WRITERS Chris Freet, Kameryn Stanhouse, Mitch Heckart and Stephanie Turner. COVER DESIGN Scott Matthews and Chris Freet.

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1 Being an Oklahoma Sooner is a privilege. It s an identity. It s a legacy. Oklahoma athletes pursue excellence to honor the performances of the heroes who have gone before. They chase perfection to encourage the aspirations of those who will come after, knowing that their performances here are connected to everything that has been and everything that will be the Sooner Tradition. Oklahoma athletes are bound together by a common commitment. They compete to win, yet they understand the real rewards come from the doing; the pride lies in the process. They have much to live up to - expectations are high. Still, none could be higher than the ones they have of themselves. WELCOME LETTER Women s basketball is a part of the whole that makes that tradition. If you choose to become a Sooner, you inherit the expectation and become a part of the commitment. If you wear our jersey, you dive on the floor after every loose ball. You take charges, you play defense, you run the floor. You compete. You learn and you laugh and you work and you play with a passion that makes you perform like a champion. Being an Oklahoma Sooner is an all-the-time thing. It s what you do and where you go and who you are. And it s forever. That s the way it is with family. SHERRI COALE Head Coach OU Women s Basketball BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS THE STAFF MEDIA GUIDE The Oklahoma Women s Basketball Guide was designed and produced by the Oklahoma Athletics Department in Norman, Okla., using Abobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. The guide and covers were printed by OU Printing Services of Norman at no cost to the taxpayer of the state of Oklahoma. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer. GUIDE DESIGN Chris Freet WRITERS Chris Freet, Kameryn Stanhouse, Mitch Heckart and Stephanie Turner. COVER DESIGN Scott Matthews and Chris Freet. INTERIOR LAYOUT Chris Freet and Kameryn Stanhouse. CONTRIBUTORS Kameryn Stanhouse, Sheridan Samples, Kirstin Schmidt, Stephanie Turner, Matt Montgomery, Mitch Heckart, Kellen Coleman, Henry Roberson, Debbie Copp and Kenny Mossman. PHOTOGRAPHY John Rinek, Jerry Laizure, Ty Russell, Simon Hurst of Shevaun Williams and Associates, Mark Kraus, Lisa Hall, Icon Sports Media, Warren Skalski of Getty Images/ NBAE, USA Basketball, Waco Tribune Herald, Texas Tech Media Relations, The Oklahoman, Norman Transcript, Dallas Morning News, Tulsa World, Sports Illustrated, Sooner Spectator, Sooners Illustrated, Sooner Magazine and OU Media Relations Files. SPECIAL THANKS The Oklahoma City Indian Clinic and John Rinek Nike is the official footwear, apparel supplier and sponsor of the University of Oklahoma women s basketball program. DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 1 SEASON REVIEW HISTORY

2 GUIDE DIRECTORY 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS 2 THE LLOYD NOBLE CENTER 6BOOMER SOONER Tradition 06 Big 12 Dominance The Lloyd Noble Center 12 Postseason Pride 16 Award Winners 18 USA Basketball / WNBA 20 Media Attention 22 Super Fans 24 Offense in Motion 26 Sooner Power 28 This Is Oklahoma 30 The University 32 Academic Success 34 After Their Careers 36 Community Service 48 Norman / OKC 40 Endowments / Fast Break Club 42 Sooner Stilettos MEDIA INFORMATION Media Relations 46 Coverage Guidelines 47 OU Radio & TV Information 48 Big 12 Conference 49 Maps & Directions OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 51 SEASON PREVIEW Roster & Breakdown 52 Season Preview Questions with Coale 56 Opponent SID Directory 58 Big 12 Composite Schedule 60 Big 12 Tournament THE PLAYERS Britney Brown 64 Erin Higgins 66 Kendra Moore 68 Leah Rush 70 Krista Sanchez 72 Chelsi Welch 74 Ashley Paris 76 Courtney Paris 78 Carolyn Winchester 80 Rose Hammond 81 Abi Olajuwon 82 Jenna Plumley 83 Nyeshia Stevenson 84 Amanda Thompson 85 Pop-Culture Grid 86 Group Pictures 88

3 FANS LIKE THIS ARE WHY YOU COME TO OKLAHOMA, COURTNEY PARIS BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS 89 THE STAFF Head Coach Sherri Coale 90 Assistant Coach Jan Ross 96 Assistant Coach Stacey Hansmeyer 97 Assistant Coach Chad Thrailkill 98 Director of Operations Guy Austin 99 Support Staff 100 President David L. Boren 104 Athletics Director Joe Castiglione 105 Athletics Administration REVIEW Season Review 108 Departed Seniors Results Stats 113 Big 12 Stats 118 Game Recaps RECORDS Career Leaders 134 Single Season Leaders 136 Individual Records 138 Team Records 140 Top 10 Team Totals 141 Lloyd Noble Center Records 142 Miscellaneous Records 143 1,000 Point Club 146 National Honors 150 All-Conference Honors 151 National Team Participants 152 Academic & Postseason Honors 153 Big 12 Championship Records 154 NCAA Tournament Records HISTORY Yearly Coaching Results 158 Letterwinners 159 Yearly Rosters 160 Sooners by Hometown 162 Year-by-Year Stats 163 AP & Coaches Poll Histories 164 Postseason History 165 Series Records 166 Yearly Results 173 Fastbreak Club 181 Sooner Sessions 182 SoonerSports.com 183 TV/Radio Roster 184 THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 3

4 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS 4 ROSTER # NAME PRONUNCIATION POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST SCHOOL 1 Nyeshia Stevenson Nie - ee - sha F Fr. 5-9 Little Rock, Ark. / McCellan HS 3 Courtney Paris * C So. 6-4 Piedmont, Calif. / Piedmont HS 4 Abi Olajuwon ah - law -joo -wahn C Fr. 6-3 Los Angeles, Calif. / Marlborough School 5 Ashley Paris * F So. 6-3 Piedmont, Calif. / Piedmont HS 11 Jenna Plumley PG Fr. 5-4 Red Rock, Okla. / Frontier HS 15 Carolyn Winchester * F So Washington, Okla. / Washington HS 20 Kendra Moore *** PG Sr. 5-5 Ardmore, Okla. / Ardmore HS 21 Amanda Thompson F Fr. 6-0 Chicago, Ill. / Whitney Young HS 22 Chelsi Welch *** G Sr. 5-9 Plainview, Texas / Plainview HS 24 Leah Rush *** F Sr. 6-1 Amarillo, Texas / Amarillo HS 31 Rose Hammond G Fr. 5-9 Depew, Okla. / Depew HS 32 Krista Sanchez *** F Sr. 6-1 Springdale, Ark. / Springdale HS 33 Britney Brown *** PG Sr. 5-8 Norman, Okla. / Norman North HS 34 Erin Higgins *** G Sr. 5-9 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Westmoore HS * Letters earned Head Coach: Sherri Coale (Oklahoma Christian, 1987) Assistant Coaches: Jan Ross (Oklahoma Christian, 1986), Stacy Hansmeyer (Connecticut, 2001) and Chad Thrailkill (Southern Nazarene, 1993) Director of Basketball Operations: Guy Austin (Oklahoma, 1981) Video & Travel Coordinator: Fred Castro (Oklahoma, 2004) WHAT S NEW DESIGN The Oklahoma women s basketball media guide was overhauled and rearranged to better service media, recruits, fans and boosters. In addition to the revamped layout, all program specific and recruiting information was moved to the front of the guide. Spreads highlighting the program s success in a variety of areas including the Big 12, postseason, WNBA, USA Basketball and academics highlight the first 46 pages of the media guide. Each page showcases photos and milestone events, in addition to factual information that can be referenced by media entities. RINEK PHOTOGRAPHY Oklahoma hired California based, freelance photographer John Rinek during the offseason to do extensive photo shoots with each of the players and coaches. The idea was to take magazine/newspaper type feature photos and use them in the media guide. The shoots took Rinek and the players all over Norman and Oklahoma City area. He took photos of Erin Higgins at a barn in north Norman and images of the Jenna Plumley at the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic Pow Wow. Other unique locales were the Myriad Gardens in Oklahoma City (Amanda Thompson), a Norman blacktop court (Ashley Paris), Norman High School football practice (Sherri Coale) and a trampoline in Coale s backyard (Rose Hammond) OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE IN THE MEDIA GUIDE THE UNTOLD STORIES On each player s page is a caption box titled, The Untold Stories. The content is provided for media, who are looking for feature story ideas. The majority of the stories have never been published, while some have not received significant coverage. POP CULTURE GRID Another resource for media, is the Pop Culture Grid, which is located on pages All 14 of the OU players answered the same questions and all of the answers are listed on the page. The questions range from describe Sherri Coale s hair in one word to who do you model your game after and who is your best friend. SOONER POWER On pages of the recruiting section is a spread called Sooner Power. The pages highlight the strength gains of the women s basketball team over the four-year tenure of strength coach Tim Overman. Numerous facts, in addition to lifting and nutrition specifics, are provided on the pages. POLL HISTORY Oklahoma s complete history in the Associated Press and Coaches Polls can be found on page 164. OTHER SPREADS Within the new recruiting sections are several topics, which have never been featured prominently. Those include tradition (pages 6-7), postseason pride (16-17), award winners (18-19), super fans (24-25), USA Basketball & The WNBA (20-21) and offense in motion (26-27).

5 SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME TV RADIO Wednesday Nov. 1 Laketruck (Exhibition) Norman 7 PM KOKC Tuesday Nov. 7 Missouri Western State (Exhibition) Norman 7 PM KOKC Sunday Nov. 12 DePaul * Norman 2:30 PM ESPN2 KOKC Friday Nov. 17 Eastern Kentucky ** Honolulu, Hawaii 10 PM KOKC Saturday Nov. 18 Second Round (Hawaii or Georgetown) ** Honolulu Hawaii TBD KOKC Tuesday Nov. 21 at UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. 9 PM KOKC Wednesday Nov. 29 at Lamar Beaumont, Texas 7 PM KOKC Saturday Dec. 2 at Tulsa *** Tulsa 3:30 PM SSN KOKC Thursday Dec. 7 at South Carolina Columbia, S.C. TBA KOKC Sunday Dec. 10 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Norman 2 PM KOKC Sunday Dec. 17 Northern Colorado Norman 2 PM KOKC Wednesday Dec. 20 Ohio State Norman 6 PM ESPN2 KOKC Saturday Dec. 30 vs. New Mexico $ Oklahoma City 2 PM SSN KOKC Wednesday Jan. 3 Kansas State Norman 7 PM SSN KOKC Saturday Jan. 6 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 2:05 PM SSN KOKC Wednesday Jan. 10 at Baylor Waco, Texas 7 PM SSN KOKC Sunday Jan. 14 Texas Tech Norman 2 PM FSN KOKC Wednesday Jan. 17 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. 7 PM KOKC Saturday Jan. 20 at Colorado Boulder, Colo. 8 PM FSN-RM KOKC Wednesday Jan. 24 Iowa State Norman 7 PM SSN KOKC Saturday Jan. 27 Texas A&M Norman 11 AM FSN KOKC Wednesday Jan. 31 at Texas Austin, Texas 6 PM ESPNU KOKC Sunday Feb. 4 Oklahoma State Norman 2 PM SSN KOKC Saturday Feb. 10 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas 1 PM FSN KOKC Monday Feb. 12 Texas Norman, Okla. 6 PM ESPN2 KOKC Saturday Feb. 17 at Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas 1 PM FSN KOKC Wednesday Feb. 21 at Kansas Lawrence, Kan. 7 PM SFN KOKC Sunday Feb. 25 Missouri Norman 2 PM SSN KOKC Wednesday Feb. 28 Baylor Norman 8 PM FSN& KOKC BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP Big 12 Opening Round Oklahoma City TBD TBD FSN Big 12 Quarterfinals Oklahoma City TBD TBD FSN Big 12 Seminfinals Oklahoma City TBD TBD FSN Big 12 Championship Game Oklahoma City TBD TBD FSN ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE * State Farm Tipoff Classic ** Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic *** Bertha Teague Classic $ - Played at COX Convention Center FSN - Fox Sports Net FSN-RM - FSN Rocky Mountain SFN - Sunflower Network SSN is Sooner Sports Network & - Wildcard game 2007 NCAA TOURNAMENT DATES AND SITES First & Second Rounds March 17 & 19: Frank Erwin Center (Austin, Texas); Williams Arena (Minneapolis, Minn.); Maples Pavilion (Palo Alto, Calif.); Galen Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) March 18 & 20: Breslin Student Events Center (East Lansing, Mich.); Hartford Civic Center (Hartford, Conn.); Petersen Events Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.); RBC Center (Raleigh, N.C.) Regionals March 24 & 26: Save Mart Center (Fresno, Calif.); Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, N.C.) March 25 & 27: Reunion Arena (Dallas, Texas); University of Dayton Arena (Dayton, Ohio) BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY Final Four April 1 & 3: Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, Ohio) DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 5

