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Oklahoma's official school colors are crimson and cream. [192] These colors were picked in 1895 by May Overstreet, the only female faculty member at the time. The colors were her own personal choice and she decided on them after viewing many color samples and materials. [ 193 ]
The Oklahoma Sooners are the athletic teams that represent the University of Oklahoma, located in Norman.The 19 men's and women's varsity teams are called the "Sooners", a reference to a nickname given to the early participants in the Land Run of 1889, which initially opened the Unassigned Lands in the future state of Oklahoma to non-native settlement.
The Sooners are currently led by head coach Patty Gasso. Oklahoma has won their conference title 15 times, has won the Big 12 Conference tournament nine times, has been to the NCAA tournament 30 times, has advanced to the NCAA Women's College World Series 17 times, and has won the NCAA championship 8 times.
The Crimson & Cream Collective announced former OU softball star Lauren Chamberlain as its general manager on Friday.
In 2014, the Sooners won the program's first-ever team national title in the first-ever NCAA gymnastics championships tie, tying with Florida with a score of 198.175. The Sooners have had eighteen individual national champions, 202 NCAA All-Americans, and four Honda Awards (two to Kelly Garrison, Maggie Nichols, and Anastasia Webb).
Oklahoma's Drake Stoops (12) spikes the ball after scoring a touchdown in the second half of a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the West Virginia Mountaineers ...