Kalsu, Gundy headline inductees for 2021
The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame announced its latest class of inductees Wednesday.
Headlining the 2021 class are OSU football coach Mike Gundy and late OU football player Bob Kalsu. Also inducted will be former OU women's basketball player Stacey Dales, former Wichita State baseball coach Gene Stephenson, former Oklahoma Christian University men's basketball coach Dan Hays and NCAA/NFL official Roy Clymer.
The class will be introduced at the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame's quarterly luncheon on a date that has yet to be determined.
The induction date for the 2021 class is set for Aug .2, though a venue has yet to be determined.
Here is this year's class: Roy Clymer: Growing up in Drumright, Clymer became a basketball stand out who received a scholarship in 1956 to New Mexico State. In 1962, he moved to Tulsa where his officiating career began at the YMCA. He moved into high school officiating and quickly rose the ranks. Clymer spent 14 years as an NFL back judge who called playoff games every season but one. He was a longtime NCAA basketball referee, too, who officiated the 1978 national championship game between Duke and Kentucky.
Stacey Dales: Dales was a two-time first-team All-American at OU, leading the Sooners to their first Final Four in 2002. She was named the Big 12 Conference player of the year in 2001 and 2002, finishing her career with 1,920 points and 764 assists, a Big 12 record. Dales was selected
third overall in the 2002 WNBA Draft, and after her playing career ended, she moved into sports media. She is now a reporter for the NFL Network.
Mike Gundy: The OSU football coach is one of only eight active coaches in college football with more t han 1 00 wins at his current school. Since taking over in 2005, the Cowboys have gone 129-64 and been to a bowl every year but one. Gundy, a native of Midwest City, quarterbacked the Cowboys from 1986-89, throwing for 7,997 yards and becoming the program's all-time leading passer at the time.
Dan Hays: In 33 seasons as the men' s basketball coach Oklahoma Christian, Hays won 653 games, more wins than any coach in school history. His overall college coaching record when he left OC in 2016, 724-470, which includes five seasons at Northwestern Oklahoma State, is the most wins by a men's basketball coach at any four-year Oklahoma college. He also ranks tied for 42nd in wins among coaches at four-year college at any level.
Bo bK alsu:A star footballplayer at Del City High where the football stadium is named in his honor, Kalsu became an All- American offensive tackle at OU in 1967. He was drafted in 1968 by the Buffalo Bills, but after a standout rookie season, he opted to fulfill an ROTC obligation by accepting his commission and deploying to Vietnam. Kalsu was killed in action on July 21, 1970, the only pro U.S. athlete to die in Vietnam.
Gene Stephen son: A native of Kansas, Stephen son attended Guthrie High School where he was a multisport standout. After playing baseball at Missouri, he became on one of the most successful college baseball coaches
of all time. He spent 36 seasons at Wichita State, won a national title and amassed 1,837 victories, second-most among major college coaches. He also produced numerous major league rs, including Joe Carter and Casey Blake.