6 THE TRADITION 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS ASHLEY PARIS Winning is an attitude that permeates the entire University of Oklahoma athletics department. Championships and postseason play are synonymous with every Sooner team. OU women s basketball exemplifies that commitment to excellence. The Sooners are raking in conference championships and national awards at an amazing rate and they continue to lead the charge in the classroom. With a balanced approach to work on the court and in the classroom, OU has cemented itself among the nation s most elite programs. SHERRI COALE OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

7 THE BEGINNING Women s sports gained intercollegiate status at the University of Oklahoma in and the women s basketball program was one of the original six teams. Those six sports were coached by two women. Amy Dahl, whose official title was Head Coach of the Women s Athletic Department, headed up the volleyball, softball and basketball programs while Karen Dowd coached field hockey, swimming and track and field. During the initial year, the women s program was given a mere $42,000 to cover all six sports and the coaches salaries. There were no athletic grant-in-aids provided. Prior to that year, the women s basketball team was called an extramural sport which meant it was run exactly as an intramural sport but the squad competed against other schools from the state of Oklahoma. That program was funded through the Physical Education Department. AMY DAHL BOOMER SOONER SEASON 1 Final Four THE SOONERS 3 4 Big 12 Postseason Titles Big 12 Regular Season Titles THE STAFF 5 9 Sweet 16s NCAA Tournaments 1913 EXTRAMURAL TEAM SEASON REVIEW HISTORY DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 7

8 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS BIG 12 CHAMPIONS BIG 12 DOMINANCE 2006 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 2004 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 2002 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE NO TEAM HAS MORE BIG 12 TITLES Oklahoma has placed itself at the top of the Big 12 Conference with four regular season championships and three postseason championships. OU ran off three straight regular season titles from 2000 to 2002, the only team in league history to do so, then the Sooners went 19-0 against Big 12 foes in 2006, to become the first team in men s or women s conference history to run the table through regular and postseason play. SOONERS TOP BAYLOR FOR TITLE SWEEP, In decisive fashion, OU was able to complete a three-game sweep and unify the regular season and postseason championships with a triumph over the Lady Bears. Tournament MVP Courtney Paris set a Big 12 record with 26 rebounds and 24 points. The Sooners limited All-American Sophia Young to 4-of-14 shooting and held the entire Baylor squad to a field goal percentage of.253 for the game. UPSET MINDED SOONERS FINISH WITH TEXAS, In what the media termed a punishing defeat, the sixth-seeded Sooner squad became the lowest seed ever to claim a Big 12 Postseason Championship with a win over regular season champs Texas. MVP Dionnah Jackson poured in 21 points and nine rebounds, while Maria Villaroel contributed 19 points. The Sooners became the first league team to win four tourney games in route to the title. BAYLOR NO MATCH AS OU CLAIMS FIRST TITLE, Oklahoma would not be turned away as it clinched a sweep of the Big 12 titles with a resounding win over Baylor in the 2002 championship game. MVP Stacey Dales led all scorers with 25 points, to go along with a team-best 11 rebounds. The Sooners were up 11 at halftime and never looked back as they claimed the first of three Big 12 Postseason Championships.

9 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS 2006 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 2002 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 2001 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS OKLAHOMA CLAIMS FIRST UNDEFEATED BIG 12 SEASON In terms of women s basketball, no team had ever gone undefeated in Big 12 play. That is until the 2006 Sooner squad did it. Picked fourth in the preseason Big 12 coaches poll, OU outdid the league s expectations by going 16-0 and outpacing the next closest competitor by four games. The team was young, with five non-senior starters and the statistical leader in true freshman Courtney Paris OU CLAIMS THIRD STRAIGHT TITLE DURING MAGICAL YEAR It was one of many memorable moments for the team that went on to the 2002 Final Four in San Antonio. OU went 14-2 in conference with road losses to Texas and Iowa State. Otherwise, the Sooners dominated, out scoring opponents by an average of 13.4 points per game. The squad was senior laden with Stacey Dales, LaNeishea Caufield and Rosalind Ross among Big 12 postseason honorees. ONE BLEMISH ON SOONERS ROAD TO BIG 12 TITLE At the time it established a conference record for the best mark in league history at The lone loss came to Iowa State and was followed by 14 consecutive victories, another Big 12 record at the time. The squad had just two seniors, Desiree Taylor and Sunny Hardeman, and its top three scorers were juniors. OU outpaced conference opponents by 14.5 points per game, which helped them to an 8-0 road record. BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS 2000 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS SURPRISE SOONERS CLAIM FIRST LEAGUE TITLE At the time, no one saw them coming and no could have predicted that it would lead to a three-year run of dominance. That s exactly what happened as OU surprised the league and nation by finishing in a three-way tie with Iowa State and Texas Tech for the Big 12 Regular Season Championship. The Sooners went 7-1 at home and were led by Phylesha Whaley, who captured Big 12 Player of the Year honors as a senior. THE STAFF CUTTING DOWN THE NETS SEASON REVIEW HISTORY DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 9

10 19-0: BIG 12 PERFECTION 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS Jan. 4: OU 87, Iowa State 67 Talk about getting the monkey off your back. Thanks to 23 points from Chelsi Welch, OU won in Ames for the first time since GIVE OKLAHOMA CREDIT Excerpt from Kevin Blackistone, Dallas Morning News ( ) Jan. 14: OU 85, Oklahoma State 51 The Bedlam opener turned into a laugher as OU cruised while six Sooners, including Laura Andrews with 12 points, scored in double figures. Four months ago, when the first women s college basketball poll of the season was released, this was where you found the name Oklahoma: last. Twenty-fifth to be exact. The prognosticators figured Sherri Coale s Sooners couldn t be much better, given that they were coming off a so-so campaign that saw them ousted in the NCAA Tournament s first round after winning just 17 games and splitting their 16 Big 12 contests. They d also lost two starters, including their second-leading scorer, Dionnah Jackson. And while they had the high school player of the year, Courtney Paris, coming in with her twin sister, Ashley, a Parade magazine All-American in her own right the know-it-alls who put together the poll had some doubts. They wondered whether Courtney, daughter of former NFL star Bubba Paris, would find the stamina necessary to compete at the top level of women s college basketball. Courtney s proved she can carry her weight and her team s. Jan. 25: OU 75, Texas 57 The Paris twins combined for 43 points and 27 rebounds as OU scored a first round win in the annual Red River Rivalry. OU 81, Baylor 77 (0T) Feb. 12 A WhiteOUt arena, a record crowd and a record television rating set the stage as OU won an OT thriller over No. 11 Baylor, Jan. 28: OU 81, Texas A&M 72 Afterwards A&M coach Gary Blair called Britney Brown, The best point guard in the Big 12. She had 16 points, 8 assists in the game. 10 And that explains why on Saturday you found Oklahoma on top of a heap, the Big 12, instead of the bottom. With Courtney scoring 24 points and grabbing 26 rebounds, the Sooners beat the defending national champions from Baylor, 72-61, for the conference tournament title. They added that to the regular-season crown they captured on the strength of a perfect 16-0 conference record OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE Jan. 21: OU 73, Baylor 70 Down three with 17 seconds, then Kendra Moore hits two 3-pointers, including the game winner with 0.8 second left.

11 March 11: OU 72, Baylor OU clinches it in decisive fashion over Baylor in the Big 12 Championship Game at Reunion Arena in Dallas. March 8: OU 78, Iowa State 74 A 3-point bomb from Erin Higgins rescued OU from upset against the Cyclones in the opening round of the Big 12 Championship. BOOMER SOONER SEASON Feb. 15: OU 61, Texas boards and 20 points from Courtney Paris led the Sooners to the season sweep on the Longhorns home court in Austin. Feb. 18: OU 73, Texas A&M 54 A signature effort from Leah Rush with 14 points and 7 rebounds guided OU to victory in front of 11,689 fans. Feb. 26: OU 73, Nebraska 45 On senior night, OU celebrated the Regular Season Championship and bid adieu to Laura Andrews and Beky Preston. THE SOONERS THE STAFF MARSHA SHARP March 1: OU 60, Texas Tech 59 On Texas Tech coaching legend Marsha Sharp s final night, OU donned honorary t-shirts during pregame warm ups and then squeezed out a one point win to cap an undefeated Big 12 regular season at SEASON REVIEW HISTORY THE SHARP T-SHIRT DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 11

12 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS GAMEDAY AT LLOYD NOBLE Thanks to the emergence of the Sherri Coale-led Sooners, the Lloyd Noble Center has secured its status as a mecca for women s basketball. The arena claimed its landmark status with sellout crowds of more than 11,100 during the 2001 and 2002 NCAA Women s Basketball subregional games. OU added to the lore in when every attendance record in the book was rewritten. The growing popularity of OU women s basketball is evident by the annual increase in attendance over the past eight years. The Sooners have gone from playing in front of 1,558 fans in to 7,630 in The program has also set 50 school attendance records since 1996 and boasts an overall mark of (.824) at the LNC the past seven season. For the past six seasons, Oklahoma has remained a mainstay in the top 20 in national per game home attendance average. After placing 12th in and , OU set a program best by moving up to eighth in The Sooners most impressive stat line occurred during the season when they witnessed a 51 percent attendance increase from the season. OU went from playing in front of 2,659 fans to entertaining 6,606 fans per game. The Sooners concluded the year ranked 13th in the nation in total attendance and 12th in per game attendance. OU is just a part of the regional picture. The Big 12 Conference has led the nation in attendance for seven straight years. The Big 12 Conference is the only league to draw a million fans in a season (2002) and to average 5,000 fans over the last six years. In 2004, the Big 12 also set a record with an average attendance of 5,380. THE WHITEOUT OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

