Supporting Champions and Leaders For Life
Starting in the fall of 2021, the Women of Championship Excellence initiative launched to create direct avenues for those who are passionate about supporting OU's women's programs. These avenues encompass anyone who contributes to the Women of Championship Excellence Fund or an established facility project in which female student-athletes train and compete.
The mission of this initiative is to provide financial support and championship resources to OU women’s sports programs in their constant pursuit of excellence on the stages of competition and in life.
The mission of this initiative is to provide financial support and championship resources to OU women’s sports programs in their constant pursuit of excellence on the stages of competition and in life.
What is the Women of Championship Excellence Fund?
Each year, women's sports programs head coaches and administrators will identify greatest areas of need for OU female student-athletes. Areas of consideration will include, but are not limited to, personal and professional development, scholarship support and facility projects.
Each year, women's sports programs head coaches and administrators will identify greatest areas of need for OU female student-athletes. Areas of consideration will include, but are not limited to, personal and professional development, scholarship support and facility projects.
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Changing the Game
Record attendance, consecutive sellouts, passionate followings, historic graduation rates and excellence on and off the field of competition. Our women's sports programs continue to set the standard for each of their respective sports.
Record attendance, consecutive sellouts, passionate followings, historic graduation rates and excellence on and off the field of competition. Our women's sports programs continue to set the standard for each of their respective sports.
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Head Coaches
• Oklahoma leads the Big 12 Conference with its seven head coaches who are women. In fact, 44% of OU's head coaches (seven of 16) are women. The next highest percentage in the Big 12 is 35%. • In 2020-21, OU was one of four programs from the 87 schools in the American Athletic, Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 and Southeastern conferences that earned an "A" grade from the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport. OU, Cincinnati, Illinois and UCF were the only four schools with women occupying at least 70% of the head coaching positions of its women's athletics programs. OU has earned an “A” grade each of the last three years. |
Academics
• After the Spring 2021 semester, every OU women's athletics program earned a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher. The cumulative GPA among all women's programs was 3.42 • A total of 66 student-athletes on women's sports teams earned a perfect 4.00 GPA for the Fall 2021 semester. • OU recognized 13 women as Big 12 Gerald Lage Award recipients in 2021 for their outstanding academic achievement. Honorees are required to earn 100+ credit hours and a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.80 while lettering in their sport at least once. Over the past five years a total of 48 female OU student-athletes have earned this award. • Among OU's nine women's sports programs, five earned a 100% Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in the latest NCAA report in December, and all nine programs have over a 90% GSR. |
ADDITIONAL WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR FEMALE STUDENT-ATHLETES
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