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Oklahoma State Athletics 2024-25 year in review
July 01, 2025 | General
STILLWATER – An NCAA team title from men's golf, top-10 national finishes from six teams and the 10th all-sports Bedlam Series win in the last 12 years were highlights of Oklahoma State's 2024-25 athletic season.
The national championship from men's golf was the 12th in program history and the second under head coach Alan Bratton. The Cowboy five-man lineup at NCAAs consisted of four sophomores and a freshman, marking the first time OSU won a golf title with no upperclassmen in the lineup. Two-time Big 12 individual champion Preston Stout and Ethan Fang were both honored as first-team All-Americans.
Additional OSU national title contenders in 2024-25 included wrestling (third place), men's indoor track and field (fifth place) and men's cross country (eighth place). Equestrian and women's tennis both advanced to the quarterfinal round of their respective national championship tournaments. Soccer and women's basketball both returned to NCAA tournament competition. The NCAA appearance was particularly satisfying for a Cowgirl Basketball team that was picked 11th in the Big 12 preseason poll but defied expectations to finish third.
Men's cross country/track and field finished second in the USTFCCCA Program of the Year metric, which measures all schools based on their finish at the NCAA cross country, indoor and outdoor championships. The Cowboys turned in their best NCAA indoor finish since 1965 and their best outdoor finish since 1984. The second-place finish in the program of the year standings matched an all-time best for the Pokes.
OSU was a 15-10 winner in the all-sports Bedlam Series, highlighted by head-to-head NCAA tournament wins over Oklahoma in men's golf and women's tennis. The Sooners haven't won the all-sports Bedlam Series outright since 2018-19 and have won Bedlam only once since 2012-13.
On the conference level, OSU secured Big 12 team championships in wrestling, equestrian, women's tennis (regular season) and men's golf.
On an individual basis, wrestler Wyatt Hendrickson beat Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson in the NCAA heavyweight title match to claim one of the most seismic wins in the history of the sport, with Dean Hamiti (wrestling – 174 pounds) and Brian Musau (men's indoor track and field – 5,000 meters and outdoor track and field – 5,000 meters) adding national championships of their own.
Hendrickson's win capped a season in which he earned the Hodge Trophy presented to the nation's top wrestler and the Most Dominant Wrestler award at the NCAA Championships. He went on to earn a spot on the U.S. Senior World team in freestyle, as well. Hamiti was honored with Amateur Wrestling News' Hammer Award presented to the wrestler who won the national championship at the weight class deemed by AWN to be the nation's most challenging. For sweeping the indoor and outdoor 5K national titles, Musau was honored as a semifinalist for the Bowerman Award.
Across all sports, 36 from OSU earned All-America honors, with Musau recognized as the Big 12 Cross Country Runner of the Year after winning the conference meet, Hendrickson honored as the Big 12 Wrestler of the Year, and Riley Hogan voted as the Big 12 Equestrian's Rider of the Year in both fences and flat.
Bratton and wrestling's David Taylor were both honored as national coach of the year in their respective sports. For Bratton, it was his second national coach of the year honor, as he previously earned the same honor after mentoring the Cowboys to the 2018 NCAA team title. Making Taylor's national coach of the year honor particularly impressive is that it came in his first year as a collegiate head coach.
Ryan Schoppe and Sivan Auerbach took home OSU male and female scholar-athlete of the year honors, respectively, with Auerbach also securing the NCAA Elite 90 award for women's cross country and Big 12 women's cross country scholar-athlete of the year accolades. Molly Breiner and Alex Morris (soccer) and Isaac Becroft (men's tennis) were Academic All-Americans from the College Sports Communicators, with Morris also being honored as the Big 12 soccer scholar-athlete of the year.
