OKLAHOMA CITY – Twenty-nine men’s and women’s cross country runners from around the league earned the Sooner Athletic Conference scholar-athlete honor as presented by Barnes & Noble College for 2021-22. 

To achieve the distinction, student-athletes within the conference must be juniors or above in academic standing with at least a 3.5 cumulative grade-point average, appear on the eligibility certificate for an NAIA-recognized sport and have attended two full years as a non-transfer or one full year as a transfer. 

Texas Wesleyan collected the most SAC scholar-athlete awards with three as 10 men’s student-athletes took the award. John Brown led the conference with seven women’s recipients among the 19 women’s runners who became SAC scholar-athletes. 

Three student-athletes from among the group own 4.0 cumulative GPAs – John Brown’s Avery Edwards and Sarah Smith as well as Wayland Baptist’s Michaela Phipps. 

Sooner Athletic Conference Scholar-Athletes

Presented by Barnes & Noble College

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

JOHN BROWN

Parker Hale

Luke Thng

OKLAHOMA CITY

Pedro Becerra

Jaquavious Harris

SCIENCE & ARTS

Marlon Herrera

SW ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

Samuel Molina

Trevor Searls

TEXAS WESLEYAN

Denzel Kiptoo

Ka'jon Parris

Jamon Smith

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

JOHN BROWN

Elizabeth Brownell

Avery Edwards

Allika Pearson

Sarah Smith

Lainee Stiver

Rachel Thompson

Emerson Turner

OKLAHOMA CITY

Katlyn Davenport

Elizabeth Heffernan

Kaitlyn Heffernan

Cailen Jolley

Ana Rivera

Bailey Sartain

SW ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

Havynn Mahaffey

TEXAS WESLEYAN

Sarays Flores

Veronica Moreno

Raquel Ramos

Yajaira Rosales

WAYLAND BAPTIST

Michaela Phipps

Bold denotes student-athlete with 4.0 GPA