information seminars, opportunities for summer internships in various fields, an employment referral service and mentorship opportunities for graduating student-athletes. The Career Center, an exciting learning center, allows student-athletes the opportunity to explore potential careers and majors through a variety of

personality and career inventories via computer. The Sooner

Communication Skills - Communicating well is an essential skill in successful personal and professional interaction for OU student-athletes. The OU Communications Center offers training for effective oral communication and media

stage and a modern audio-visual systems is available in a state-of-the-art communications center.

SUPERVISED STUDY

Supervised study is a monitored study program designed to provide student-athletes with organized study and tutoring time in a flexible environment conducive to successful learning. Supervised study is required for all first-semester freshmen, transfer student-athletes,

and any student-athlete who the coaching staff and the Student Life academic staff believe would benefit from the experience. Supervised study is flexible for all student-

required to put in 10 hours a week in their first semester

available for use during these times. ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE AND TUTORING

Tutors are available to assist student-athletes in all subject

with content experts either allocated by academic services

services also provides revision groups, study sessions and weekly instruction on an individual or group basis in order to ensure student-athlete success. LEARNING ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

Learning specialists are assigned by academic services to designated student-athletes to assist them with study skills, problem solving techniques, and time management. The primary goal of the learning program is to create an environment conducive to student-athlete success in the

-dent Life office promote this environment of academic suc-

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can be very intimidating for both freshmen and transfer students. Our program provides a learning specialists to help familiarize the student-athlete with the academic and social culture at OU, thus helping to ease the transition to the University setting for student-athletes.

STEP THREE: Counseling

Personal Career Counseling - Student-athletes receive caring, professional support from Dr. Gerald Gurney and his staff at all levels. This support may take several forms, including career choice, academic or personal decisions.

Academic Counseling and Advisement - Six professional athletic academic counselors are present to help student-

one counselor per 100 student-athletes is available to assist the student-athletes with planning class schedules, choosing degree programs and setting personal and academic goals.

Psychological Counseling and Sport Psychology (PROS)

licensed Counseling Psychologist and several psychological counselors and interns to provide a wide array of counseling and performance enhancing services. Student-athletes may visit the staff to confidentially discuss anything impacting their academic, athletic or personal lives. OU’s national award-winning program has become a model for other programs to follow.

Academic Monitoring - Course attendance and course performance are checked a minimum of four times per semester for each student-athlete participating in the intercollegiate athletic program.

Personal Health and Nutritional Counseling - The personal health and nutritional needs of student-athletes are monitored by the OU Sports Medicine staff of physicians and certified athletic trainers. The Wagner Dining Center makes every effort to accommodate the special dietary

and nutritional requirements of OU student-athletes. The cafeteria serves all three meals with several healthy entrees to choose from. The menu is designed to meet the nutritional needs of every individual student-athlete by allowing each athlete to choose from a variety of options to accommodate the unique demands of his/her schedule.

awareness requires student-athletes to enroll in a campus personal health course focusing on substance abuse, human sexuality, nutrition and stress management.

STEP FOUR: Faculty Relations

Faculty Guest Program - The faculty guest program’s purpose is to enhance the athletic department’s relationship with the faculty and staff. Faculty members are selected to be guest coaches for the week in all sports throughout the academic year. During that time, the faculty guests are provided with a list of planned activities that are designed to give them an opportunity to experience various aspects of the athletic department’s operations and introduce them to student-athlete lifestyles and expectations.

STEP FIVE: Resident Life

Sooner Housing Center - Student-athletes reside in a variety of University housing environments, including the Sooner Housing Center. The Sooner Housing Center,

the street from the Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial

to the academic and personal development of student-athletes. The Sooner Housing Center was the winner of the 1998, 2003, 2005 and 2009 President’s Trophy for the outstanding housing center on the OU campus and was recognized for its contribution to academic excellence, innovative programming and campus diversity. The Sooner Housing Center was also selected as the President’s Trophy runner-up in 1997, 2000 and 2006.

STEP SIX: Life Skills, Academic Recognition,

Graduation/Post Eligibility, Community Service and

Student-Athlete Leadership Life Skills Program -

dedicated to contributing to the growth and development of student-athletes through academic excellence, athletic excellence, personal development, community service

offers and maintains a strong commitment through comprehensive programs to fully develop the student-athletes’ academic and personal potential, while enjoying the highest levels of athletic competition.