13 LAURA ANDREWS & BRITNEY BROWN TOP 50 LLOYD NOBLE CENTER CROWDS 1. Baylor , Tennessee , Nebraska , Texas A&M , Villanova $ , Hartford $ , Stanford $ , Oral Roberts $ , Connecticut , Iowa State , Oklahoma State , Kansas State , Michigan State , Texas A&M , Texas , Oklahoma State , Texas A&M , Texas , Oklahoma State , Nebraska , Oklahoma State , Oklahoma State , Missouri , Colorado , Texas A&M , Kansas State , Texas Tech , Kansas , Oklahoma State , Oklahoma State , UCLA , Henderson State , UW-Milwaukee , Colorado , Texas , Texas , TCU , Oklahoma State , SE Missouri State , Colorado , Texas , Kansas , Kansas , Iowa State , Texas A&M , Texas Tech , SMU , Kansas State , Missouri State , Oklahoma State ,071 $ - indicates postseason games DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 13 BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY

14 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS BRITNEY BROWN TOP NOTCH FACILITIES MARY JANE NOBLE It was the desire of University of Oklahoma Athletics Director Joe Castiglione to provide a first-class basketball facility for the school s men s and women s basketball programs. That vision came to fruition prior to the season when an expanded and improved Lloyd Noble Center reopened with a level of quality that s second to none. The improvements meet or exceed any provided for other NCAA Division I-A programs throughout the Big 12 Conference and the rest of the country. The expanded basketball arena has state-of-the-art facilities that assist in recruitment, training and development of each student-athlete. The expansion added approximately 63,000 square feet of facilities to the Lloyd Noble Center. It included two new full-sized practice courts, one for women s basketball and one for men. Both programs also added new offices, film rooms, training rooms, locker rooms, spa/sauna rooms and a full-sized weight room in the addition. The $17.1 million addition and renovation project has enhanced the Lloyd Noble Center for the wide variety of public events it hosts, including graduations, concerts and large meetings. These improvements include an expanded parking lot, renovated arena ceiling and a modernization of the electrical systems. With the project, the OU athletics department has became a national leader in creating equal and outstanding facilities for both its men s and women s basketball programs. Both women s head coach Sherri Coale and men s head coach Jeff Capel believe the practice facilities and upgraded team and coaching facilities have a tremendous impact on the success of their programs, particularly in the areas of recruiting top players and providing unparalleled facilities for training. Proof positive is the pair of Final Four trips the OU women s and men s teams made in , the new facility s first year of existence. ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas echoed, Oklahoma s basketball facilities are magnificent - second to none. Everything is top of the line and very well conceived. These facilities communicate the same message the Sooners do through their play - a commitment to pursuing excellence. A HISTORY OF GENEROSITY In 1975, the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation of Ardmore made the first million dollar gift in OU history with its contribution to OU s campaign to build a multi-purpose arena. The arena was named to honor Lloyd Noble, the former OU Regent who established the Noble Foundation in In 1999, the foundation made a second exceptional commitment to the Lloyd Noble Center through its support of the $16.3 million project to renovate the original center and add first-class matching facilities for the men s and women s basketball teams. The Noble Foundation chose to have its gift honored by the naming of the women s side of the new facility in honor of Mary Jane Noble (pictured at left), a former OU Regent and an ardent supporter of women s basketball OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

15 MARY JANE NOBLE PRACTICE COURT BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS THE STAFF THE LEGACY COURT The University of Oklahoma will proudly unveil The Legacy Court in October, Similar to the Barry Switzer Center, the Legacy Court will serve as a historical representation of the tremendous histories of the men s and women s basketball programs at OU. The Legacy Court is housed just outside the practice facilities on the concourse level at the Lloyd Noble Center. The permanent display was made possible by the generous gifts from the Oklahoma Tip In and Fast Break clubs. At the forefront of the area will be the center court display (pictured above, center) which will include two life size cases full of memorabilia, an OU basketball time line and eight flat screen televisions. Other unique features in the area include: The High Raiser interactive game (above, far right), The Reactor interactive game (above, second from right), an electronic historical database, video vignettes, a Legends Wall and displays honoring every OU All-American (below, far right) and All-Conference award winner. SEASON REVIEW HISTORY DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 15

16 POSTSEASON PRIDE 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS LEAH RUSH ACTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT STREAKS BY BIG 12 TEAMS Final Four Sweet 16s NCAA Tournaments SWEET 16 APPEARANCES DURING BIG 12 ERA OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

17 2002 FINAL FOUR The University of Oklahoma women s basketball program made history in 2002 with its first trip to the NCAA Final Four. The Sooners dominated NCAA action by winning five of its six games by an average margin of 21 points. After capturing the Big 12 Conference regular season and tournament titles, OU earned a No. 1 seed in the West Region and opened NCAA action inside the Lloyd Noble Center. With home court advantage, the Sooners advanced to the Sweet 16 with a pair of victories over Hartford (84-52) and Villanova (66-53). However, in order to advance to the Final Four, OU had to eliminate two Big 12 teams in NCAA West Regional action. First up was Texas Tech. Oklahoma handed the Lady Raiders a 10-point loss (72-62), before blowing out Colorado, 94-60, for the right to play in the NCAA Final Four in San Antonio, Texas. Oklahoma shocked Duke with an win in the NCAA semifinals before suffering a disappointing loss to national powerhouse Connecticut in the national championship game. OU concluded the season with a Big 12 and school record of 32-4 and national rankings of No. 2 in the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Coaches Polls. BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS ROSALIND ROSS THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 17

18 AWARD WINNERS 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS With team championships come individual honors. For Oklahoma that means marquee names like Stacey Dales and Courtney Paris. But it also means program builders like Molly McGuire, Phylesha Whaley, LaNeishea Caufield and Dionnah Jackson. You can call McGuire the pioneer. She was the first women s basketball star at OU. Her efforts from landed her at No. 2 on the OU career scoring list and helped her earn second team All-America honors in Whaley is OU s all-time leading scorer. When she finished her career in 2000, the Sooners had just won their first Big 12 Regular Season Championship. She started a fire that would lead to three straight regular season championships and the 2002 Final Four. For her work, Whaley was named a USBWA First Team All-American in Caufield was Dales tag team partner. The deadly scorer and lock-down defender collected 2,125 points in her career (No. 3 all-time) and a school-record 402 steals. She received All-America acclaim after her junior and senior seasons, in addition to being named 2001 and 2002 Women s Basketball News Service Defensive Player of the Year. Dionnah Jackson may have had the most complete skill set of any Sooner in program history. The combo guard could crash the boards, dish the rock and drive to the hole with the best. She earned honorable mention Kodak All-America honors after her senior season (2005) and was named a first team All-Big 12 performer as well. PHYLESHA WHALEY CP3 S BOUNTY OF TROPHIES Along with arguably the best freshman season in NCAA history came a boat load of trophies and honors for Courtney Paris after the season. Among her honors were consensus All-America, USBWA National Freshman of the Year, Big 12 Championship MVP, Big 12 Freshman of the Year and co-defensive Player of the Year. That is without mentioning the barrier she broke down with her inclusion on the list of finalists for the Wooden and Naismith Player of the Year awards. DALES & PARIS OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

19 AP ALL-AMERICANS DURING THE BIG 12 ERA KODAK ALL-AMERICANS DURING THE BIG 12 ERA BOOMER SOONER SEASON 1 USBWA 1 Big Big 3 Big 4 Freshman of the Year Courtney Paris (2006) 12 Defensive Player of the Year Courtney Paris (2006) Big 12 Coach of the Year Awards Sherri Coale (2000, 2001, 2006) Big 12 Players of the Year Phylesha Whaley (2000), Stacy Dales (2001, 2002) 12 Championship MVPs Stacey Dales (2002), Dionnah Jackson (2004), Courtney Paris (2006) 12 Freshman of the Year LaNeishea Caufield (1999), Chelsi Welch (2003), Courtney Paris (2006) First Team All-Americans Phylesha Whaley (2000) Stacey Dales (2001, 2002), Courtney Paris (2006) THE SOONERS THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY 7 All-American Honorees Molly McGuire (1983), Phylesha Whaley (2000), LaNeishea Caulfield (2001, 2002), Stacey Dales (2001, 2002), Courtney Paris (2006). DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 19

20 INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS DALES IN SYDNEY OLYMPICS In the middle of her collegiate basketball career, Stacey Dales earned the honor of representing Canada in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. And represent she did. The Sooner point guard averaged 11.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists in 31 minutes of action. Dales also shot a solid 42.5 percent from the field, hitting 31-of-73 attempted shots. Canada s National Team finished 10th in the 2000 games with an overall record of 2-4. After missing the medal round, Canada fell to Cuba in the ninth place game. COURTNEY PARIS 1 One Sooner Olympian in Canadian Stacey Dales. Dales averaged 11.8 points per game in the 2000 Olympics As in Coach Coale, who has held two positions with USA Basketball. She served as an USA assistant coach in 2001 and is currently on the USA Competition Committee. The number of gold medals that Courtney Paris has won in the last three summers with Team USA. Paris has won a championship with every USA team she has played for. Current Sooners (Abi Olajuwon, Ashley Paris, Courtney Paris, Leah Rush, Amanda Thompson and Chelsi Welch), who have been involved with USA Basketball. The total number of gold medals among current Sooners with USA experience. The total number of OU players, who have been involved in their home country s national basketball program. 20 It s a privilege to play in the Olympics win, lose or draw, said Dales at the time. This is the highlight of my basketball career. I am proud of our play and the way we left everything on the floor. We showed a ton of heart and I know we made Canada proud with our effort and determination OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE STACEY DALES

21 THE WNBA STACEY DALES SOONERS IN THE WNBA DRAFT 2005 Dionnah Jackson (Detroit Shock - first round, 13th overall) 2004 Maria Villarroel (Phoenix Mercury - third round, 27th overall) 2002 Stacey Dales (Washington Mystics - first round, third overall) LaNeishea Caufield (Utah Starz - first round, 13th overall) Rosalind Ross (Los Angeles Sparks - first round, 16th overall) 2000 Phylesha Whaley (Minnesota Lynx - third round, 38th overall 1 Oklahoma 2 Oklahoma leads all Big 12 schools with four first round WNBA draft picks. is one of the two teams to have three or more players drafted in the first round of a WNBA draft since BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS 4 5 Oklahoma has had four players (Stacey Dales, Rosalind Ross, La- Neishea Caufield and Dionnah Jackson) drafted in the first round since Only five schools have had at least four first round WNBA draft picks since THE STAFF 6 Six Sooners (Caufield, Dales, Jackson, Ross, Maria Villaroel and Phylesha Whaley) have been drafted since the inception of the WNBA. DALES IS BACK Perhaps the most recognizable face in the WNBA actually sat out the 2005 season. Dales decided to concentrate on her budding career with ESPN and ABC Sports. The allure of the game and competition reeled her back to the court for the 2006 season as a part of the expansion Chicago Sky. SEASON REVIEW HISTORY Then things went wrong when she suffered an injury that was supposed to derail her season. Dales returned to play in 23 games, starting 16 and averaging 7 points, 1.7 assists and 1.2 rebounds. 21 DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS

