Maloney an MVP on, off court

sylvania, before getting the head men’s job at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Maloney would move to Oklahoma in 1993 to take a position as OU’s executive director of development (a similar position he also held at Carnegie Mellon) for the health sciences center.

He was later promoted by OU president

as vice president for development. Maloney spent 12 years in that capacity, and OU garnered more than $1.26 billion in gifts and pledges. “It is impossible to adequately describe the contribution that Dave Maloney has made to the advancement of the University of Oklahoma over the past decade,” Boren told The Oklahoman after Maloney announced his retirement in 2006.

Maloney was an Oklahoma City resident when he died recently at age 71.

was an All-State baseball pitcher for Lawton High School in 1962. The senior lefthander helped the Wolve- rines beat Tulsa Hale 7-3 in the Class 2A state championship game; he was the winning pitcher that day, allowing three runs on eight hits. Dean walked none and struck out four to finish the season with an 8-4 record. A few months later, Lawton coach — who was selected to guide the South team — chose his pitcher to start the AllState Game at brand new All-Sports Stadium in Oklahoma City. Dean attended Oklahoma State and Southwestern State universities. He spent 25 years with the Devoe Paint Co. The Oklahoma City resident died at age 69 from complications associated with diabetes and heart disease.

spent most of his professional baseball career in the minors, including parts of the 1966 and ’67 seasons with not-so-good Oklahoma City 89ers teams.

The right-handed pitcher was 0-6 with a 6.91 earned run average during his brief Oklahoma City stints. Von Hoff start- ed 10 games for the parent Houston Astros in 1967, finishing 0-3 with a 4.83 ERA. He finished his baseball career in the minors with either the Cincinnati Reds or St. Louis Cardinals organizations. After baseball, the Army reservist worked for Air Brake Controls in Tampa. He remained a Florida resident until his death on Sept. 11 at age 68.

contributed to Carl Albert High School’s rich football tradition on and off the field. He was an assistant who handled linemen or administrative duties for head coaches and

Later on, Seidel became the “Voice of the Titans,” handling microphone duties from the press box for several years. He announced touchdowns scored by many Carl Albert greats such as

and the quarterback brothers of and

Seidel, who had 25 great grandchildren, was a Midwest City resident at the time of death at age 76.