Academics Awards Programprogram places special emphasis upon recognition of outstanding academic performances by student-athletes.

special award winners and scholar athletes who have

receive recognition prior to OU’s graduation ceremonies in May during a reception. Each is given an “O” ring, representing their athletic participation and graduation

student-athletes who exhaust their eligibility within eight semesters may receive an additional year of financial aid within a six-year period.

Student-Athlete Advisory Committee - Student-athlete leaders from each sport comprise the Student-

communication with the athletic and University administration regarding student-athletes’ needs and

developed a community outreach partnership with the Oklahoma Youth Center, a local residential facility for

also designs programs that encourage excellence in academics and social responsibility and serve to represent student-athletes on campus-wide committees.

OKLAHOMA REMEMBERS GAUTT

Prentice Gautt ushered in a new era for Oklahoma football when he landed a spot on the

1956 team. Former Sooner head coach Bud Wilkinson was pressured against giving Gautt

a scholarship. A group of black doctors and pharmacists gave money for Gautt to attend

the school. Within a year, Gautt was given a scholarship and the donated amounts were

given to another black student.

Gautt, considered Oklahoma’s best player in 1958, was a two-time All-Big Eight player

and 1959 Orange Bowl MVP. During his senior year, Gautt was named to the academic

All-America team and eventually earned master’s and doctorate degrees in psychology.

The academic center for student-athletes at the University of Oklahoma was named in

Gautt’s honor in 1999. A special assistant to the commissioner of the Big 12 Conference,

Gautt passed away on March 17, 2005.

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Baseball

The 2009 Sooner baseball team advanced to the program’s fourth regional final in the last five years under head coach Sunny Golloway. OU received the nation’s No. 7 seed in

campaign with a 43-20 mark, the second most wins since the Sooners won the 1994 National Championship. While

the Sooners had plenty to celebrate throughout the season as they finished second in the Big 12 standings (a half game behind Texas).

Men’s Basketball

regarding Blake Griffin’s abilities heading into 2008-09, the sophomore forward answered them emphatically by

Four (they lost to eventual national champion North Carolina in the Elite Eight). OU’s 13-3 record in Big 12 Conference play tied as its best in the 13-year history of the league, and a 25-1 start to the season resulted in a three-

was author one of the most impressive single seasons in recent college hoops memory and win every national player of the year honor.

Women’s Basketball

Women’s basketball had one of its most successful seasons in history, culminating at the program’s second Final

with 32 wins, including a record 20-game winning streak, and earned their sixth Big 12 regular-season title -- the third for OU in four seasons.

Cross Country The women’s cross country program was represented at

16th among sophomores and ninth among Big 12 runners.

finishing fifth at the Big 12 Championships. Classmate

men’s season was highlighted by a second-place finish at

Football

Oklahoma won its sixth Big 12 Football Championship and became the first program to win the crown in three consecutive seasons, after becoming 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

in the modern era. Oklahoma made its 10th straight bowl appearance, its sixth in the BCS and fourth in the championship game. Quarterback Sam Bradford became OU’s fifth Heisman Trophy winner and joined offensive

Oklahoma won 11 or more games for the eighth time in Bob Stoops’ 10 seasons.

Men’s Golf

The OU men’s golf team recorded three top-five finishes during the season, including a win at the Macdonald Cup on Oct. 5 in New Haven, Conn. That title was OU’s first tournament victory since the 2006 Big 12 Championship. Oklahoma defeated 13 other squads and inclement weather in its eight-shot triumph for the tournament

assistant coach for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Women’s Golf

women’s golf team captured four top-five finishes in its

OU take fifth place at the 13-team Windy City Collegiate Championships and third place at the 17-team Price’s “Give

OU Experiences Another Year of All-Around Success

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he first to win ners led the nation

Championships and third place at the 17-team Price’s “Give


Men’s Gymnastics

Head Coach Mark Williams and the Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team completed another championship year, finishing undefeated in the regular season and adding three national individual titles to its history.