22 NATIONAL EXPOSURE 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS RATINGS RECORDS Oklahoma s overtime victory over Baylor on Feb. 12, 2006, was the highest-rated regular season women s basketball telecast of all time on FSN Southwest. The game received a 4.0 Nielsen household average rating in Oklahoma City, which is a high for a local market in the region. It topped the previous regular-season record of 3.7, also set in Oklahoma City on Feb. 27, 2002 for Texas Tech-Oklahoma. The Baylor-OU telecast received its largest audience in the final quarter-hour, scoring a 6.1 rating from 4:30-4:45 PM CT during the game s overtime period. Then the rivals met in the title game of the 2006 Big 12 Championship and the game drew a 7.1 Nielsen rating, setting another FSN viewership record. The previous record for a local market within the Fox Sports Southwest region was 6.6 in OKC for the 2004 title game between Oklahoma and Texas. Also of note is that OU s home finale against Nebraska on Feb. 26, 2006, earned a 5.1 rating on ESPN2. OU ON TELEVISION 17 TIMES IN Date Opponent Time Network Nov. 12 DePaul 2:30 PM ESPN2 Dec. 2 at Tulsa 3:30 PM SSN Dec. 20 Ohio State 6 PM ESPN2 Dec. 30 New Mexico 2 PM SSN Jan. 10 at Baylor 7 PM SSN Jan. 14 Texas Tech 2 PM FSN Jan. 20 at Colorado 8 PM FSN-RM Jan. 24 Iowa State 7 PM SSN Jan. 27 Texas A&M 11 AM FSN Jan. 31 at Texas 6 PM ESPNU Feb. 4 Oklahoma State 2 PM SSN Feb. 10 Texas A&M 1 PM FSN Feb. 12 Texas 6 PM ESPN2 Feb. 17 Texas Tech 1 PM FSN Feb. 21 Kansas 7 PM SFN Feb. 25 Missouri 2 PM SSN Feb. 28 Baylor 8 PM FSN* * - Indicates a wildcard game. FSN will chose to broadcast the OU/Baylor game or another contest during the regular season OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

23 NATIONAL ATTENTION Below is a sampling of the out-of-market print and internet outlets that covered the OU women s basketball team last season: Boston Globe Chicago Sun Times Chicago Tribune CSTV.com Dallas Morning News Denver Post ESPN.com ESPN The Magazine Kansas City Star 152 The 321 A 425 The Los Angeles Times New York Times Oakland Tribune San Antonio News Express San Francisco Chronicle SI.com Sports Illustrated USA Today University of Colorado gave passes to 152 media entities for the Denver Regional that Oklahoma was a part of last postseason. total of 321 media members received credentials for Oklahoma home games last season. Big 12 Conference credentialed 425 media members for last season s Big 12 Championship at Reunion Arena in Dallas. KENDRA MOORE BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 23

24 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS 24 SUPER FANS Home or away, Oklahoma fans make their presence known as some of the loudest and most intelligent women s basketball fans in the country. The fan base has been expanding on an annual basis under 11-year head coach Sherri Coale. That expansion exploded during the season, when more fans attended games than ever before. The loyal fan base grew by the game and at the end of the season OU had a new record for average and total attendance. ERIN HIGGINS OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE OU S HOME RECORD SINCE , AVERAGE ATTENDANCE 12,000 CAPACITY OF THE LLOYD NOBLE CENTER 12,112 LNC ATTENDANCE RECORD SET FEB. 12, 2006

25 THE REAL DEAL Usually it costs extra for fans to be a part of a championship experience. That is not true of Oklahoma, which is atop the Big 12 in regular season and postseason championships, but ranks in the middle to bottom of the pack in ticket prices. Below is a ranking of tickets prices for Big 12 member schools, along with the number of combined championships (regular season & postseason): Team Season Tickets Single Game Championships Texas Tech $309 $8 Five Texas A&M $197 $5 Zero Baylor $190 $10 Two Texas $180 $10 Three Colorado $162* $7* One Iowa State $150 $10 Three Nebraska $144 $5 Zero Oklahoma $135 $8 Seven Kansas State $120 $7 One Kansas $96 $6^ One Oklahoma State $80 $5 Zero Missouri $50 $5 Zero Notes: Single game prices are for an adult general admission ticket. Season ticket prices are the standard adult rate released by each school. * At time of publication, Colorado had not announced prices. ^ On a single game basis, Kansas only sells reserved tickets. FANS MAKE A BANNER YEAR Below are several notes on attendance, ticket sales and viewership records set in : * Three of the top four single game crowds in program history came during the season. * The per game average of 7,630 trumped the previous best by 6,606 set in * The average attendance improved 1,935 from to , which was the second best improvement among Division I schools. * The per game average of 7,630 was the eighth best mark in the NCAA. * All 13 of OU s regular season home games were attended by 5,000 or more fans, which was a program first. * Two sellouts were recorded, giving the program three capacity crowds in its history. * The Feb. 12 WhiteOUt game against Baylor established a new state record for a women s basketball game with an attendance of 12,112. * The home season finale attendance of 12,003 was the third best mark in history. * Against Texas A&M on Feb. 18, the fourth largest crowd in OU history (11,689) was on hand to watch OU clinch the Big 12 Regular Season Championship despite snowfall and outdoor temperatures below 20 degrees. * Season ticket sales surpassed 4,000 for the first time in program history, the previous record was 3,512 season tickets, which was set the season ( ) after OU reached its first Final Four. It took only a few weeks for the sales to surpass 4,000 and set a new standard for Sooner support. * OU had accepted 3,404 season ticket renewal requests for the season as of June 1, * 200-plus viewers tuned into the O-Zone s live webcast of the Dec. 5 game against No. 22 UCLA. It marked a record turnout for any event, regardless of sport, for the premium pay-site that is a branch of SoonerSports.com. A LANDMARK EVENT Fox Sports Net Producer Kurt Deichert has been doing Big 12 women s basketball since the inception of the league. So when he labels a game as the landmark event of the season, it means something. That is the label Deichert gave to WhiteOUt game between OU and Baylor at the Lloyd Noble Center on Feb. 12, To Deichert, that game and the unprecedented atmosphere were another example of how women s basketball has grown on the national level. The scene was set by a record crowd of 12,112 all wore free white t-shirts emblazoned with Cheer Like A Champion. BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY The fans certainly did their part, carrying OU to a nail-biting win in overtime. DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 25

26 OFFENSE IN MOTION 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS The motion offense is a staple of Sherri Coale s coaching philosophy. It allows for improvisation within a structured system. Players love the freedom of it. Sooner coaches love it because players develop in the system. They learn individual skills while entrenched in a team scheme. That was supposed to change in No more motion. No more fast breaking for OU with the arrival of Courtney Paris. The skeptics were wrong. OU was as dynamic and high scoring as ever. The posts ran the floor and on a few occasions they led the break. It was classic Sooner basketball. Offense at break-neck speeds, taking advantage of every slow step an opponent made. The result was an offense that scored 76.1 points per game, which was the best in the Big 12 and the ninth best in the NCAA. OU also ranked seventh nationally in field goal percentage (.472), 14th in assists per game (16.8) and 21st in scoring margin (+11.5). 3 Three Sooners are among the top eight on the Big 12 career scoring list. OU has led the Big 12 in scoring offense four times: 1999, 2001, 2002 and A total of 19 players have reached the career milestone of 1,000 points. Six of those scorers played under Coale and three current players (Paris, Welch, Higgins) are on pace to join the club in OU has topped the 100-point plateau 40 times in its history. Seven of those games have come under Coale. CHELSI WELCH OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

27 BOOMER SOONER SEASON DIONNAH JACKSON THE PROTOTYPE Dionnah Jackson is the prototypical player of Sherri Coale basketball. Jackson was listed as a point guard but she played well outside that box. On top of her uncanny ability to get to the rim, the St. Louis native was always among the team s best rebounders, passers and defenders. She played every position between one and four and could have easily been shifted to the five if needed. Jackson is arguably the most well-rounded player in OU basketball history and while she entered college as a unique talent, her skills were certainly refined and encouraged during her Sooner years. She has passed the torch to the current squad, where players like Krista Sanchez, Leah Rush, Ashley Paris, Chelsi Welch, Amanda Thompson and Nyeshia Stevenson can shift between as many as four positions on the floor. THE SOONERS THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 27

28 SOONER POWER 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS STRENGTH COACH TIM OVERMAN It always ends on the basketball court, but the training starts far away from there. Oklahoma strength coach Tim Overman has designed a strength and conditioning program for the women s basketball team that takes advantage of all the resources available on the Norman campus. His resources are far from typical though. They include hills, ramps, sand pits, stadium steps and artificial turf. We want the athletes to make improvements in all areas, but we really hone in on areas that will improve their ability on the court, said Overman. We concentrate on speed, change of direction, balance, endurance and overall strength. These all translate to the basketball court OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

29 Maria Villaroel never lifted seriously before coming to Oklahoma before the season. When she left after 2004, she could squat 305 pounds despite weighing only 142 pounds. Despite having five true freshman, the team is the strongest group since Tim Overman came on board four seasons ago. Three staff members, Overman CSCS, Stacy Lemmert RD and Dave Ellis RD, LMNT, CSCS, advise and educate the Sooner team on nutrition and help plan the appropriate diet for peak performance. Carolyn Winchester can squat 300 pounds five times. Kendra Moore s body fat percentage of 13.6 is the lowest on the team. Leah Rush added 14 pounds of muscle during off-season conditioning this summer. Despite being one of the youngest members on the team, Nyeshia Stevenson registered a team-best 31 inch vertical. BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS THE STAFF A SUMMER OF WORK Freshman Rose Hammond arrived on campus on June 4. The Oklahoma high school star immediately began the off-season conditioning program despite having to overcome a lingering shoulder injury. Below are the strength gains she has made in the last 122 days DAY 1- JUNE 4 DAY 122- OCT. 5 WEIGHT BODY FAT LEAN MUSCLE VERTICAL BENCH PRESS HANG CLEAN SQUAT PUSH JERK THREE YEARS OF WORK Chelsi Welch was the first McDonald s All-American to come to Oklahoma, but she knew that she had to build upon her basketball skills. Today she is praised as one of the most well conditioned players on the Sooner roster. Below are the gains she has made over the last three years: SUMMER 2003 FALL 2006 WEIGHT BODY FAT LEAN MUSCLE VERTICAL BENCH PRESS HANG CLEAN SQUAT PUSH JERK SEASON REVIEW HISTORY DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 29

