2023-24 Oklahoma State Athletics year in review

STILLWATER – With the 2023-24 athletic and academic season complete, some highlights worth noting about Oklahoma State's performance, both in competition and in the classroom.

In competition

Oklahoma State won an NCAA team title in men's cross country, the fourth under head coach Dave Smith.
The men's distance medley relay team of Brian Musau, DJ McArthur, Mehdi Yanouri and Ryan Schoppe won the NCAA championship.
Oklahoma State finished 19th in the final 2023-24 Learfield Directors' Cup standings, which evaluates success in all sports. It is the fourth consecutive top-25 national finish for OSU. Of Oklahoma State's 18 varsity sports, eight posted top-10 national finishes and 15 had top-30 national finishes.
For the ninth time in the last 11 years, Oklahoma State beat Oklahoma in the all-sports Phillips 66 Bedlam Series. The final score of 21-9 marked the largest margin of victory for either school in Bedlam Series history.
Across all sports, Oklahoma State earned 53 All-America honors, the most in a single academic year in school history.
A record 12 current or former Oklahoma State student-athletes earned spots at the 2024 Paris Olympics, an OSU record for a single Olympic games.
The women's tennis team won the ITA indoor championship and spent the majority of the season ranked No. 1 in the nation before eventually finishing ranked No. 2. It was the highest final ranking in program history.
The women's cross country team placed third at the national meet for the best finish in program history.
The softball team advanced to the Women's College World Series for the fifth consecutive season.
Oklahoma State men's and women's track & field and cross country each earned top-five finishes in the final U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Program of the Year Standings, making OSU one of only two schools in the nation to achieve that feat.
Oklahoma State won Big 12 team championships in men's cross country, equestrian, women's tennis (regular season and conference tournament) and baseball (conference tournament).
The football team earned a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game for the second time in the last three years, a claim no other Big 12 football program can make.
Ollie Gordon II won the Doak Walker Award presented to the nation's top running back.
Five from Oklahoma State were honored as Big 12 Player of the Year in their respective sports (Ollie Gordon II, football; Brian Musau, men's cross country; Billah Jepkirui, women's cross country; Ange Oby Kajuru, women's tennis; and Lexi Kilfoyl, softball).

In the classroom

In 2023-24, Oklahoma State set a school record with 11 Academic All-Americans as voted by the College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA).
In 2023-24, Oklahoma State set its Graduation Success Rate record and its second-best Academic Progress Rate.
Sivan Auerbach (women's cross country), Katie Lott (softball) and Angelica Pfefferkorn (women's golf) were their sports' 2023-24 recipients of the NCAA Elite 90 Award presented to the one student-athlete competing at each final NCAA Championship site who has the best grade point average.
Five from Oklahoma State were honored as Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year in their respective sports.
Alex Maier and Maddison Hinson-Tolchard were honored as the Oklahoma State Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year, respectively.

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