Horton’s footstep’s by capturing three individual national championships. The sophomore claimed the national all-around title and two individual titles on floor and vault to move past Bart Conner (three titles) in the OU record books. Legendre’s five national titles in his two-year career left him one behind Horton’s total. Women’s Gymnastics

of Oklahoma women’s gymnastics squad. The Sooners won their second straight Big 12 title in 2009, marking the program’s eighth overall conference championship. Head

in two of her first three seasons. Oklahoma advanced to its

Florida, Georgia, LSU and Utah as the only schools to

Haley DeProspero (beam), Megan Ferguson (bars and

conference event champions as Oklahoma clinched event titles on beam and floor at the Big 12 Championship.

Soccer

Sophomore Whitney Palmer became one of three Sooners in school history to collect Big 12 honors in multiple years

The Plano, Texas, native is also the first Sooner to lead the team outright in goals scored in back-to-back seasons

at 3-15-1 overall and placed ninth in the Big 12 standings with a 2-7-1 mark.

Softball

The OU softball team wrapped up the year 40-16 overall and 14-4 in Big 12 play. The Sooners won their fourth

was named Big 12 Player of the Year and head coach Patty Gasso earned her fourth Big 12 Coach of the Year

Women’s Tennis

The women’s tennis team finished its first season under head coach David Mullins with a 9-14 overall record and a 3-9 Big 12 record. The Sooners faced a challenging sched-ule, playing 15 of their 23 matches on the road with nine matches against nationally ranked opponents.

Men’s Tennis

The men’s tennis team (12-10, 1-5 Big 12) began the spring season at No. 71 nationally and had three players ranked in

ranking of 44th as the Sooners faced one of the toughest schedules in the nation, one that included duals against 15

Track & Field

The fourth year under head coach Martin Smith marked a continued growth for the Sooners as OU added 13

conference front, the men and women combined to earn four Big 12 titles. The Sooners reached the double-digit

titles, claiming indoor and outdoor titles in the long jump.

the discus. Volleyball

With a young squad in 2008, the Sooners surpassed ex-pectations. The 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 a starting group. OU recorded its one of its biggest win in school history on Oct. 29, upending then-third-ranked Texas in

and the Sooners’ second win in the series. The freshmen duo of Caitlin Higgins and Brianne Barker were named to

Wrestling

The University of Oklahoma wrestling squad tallied its

16th season at the helm as the 2009 squad finished with a

-ond dual of the season against Oklahoma City, the Sooner head coach picked up his 200th win overall in Norman.

Men’s Gymnastics at 3-15-1 overa

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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.

in its sixth BCS bowl in just seven years and, in 2008, the men’s gymnastics team earned its fifth national title in

basketball teams carved their spot in history by advancing

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 com-bined for 74 wins -- the most ever for those three sports by

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 exem-plary. 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-ath-letes 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:

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‘80, ‘84), Conner won two gold medals in 1984. He was

Gymnastics Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.

World Series to capture the school’s first softball national championship. The Sooners won 66 games, broke 15

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

softball national championship.

-season tournaments in the last 28 years. Last season OU produced its 32nd winning season in the last 33 years. No other Big 12 team can boast as many winning campaigns in the span.

championships, 42 conference titles, 24 bowl champion-

the NFL, including 37 first-round selections and three No. 1

Bosworth (1987—supplemental).

conference titles and seven national championships. OU

national champions ranks third all-time.

to go a combined 19-0 against league opponents, and was one of only four teams nationally to run the table against their league in 2005-06.

he Nationalme just the

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National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, including three head coaches: Bennie Owen in 1951, Bud Wilkinson in 1969 and Barry Switzer in 2001.

conference champions, 14 conference titles and the 1989 national championship.

13. He accomplished the feat twice in games against Centenary on Dec. 12, 1987, and Loyola-Marymount on Dec. 17, 1988.

halfback Billy Vessels won the award in 1952, tailback Steve Owens won in 1969, halfback Billy Sims won in

to Norman in 2003 and fellow QB Sam Bradford took home the award last season. OU players have captured 63 national awards and the Sooners have also produced five Outland Trophies, four Walter Camp Trophies, four Butkus

tournament and the World 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.

celebrated amateur players in the 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.

have collectively won three gold and two silver medals. Brothers Dave and Mark Schultz both won gold in the 1984 games.

with a come-from-behind win over Tennessee in the cham-pionship game to become the first team in history to claim the title after winning the double-elimination tournament without a defeat.