A closer look at OSU Athletics' 2024-25 honors and awards, as of June 25:
Team National Championships
Men's Golf
Team Big 12 Championships
Wrestling
Equestrian
Women's Tennis - Regular Season
Men's Golf
NCAA Individual Champions
Brian Musau, Men's Indoor Track and Field - 5,000 meters
Dean Hamiti, Wrestling - 174 pounds
Wyatt Hendrickson, Wrestling - 285 pounds
Brian Musau, Men's Indoor Track and Field - 5,000 meters
Major National Award Winners
Wyatt Hendrickson, Wrestling - Hodge Trophy
Wyatt Hendrickson, NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler
Dean Hamiti, Amateur Wrestling News Hammer Award
All-Americans
Brian Musau, Men's Cross Country
Denis Kipngetich, Men's Cross Country
Brian Musau, Men's Indoor Track & Field - 3,000 meters
Denis Kipngetich, Men's Indoor Track & Field - 5,000 meters
Brian Musau, Men's Indoor Track & Field - 5,000 meters
Ryan Schoppe, Men's Indoor Track & Field - DMR
Jordon Smith, Men's Indoor Track & Field - DMR
Alex Stitt, Men's Indoor Track & Field - DMR
Mehdi Yanouri, Men's Indoor Track & Field - DMR
Laban Kipkemboi, Men's Indoor Track & Field - Mile
Fouad Messaoudi, Men's Indoor Track & Field - Mile
Kaylie Politza, Women's Indoor Track & Field - 800 meters
Troy Spratley, Wrestling - 125 pounds
Caleb Fish, Wrestling - 157 pounds
Cameron Amine, Wrestling - 165 pounds
Dean Hamiti, Wrestling - 174 pounds
Dustin Plott, Wrestling - 184 pounds
Wyatt Hendrickson, Wrestling - 285 pounds
June Roberson, Equestrian - Horsemanship
Riley Hogan, Equestrian - Fences
Claire McDowall, Equestrian - Horsemanship
Abby Budd, Equestrian - Reining
Emma Filiatreau, Equestrian - Reining
Ethan Fang, Men's Golf
Preston Stout, Men's Golf
Ruby Meylan, Softball
Anastasiya Komar, Women's Tennis - Doubles
Rose Marie Nijkamp, Women's Tennis - Doubles
Harrison Bodendorf, Baseball
Brian Musau, Men's Outdoor Track - 5,000 meters
Fouad Messaoudi, Men's Outdoor Track- 5,000 meters
Denis Kipngetich, Men's Outdoor Track - 10,000 meters
Blair Anderson, Men's Outdoor Track - Long Jump
Isca Chelangat, Women's Outdoor Track - 5,000 meters
Emma Robbins, Women's Outdoor Track - Hammer Throw
Annie Molenhouse, Women's Outdoor Track - Heptathlon
Region Player of the Year
Brian Musau, Men's Cross Country
Brian Musau, Men's Indoor Track and Field
Brian Musau, Men's Outdoor Track and Field
Big 12 Player of the Year
Brian Musau, Men's Cross Country
Wyatt Hendrickson, Wrestling
Riley Hogan, Equestrian - Fences Rider of the Year
Riley Hogan, Equestrian - Flat Rider of the Year
Region Individual Champion
Denis Kipngetich, Men's Cross Country
Big 12 Individual Champions
Brian Musau, Men's Cross Country
Blair Anderson, Men's Indoor Track - Long Jump
Laban Kipkemboi, Men's Indoor Track - Mile
Brian Musau, Men's Indoor Track - 3,000 Meters
Laban Kipkemboi, Men's Indoor Track - DMR
Fouad Messaoudi, Men's Indoor Track - DMR
Jordon Smith, Men's Indoor Track - DMR
Alex Stitt, Men's Indoor Track - DMR
Wyatt Hendrickson, Wrestling - 285 pounds
Preston Stout, Men's Golf
Fouad Messaoudi, Men's Outdoor Track - 1,500 Meters
Annie Molenhouse, Women's Outdoor Track - Heptathlon
Big 12 Freshman of the Year
Rose Marie Nijkamp, Women's Tennis
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
Harrison Bodendorf, Baseball
Ethan Fang, Men's Golf
National Coach of the Year