30 SOONER SUCCESS INSPIRING CHAMPIONS TODAY 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS ADRIAN PETERSON FOOTBALL The Pacific Life Holiday Bowl provided OU a trip to beautiful San Diego against the highest ranked team to be left out of the Bowl Championship Series. The No. 6-ranked Oregon Ducks provided a tough challenge, but the Oklahoma defense ruled the day, right up to the time that Clint Ingram picked off a pass to end Oregon s final drive and OU notched a victory. Accomplished opponents were nothing new for the Sooners. They played the most difficult schedule in Division I, yet still posted an 8-4 mark, including a 6-2 record (tied for second) in the Big 12 South. All-Big 12 honors went to LB Rufus Alexander, DT Dusty Dvoracek, OT Davin Joseph and RB Adrian Peterson. MEN S BASKETBALL The OU men s basketball team recorded its ninth consecutive 20-win season, going 20-9 overall and finishing in third place in the Big 12 with an 11-5 record. The Sooners, who were ranked in the AP s top 25 the entire season, made the NCAA Tournament for the 11th time in the last 12 years. On April 11, a new era of Sooner Basketball began when Jeff Capel was introduced as OU s head coach in front of a spirited crowd at Oklahoma Memorial Union. Capel, 31, spent the previous four seasons as head coach at Virginia Commonwealth where he compiled a (.658) overall record and a (.694) Colonial Athletic Association mark. He is the 12th OU men s basketball head coach and just the third since CROSS COUNTRY The men s and women s team placed 11th and 12th, respectively at the Big 12 Championships. In a season when both the men s and women s top two runners were redshirted, the men posted consecutive wins to end the regular season a first for the program in more than 25 years. Eight student-athletes were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team. MEN S GOLF The men s golf team won its first Big 12 title and advanced to the NCAA Championship for the 31st time in school history. All five Sooners finished in the top 15 at the Big 12 Championship, setting a conference record. Head coach Jim Ragan was named conference Coach of the Year and junior Anthony Kim was a consensus All-Big 12 pick on top of earning All-America honors. Kim and senior Brodie Flanders, who finished as the conference runner-up, were named to the PING All-Central Region Team. WOMEN S GOLF The Sooners started off the season with two seventh place finishes at the Badger Invitational in Madison, Wis., and the Mary Fossum Invitational in East Lansing, Mich. Sophomore Kelly Jacques emerged as the leader with a career-best tie for seventh place at the Badger Invitational, only to be topped by a new career-best tie for third place a week later at the Mary Fossum tournament. Junior Jaclyn Stelzer also recorded a career-best tie for 14th place at the Badger Invitational. BASEBALL The 2006 Sooners, under first-year head coach Sunny Golloway, finished the 2006 season with a overall record and a third-place finish in the Big 12 (17-10). OU was the last conference team standing in the NCAA Tournament and was one win away from appearing in its 10th College World Series. Before earning a spot in the program s first Super Regional, the Sooners hosted an NCAA Regional at L. Dale Mitchell Park and claimed their first regional title since A big factor in the Sooners success in 2006 can be attributed to solid defense. OU finished the season with the nation s top fielding percentage (.983) OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

31 PREPARING LEADERS FOR TOMORROW MEN S GYMNASTICS The 2006 Sooners claimed their second consecutive NCAA title and the program s fourth in the last five years. Head coach Mark Williams was named National Coach of the Year for the fourth time, and first-year OU assistants Daniel Furney and Rustam Sharipov earned Co-Assistant Coach of the Year honors. Sophomore Jonathan Horton claimed the all-around title at the NCAA Championships and also took individual national championships on the floor exercise and still rings. Horton s three individual crowns set a school record for most titles in a season and tied Bart Conner s OU career record. Oklahoma also eclipsed 2005 s school-record 13 All-American honors with 14 in WOMEN S GYMNASTICS The women s gymnastics team finished with a record in 2006 and advanced to the NCAA Championships for the third consecutive year and the sixth time in school history. Three Sooners, Brittney Koncak-Schumann, Kiara Redmond and Stephanie LoPiccolo, earned All-America honors. Koncak-Schumann also won the all-around title at the Big 12 Championships. The OU women were also honored for their work in the classroom as four Sooners earned Academic All-Big 12 honors. Oklahoma finished the season ranked No. 10 in the nation, marking the second best final poll position in team history. SOCCER The 2005 Sooners ( overall, Big 12) started off the season on a tear, winning 11 of its first 12 games, including a school-record nine-game winning streak. The season was capped by a 3-2 win at Oklahoma State which gave the Sooners their fourth trip to the Big 12 Championship. The 2005 Sooners won more games than any previous OU team in the school history. Finally, the offense posted more goals (37), assists (40) and points (114) than any previous Sooner squad. SOFTBALL For the 13th straight year, the Oklahoma softball team notched a 40-win season after posting an overall mark of , including an 8-10 record in Big 12 play. OU won 12 of its final 15 contests and advanced to the NCAA Regional Finals for the seventh consecutive season. Kristin Vesely represented the Sooners on the NFCA All-America first team after batting.440 with 49 RBI and 123 total bases. Norelle Dickson collected her second All-America honor after being named a second team All-American in OU s leadoff batter claimed the Big 12 batting title (.449 avg) and topped all other Big 12 players in runs scored, hits and on base percentage. Additionally, Vesely and Dickson finished in the top 10 in the NCAA in batting average. MEN S TENNIS The University of Oklahoma men s tennis team finished the season with a overall mark. The Sooners tied the record for the longest winning streak under head coach Paul Lockwood with 11 wins in the middle of the season and appeared as high as No. 39 in the Division I rankings. OU had two doubles teams, senior Alexei Ivanov and junior Marek Velicka and senior Tommy Garrison and sophomore Federico Chavarria, win the Big 12 No. 1 and No. 2 doubles titles, respectively. The team won the ITA National Team Sportsmanship Award and Garrison was named the ITA Central Region Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship winner for a second consecutive year. WOMEN S TENNIS The Sooners concluded the season with a 9-16 overall record. Gabby Baker was one of three Sooner student-athletes named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine first team Academic All-District At-Large team and was one of only three student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 first team to earn special distinction for maintaining a perfect 4.00 GPA. Sophomore Christi Baxley and junior Anne Carter and Irina Lykina were the other first team selections. TRACK & FIELD Martin Smith s first year as head coach proved to be one of the Sooners most successful to date. Pole vaulter Chip Heuser earned All-America honors during both the indoor and outdoor seasons; Catherine Odell, Tijahnni Newton, Kristi Cook and Jessica Eldridge, who was also victorious in the mile run, won the distance medley relay at the Big 12 Indoor Championships; Cale Drumright (javelin) and Scott Martin (pole vault) won titles at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships; and Katherine Johnson (high jump) and Amy Backel (javelin) medaled at the USA Track & Field Junior Championships to highlight OU track & field s 2006 campaign. VOLLEYBALL The Sooners started the season on a three-match winning streak, taking victories over TCU, Indiana and Loyola. The Sooners went on to claim conference wins over Baylor and Texas Tech and non-conference wins over UT-San Antonio and UT-Arlington. In his second year at the helm of the Oklahoma volleyball program, head coach Santiago Restrepo and the Sooners finished with a 7-22 overall mark and a 2-18 record in Big 12 play. OU faced a tough schedule, playing 10 of its matches against top-25 teams, nine of which were against conference foes. WRESTLING Oklahoma finished the campaign with a record of and finished second at the Big 12 championships. The Sooners qualified eight wrestlers for the NCAA Championships and five became All-Americans (Sam Hazewinkel, Teyon Ware, Matt Storniolo, Joel Flaggert, and Jake Hager). Ware finished as the runner-up at 141-pounds as OU took home the third place trophy for the fourth time in the last five years. DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS JONATHAN HORTON 31 BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY

32 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS THE UNIVERSITY FLAGSHIP EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF THE SOONER STATE The University of Oklahoma is experiencing a golden era in the history of a great institution. The quality of new students is soaring and donor confidence is at an all-time high. Over the last 11 years, OU s donor base has expanded at a staggering rate, moving from 17,000 to 108,000. President David L. Boren has spurred significant changes that have resulted in a learning environment of the highest order. As a result, the state of Oklahoma enjoys resources that impact everything from medical science to the arts for many years to come. The University of Oklahoma has long embraced the great tradition of Sooner athletics. With competitive facilities all located on the main campus, including several near the heart of the university, student-athletes and their classmates mingle comfortably in an environment that fosters an attitude of excellence, regardless of the endeavor. 1 The University of Oklahoma ranks number one among comprehensive public universities in the per capita number of freshman National Merit Scholars. The University of Oklahoma is in the top five in the nation among all comprehensive public universities in the graduation of Rhodes Scholars. OU is included on Princeton Review s Top 10 Best Value Public Colleges list, which ranks the best colleges in the nation based on academic excellence per value. OU has 19 colleges offering 147 majors at the baccalaureate level and 152 majors at the master s level. The university s annual operating budget is more than $1 billion. OU boasts an enrollment of more than 30,000 students and more than 2,000 full-time faculty. The Norman campus maintains a student to instructor ratio of 20:1. THE SEED SOWER OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

33 CAMPUS IN AUTUMN BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OU? OU is the highest ranked public university in the history of Oklahoma. The latest U.S. News and World Report rankings place OU in the top tier among national public universities. OU ranks in the top 10 in the nation in the Freshman Year Experience, according to a national study by the Policy Center on the First Year of College. The study recognizes OU s initiatives for first-year students and its commitment to put students first. OU has the highest-ranked student body in state history at a public university. Oklahoma is also number one per capita among public universities in the number of National Merit Scholars enrolled. Seven hundred National Merit Scholars currently are enrolled at OU. OU has over a $1.5 billion impact annually on the state s economy each year. Over the past decade, research and sponsored programs expenditures at Oklahoma have more than doubled, and OU consistently sets new records for funding for externally sponsored research. OU continues to break private fund-raising records, with more than $1 billion in gifts and pledges over the past decade, which has provided funding for dramatic capital improvements, the growth in faculty endowment and student scholarships. BIZZELL LIBRARY THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY For complete information on The University of Oklahoma and the Norman campus, please visit the official website at DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 33

34 ACADEMIC SUCCESS 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS PREPARING LEADERS FOR TOMORROW The recent Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium expansion and improvement included remodeled office space in the facility s north end. The largest piece of that project was the Prentice Gautt Academic Center. Some 35,000 square feet are dedicated to the academic pursuits of Sooner student-athletes. Indeed, there is considerable emphasis on classroom performance at OU. The center staff has achievement as its focus, a fact that is reflected in a graduation rate that exceeds that of the general student body. In addition to its academic work, the staff assists in several life skills areas designed to enrich students in a broad range of tasks More 90 The The Prentice Gautt Academic Center maintains two computer labs for OU student-athletes with more than 100 desktop units and over 40 laptops available to check out. Some 35,000 square feet are dedicated to the academic pursuits of Oklahoma student-athletes at the Prentice Gautt Academic Center in the stadium s north end. Legendary running back Prentice Gautt wore No. 38 during his Sooner career from The first African-American player at OU, the academic center is named in his honor. than 50 businesses attend the annual OU Athletics Department career fair. The event offers employers and job seekers time to meet one-on-one to discuss opportunities. Prentice Gautt Academic Center is available more than 90 hours per week for OU student-athletes. 34 WELCH A GRADUATE Senior Chelsi Welch graduated from the University of Oklahoma last spring with a degree in psychology. The Sooner guard posted a cumulative GPA above 3.0 during her undergraduate days. This fall she began work on a graduate degree in human relations OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