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.

most decorated player in the program’s history in 2002. She

championship game, Dales was a two-time consensus

McFarlane (track and field) represented Oklahoma at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

golfer since Tiger Woods to win twice in one year on the

in winning the cup with a crushing defeat of Sergio Garcia.

the first gymnast in Big 12 history to win multiple crowns

captured titles on bars and beam, leading the Sooners to their second straight Big 12 title in 2009.

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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:

Sooners

College 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.

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

as “Boomers” and the ones who went early were called “Sooners.”

Boomers for 10 years before the current Sooner nickname emerged in 1908. The university actually derived its name

University of Oklahoma athletics teams over the years has made the nickname synonymous with winning.

Boomer Sooner

One 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.

whose father was a Norman jeweler, wrote the lyrics to the fight song, borrowing the tune from Yale University’s Boola

and the two combined to form today’s university fight song. 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 SoonerBoomer Sooner, Boomer SoonerBoomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner

Oklahoma, OklahomaOklahoma, Oklahoma Oklahoma, Oklahoma

Mascots

The 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.

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.

among students and faculty that the university closed for his funeral and procession on May 2, 1928.

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

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Crimson and Cream

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.

Pride of Oklahoma

The Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band has been supporting Sooner Spirit for more than a century. Unlike many other college bands, which began as military drill units, the Pride of Oklahoma had its beginnings as a pep band.

and students of OU participated in a band that played for

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.

OU Chant

The 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.

Gilkey, who directed the OU girl’s glee club from 1936 to 1938 and was voted Outstanding Faculty Woman in 1937.

Thousands strong

Of campus beautiful by day and night

‘Neath a western skyOU’s chant will never die.

Crimson and Cream Pride of Oklahoma

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OU lives by a clear and strong motto in dealing with

Preparing Leaders for Tomorrow. To fulfill that promise, the athletics department and student-athletes take an active role in a number of community service projects. Sooner student-athletes are exposed to life outside of sports and school work with opportunities to serve and help others.

-tee made up of student-athletes from all 21 intercollegiate athletic teams at the University of Oklahoma. The group coordinates community service programs for the Sooners each month.

“Giving back is something that benefits us as much as those we’re helping,” says OU head softball coach Patty

softball program.”

The University of Oklahoma men’s golf program has

instruction, the event allows more than 1,000 southeastern Oklahoma youth an opportunity to interact with the OU golf team and coaches.

Oklahoma women’s basketball teams have been extremely active in the community since head coach Sherri Coale’s

Coaches vs. Cancer, Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity and the Children’s Miracle Network, Coale implemented the Sooner Big Sis Program which places women’s basketball players at elementary schools in Norman to serve as men-tors and teachers’ aides.

-ence here,” says Coale, “how important it is to volunteer to be a part of whatever community they decide to reside in when their playing days are over.”

Oklahoma’s student-athletes recognize that wearing the Crimson and Cream means representing a popular sports program and themselves as individuals. They are encour-aged to respond to a public that adores them, while learn-ing important lessons about making a positive impact in the lives of others and in the community in which they live.

Community service events for OU student-athletes from the past year included:

Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City and participated in the Sooner Big Sis Program, an event in which each student-

athlete selects a Norman elementary school class and visits the class weekly for an hour.

a barbeque, in addition to visiting the “Miracle League” in Edmond and working with children at local elementary schools.

elementary schools in the Norman area. The team earned the Volunteer of the Year award by the Norman United Way

Cleveland Elementary School.

Drink,” a community campaign to help promote safe and responsible drinking among student-athletes and students on campus.

for children with terminal illnesses by visiting and playing with the children.

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more than 1,000 Norman Public Schools students in 20 schools as visiting readers, tutors, mentors and other special events including speaking engagements.

School, mentored children during lunch at Norman

at Tulsa High School.

Children’s Miracle Network, Food and Shelter for Friends,

Special Olympics, among others.

Network, organized student outreach programs at Marcus Garvey Leadership Charter School and Moon Middle School helping to impart ideas and strategies to young people that will help them be successful in sports as well as life.

Special Olympics in Norman and Noble. The players were honorary hug givers and cheerleaders, encouraging

Oklahoma’s special stars. The Sooners also assisted the United Way in its Meals on Wheels program. OU delivered, sacked and decorated bags that contained food items for emergency use during the winter months.

involved in various community projects during the course

schools and conducting the annual food drive.

provided candy, games and safe entertainment for hundreds of local children and their families at the Lloyd Noble Center.

