From the exploits of cagers Frank Davis and David Smith in the 1960s to modern-day national players of the year Jay Mauck and Jarred Merrill … from the Olympian feats of Jeff Bennett to the national-champion relay teams of the 1970s and 1980s to the exploits of Silas Kisorio … from a World Series baseball team to an Elite Eight women’s hoops squad … from the three-time national golf champions to multiple tennis and cross country national crowns … whether it’s national-tournament appearances in soccer, softball or something else, Oklahoma Christian has enjoyed across-the-board athletic success for more than half a century.
Oklahoma Christian fields teams in men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s golf, baseball and softball, with student-athletes honored as All-Americans, Scholar Athletes and Academic All-Americans on an annual basis.
OC is a perennial contender on the national scene, highlighted by its top-10 rankings in the Directors’ Cup NAIA all-sports standings from 2010 to 2012 and its back-to-back top-10 finishes in the NCCAA's all-sports competition in 2013 and 2014. OC had a No. 7 NAIA ranking in 2002-03, qualifying 11 of its 12 athletic programs for national tournaments and winning the 2003 national championship in men’s tennis.
OC added two more national titles in 2009 and 2011, as the men’s golf team captured the NAIA championship both years. OC’s Oscar Stark was the 2011 national medalist in men’s golf. In fall 2011, another national championship came home to Oklahoma Christian when the men’s cross country team won it all at the NAIA meet.
OC won three national championships in 2012 - NAIA men’s tennis, NCCAA men’s cross country and NCCAA men’s golf. Vilhelm Bogstrand also won the 2012 NCCAA individual title in men’s golf. In total, OC has won 56 NAIA or NCCAA national titles (including 44 individual and relay championships in cross country and track and field). Twenty-four of OC’s national championships have come since 2010.
The university's athletic teams are poised to begin a new era, as OC will enter the third (and final) year of the NCAA Division II membership process in 2014-15 and could begin competing for Division II national honors the following academic year.
A cherished past … a successful present … an exciting future. This is OC Athletics.
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