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Oklahoma Baptist Bison
University	Oklahoma Baptist University
Conference	Great American (primary)
NCAA	Division II
Athletic director	Robert Davenport
Location	Shawnee, Oklahoma
Varsity teams	13
Football stadium	Crain Family Stadium
Basketball arena	Noble Complex
Baseball stadium	Bobby Cox Field at Bison Park
Softball stadium	Bison Field
Nickname	Bison
Colors	Green and gold
Website	obubison.com

The Oklahoma Baptist Bison are the athletic teams that represent Oklahoma Baptist University, located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, in intercollegiate athletics as a member of the NCAA Division II ranks, primarily competing in the Great American Conference (GAC) since the 2015–16 academic year. They were also a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), primarily competing as an independent in the Central Region of the Division I level.

Prior joining the NCAA, the Bison previously competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) from 1978–79 to 2014–15; and in the Texoma Athletic Conference from 1973–74 to 1977–78.

Varsity teams

OBU competes in 13 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football and track and field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, stunt, track & field and volleyball. Former sports included men's golf, women's lacrosse, men's soccer, men's & women's swimming, men's & women's tennis and women's cheerleading.

Move to NCAA Division II

As of July 11, 2014, the NCAA Division II Membership Committee recommended the membership application for the institution to set up the move from the NAIA to NCAA Division II, competing in the Great American Conference, effectively the 2015–16 season.

National championships

Team

Individual programs

Baseball

Oklahoma Baptist has had 15 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.

Swimming

OBU has won NAIA championships in men's swimming and diving (2012 and 2013) and women's swimming and diving (2013).

On March 9, 2012, swim team member Ivan Maciuniak, age 22, drowned in the pool. A native of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, Maciuniak had joined his brother, Mateo, at OBU in January 2012. The Maciuniak brothers were on the four-man 400-meter relay team which won the final event of the meet to claim the national championship in OBU's first year of intercollegiate swimming.

References

1. "OBU Athletics Branding Guide" (PDF). June 18, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
2. "Oklahoma Baptist University Athletics". obubison.com. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
3. "NCAA admits Oklahoma Baptist into membership process". Tulsa World. July 11, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
4. "NAIA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship Results" (PDF). Men’s Championship History. NAIA. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
5. "NAIA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship Results" (PDF). NAIA. NAIA.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
6. "NAIA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship Results" (PDF). NAIA Sports Information Directors Manual. NAIA. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
7. "NAIA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship Results" (PDF). NAIA Sports Information Directors Manual. NAIA. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
8. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Oklahoma Baptist University (Shawnee, OK)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
9. "Oklahoma Baptist University". Okbu.edu. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
10. "Hundreds Gather to Remember Swim Champion". okbu.edu.
11. "Ivan Maciuniak, 22, dies after swim", Associated Press at ESPN.com, March 12, 2012.

External links

• Official website

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