OU student-athletes through the Life Skills Program. Events included reading to school children,leading middle school

visits to children’s hospital.

teams were involved with Special Spectators, a national organization that invites seriously ill children to attend a sporting event and meet the players and coaches. The Sooners hosted more than 20 children from several Oklahoma City hospitals who attended sporting events on the OU campus.

Center and individuals in need during the holiday season.

donations will help save the lives of more than 500 people.

through community service hours, attendance at life skills

events as well as participation in campus cultural events.

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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.

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.

television. OU enters the 2009 season with a streak of 85 consecutive televised games and has been shown on TV 295 times dating back to the 1953 season.

received live television coverage of 28 games, including 17 nationally televised contests.

during the 2008-09 season, including national coverage for 16 contests.

eight regular-season baseball games in 2009, including five on Fox Sports Net’s national coverage.

regular television coverage thanks to consistent top-10 rankings through the years. The nation focused its eyes on

Men’s Gymnastics National Championships at Lloyd Noble Center, while the women were shown nationally bringing home the 2008 and 2009 Big 12 Championship crowns.

City each year, with all games shown live across the nation.

amount of products and apparel purchased by fans. OU ranks 11th in the nation in sales of licensed merchandise.

on the cover of Sports Illustrated 12 times. Sooner football

Gameday production has broadcast on site from 21 of Oklahoma’s games.

SoonerSports.com every month last year, making the

of the top collegiate sites in the nation.

as talent for the nation’s top media outlets including CBS’ Spencer Tillman and Stacy Dales, who has worked

are often called on to provide color commentary during regional broadcasts due to their championship experience and athletics expertise.

dcast on site from 21 of

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Oklahoma’s weight training program is a pioneer in the development of strength and conditioning, and is a vital part of the Sooners’ tradition of success. OU strength and conditioning coaches utilize their expertise along with a wide array of equipment and tests to produce national championship caliber athletes.

Evaluation, goal-oriented programs, supervision and state-of-the-art facilities help Oklahoma athletes become bigger,

Family Strength and Conditioning Complex, located in the Barry Switzer Center, has 13,000 square feet to facilitate

workouts inside the Everest Training Center. The former

center possible through a gift to the University.

complex is a state-of-the-art facility where athletes work closely with six full-time staff members. “Oklahoma recognizes the importance of conditioning,” says Schmidt. “This facility is reflective of that commitment.”

The objective of the strength and conditioning program is to ensure each student-athlete in every sport is provided with a sound in-season and off-season program. This program of activity includes strength, conditioning,

coordinator for each sport is provided to assist athletes in reaching the highest possible training levels.

The OU strength and conditioning staff takes great pride in providing a very intensive program that helps maintain greater overall body strength and conditioning levels during the season. By maintaining strength in the muscles and connective tissues throughout the season, the potential for injuries decreases.

The off-season program is also extremely intensive. Speed, strength, power, agility, fundamentals and nutrition are addressed. The OU staff is committed to full compliance

athletes and voluntary workouts during off-season periods.

The staff’s interaction with the nutritional consultants on campus is essential. The staff maintains an open channel of communication with the dining staff at the Wagner Dining Center. This interaction enables the strength and conditioning staff to ensure that OU athletes receive a winning edge with a sound nutrition program.

“Our goal is to get the student-athletes in their best condition,” says Schmidt. “That condition will give Oklahoma an edge at the end of a game. Top of the line conditioning is what it takes to be a Sooner athlete.

athlete to compete at the highest level.”Located at the south end of the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, the Barry Switzer Center houses administrative offices, the 9,000-square-foot football locker room, 6,500-square-foot the equipment room,

Facility, over 12,000 square feet of meeting rooms and the 7,000-square-foot Touchdown Club Legends Lobby in addition to the Siegfried and Family Strength and Conditioning Complex.

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responsibility to help its athletes reach and maintain their optimum health and achieve conditioning goals. For this reason, OU has developed excellent training and conditioning programs to lessen the possibility of injuries. However, should injuries occur, the department is committed to a comprehensive rehabilitation program.

Complete athletically-related medical services are provided to Oklahoma student-athletes by team physicians and OU’s certified athletic trainers. The University of Oklahoma obtains the services of the best medical consultants available.

