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Kent Hathaway
Soprano Sarah Coburn, MM ’01, was named as one of the Tulsa World’s “10 to Watch” in 2014.
’03 Kinnie Dye, BM ’03, released her first
solo CD, “Road to Follow.” Dye has been a member of The Yes Team, a San Diegobased musical trio that also includes her Bass School of Music classmate, TJ Moss, BM ’03, for the past five years.
Denise Engle, BA ’03, was appointed to serve on the Oklahoma Workers Compensation Commission. Jeremy Hays, BM ’03, is starring as Raoul in “The Phantom of the Opera” on Broadway.
Image by Ervin Photography, Dario Acosta and Stacy Boge
Oklahoma Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Miller, JD ’03, was appointed to the board of directors for the Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation.
Van Samuels, ’01, spoke at the Marco Island Historical Museum in Florida on “Seminole Culture and History: A Native American Perspective.” Adam Rodriguez, ’01, was named
the best football player of all time from Desert View school in Arizona.
Chris Schroder, BS ’01, was
inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame. Schroder entered the OCU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008 after setting the university’s career earned run average record at 2.16 in 2000-01. He became one of three OCU alumni coached by Denney Crabaugh to reach the major leagues. He made his major-league debut with the Washington Nationals in 2006.
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Chip Abbott, BPA ’03, was cast in the national tour of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” He joined the International Conservatory of Performing Arts as a guest instructor for a week.
’04 Annie Bradshaw Duggan, BM ’04 and BMEd ’05, is the music director for Bethany Public Schools and 2013 Bethany District Teacher of the Year. Duggan is the chairwoman of the 2014 OMEA All-State Orchestra.
Several alumni are featured in “Better Late Than Never” at Stage 72 in New York. The show starred Tiffany Borelli, BM ’04 & MM ’06, and Will Mann, BM ’06 with Logan Culwell, BM ’08 on piano and Nathan Siler, BM ’05 on guitar. Oklahoma Assistant Attorney General Mykel Fry, JD ’04, was named to the executive committee of the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units.
Nick Samarripas, MBA ’04, was
named commercial relationship manager at First Fidelity Bank. The PGA named Tyrone Van Aswegen, BSB ’04, one of its rookies to watch in the Sony Open.
T.W. Shannon, JD ’04, was named one of the GOP’s rising black stars by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Shannon was awarded the Abraham Lincoln Leadership Award during the Lincoln Legacy Dinner and Awards Program. He was the featured speaker at Oklahoma State University's undergraduate commencement ceremonies in December. Kent Hathaway, BFA ’04, was selected Mustang Teacher of the Year. Hathaway teaches art and his class won a nationwide contest by building a replica of the Golden Gate Bridge out of recycled milk cartons.
’05 David Janssen, BM ’05, was a special guest in the “Canterbury Christmas” show.
Jay Wadley, BM ’05, past president of Project 21: Music for the Twenty First Century, composed the soundtrack for the VH1 biopic CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story. Jobi Teague, JD ’05, is the new city attorney for Marked Tree, Ark.
’06 Tim Hausmann, BM ’06, is the
manager and wine buyer for the Little Wine Shoppe in St. Paul, Minn.
Jason Hawkins, BSB ’06, was hired as general manager and Chris Spendlove, BS ’09, as an assistant coach of the OKC Energy FC.