David Taylor, Wrestling - The Open Mat
Alan Bratton, Men's Golf - Golf Coaches Assoc. of America
Big 12 Coach of the Year
Alan Bratton, Men's Golf
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2024-25 OSU Athletics Academic Honor Roll (as of June 25)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-America
Molly Breiner, Soccer (First Team)
Alex Morris, Soccer (Third Team)
Isaac Becroft, Men's Tennis (Third Team)
NCAA Elite 90 Award
Sivan Auerbach, Women's Cross Country
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Soccer
Mollie Breiner
Ellie Geoffroy
Chloe Joseph
Alex Morris
Xcaret Pineda
Laudan Wilson
Football
Alan Bowman
Cale Cabbiness
Aden Kelley
Garrick Martin
Jake Schultz
Dylan Smith
Logan Ward
Men's Basketball
Patrick Suemnick
Women's Basketball
Anna Gret Asi
Macey Huard
Men's Tennis
Alessio Basile
Derek Pham
Isaac Becroft
Women's Tennis
Kylie Collins
Softball
Rosie Davis
Karli Godwin
Katie Kutz
Tia Warsop
Amanda Hasler
Baseball
Drew Culbertson
Hunter Watkins
Ian Daugherty
Nolan Schubart
Ryan Ure
Women's Golf
Marta Silchenko
Men's Golf
Ethan Fang
Gaven Lane
Eric Lee
Wrestling
Dustin Plott
Caleb Fish
Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Sivan Auerbach
Annie Molenhouse
Saara Hakanen
Madi Surber
Emma Robbins
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
Ryan Schoppe
Adisu Guadie
Zac Robbins
Sam Mason
Kade Benjamin
Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Sivan Auerbach, Women's Cross Country
Alex Morris, Soccer
Academic All-Big 12
* Asterisk represents 4.0 grade point average
Men's Cross Country
Tate Barr
Ben Calusinski
Kian Davis
Jacob Deacon
Hamish Hart
Triston Read
Ryan Schoppe
Victor Shitsama
Gabe Simonsen
Alex Stitt
Timothy Synowiec
Matthew Thomas
Grant Wilcox
Mehdi Yanouri
Women's Cross Country
Katie Armstrong
Sivan Auerbach*
Cayden Brickman
Emily Carter*
Cayden Dawson*
Payton Hinkle
Lilly Lavier*
Emma Lindsey*
Jinane Mahi
Cameron McConnell
Mackenzie Michael*
Aubrey O'Connell*
Abby Pickett
Grace Ping
Lauren Ping
Krystal Rodriguez
Mandeep Sangha
Kevriana Scott
Colleen Stegmann*
Madi Surber*
Football
Alan Bowman
Gabe Brown
Cale Cabbiness
Chance Clements
Kendal Daniels
Ike Esonwune
Ollie Gordon
Austin Kawecki
Aden Kelley
Justin Kirkland
Cooper Lai
Garrick Martin
Luke McEndoo
Joe Michalski
Wes Pahl
Garret Rangel
Parker Robertson
Xavier Ross
Jakobe Sanders
Jake Schultz*
Talyn Shettron
Dylan Smith
Jake Springfield*
Quinton Stewart
Logan Ward
Ty Williams
Preston Wilson
Soccer
Sami Allen
Mollie Breiner
Ellie Geoffroy
Adelhia Ghonda
Chloé Joseph*
Lexi Lee
Alex Morris*
Trinity Picklo*
Xcaret Pineda
Nicole Ray
Addison Roberts*
Taryn Thibeau
Laudan Wilson
Women's Basketball
Anna Gret Asi
Rylee Langerman*
Landry Williams
Wrestling
Cael Hughes
Dustin Plott
Cutter Sheets
Luke Surber
Carter Young
Equestrian
Tristan Bagby*
Peyton Baxter
Lydia Bell
Abby Budd*
Ava Bush
Mackenzie Carreras
Quincee Clark
Hannah Dodd
Isabella D'Onofrio
Ellie DuPuis*
Emma Filiatreau
Riley Hogan
Bella Holway
Alie Hunter
Olivia Klug
Dalia Lehmann*
Caroline Mirts*
Lindsey Porteous
Lauren Pursley
Rylee Ridgely
June Roberson
Avery Schauder*
Alana Tietz
As of this writing, the Big 12 has not yet announced its Academic All-Big 12 selections for spring sports – men's and women's tennis, men's and women's golf, men's and women's track and field, baseball and softball.