The base of operation for the Sooners’ medical care is the

Center in the Barry Switzer Center.

to the Barry Switzer Center has allowed the university to upgrade to a new edition of rehabilitation equipment that can best benefit the student-athletes.

From simple therobands to taping tables, the facility offers everything a school can have or hope to have. The Sooner training room is equipped to perform isokinetic joint evaluation for preventive medicine and for post-injury rehabilitation.

The therapy room is supplied with the latest modalities on the market.

“The addition of space is the greatest benefit,” says

is the water rehabilitation area. The athlete stands in a pool of water that is adjusted to his or her own physical needs. Cameras are then placed where physicians can monitor the progress made by the athlete on his or her road to recovery.”

preventing, treating and rehabilitating injuries sustained by student-athletes. These measures keep Sooner athletes at their highest level of performance as they compete for championships.

stated goal of athletic training at Oklahoma is, first of all, care for the student-athletes, thereby granting our sports a competitive advantage and ultimately greater esteem for the entire program.

“To that end we are blessed with a full complement of self-sacrificing medical professionals working on a regular basis with our athletic training staff.”

Henry J. Freede, M.D., Sports Medicine Facility

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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: 26 national championships,

The University of Oklahoma’s goal is to provide first-class facilities and resources for all the programs and endeavors

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

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.

Expectations’ donors: an expanded, renovated and more beautiful football stadium; two completely new facilities for men’s and women’s basketball at Lloyd Noble Center; new or renovated facilities for baseball, softball, volleyball,

wrestling, softball, tennis, soccer and track and field; new strength and conditioning and sports medicine centers and an indoor training center.

Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

The $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

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 Center

Considered 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 Athletics

While the football gameday facilities in the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium may be more familiar to OU supporters, the north side McClendon Center for

OU’s entire athletics program as it is the center of student

learning and athletics administration activities.

Robin Siegfried and Family Strength and

Conditioning Complex

This 13,000-square-foot facility serves more than 500 athletes in OU’s 21 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 a pioneer in the strength and conditioning field.

Barry Switzer Center

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 Facility

This 10,000-square-foot sports medicine facility within the Barry Switzer Center treats athletes from all 21 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 Room

or offensive/defensive units to watch motivational videos before each game. OU’s offense and defense post their goals

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The Jimmie Austin Golf Club was honored as one of Golfweek’s Best Courses You

Can Play in 2009. It marked the second straight year that the course has made

the list.

TOP NOTCH COURSE


for each week, and the Sooner coach holds his post-game press conference in this area.

Headington Family Tennis Center Expansion

The men’s and women’s tennis teams completed one of the finest indoor venues in the country in 2009. Highlights of the new, 55,000 square-foot facility include six air-conditioned courts, championship-quality lighting and surface, and approximately 375 chair-back seats for spectators, which are elevated between the courts. The programs opened a 12-court outdoor championship facility in 2001 during the Great Expectations campaign and was particularly notable because it was donations exclusively from tennis letterwinners who made the new courts possible.

John Crain Field at the OU Soccer Complex

soccer program enjoyed a $4.5 million expansion to the

permanent grandstand, a multi-use building is located

the Headington Family Tennis Center at the corner of

complex includes locker rooms, meeting and video rooms and offices for the student-athletes and coaches.

Softball Hitting Facility

The OU softball team broke ground on an indoor

Complex, giving the team a spacious and comfortable

2003, the softball field was named in honor of retired softball coach and women’s administrator Marita Hynes.

Baseball Practice Facility

With an estimated cost of $1 million, the OU baseball team opened an indoor hitting facility and practice infield at L. Dale Mitchell Park prior to the 2009 season. The 5,160-square-foot facility has three full-size hitting/pitching lanes and is air conditioned and heated. Previous renovations to L. Dale Mitchell Park were completed in 2001 when the press box underwent state-of-the-art improvements including four

facility originally opened in 1982.

John Jacobs Track and Field Complex

The project, which was completed in spring 2004, included a

Practice Facility with the Everest Training Center. This new building includes track and field locker rooms, a sports

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 House

The 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

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

facility was repainted and improvements were made to the

Sooners have also enjoyed renovations done to the training room as well as an upgrade to both the volleyball and wrestling locker rooms.