35 THE LEGACY OF PRENTICE GAUTT The OU Academics Center that today s student-athletes use everyday now bears the name of the man who left an indelible legacy for Sooner Athletics and helped change a society in the process. It is appropriate that this center be named after Prentice Gautt, University of Oklahoma President David L. Boren said. His personal values and character, along with his leadership as associate commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, continues to bring pride to his Alma mater. His personal example of quiet courage, grace under pressure and dedication to the university helped open the doors of opportunity for countless number of African-American and minority studentathletes who have followed him into collegiate athletics. BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS THE STAFF WBB ACADEMIC ADVISOR C.B. ELDER OU CoSIDA Academic All-America honors under head coach Sherri Coale. 10 of OU s 11 players last season had the grades for Academic All- Big 12 honors. Seven received the honors while three others were not eligible because they were freshmen. The OU women s basketball team has posted a cummulative team GPA of 3.0 or better in all 20 of the semesters under Coale. has collected 55 Academic All-Big 12 honors during the Coale era, an average of 5.5 per year. SEASON REVIEW HISTORY DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 35

36 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS AFTER THEIR CAREERS Many student-athletes make a four-year commitment to their chosen university, but those who choose the University of Oklahoma are making a lifetime commitment. Thousands of athletes have graced the Norman campus over the last 30 years, but one thing remains the same they are always a Sooner. This couldn t be more evident than in the women s basketball program, which has produced many exceptional basketball players and even more outstanding women. From day one it is a priority of OU head coach Sherri Coale to develop well-rounded individuals. Add in the nationally-recognized efforts of the OU academic counseling staff and the end result has been tremendous. Coale and her staff make it a priority that former Sooners remain connected to the women s basketball program because, without them, OU wouldn t be the strong and growing program it is today. Through joint efforts of Coale, OU s development office and the alumni, Oklahoma hosts an alumni reunion every three years. This presents a unique opportunity for OU to give back to its alumni and for the alumni to give back to the school that sent them on their journey. Below is a sampling of how several former Sooners are impacting the world around them: JENNY BRAMER (1997) Associate Athletics Director at San Diego State University. MIRANDA STACY BURCHAM ( ) Retail Vice President for Arbonne International, a skin care product company. She lives in Shawnee with her husband Stephen, a high school football coach, and their two children. DEBBIE CLARK ( ) Fifth grade teacher in Wynona, Okla. JENNIFER CUNNINGHAM ( ) After earning a master s degree in psychology from Oklahoma last spring, Cunningham began working in the basketball branding division of Nike in Chicago. AMY DAHL (FORMER COACH & ADMINISTRATOR) Has worked as an administrative assistant at McGuire Bearing Company for 18 years, and has refereed volleyball for the past 25 years. JACKIE FARLEY (1975) Retired from OU in the summer of 2005 and started W.I.S.E Women 4 Hire, a company that provides personal assistants and concierge services to businesses in the Norman/ Oklahoma City area. STACEY DALES ( ) She has quickly become one of the most recognized females in sports broadcasting. She is a role model to young women and children everywhere and she is still one of the best basketball players around. The two-time All-American is working a full schedule for ESPN as an in studio host for women s college basketball and as a sideline reporter for college football and men s basketball games. SUSAN GREGG (1979) Gregg, who at the time was the only women s basketball player to graduate with a degree in engineering, is working in Houston at Enterprise Products Pipelines. CATON HILL ( ) In her third year of OU medical school in Oklahoma City. ROXANNE LONG (1994, ) Basketball coach at Central High School in Keller, Texas. THERESA JANTZEN (2003) Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, and works with the University of British Columbia Athletics Department development office. Her duties center around fund-raising for student-athlete scholarships and athletic facilities, and her newest project is raising support for the 2010 Winter Olympic hockey facility being built on the UBC campus. ETTA MAYTUBBY ( ) Works as a sales service representative for Cintas, the largest uniform supplier in North America. Maytubby also plays for the Dallas Rage, a professional women s football team. SHAREE MITCHUM ( ) Human Relations Director at Azteca Enterprises, Inc., in Dallas, Texas. BRENDA MULLINS (1977) Cardiologist in Oklahoma City. DIONNAH JACKSON ( ) Playing pro basketball for Megas Alexandros a professional basketball team in Greece. Jackson graduated from Oklahoma in the Dec., After a one year hiatus, Dales returned to the WNBA this past season as the headliner on the expansion Chicago Sky. She averaged 7 points and 1.7 assists OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

37 2005 ALUMNI REUNION BOOMER SOONER DANA POSEY ( ) Serves as the Community Living Services Director for the Arkansas Support Network, providing community based residential services to children and adults who are diagnosed with a disability. She lives in Springdale, Ark., and is also attending graduate school at OU-Tulsa with the hopes of becoming a licensed professional counselor. TINA TAYLOR RAMOS ( ) Lives with her husband and three children in Vian, Okla., where she is a high school basketball and track coach. LAURA RUSHING JACOBSEN ( ) Athletics Director for Academic and Career Counseling at the University of Kansas. ELISSA WALKER CAMPBELL ( ) Stacey Dales isn t the only Sooner alum, who has made her mark in sports casting. Elissa Walker Campbell hosts and produces her weekly sports talk radio program, The Big E Show in the Dallas-Ft. Worth, New Mexico, and Colorado markets. She continues to freelance as a television reporter for a variety of networks, most recently CBS. She lives in Ft. Worth with her husband, Stephen, and two children SEASON THE SOONERS KATE SCOTT-GOLDBERG ( ) Reading teacher and head varsity basketball coach at Richardson High School. STEPHANIE SIMON ( ) Simon completed law school at Oklahoma in the spring of 2006 and accepted a position with the law firm Troutman Sanders in Atlanta, Ga. She is working in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group. LAUREN SHOUSH ( ) Graduated from OU last December and is working full time for Kanakuk Camps in Branson, Mo. DESIREE TAYLOR ( ) Recently earned her MBA from OU and stayed true to her roots by accepting a position in the Oklahoma Athletics Ticket Office. PHYLESHA WHALEY ( ) Completed nursing school last fall and has fulfilled a life long dream of joining the Army. She is currently stationed in San Antonio, Texas. SUSAN WHITEHORSE JOHNSON ( ) Indian Education Director at Walters Public School JANET WHITEHORSE TIPPECONNIC ( ) Program Director at the Lawton YMCA MICHELLE WORKMAN ( ) Lives in Carmel, Ind., and works with Every Nation Church of Indianapolis as a full time minister. Has served as a missionary for five years traveling to Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Thailand and Peru, using her experiences in basketball as a way of spreading her faith. SHANNON SELMON ( ) Shannon Selmon is the director of the Shine Foundation in Norman, Okla. While the foundation is housed in Norman, it is making its biggest impact in Liberia. Formed in Nov., 2005, Shine s first project is building a school at Rainbow Town Orphanage near Gbarnga. Liberia, which is in West Africa, has been torn apart by a 14-year civil war. The result of that devastation is that children account for 50 percent of the population. A large portion of that group has lost their parents and their homes due to the fighting. The Foundation, through the help of volunteers and donations, is attempting to bring some of these necessities back into their lives. RAINBOW TOWN ORPHANS DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 37 THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY

38 SERVING THE COMMUNITY KENDRA MOORE 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS The University of Oklahoma is committed to supporting the community that supports the Sooners. Playing for OU means being in the headlines, but it also gives Oklahoma student-athletes an opportunity to give back to Norman and the surrounding communities. Head coach Sherri Coale and the women s basketball team capitalize on this opportunity with the same passion OU fans bring to the local arena or stadium. No team in the OU Athletics Department has made more of a commitment to volunteer service than the women s basketball team. In fact, Coach Coale s squad is arguably as active as any team in Division I. During the most recent school year, the team was recognized by the OU athletics department for winning the inaugural Life Skills competition, which awards points for community service, team GPA and attendance at Sooner athletics events. Women s hoops beat out the women s cross country and men s tennis teams by a hefty margin. This passion and commitment to excellence on and off the court is seen in every women s basketball player at OU. Coale recruits players who are ready to accept the challenges and the responsibility of calling the University of Oklahoma home. Together they embrace the passion and commitments she brought to the program 10 years ago and they learn that winning is about more than the final score on the court. I want our student-athletes to learn through their experience here how important it is to volunteer to be a part of whatever community they decide to reside in when their playing days are over, Coale said OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

39 ERIN HGGINS OU S COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS CHILDREN S MIRACLE NETWORK CITY SIGHTS TOUR CLEVELAND COUNTY AGING SERVICES COACHES VS. CANCER (ANNUAL) HABITAT FOR HUMANITY (ANNUAL) JUNE BUG JAM KID S KITCHEN READING PROGRAM THE MONSTER MASH NORMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL NORMAN SPECIAL OLYMPICS (ANNUAL) OKLAHOMA CITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL SOONER BIG SIS PROGRAM (ANNUAL) UNITED WAY MEALS ON WHEELS BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY THE PARIS TWINS DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 39

40 NORMAN & OKC 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS 40 NORMAN - HOME OF THE SOONERS Norman is an ever-changing city of more than 100,000 residents. Located in the heart of the state, it has grown to become the third largest city in Oklahoma. Despite its continuous growth, it has maintained the spirit and serenity of a small, close-knit community. Since the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889, Norman has grown into a popular and smart city. The spirit of Norman and its citizens is unwavering and uncompromising. While other towns were clamoring to become the state capital, Norman residents wanted to have the first state university. When the first OU president got off the train and saw a prairie, he saw opportunity. As home to the state s premier educational institution, Norman boasts an excellent quality of life and is a city that thrives on and celebrates the diversity of its community. Legendary University of Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer called Norman a university town with a championship spirit. Norman continually exhibits its love for sports by hosting numerous local and national athletic events OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 1 The Oklahoma City metropolitan area has a population of more than one million people. OKC is the largest city in the state and the 29th largest city in the nation. Norman is the third largest city in the state with more than 100,000 residents. Despite its growth, the city nurtures and maintains its small, college town atmosphere. 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. The average annual temperature in Norman. The area enjoys a temperate climate with mild winters, four distinct seasons with a warm spring and fall. Due to its central location, Norman is a quick 196-mile drive from Dallas. Roughly 20 percent of OU s students are from Texas and choose to come north.