*- Nominated with a 4.0 GPA
The national championship from men's golf was the 12th in program history and the second under head coach Alan Bratton. The Cowboy five-man lineup at NCAAs consisted of four sophomores and a freshman, marking the first time OSU won a golf title with no upperclassmen in the lineup. Two-time Big 12 individual champion Preston Stout and Ethan Fang were both honored as first-team All-Americans.
Additional OSU national title contenders in 2024-25 included wrestling (third place), men's indoor track and field (fifth place) and men's cross country (eighth place). Equestrian and women's tennis both advanced to the quarterfinal round of their respective national championship tournaments. Soccer and women's basketball both returned to NCAA tournament competition. The NCAA appearance was particularly satisfying for a Cowgirl Basketball team that was picked 11th in the Big 12 preseason poll but defied expectations to finish third.
Men's cross country/track and field finished second in the USTFCCCA Program of the Year metric, which measures all schools based on their finish at the NCAA cross country, indoor and outdoor championships. The Cowboys turned in their best NCAA indoor finish since 1965 and their best outdoor finish since 1984. The second-place finish in the program of the year standings matched an all-time best for the Pokes.
OSU was a 15-10 winner in the all-sports Bedlam Series, highlighted by head-to-head NCAA tournament wins over Oklahoma in men's golf and women's tennis. The Sooners haven't won the all-sports Bedlam Series outright since 2018-19 and have won Bedlam only once since 2012-13.
On the conference level, OSU secured Big 12 team championships in wrestling, equestrian, women's tennis (regular season) and men's golf.
On an individual basis, wrestler Wyatt Hendrickson beat Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson in the NCAA heavyweight title match to claim one of the most seismic wins in the history of the sport, with Dean Hamiti (wrestling – 174 pounds) and Brian Musau (men's indoor track and field – 5,000 meters and outdoor track and field – 5,000 meters) adding national championships of their own.
Hendrickson's win capped a season in which he earned the Hodge Trophy presented to the nation's top wrestler and the Most Dominant Wrestler award at the NCAA Championships. He went on to earn a spot on the U.S. Senior World team in freestyle, as well. Hamiti was honored with Amateur Wrestling News' Hammer Award presented to the wrestler who won the national championship at the weight class deemed by AWN to be the nation's most challenging. For sweeping the indoor and outdoor 5K national titles, Musau was honored as a semifinalist for the Bowerman Award.
Across all sports, 36 from OSU earned All-America honors, with Musau recognized as the Big 12 Cross Country Runner of the Year after winning the conference meet, Hendrickson honored as the Big 12 Wrestler of the Year, and Riley Hogan voted as the Big 12 Equestrian's Rider of the Year in both fences and flat.
Bratton and wrestling's David Taylor were both honored as national coach of the year in their respective sports. For Bratton, it was his second national coach of the year honor, as he previously earned the same honor after mentoring the Cowboys to the 2018 NCAA team title. Making Taylor's national coach of the year honor particularly impressive is that it came in his first year as a collegiate head coach.
Ryan Schoppe and Sivan Auerbach took home OSU male and female scholar-athlete of the year honors, respectively, with Auerbach also securing the NCAA Elite 90 award for women's cross country and Big 12 women's cross country scholar-athlete of the year accolades. Molly Breiner and Alex Morris (soccer) and Isaac Becroft (men's tennis) were Academic All-Americans from the College Sports Communicators, with Morris also being honored as the Big 12 soccer scholar-athlete of the year.