Wrestling Practice Facility

Department launched a $2.4 million project in 2008. The bulk of the construction will include a $1.3 million addition

as the practice venue for the Sooner wrestling team. Mary Jane Noble Women’s Basketball Center

made the first million-dollar gift in OU history with its contribution to OU’s campaign to build a multi-purpose

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 Center

The 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

gives fans a venue for special events.

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Norman was recently named by Money Magazine as No.

locations with a population between 50,000 and 300,000.

Norman is an ever-changing city of nearly 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 landrush 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 desired to have the first state university. When the first OU president got off the train and saw a prairie, he saw opportunity.

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.

Men’s and Women’s Tennis, Track and Field, Wrestling, Women’s Golf, and Women’s Gymnastics Championships were held in Norman. Cultural activities are unlimited in Norman, making it the

to people of all ethnic and educational backgrounds, the city has something to offer everyone. Norman is home to a variety of enriching events and attractions, including the Sooner Theater, which hosts a series of entertaining theatrical performances produced by locally-based talent and touring companies.

The city also showcases local and regional artists in its

of Drama, School of Dance and the School of Music, stage productions are offered year round. The Medieval Fair has become a springtime tradition in Norman as people from around the country converge on the

look back in time. Each year, an area park is transformed into a festival of sights, sounds and tastes

entertain and story tellers spin tales of a magical time in history.

The $44 million Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, a state-of-the-art facility designed to display a collection of historical and natural science items that trace the southwest’s development since prehistoric times, opened in May 2000. History buffs will also enjoy the Cleveland Country Historical House which holds exhibits relating to the development of this area of the state.

houses permanent collections, nationally and world-renowned traveling exhibits as well as a yearly student art show. The museum has recently added the Weitzenhoffer

most important gift of art ever given to a U.S. public university. Maintaining a progressive approach to the future while remembering its history, Norman continues to be a well-balanced community, proud to be the home of the University of Oklahoma.

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NORMAN - By the Numbers

6 -

Places to Live by Money Magazine among “small” cities” or locations with a population between 50,000 and 300,000.

18 - 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.

70 - The average annual temperature in Norman is a cool 70 degrees. The area enjoys a temperate climate with mild winters and four distinct seasons with a warm spring and fall.

100,000 - Norman is the third largest city in the state with nearly 100,000 residents. Despite its growth, the city nurtures and maintains its small, college town atmosphere.

OKLAHOMA CITY

Oklahoma City, the capital of Oklahoma, is located just 18

Western heritage. Whether adventure, history, culture or sports, Oklahoma City offers a variety of attractions and activities different from any other place in the country.

1889, when the central portion of what is now Oklahoma was opened to settlement by presidential proclamation. Thousands crossed the borders of “unassigned lands” at the sound of gunfire at high noon. Never before or since has such a “run” occurred anywhere on the earth.

By the time the dust had settled on that historic day, many people had staked their claim at “Oklahoma Station,” an area which was destined to become Oklahoma City, a

became the capital after a statewide election moved the state seal from Guthrie.Oklahoma City has become a haven for exciting sports

Softball World Series and Big 12 Softball Championship.

champions (then named the Oklahoma City 89ers), are the

plushest venues in all of minor league sports. The ballpark

2005, 2006, 2007 and 208 Big 12 Baseball Championships.

Hockey mania runs rampant with the recent success of the Central Hockey League’s Oklahoma City Blazers. The

Blazers won the CHL crown in 1996 and are yearly one of

TULSA

Tulsa, the state’s second largest city, is located 100 miles to the northeast of Norman in the heart of Oklahoma’s Green

heritage left its mark, in both the business and music

Tulsa is a cosmopolitan town that appeals to both young families and retirees. National touring exhibitions can be

great western art, check out the Gilcrease Museum, and

of Fame. Other unique attractions worth a stop include the

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The Big 12 Conference has established a consistent level of national success on the field and in the classroom as it enters its 14th season in 2009-10. Since it began play in 1996-97, the Conference can boast of 34 team crowns

titles in men’s golf as well as men’s and women’s outdoor

Championship Series for the fifth time and had a team play

addition, two volleyball teams advanced to the semifinals

Women’s Final Four. Missouri softball and Texas baseball punched tickets to the College World Series.

consecutive cross country national championships. She

as the nation’s top female cross country athlete, becoming just the eighth athlete to win the award three times in any

For the fourth time in its 13-year history a Big 12 student-athlete won the Heisman Trophy. The Big 12 also established a high-water mark, as for the first time in the 74-year history of the Heisman Trophy four of the top five vote-getters hailed from the same conference, including award-winner Sam Bradford (Oklahoma).

have been hoisted by Big 12 institutions, with at least one national crown won in all but one year for the Conference, including each of the past 12 seasons.

