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\nMore on each member of the 2023 Oklahoma State University Athletics Hall of Honor class:<\/p>\nDavid “Buddy” Arndt, Wrestling, 1941-46<\/strong>
\nTop honors: Three-time NCAA individual champion \u2026 Three-time All-American \u2026 Three-time NCAA team champion \u2026 Outstanding Wrestler at the 1942 NCAA Championships \u2026\u00a0 1981 inductee to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.<\/em>
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\nAdditional information: Never lost a match during his Oklahoma State career, posting a 23-0 career mark \u2026 Won two NCAA titles before World War II, then flew more than 100 missions as a P-38 fighter pilot during the war before returning to win a third NCAA title \u2026 Was the only wrestler to win national collegiate championships on both sides of World War II \u2026 As a pilot, he was awarded with the Distinguished Flying Cross with four clusters and also collected six Bronze Battle Stars for action in major battles \u2026 His dominating path to Outstanding Wrestler honors at the 1942 NCAA Championships looked like this \u2013 a pair of 13-3 wins in his first two bouts, followed by a pin in the semifinals and an 18-5 win in the title bout.
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\nJustin Blackmon, Football, 2009-11<\/strong>
\nTop honors: Two-time Biletnikoff Award winner, two-time unanimous All-American, 2010 FBS leader in receiving yards per game and receiving TD, 2010 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, No. 5 overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft<\/em>
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\nAdditional information: Justin Blackmon was unquestionably the best receiver in America in both 2010 and 2011 \u2026 Blackmon won the Biletnikoff Award given to the nation’s top receiver after both his sophomore and junior seasons \u2026 He is one of only two players to win the award twice \u2026 He was a unanimous first-team All-America selection in both 2010 and 2011 and was the 2010 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year \u2026 Blackmon’s 1,782 receiving yards set an NCAA sophomore record \u2026 His 20 touchdown receptions in 2010 were the seventh-most ever recorded \u2026 As a junior in 2011, Blackmon was the primary focus of every defense that OSU faced, but he still made 122 catches for 1,522 yards with 18 touchdowns \u2026 His 122 receptions set the 13th-highest total in NCAA history \u2026 He was named offensive MVP of both the 2010 Alamo Bowl and the 2012 Fiesta Bowl \u2026 The No. 5 pick of the 2012 NFL Draft, he had the third-highest single-game receiving total for a rookie in NFL history with seven catches for 236 yards against the Houston Texans.
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\nRickie Fowler, men’s golf, 2008-09<\/strong>
\nTop honors: Two-time first team All-American \u2026 2008 Ben Hogan Award and Phil Mickelson Award \u2026 2016 Olympian \u2026 Two-time Walker Cup \u2026 Three-time Presidents Cup \u2026 Four-time Ryder Cup \u2026 Six PGA Tour wins \u2026 Two European Tour wins.<\/em>
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\nAdditional information: A first-team All-American in both of his seasons in Stillwater \u2026 Led the Cowboys to Big 12 team titles in 2008 and 2009 \u2026 Won the Phil Mickelson award as the nation’s top freshman and was the first freshman to win the Ben Hogan Award as the nation’s top player \u2026 Big 12 individual medalist as a freshman \u2026 Had two additional individual victories during his OSU career \u2026 2008 Big 12 Player of the Year and Big 12 Newcomer of the Year \u2026 Internationally, he competed at the 2008 Arnold Palmer Cup and the 2007 and 2009 Walker Cups for the American side \u2026 Has nine professional wins worldwide to his credit, including five on the PGA Tour \u2026 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2010 \u2026 Four-time member of the United States Ryder Cup squad and a three-time selection to the American Presidents Cup team \u2026 Competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio \u2026 Has accumulated nearly $41 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour.
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\nYolanda Odenyo, soccer, 2005-08<\/strong>
\nTop honors: Three-time All-American, two-time first team All-American, two-time Big 12 Player of the Year<\/em>
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\nAdditional information: One of the most decorated players in Oklahoma State soccer history \u2026 Three-time All-American and the first All-American in Cowgirl Soccer history \u2026 In 2006, Odenyo was named a first-team All-American by both the NSCAA\/adidas and Soccer Buzz<\/em> Magazine after leading OSU to its highest-ever national ranking (No. 7) and a school-record 17 wins, including the first NCAA Tournament victory in Cowgirl soccer history \u2026 2006 Big 12 Conference Co-Player of the Year and the Central Region Player of the Year after recording five goals and eight assists \u2026 As a junior in 2007, Odenyo was a second-team All-American by Soccer Buzz<\/em> after finishing the season with seven goals and three assists \u2026 Soccer Buzz<\/em> also named her one of its 14 player of the year finalists \u2026 Odenyo capped her career with the best season ever by a Cowgirl in 2008 \u2026 She set OSU single-season records with 16 goals and 37 points, both of which also led the Big 12 \u2026 Set a school record by scoring goals in seven consecutive games and was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year \u2026 Following her senior season, Odenyo was named an All-American by four different outlets, and was first team on three of those \u2026 She was a finalist for two player of the year awards and was one of 15 semifinalists for the Hermann Trophy, given to the nation’s top collegiate player.
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\nAnn Pitts, women’s golf coach, 1973-2000<\/strong>
\nTop honors: 15-time conference team champion coach \u2026 2008 inductee into the Oklahoma Golf Hall of Fame \u2026 1995 inductee into the National Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame \u2026 Two-time recipient of the NGCA Rolex\/Gladys Palmer Meritorious Service Award for outstanding service and contributions to women’s college golf.<\/em>
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\nAdditional information: Ann Pitts served as head coach for the first 24 years of the Cowgirl Golf program \u2026 In just her second season, she led OSU to its first conference title \u2026 She went on to lead the Cowgirls to 15 conference championships, 15 NCAA Championship appearances and five AIAW Championship appearances \u2026 Overall, Pitts guided Oklahoma State to 56 team wins \u2026 Big 12 Coach of the Year following the 1997-98 and 1998-99 seasons. Inducted in 1995 as a member of the National Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Pitts was selected as the West Region Coach of the Year in 1987, 1989, 1992 and 1999 \u2026 In 1981, Pitts was chosen by the NCAA to coach the women’s golf team that traveled to Tokyo, Japan to compete against a collection of Japanese All-Stars in the Yamagata Shield Collegiate Golf Tournament \u2026 During her tenure at Oklahoma State, Pitts coached 19 All-Americans, highlighted by first-teamers Val Skinner, Robin Hood, Eva Dahllof, Marnie McGuire, Stephanie Martin and Maria Bod\u00e9n \u2026 She also coached 15 NGCA\/WGCA All-American scholars and directed many of her players into the professional ranks.
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\nShelby Wilson, wrestling, 1957-59<\/strong>
\nTop honors: Olympic gold medalist \u2026 Two-time All-American \u2026 Two-time NCAA team champion \u2026 1982 inductee into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.<\/em>
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\nAdditional information: After an injury cut short one season at OSU, he captured two Big Eight titles and twice charged to the national finals-only to suffer disheartening defeats both times \u2026 His journey to the 1960 Olympics was also difficult \u2026 After an upset loss in the trials, he started the final challenge in the middle of the freestyle ladder \u2026 First, he threw the Greco champion to assure a trip to Rome \u2026 He then captured the Freestyle ticket by fighting off the challengers below him, and turning the tables on the top-ranked wrestler \u2026 And in the shadowed ruins of Rome’s ancient Basilica, Wilson earned the Olympic gold medal \u2026 Spent 13 years as a high school and college coach before founding and directing the Stronghold Youth Foundation and becoming and ordained minister.
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