A closer look at OSU Athletics' 2024-25 honors and awards, as of June 25:
Team National Championships
Men's Golf
Team Big 12 Championships
Wrestling
Equestrian
Women's Tennis - Regular Season
Men's Golf
NCAA Individual Champions
Brian Musau, Men's Indoor Track and Field - 5,000 meters
Dean Hamiti, Wrestling - 174 pounds
Wyatt Hendrickson, Wrestling - 285 pounds
Brian Musau, Men's Indoor Track and Field - 5,000 meters
Major National Award Winners
Wyatt Hendrickson, Wrestling - Hodge Trophy
Wyatt Hendrickson, NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler
Dean Hamiti, Amateur Wrestling News Hammer Award
All-Americans
Brian Musau, Men's Cross Country
Denis Kipngetich, Men's Cross Country
Brian Musau, Men's Indoor Track & Field - 3,000 meters
Denis Kipngetich, Men's Indoor Track & Field - 5,000 meters
Brian Musau, Men's Indoor Track & Field - 5,000 meters
Ryan Schoppe, Men's Indoor Track & Field - DMR
Jordon Smith, Men's Indoor Track & Field - DMR
Alex Stitt, Men's Indoor Track & Field - DMR
Mehdi Yanouri, Men's Indoor Track & Field - DMR
Laban Kipkemboi, Men's Indoor Track & Field - Mile
Fouad Messaoudi, Men's Indoor Track & Field - Mile
Kaylie Politza, Women's Indoor Track & Field - 800 meters
Troy Spratley, Wrestling - 125 pounds
Caleb Fish, Wrestling - 157 pounds
Cameron Amine, Wrestling - 165 pounds
Dean Hamiti, Wrestling - 174 pounds
Dustin Plott, Wrestling - 184 pounds
Wyatt Hendrickson, Wrestling - 285 pounds
June Roberson, Equestrian - Horsemanship
Riley Hogan, Equestrian - Fences
Claire McDowall, Equestrian - Horsemanship
Abby Budd, Equestrian - Reining
Emma Filiatreau, Equestrian - Reining
Ethan Fang, Men's Golf
Preston Stout, Men's Golf
Ruby Meylan, Softball
Anastasiya Komar, Women's Tennis - Doubles
Rose Marie Nijkamp, Women's Tennis - Doubles
Harrison Bodendorf, Baseball
Brian Musau, Men's Outdoor Track - 5,000 meters
Fouad Messaoudi, Men's Outdoor Track- 5,000 meters
Denis Kipngetich, Men's Outdoor Track - 10,000 meters
Blair Anderson, Men's Outdoor Track - Long Jump
Isca Chelangat, Women's Outdoor Track - 5,000 meters
Emma Robbins, Women's Outdoor Track - Hammer Throw
Annie Molenhouse, Women's Outdoor Track - Heptathlon
Region Player of the Year
Brian Musau, Men's Cross Country
Brian Musau, Men's Indoor Track and Field
Brian Musau, Men's Outdoor Track and Field
Big 12 Player of the Year
Brian Musau, Men's Cross Country
Wyatt Hendrickson, Wrestling
Riley Hogan, Equestrian - Fences Rider of the Year
Riley Hogan, Equestrian - Flat Rider of the Year
Region Individual Champion
Denis Kipngetich, Men's Cross Country
Big 12 Individual Champions
Brian Musau, Men's Cross Country
Blair Anderson, Men's Indoor Track - Long Jump
Laban Kipkemboi, Men's Indoor Track - Mile
Brian Musau, Men's Indoor Track - 3,000 Meters
Laban Kipkemboi, Men's Indoor Track - DMR
Fouad Messaoudi, Men's Indoor Track - DMR
Jordon Smith, Men's Indoor Track - DMR
Alex Stitt, Men's Indoor Track - DMR
Wyatt Hendrickson, Wrestling - 285 pounds
Preston Stout, Men's Golf
Fouad Messaoudi, Men's Outdoor Track - 1,500 Meters
Annie Molenhouse, Women's Outdoor Track - Heptathlon
Big 12 Freshman of the Year
Rose Marie Nijkamp, Women's Tennis
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
Harrison Bodendorf, Baseball
Ethan Fang, Men's Golf
National Coach of the Year
David Taylor, Wrestling - The Open Mat
