WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The SWOSU Athletic Department hosted the 2023-24 All-Sports Awards Ceremony on Tuesday evening at the Pioneer Event Center in celebration of the past year in Bulldog Athletics. Ben Smith (men's basketball) and Megan Brown (women's golf) were labeled SWOSU's Athletes of the Year.
 
Other honors handed out on Tuesday were the Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards, which were presented to Geoff Marlow (baseball) and Sola Tsuruta (soccer). SWOSU Athletic Director Todd Helton also presented the Cecil Perkins Service Award to Mike Brown in appreciation for his long-standing support of the athletic programs.
 
Smith (Edmond, Okla.) was a First Team All-Great American Conference selection this year as a senior, making him an all-conference player in back-to-back seasons. He's the fourth SWOSU player in the league's 13-year history to earn a first team nod. He ranked inside the top-10 in the league in a pair of statistics, averaging 17.4 points per game, sixth, and 6.2 rebounds,10th. He became the fifth Bulldog in the NCAA era to score 1,000 career points at SWOSU back on January 27, and he tied his career scoring high on December 2 when he put up 28 points in a win against Southeastern Oklahoma State – a team who would later go on to win the GAC's regular season championship.  
 

Year	Male Athlete of the Year	Sport	Hometown
1997-98	Bobby Wechsler	Baseball	Elk City, Okla.
1998-99	Greg Jones	Golf	Edmond, Okla.
1999-00	Lucas Aslin	Football	Manhattan, Kan.
2000-01	Jet McCoy	Rodeo	Tupelo, Okla.
2001-02	Milan Pepper	Basketball	St. Louis, Mo.
2002-03	Justin Twyman	Golf	Elk City, Okla.
2003-04	Brian Hostetler	Golf	Arlington, Texas
2004-05	Brian Hostetler	Golf	Arlington, Texas
2005-06	Greg Koch	Golf	Burkburnett, Texas
2006-07	Mark Cole	Baseball	Perry, Okla.
2007-08	Chris Morrison	Baseball	Wolf City, Texas
2008-09	Ruzell McCoy	Football	Frederick, Okla.
2009-10	Jonathan Haggerty	Football	Dallas, Texas
2010-11	Jonathan Darby	Football	Santee, Calif.
2011-12	Clarence Laster	Football	Hemet, Calif.
2012-13	Shane Martin	Baseball	Weatherford, Okla.
2013-14	Rod Camphor	Basketball	Baltimore, Md.
2014-15	Devin Benton	Football	Arlington, Texas
2015-16	DJ Jones	Football	Oakland, Calif.
2016-17	Stefan Idstam	Golf	Marifred, Sweden
2017-18	Alex Pimentel	Baseball	El Paso, Texas
2018-19	Nathan Hatchel	Rodeo	Hennessey, Okla.
2019-20	Alex Bedard	Baseball	Levis, Quebec
2020-21	Alex Bedard	Baseball	Levis, Quebec
2021-22	Gregor Weck	Golf	Wiesbaden, Germany
2022-23	Dustin Sanchez	Rodeo	Ignacio, Colo.
2023-24	Ben Smith	Basketball	Edmond, Okla.

 
 
Brown (Cordell, Okla.) is currently the No. 6-ranked women's golfer in the Central Region with a 74.4 scoring average. She was named a First Team All-GAC selection earlier this month for the third time in her career, becoming the fourth women's golfer in the program's GAC history to earn first team honors at least three times. In the eight tournaments she's appeared in this season, she has finished seventh or better in six of them. At the 2024 GAC Championships, she shot the lowest round of anyone in the tournament when she carded a two-under 70 and went on to finish inside the top-10 at the conference tournament for a fourth straight year.
 

Year	Female Athlete of the Year	Sport	Hometown
1997-98	Kala Freeman	Golf	Arnett, Okla.
1998-99	Charlotte Pfeil	Softball	Moore, Okla.
1999-00	Charlotte Pfeil	Softball	Moore, Okla.
2000-01	Amy Kilhoffer	Cross Country	Elk City, Okla.
2001-02	Courtney Hale	Softball	Rush Springs, Okla.
2002-03	Ashlee Hamar	Basketball	Thomas, Okla.
2003-04	Ginalee Tierney	Rodeo	Broken Bow, Neb.
2004-05	Paige Adams	Basketball	Clinton, Okla.
2005-06	Rachel Ingram	Cross Country	Springfield, Mo.
2006-07	Rachel Ingram	Cross Country	Springfield, Mo.
2007-08	Grace Anne Fath	Basketball/Cross Country	Fort Smith, Ark.
2008-09	Stefanie Jones	Cross Country	Fort Smith, Ark.
2009-10	Stacey Creger	Softball	Mustang, Okla.
2010-11	Amy Outhier	Rodeo	Weatherford, Okla.
2011-12	Darcie Dick	Basketball	Cordell, Okla.
2012-13	Josie Price	Soccer	Calgary, Alberta
2013-14	Michelle Fisher	Basketball	Mustang, Okla.
2014-15	Ana Gomez	Golf	Michoacan, Mexico
2015-16	Carly Zak	Volleyball	Wylie, Texas
2016-17	Carly Zak	Volleyball	Wylie, Texas
2017-18	Hailey Tucker	Basketball	Bartlesville, Okla.
2018-19	Hayden Priddy	Basketball	Piedmont, Okla.
	Hailey Tucker	Basketball	Bartlesville, Okla.
2019-20	Tyra Aska	Basketball	Meridian, Okla.
2020-21	Makyra Tramble	Basketball	Shawnee, Okla.
2021-22	Makyra Tramble	Basketball	Shawnee, Okla.
2022-23	Abby Hepper	Rodeo	Keene, N.D.
2023-24	Megan Brown	Golf	Cordell, Okla.