41 LOUD CITY Oklahoma City s Ford Center is the temporary home of the New Orleans Hornets and 2006 NBA Rookie of the Year Chris Paul. OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma City, the state s capital, is located just 18 miles north of the Norman campus. It was the first city settled in the Land Run of 1889 because of its position at the center of the state. Oklahoma City offers a variety of attractions and activities different from any other place in the country. Oklahoma City sprawls across 625 square miles of America s heartland. The city s metro population numbers more than one million -- a third of the entire state s population. Oklahoma City has become a haven for exciting sports action. It is home to the NBA s Hornets, three minor league teams and is the host of the NCAA College Softball World Series. Located just southeast of downtown, Bricktown is Oklahoma City s entertainment and dining district. Restaurants with a total capacity of more than 4,000 seats, shopping, and a generous helping of turn-of-the-century charm has turned Bricktown into a hotspot for Oklahoma City nights. CHRIS PAUL BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 41

42 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS 42 THE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING In April of 2005, University of Oklahoma women s basketball head coach Sherri Coale announced the Starting Five, supporters whose gifts established the first-ever endowed positions for the team, providing scholarships for student-athletes. The Starting Five donors are the family of Jimmie Austin of Seminole in honor of his late wife, Marie; the Jim and Christy Everest family of Oklahoma City; the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation of Ardmore in honor of Mary Jane Noble; and Bob and Ann Coleman of San Antonio, Texas, as well as an anonymous donor. Since January of 2006, the women s basketball program has announced five new endowed scholarships. The scholarships were donated by Wayne T. Dusty and LaFawn Biddle, John and Sue Gibbs, Robert and Doris Klabzuba, John and Mary Nichols and a joint effort from the Fast Break Club and Sooner Stilettos. The generous gifts raise the number of women s basketball endowed scholarships to 10. Our goal is to create a perpetual source of funding for the women s basketball program an idea that leads to self-sufficiency as well, OU head coach Sherri Coale said. The full scholarship support provided by these generous donors allows us to recruit the best and brightest student-athletes while increasing opportunities for mentoring and establishing special bonds that will tie generations of Sooners together, Coale continued, noting that the program establishes an ongoing connection between the donating family, the foundation player and the scholarship recipient, a current team member. Oklahoma Athletics Director Joe Castiglione said, This is an exceptional effort by so many special donors to create a permanent foundation for our women s basketball program. We are grateful to all of the donors who, through their generosity, have not only enhanced our ability to pursue academic and athletic excellence but directly support our mission of inspiring champions and preparing leaders. AUSTIN ENDOWMENT Marie Austin, a native of Maud, was an all-state basketball player for Vamoosa High School. Upon graduation, she received an offer to play professional basketball for the Oklahoma Redheads but chose instead to marry her childhood sweetheart, Jimmie Austin, and start a family. Avid OU supporters, the Austins were instrumental in the renovation of the OU Golf Course. Their son, Paul, serves as an OU Regent, and their son, Jimmie Lynn, serves on the Advisory Board for the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Course. COLEMAN ENDOWMENT The Colemans, successful business owners, have been involved in and supportive of a range of academic and athletic endeavors at OU. They were an integral part of the improvements to the Lloyd Noble Center, and the men s basketball practice facility is named for Bob and Ann Coleman. They are the former owners of Texace Corp., the number one manufacturer of U.S.-made golf caps, hats and visors. Bob Coleman, a native Oklahoman and OU accounting graduate, is the former president and CEO of the San Antonio Spurs professional basketball team. EVEREST ENDOWMENT Jim and Christy Everest are loyal supporters of both OU s academic and athletics programs. Among their gifts to OU was the lead gift for an indoor athletics training facility, which is named in their honor. The Everests established the Jimmy Everest Center at the OU Health Sciences Center in memory of their son, who was a patient at Children s Hospital. Christy Everest, chairman and CEO of the Oklahoma Publishing Co., served as chairman of the OU Board of Regents. Jim Everest, an OU political science graduate, is a general partner of Everest Brothers in Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE NOBLE ENDOWMENT Mary Jane Noble, an OU graduate, is a longtime fan and supporter of the women s basketball program at OU. The third member of the Noble family to serve on the OU Board of Regents, she was chairman of the board from 2002 through In 1972, the Noble Foundation provided OU with its first-ever $1 million gift to help build Lloyd Noble Center. In 1999, the Noble Foundation s gift of $8.17 million to renovate and expand the center set a national standard for philanthropic support of women s athletics and was, at the time, the largest single gift ever to OU athletics. TURNER ENDOWMENT CATON HILL HOW IT WORKS? Each endowed scholarship will connect with a women s basketball Foundation Player. This is more than endowing a position on the team. It is the opportunity to have a connection with a former player who filled that position while attending the University of Oklahoma and helped lay the foundation for what, and who, we are today. The Foundation Player will be the first member of the endowment scholarship family, followed by the first years recipient. Teresa Turner, a 1981 OU graduate, is the recognized foundation player for the endowment funded by an anonymous donor whose scholarship was awarded to Beky Preston, Albuquerque, N.M., senior. Turner, who lettered three times in women s basketball at OU, was one of the first female studentathletes to receive a scholarship at the university. She has been a staff member at OU for more than 10 years, serving the Athletics Department as an academic counselor for the football team as well as assisting the academic support and student life service.

43 BIDDLE ENDOWMENT GIBBS ENDOWMENT KLABZUBA ENDOWMENT The Nichols and Hynes Endowments are the most recent additions to the program. Both parties will be honored formally during the basketball season. NICHOLS ENDOWMENT HYNES ENDOWMENT BOOMER SOONER The generosity of the late W.T. Dusty Biddle and his wife, La- Fawn, has impacted nearly all parts of OU. The Biddles wideranging support has benefitted such areas as athletics, the College of Engineering, the Fred Jones Museum, Sarkeys Energy Center, Sooner Heritage Scholarships and the Sam Noble Museum to name a few. Dusty is an OU graduate who has served on numerous boards in support of his Alma mater. Like the Colemans and Mary Jane Noble, The Biddles played a key role in the expansion project of Lloyd Noble, where the locker room bears their names. John and Sue Gibbs are recent converts to the OU family. They met and married in Southern California where John graduated from Cal Poly Pomona. They spent 18 years in Dallas and Houston before moving to Ardmore in 1994 and quickly becoming two of OU s most loyal fans. John spends most of his time running an oil and gas company. John and Sue s main hobbies are the OU Women s Basketball program and their three grandchildren. In addition, John is currently serving his second year as president of the Fast Break Club. Robert and Doris Klabzuba, through the Klabzuba Foudnation, have set a standard of sharing their success by giving back to organizations that are meaningful to them. Their great generosity to OU has enriched academic, cultural and athletic resources throughout the campus. Bob is an OU graduate and CEO of Klabzuba Oil and Gas. He and Doris are Founders of Sarkeys Energy Center and have established several endowments. In addition to financial support, Mr. Klabzuba has been steadfast in offering his time and talents to OU for decades. John and Mary Nichols have been committed OU supporters for more than six decades. In 1970, Mr. Nichols founded Devon Energy, which today is one of OU s most generous corporate partners, recently making a $10 million commitment to Devon Energy Hall for the College of Engineering. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols established the School of Dance s first endowed faculty position. They established the John and Mary Nichols Rare Books and Special Collections at Bizzell Memorial Library. Additionally, they founded the Nichols Graduate Business Center in downtown Oklahoma City to give employed people opportunities to pursue their MBA degrees. Generous donations by the OU Fast Break Club and the SoonersStilettos made the Marita Hynes Endowment possible. The two booster organizations chose to honor the former Oklahoma employee who served the university for 27 years as a head coach, administrator and senior woman administrator. Hynes has been called a pioneer in women s athletics over the last quarter century. Growing up in an era when females were treated as secondclass citizens in the sports arena, she spent much of her adult life championing equal rights and a level playing field SEASON THE SOONERS THE ENDOWMENT CONNECTIONS ENDOWER: MARIE AUSTIN ENDOWER: JIM & CHRISTY EVEREST FOUNDATION PLAYER: STEPHANIE SIMON FOUNDATION PLAYER: CATON HILL RECIPIENTS: LAUREN SHOUSH & COURTNEY PARIS RECIPIENT: ERIN HIGGINS THE STAFF ENDOWER: BOB & ANN COLEMAN FOUNDATION PLAYER: PHYLESHA WHALEY RECIPIENTS: ANTOINETTE WADSORTH & KRISTA SANCHEZ ENDOWER: MARY JANE NOBLE ENDOWER: ANONYMOUS ENDOWER: WAYNE T. DUSTY & LAFAWN BIDDLE ENDOWER: JOHN & SUE GIBBS ENDOWER: ROBERT & DORIS KLABZUBA FOUNDATION PLAYER: STACEY DALES FOUNDATION PLAYER: TERESA TURNER FOUNDATION PLAYER: JENNIFER CUNNINGHAM FOUNDATION PLAYER: DIONNAH JACKSON FOUNDATION PLAYER: MOLLY McGUIRE RECIPIENTS: LAURA ANDREWS & ASHLEY PARIS RECIPIENT: BEKY PRESTON RECIPIENT: LEAH RUSH RECIPIENT: KENDRA MOORE RECIPIENT: CHELSI WELCH SEASON REVIEW HISTORY ENDOWER: JOHN & MARY NICHOLS FOUNDATION PLAYER: TAMI ROGERS RECIPIENT: CAROLYN WINCHESTER ENDOWER: MARITA HYNES, SPONSORED BY THE FAST BREAK CLUB & SOONER STILETTOS FOUNDATION PLAYER: DESIREE TAYLOR RECIPIENT: BRITNEY BROWN DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 43

44 SOONER STILETTOS 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS The Sooner Stilettos was chartered in November 2003 to involve women community and business leaders with Oklahoma women s basketball. The idea originated with Sherri Coale s desire to have successful women surrounding her program in the audience at her games, talking about her program in the community and having women throughout the community to act as role models for her players. This idea grew into a dynamic group of 102 charter members full of energy and enthusiasm and an inaugural year that went above and beyond expectations. Membership continued its growth in year number two, when the group soared to 173 members. Sooner Stilettos activities have included: Luncheons at the Governor s Mansion Ballet s Fashion Show at the Trails Golf Club Reception at Mrs. Molly Shi Boren s home Fur Fashion Show Holiday Tailgate Luau at Sherri Coale s home Dance lessons with the OU Men s Gymnastics Team at the OU School of Dance Plus, several other fabulous festivities WHAT IS THE SOONER STILETTOS? Sooner Stilettos is an organization targeted at successful women who have the ability to support and encourage other women to strive for similar success. An obvious connection exists between women in leadership and Division I women s basketball players. Each are about being champions, accomplishing goals and doing things right because it s the right thing to do. Sooner Stilettos -- women who are community and business leaders -- are much more than just faces in the crowd at women s games. Impacting the next generation of women and having fun while doing it! Join us as a Sooner Stiletto together we ll connect that link and lead the OU women s basketball team to championships! HOW TO JOIN? Visit the women s basketball page on SoonerSports.com and click on the Sooner Stiletto link in the related links area in the bottom right corner. For an application and more information call (405) WHY JOIN? Play a role in enhancing the future of OU women s basketball. Form lasting relationships with other women community and business leaders. Be a positive role model and form relationships with female student-athletes. Increase support and awareness of OU women s basketball. Gain networks within the community. Enjoy fun activities with an energetic and dynamic group of women. Pre-game activities, prizes, luncheons, fashion shows, tailgate parties and National Girls and Women in Sports celebrations. FOUNDED 2003 Co-PRESIDENTS Judy Hatfield and Marty Kavanaugh-Williams OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