The Big 12 leads all conferences with its six appearances in BCS title games. League squads have played for the football national championship six times in the last nine years with berths in 16 BCS games overall, including two each in 2007 and 2008. The Big 12 led all conferences with five

conference.

advanced to their respective Final Fours in the past eight seasons as the Big 12 continues its place among the elite intercollegiate athletic conferences. The six men’s Final Four participants since 2002 are tied for the most of any conference. Numerous national honors have been won by basketball student-athletes during the league’s history. The Big 12 had a national player of the year honoree for the third straight year when Blake Griffin (Oklahoma) was the consensus winner in 2008-09. Courtney Paris (Oklahoma)

women’s basketball for the ninth straight season.

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

in 2006 and 2007 by ESPN The Magazine and College

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-

She is the first athlete since the Big 12 was formed to earn

academic honorees, averaging more than 25 each season. The Big 12 can boast of other stories that combine on and

to an outstanding female college athlete who overcomes adversity to excel in her sport. She was diagnosed with

Championships.

Competitive excellence, scholarship and sportsmanship

for each sport at the end of their respective seasons.

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Year and Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year awards.

Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarships at the end of each

million in postgraduate financial aid through the first 13 years of the program.

The Big 12 sponsors 21 sports. Men’s squads include baseball,

teams are fielded in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics,

swimming, tennis and volleyball.

The conference is made up of 12 institutions that have shared many traditional rivalries throughout their histories. Member

University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, University of Texas, Texas

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.

agreements and expanded television opportunities for all sports

league renewed and expanded its multi-year arrangement

billion to its 12 member institutions.

The Big 12 staff administers to over 4,600 student-athletes in 21

BIG 12 CONFERENCE STAFF

Commissioner .......................................................................................................................... Dan Beebe Deputy Commissioner .............................................................................................................. Tim Weiser

................................................................................................... ..............................................................................................Dru Hancock

................................Chief Financial Officer ................................................................................................................Steve Pace

............................................................................... Bob Burda .........................................................Brad Clements

............................................ Lori Ebihara .............................................................................Dayna Scherf

............................................................. Ed Stewart Director of Compliance ..............................................................................................................Director of Communications .....................................................................................................Director of Football Championship .................................................................................... Donnie Duncan Director of Marketing ...............................................................................................................Coordinator of Football Officials .........................................................................................

....................................................................... ............................................................................... Carmen Branch

......................................................................................Sean Hollister ............................................................................................

Championships Manager ........................................................................................................Blair Beneke Business/Ticket Manager ............................................................................................................. Tim Frick

..................................Melanie Ellis ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................Tracy Hunt ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. Neesha Quinn

........................................................................... Michelle Peterson ................................................................................ Candice Eng ...................................................................... Emily Franzenburg

................................................................................................. Sam Neumann

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Soonersports.comOKLAHOMA ATHLETICS ON THE WEB

Oklahoma’s official athletics site, SoonerSports.com, ranked in the top five across the board

in CBS College Sports’ rankings of the 213 school and conference sites in its network for the

past year.

The University of Oklahoma, in conjunction with its multimedia rights partner, Sooner

Sports Properties, signed on to become a partner in CBS College Sports Network, the

industry leader for online networks. It 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 CBS College Sports Network 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 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, CBS College Sports Network launched a custom Web

site with a variety of online features including an e-commerce store, photo galleries and

CBS College Sports Network’s exclusive GameTracker ™ 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 CBS College Sports Network’s industry-leading online

and new media solutions, including access to new distribution platforms such as CBS2Go

mobile and podcasting.

CBS College Sports Network 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 CBS College Sports

TV, televising regular-season and championship events for 35 men’s and women’s college

sports; sportsline.com/cbscollegesports and its network of more than 215 official athletic

sites; CBS College Sports Network 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.

sportsline.com/cbscollegesports

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.

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, online credentials and more. Visit the site to request an

account for access.

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