 
 
Marlow (Flower Mound, Texas) is a two-year member of SWOSU Baseball whose 20 doubles this season led the GAC lead while his 14 home runs led the team and ranked tied for third in the league. He was an Academic All-GAC selection and Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award winner last year and is on track to earn those distinctions again this summer. Marlow holds a 3.90 GPA in his Engineering Physics major.
 

Year	Male Scholar-Athlete	Sports	Hometown
2011-12	Jeremy Soliday	Baseball	Greeley, Colo.
2012-13	Colton Rainey	Football	Lawton, Okla.
2013-14	Ryan Corbin	Football	Newcastle, Okla.
2014-15	Dalton Daniels	Baseball	Salina, Okla.
2015-16	Cameron Nix	Football	Carnegie, Okla.
2016-17	Cameron Nix	Football	Carnegie, Okla.
2017-18	Brandon Roe	Football	Choctaw, Okla.
2018-19	Brandon Roe	Football	Choctaw, Okla.
2019-20	Braden Sweet	Football	Perry, Okla.
2020-21	Brock Mason	Football	Tuttle, Okla.
2021-22	Gregor Weck	Golf	Wiesbaden, Germany
2022-23	Mason Hart	Basketball	Pond Creek, Okla.
2023-24	Geoff Marlow	Baseball	Flower Mound, Texas

 
 
 
Tsuruta (Nelson, New Zealand) is a four-year member of SWOSU Soccer and was named a Second Team All-GAC selection this season, following up on first team honors in 2022 where was also the 2022 GAC Tournament MVP and a second team all-region pick. She is a two-time Academic All-GAC selection and D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award winner and is on track to earn her third installment of both honors this summer. Tsuruta was also a GAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete this season. She holds a 3.97 GPA in her Accounting major.  
 

Year	Female Scholar-Athlete	Sport	Hometown
2011-12	Madison Cabaniss	Basketball	Arapaho, Okla.
2012-13	SaRaya Oyler	Basketball	Beaver, Okla.
2013-14	Jessica Heard	Golf	Clinton, Okla.
2014-15	Brandy Mader	Volleyball	Nickerson, Kan.
2015-16	Kaila Lancaster	Volleyball	Hewitt, Texas
2016-17	Taya Haney	Softball	Leedey, Okla.
2017-18	Erica Brunet	Soccer	Brampton, Ontario
2018-19	Erica Brunet	Soccer	Brampton, Ontario
2019-20	Kaitlyn Dillon	Volleyball	Edmond, Okla.
2020-21	Makynna Koper	Track & Field	Weatherford, Okla.
2021-22	Allie Hoang	Volleyball	Plano, Texas
2022-23	Rachel Masson	Track & Field	Oklahoma City, Okla.
2023-24	Sola Tsuruta	Soccer

 
 
Each team also awarded their Most Valuable Player awards. A list of those can be found below:
 
Volleyball – Lacy Mott, junior (Waxahachie, Texas)
Soccer – Claire Torry, senior (Chatham, Ill.)
Cross Country – Madison Radke, sophomore (Cache, Okla.)
Track & Field – Marleigh West, senior (Edmond, Okla.)
Football – RJ Powell, senior (Sayre, Okla.)
Cheer – Deuna Miller, junior (Frederick, Okla.)
Mascot – Josh Mooney, sophomore (Burns Flat, Okla.)
Men's Basketball – Ben Smith, senior (Edmond, Okla.)
Women's Basketball – Averi Zinn, junior (Anadarko, Okla.)
Women's Rodeo – Libby Berger, junior (Udall, Kan.)
   Horse of the Year – Cisco, owned by Hadley Tate
Men's Rodeo – Marley Berger, senior (Udall, Kan.)
   Horse of the Year – Rascal, owned by Marley Berger
Women's Golf – Megan Brown, senior (Cordell, Okla.)
Men's Golf – Anders Strand, senior (Solrod Strand, Denmark)
Softball – Jadyn Hook, junior (Tishomingo, Okla.)
Baseball – Jackson Syring, junior (Derby, Kan.)