45 BOOMER SOONER SOONER STILETTO CAREER NETWORK One of the most exciting things about being a Sooner Stiletto is having the opportunity to strengthen that link between Division I female student-athletes and women business and community leaders. The Sooner Stiletto Career Network is a program that matches our OU Women s Basketball players, who are preparing for careers, with successful women who have experience in a particular field. Each year the entire team meets individually with the Sooner Stiletto leadership group to discuss career and life plans. As a result of those meetings, the student-athletes are matched up with stilettos to assist with career and life plans. These matches can result in job shadowing opportunities, internships, mentoring or leadership training. The program we created with the Sooner Stilettos is a branch of the OU Career Network. The opportunities for the OU student-athletes and the stilettos are endless. The Sooner Stiletto Career Network is becoming a premier program for which other programs are modeled SEASON THE SOONERS SOONER STILETTOS MEMBERS Lynn Andarakes Ann Archer Jari Askins Julie Austin Sandra Ayres Jerry Baird Julie Baker Dr. Sherri Baker Lois Batey DeDe Benham Judy Benson Catherine Bishop Leslie Blair Hilarie Blaney Libby Blankenship Denise Bode Molly Shi Boren Darlene Bowline Debby Bowman Lee Ann Bratten Lavon Burk Robin Byford Tamara Cain Susy Calonkey Mary Jane Calvey Ann Campbell Honorable Robin Cauthron Cassandra Cavins-Bowen Ellen Censky Dr. Susan Chambers Julia Chew Lou Christian Louise Cleary Mary Clements Patty Cohenour Ann Coleman Taura Cooney Judy Cox Stacy Crabtree Jane Crain Sara Crews Janene Davis Marilyn Davis Patti Davis Diane Defilippo Dr. Freda Deskin Alicia Drew Kathey Drummond Christy Everest Mary Fallin Jackie Farley Marti Ferretti Suzanne Foster Jonella Frank Becky Franklin Cathy Freede Connie Fuller Roseann Gibson Aleta Giddens Brenda Granzow Virginia Groendyke Julie Hall Melanie Hall Christine Hansen Lynne Hardin Pat Hart Judy Hatfield Cass Hawkins Elizabeth Heath First Lady Kim Henry Bette Jo Hill Sarah Hogan Sandra Hook Donna Hooper Jennifer Hopper Jamie Hubbard Karen Hudiburg Kim Jackson Krista Jones Marty Kavanaugh Lou Kerr Connie Lang Linda Leemaster Ann Lees Lavon Liebert Lana Lopez Becky Love Bette MacKellar Laura Mackie Roberta Maloney Jean Ann Marshall Janna McIntosh Liz McKown Liz McLaughlin Patti Mellow Skye Mellow Mary Melon Brandy Menzie Billy Montgomery Diane Murphree Dr. Jennifer Nelson Cecelia Norman Mary Nichols Mary Jane Noble Alice Owens Margaret Owens Jan Parker Becky Payton JoAnn Phillips Lisa Porter Ann Powell Brook Pulliam Anne Reed Stephanie Rempe Teri Reed Rhodes Jenny Richards Patricia Richardson Karen Rieger Lindy Ritz Honorable Bana Roberts Honorable Vicki Robertson Patti Rogers Melissa Sandefer Linda Schulz Stacy Schusterman Linda Scoggins Susan Seamans Jeanna Sellmeyer Nancy Sevenoaks Sarah Soell Jan Sullivan Lynda Talkington Kathy Taylor Jane Thompson Lynda Thompson Leslie Towery Trudy Tracy Jayne Underwood Karen Walker Judith Wall Shirley Webb Jennifer Weber Sarah Westerheide Cindy White Annette White-Klososky Susan Whiteneck Robyn Wilhoit Kathryn Wilson Rhonda Wong Liz Woollen Martha Wooton Joan Yinger Linda Young DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 45 THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY

46 MEDIA RELATIONS 7 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 4 BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 BIG 12 POSTSEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 ALL-AMERICANS 46 KENNY MOSSMAN - FOOTBALL Senior Associate Athletics Director for Communications Office: (405) Home: (405) kmossman@ou.edu MIKE HOUCK - MEN S BASKETBALL Associate Media Relations Director Office: (405) Home: (405) mhouck@ou.edu CHRIS FREET - WOMEN S BASKETBALL & FOOTBALL Associate Media Relations Director Office: (405) Home: (405) cfreet@ou.edu CRAIG MORAN - BASEBALL, SOCCER & FOOTBALL Assistant Media Relations Director Office: (405) Home: (405) cmoran@ou.edu JESSICA SUMMERS - SOFTBALL & VOLLEYBALL Assistant Media Relations Director Office: (405) Home: (405) jlsummers@ou.edu JARED THOMPSON - TRACK AND FIELD Assistant Media Relations Director Office: (405) Home: (405) jaredthompson@ou.edu OU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS Media Relations Main Phone (405) Media Relations Fax (405) University of Oklahoma Athletics Media Relations Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Suite 2525, 180 W Brooks St, Norman, OK SOONERSPORTS.COM The latest official information on OU women s basketball is available at SoonerSports.com. Log on for complete media services including statistics, rosters, bios, game notes, schedules, press conferences, quotes and more. SOONERSPORTSMEDIA.COM Media credentials for OU home season will be handled by Chris Freet. Applications will be accepted via (see above) or fax (see above) and can be sent to Freet beginning Oct. 1. If you did not cover OU women s basketball in , the credential request must come from the sports editor or director. OKLAHOMA WOMEN S BASKETBALL ONLINE Official OU Athletics SoonerSports.com OU Media Services SoonerSportsMedia.com Big 12 Conference Big12sports.com NCAA Statistics NCAAsports.com OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE SCOTT MATTHEWS Director of Graphic Design Office: (405) Home: (405) smatthews@ou.edu BRIAN DUDE - GYMNASTICS Media Relations Graduate Assistant Office: (405) Home: (405) briandude@ou.edu MATT MONTGOMERY - WRESTLING Media Relations Student Assistant Office: (405) Home: (405) mmonty@ou.edu KATIE MOON - WOMEN S GOLF Media Relations Student Assistant Office: (405) Home: (918) katiemoon@ou.edu KAMERYN STANHOUSE - MEN S TENNIS Media Relations Student Assistant Office: (405) Home: (405) kameryn@ou.edu SHERIDAN SAMPLES - WOMEN S TENNIS Media Relations Student Assistant Office: (405) Home: (405) sheridankay@ou.edu OU ATHLETICS PHONE DIRECTORY All numbers (405) four-digit extension OU Athletics Main Line OU Athletics Ticket Office Joe Castiglione, Director of Athletics Larry Naifeh, Executive Associate AD Keith Gill, Sr. Assoc. AD/Administration Gerald Gurney, Ph.D., Sr. Assoc. AD/Academics Kenny Mossman, Sr. Assoc. AD/Communications Greg Phillips, Sr. Assoc. AD/Chief Financial Officer Stephanie Rempe, Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA Matt Trantham, Assoc. AD/Event Management Tim George, Assist. AD/Marketing Billy Ray Johnson, Assist. AD/Ticket Operations Melanie Roberts, Assist. AD/Compliance Scott Anderson, Head Athletics Trainer Eric Barnhart, Sooner Sports Properties Dan Cavanaugh, Director of Broadcasting Debbie Copp, Director of Publications Danny Davis, Director of Facilities Beth Kelly, Manager of Financial Support Services Brian Martin, Coordinator of Team Video Jason Matheson, Director of Internet Services Scott Matthews, Director of Graphic Design Dave Haskin, Director of Marketing Marty Northcroft, Director of Promotions Jerry Schmidt, Director of Sports Enhancement Suzanne Staley, Director of Branding Greg Tipton, Director of Athletics Equipment

47 MEDIA POLICIES MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE The department is housed in suite 2525 of the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Football Stadium, nearly two miles north of the basketball arena. The office can be accessed by using Gate 5 on the northwest side of the stadium. CREDENTIALS All members of the media covering the game in a working capacity must seek appropriate credentials at least 24 hours in advance. Please fax or associate director Chris Freet with your request on company letterhead. Credentials will be mailed if courier information is provided. Credential requests will be accepted beginning Oct. 1. INTERVIEW POLICIES Oklahoma players and coaches are available for interviews throughout the season. Arrangements must be made through Chris Freet in the Media Relations office at least 24 hours in advance. Home and cellular phone numbers of players and coaches will not be given out. MEDIA ROW Media seating is located in the southwest corner of Lloyd Noble Center. MEDIA SERVICES Pregame notes, flipcards, media guides, programs and statistics will be provided to working media prior to each game. At halftime, a box score and play-by-play will also be distributed in the media work room. A complete postgame packet, consisting of game notes, halftime and final box scores, shot charts and play-by-play, will be handed out approximately 15 minutes after the conclusion of the game. MEDIA WILL CALL/LLOYD NOBLE CENTER The media entrance and the media will call is located at the south tunnel (check map on right) of the Lloyd Noble Center. Those picking up credentials will be required to furnish photo identification to the attendant. Credentials will be ready one hour prior to tipoff and are available at media will call. Media representatives are strongly encouraged to park on the south end of the arena and enter through the lower south entrance. MEDIA WORK ROOM The media work room is located at the top of the south tunnel, west of the ramp. Game programs, flip cards, media guides and pregame information sheets will be provided to the working media members in this area. Halftime and final box scores, postgame notes and coaches and players quotes will also be available at this location. PARKING There is reserved parking for working media in the south parking lot at the Lloyd Noble Center. PRACTICE SCHEDULE The OU women s basketball team begins practice on Friday, Oct. 13. Regular season practices are scheduled weekdays from 1-3:30 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center. The team will generally practice on the main floor at LNC. Please contact Chris Freet at the OU Athletics Media Relations office for weekend practice times. Practices are open to the media and public. If you plan to attend practice, advance notice is required. PHOTOGRAPHY During regular season games, the credentialed photographers work area includes the floor area at both ends of the court. Special arrangements for strobes or catwalk access must be made through both the Media Relations and Lloyd Noble Center offices. In the event of heavy requests for photo credentials for a particular game, shooting locations will be assigned. It is against NCAA regulations to sell photographs of student-athletes. All photographs are to be used in coverage of Oklahoma basketball and cannot be sold for any commercial enterprise benefiting the photographer. The University of Oklahoma follows NCAA and Big 12 Conference photography guidelines. POSTGAME After a 15-minute cooling-off period, OU head coach Sherri Coale and requested players will attend a postgame media press conference. The visiting team, unless they do not request a formal press conference, will always go first in the press conference room. The press conference will be held in the same room that the pregame meal is served, across from the media work room. Chris Freet will take player interview requests prior to the conclusion of the game. Oklahoma and opponent locker rooms are closed to the media. PREGAME MEALS Pregame meals are furnished for all credentialed media. The meal is served across the hall from the media work room. ROAD GAME CREDENTIALS Media credentials for OU road games can either be requested through OU or the opponent media relations contact. Please be specific when requesting the type of credentials needed. RADIO PHONE LINES Phone lines will be available and provided to Big 12 Conference opponents. In addition, Big 12 opponents will be provided with an ISDN line and Ethernet access. Please contact OU Telecommunications at (405) a week prior to the contest to ensure a working line if you are not a member of the Big 12 Conference. TELEPHONE LINES A limited number of telephone lines are available in the Lloyd Noble Center media work room. Any media representative desiring a private line to be installed court side or in the media work room should contact the OU Telecommunications office at (405) at least five working days prior to the requested game. THE LLOYD NOBLE CENTER Media Entrance DEFENDING BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON & POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS 47 BOOMER SOONER SEASON THE SOONERS THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY