The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame introduced Friday its Class of 2023 inductees.
The six new members are Dale Cook (blended martial arts), Sandy Fischer (softball), Chris Lincoln (contributor), Brent Price (basketball), James Trapp (soccer) and Seymour Williams (contributor).
The induction ceremony is about for Aug. 7 on the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
Here’s a take a look at the inductees.
Dale Cook
Nicknamed “Apollo,” Cook began taekwondo when he was 15 earlier than changing into knowledgeable kickboxer in 1977. He completed with a 94-4-1 report in kickboxing and went 19-2-1 in boxing. Overall, he gained 5 world titles. Cook now owns Apollo’s Martial Arts Karate and Kickboxing Gym in his hometown of Tulsa.
Sandy Fischer
She’s the longest-tenured coach in Oklahoma State softball historical past. She coached the Cowgirls from 1978-2001, led them to fifteen Big Eight championships and earned 901 wins. Fischer was on the helm when girls’s school sports activities packages transitioned from the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to the NCAA. She took OSU to both the AIAW Nationals or NCAA Women’s College World Series 9 instances.
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Chris Lincoln
After graduating from the University of Missouri and writing for the Columbia Daily Tribune, Lincoln turned the sports activities director at KTUL TV in Tulsa, the place he hosted coaches reveals for OU, Oklahoma State, Oral Roberts and Tulsa. He left the station in 1981 and co-founded Winner Communications, which went on to turn out to be the nation’s largest independently owned sports activities manufacturing firm. Winnercomm was bought in 2006, and Lincoln returned to KTUL and labored there from 2007-14.
Brent Price
The former Enid star performed within the NBA from 1992-2002 after being chosen by the Washington Bullets within the second spherical with the thirty second general decide. A degree guard, Price was a member of the Bullets, Houston Rockets, Vancouver Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings. Price spent his first two years of school at South Carolina, then transferred to OU. He was a first-team All-Big Eight choice in 1992 and averaged 18.7 factors and 6.2 assists per recreation with the Sooners. Price is the youthful brother of four-time NBA All-Star Mark Price.
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James Trapp
Trapp attended Lawton High earlier than graduating and heading to Clemson, the place he was a soccer and monitor star. Trapp was a 14-time ACC Champion and 10-time All-American sprinter in school. He was the 200-meter indoor nationwide champion in 1992 and a four-year letterman in soccer. The Los Angeles Raiders chosen him within the 1993 NFL Draft, and he spent six seasons with the franchise. He performed for the Baltimore Ravens from 1999-2002 and was an element of their 2000 workforce that gained the Super Bowl. His listing of accolades in monitor embody a 200-meter title on the 1993 World Athletics Indoor Championships. He was additionally an alternate on Team USA’s 4×100-meter relay squad within the 1992 Olympics.
Seymour Williams
Williams is being inducted posthumously. He was Tulsa Booker T. Washington’s soccer, basketball and monitor coach in the course of the period of segregation. In soccer, he led the Hornets to 19 state titles and 14 undefeated seasons within the Oklahoma Interscholastic Athletic Association. He took over in 1920 and had a 290-23-11 report, retiring after 33 years. Williams additionally helped the college’s basketball program declare 13 state titles and 5 nationwide championships. The monitor program gained six nationwide titles underneath Williams.
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