Alan Bratton, Men's Golf - Golf Coaches Assoc. of America
Big 12 Coach of the Year
Alan Bratton, Men's Golf
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2024-25 OSU Athletics Academic Honor Roll (as of June 25)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-America
Molly Breiner, Soccer (First Team)
Alex Morris, Soccer (Third Team)
Isaac Becroft, Men's Tennis (Third Team)
NCAA Elite 90 Award
Sivan Auerbach, Women's Cross Country
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Soccer
Mollie Breiner
Ellie Geoffroy
Chloe Joseph
Alex Morris
Xcaret Pineda
Laudan Wilson
Football
Alan Bowman
Cale Cabbiness
Aden Kelley
Garrick Martin
Jake Schultz
Dylan Smith
Logan Ward
Men's Basketball
Patrick Suemnick
Women's Basketball
Anna Gret Asi
Macey Huard
Men's Tennis
Alessio Basile
Derek Pham
Isaac Becroft
Women's Tennis
Kylie Collins
Softball
Rosie Davis
Karli Godwin
Katie Kutz
Tia Warsop
Amanda Hasler
Baseball
Drew Culbertson
Hunter Watkins
Ian Daugherty
Nolan Schubart
Ryan Ure
Women's Golf
Marta Silchenko
Men's Golf
Ethan Fang
Gaven Lane
Eric Lee
Wrestling
Dustin Plott
Caleb Fish
Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Sivan Auerbach
Annie Molenhouse
Saara Hakanen
Madi Surber
Emma Robbins
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
Ryan Schoppe
Adisu Guadie
Zac Robbins
Sam Mason
Kade Benjamin
Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Sivan Auerbach, Women's Cross Country
Alex Morris, Soccer
Academic All-Big 12
* Asterisk represents 4.0 grade point average
Men's Cross Country
Tate Barr
Ben Calusinski
Kian Davis
Jacob Deacon
Hamish Hart
Triston Read
Ryan Schoppe
Victor Shitsama
Gabe Simonsen
Alex Stitt
Timothy Synowiec
Matthew Thomas
Grant Wilcox
Mehdi Yanouri
Women's Cross Country
Katie Armstrong
Sivan Auerbach*
Cayden Brickman
Emily Carter*
Cayden Dawson*
Payton Hinkle
Lilly Lavier*
Emma Lindsey*
Jinane Mahi
Cameron McConnell
Mackenzie Michael*
Aubrey O'Connell*
Abby Pickett
Grace Ping
Lauren Ping
Krystal Rodriguez
Mandeep Sangha
Kevriana Scott
Colleen Stegmann*
Madi Surber*
Football
Alan Bowman
Gabe Brown
Cale Cabbiness
Chance Clements
Kendal Daniels
Ike Esonwune
Ollie Gordon
Austin Kawecki
Aden Kelley
Justin Kirkland
Cooper Lai
Garrick Martin
Luke McEndoo
Joe Michalski
Wes Pahl
Garret Rangel
Parker Robertson
Xavier Ross
Jakobe Sanders
Jake Schultz*
Talyn Shettron
Dylan Smith
Jake Springfield*
Quinton Stewart
Logan Ward
Ty Williams
Preston Wilson
Soccer
Sami Allen
Mollie Breiner
Ellie Geoffroy
Adelhia Ghonda
Chloé Joseph*
Lexi Lee
Alex Morris*
Trinity Picklo*
Xcaret Pineda
Nicole Ray
Addison Roberts*
Taryn Thibeau
Laudan Wilson
Women's Basketball
Anna Gret Asi
Rylee Langerman*
Landry Williams
Wrestling
Cael Hughes
Dustin Plott
Cutter Sheets
Luke Surber
Carter Young
Equestrian
Tristan Bagby*
Peyton Baxter
Lydia Bell
Abby Budd*
Ava Bush
Mackenzie Carreras
Quincee Clark
Hannah Dodd
Isabella D'Onofrio
Ellie DuPuis*
Emma Filiatreau
Riley Hogan
Bella Holway
Alie Hunter
Olivia Klug
Dalia Lehmann*
Caroline Mirts*
Lindsey Porteous
Lauren Pursley
Rylee Ridgely
June Roberson
Avery Schauder*
Alana Tietz
As of this writing, the Big 12 has not yet announced its Academic All-Big 12 selections for spring sports – men's and women's tennis, men's and women's golf, men's and women's track and field, baseball and softball.
*- Nominated with a 4.0 GPA
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