Laura Andrews-Holley // 2003-06 Registered nurse at INTEGRIS Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Jenny Bramer // 1997 Associate Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator at San Diego State University.
t Leah Rush // 2004-07
Studying for a Master’s in developmental anthropology in Durham, England, and traveling to displaced peoples camps across the globe teaching social development through sport.
t Stacey Dales // 1998-2002
After averaging 9.2 points, 2.7 assists and 2.2 rebounds in 150 career games, Dales retired from the WNBA in 2008. Today, she is one of the most recognizable faces in sports broadcasting. Dales was an in-studio host for women’s college basketball and as a sideline reporter for college football and men’s basketball on ESPN before accepting her current role as a studio host for the NFL Network.
Sooner Alums Excel in Professional Fields
Many student-athletes make a four-year commitment to their chosen university, but those who choose the University of Oklahoma are making a lifetime commitment. Thousands of athletes have graced the Norman campus over the last 30 years, but one thing remains the same – they are always a Sooner. This couldn’t be more evident than in the women’s basketball program, which has produced many exceptional basketball players and even more outstanding women. From day one it is a priority of OU head coach Sherri Coale to develop well-rounded individuals. Add in the nationally-recognized efforts of the OU academic counseling staff and the end result has been tremendous.Coale and her staff make it a priority that former Sooners remain connected to the women’s basketball program because, without them, OU wouldn’t be the strong and growing program it is today. Through joint efforts of Coale, OU’s development office and the alumni, Oklahoma hosts an alumni reunion every three years. This presents a unique opportunity for OU to give back to its alumni and for the alumni to give back to the school that sent them on their journey.
t Shannon Selmon-Carter // 1997-2001
Selmon-Carter is the director of the Shine Foundation in Norman, Okla. While the foundation is housed in Norman, it is making its biggest impact in Liberia. Formed in November 2005, Shine’s first project was building a school at Rainbow Town Orphanage near Gbarnga. Liberia, which is in West Africa, has been torn apart by a 14-year civil war. The result of that devastation is that children account for 50 percent of the population. A large portion of that group has lost their parents and their homes due to the fighting. The Foundation, through the help of volunteers and donations, is attempting to bring some of these necessities back into their lives.
After serving several years as an academic advisor at the University of Oklahoma, Taylor is in a similar role at SMU in Dallas, Texas.
Dana Posey // 1989-91 Posey joined the University of Arkansas athletics academic support team in August 2011, and works with the women’s basketball, soccer, and gymnastics teams.
Miranda Stacy Burcham // 1997-99 National Vice President and independent consultant with Arbonne International, a health and wellness company, and mother of three children.
Tina Taylor Ramos // 1996-1997 Lives with her husband and three children in Vian, Okla., where she is a high school basketball and track coach.
Debbie Clark // 1975-76 Has been an elementary school teacher in Wynona, Okla., for 34 years.
Laura Rushing Jacobsen // 1987-90 Athletics Director for Academic and Career Counseling at the University of Kansas.
Jennifer Cunningham // 1999-01 Works in sports marketing in Nike’s Portland office.
Kate Scott-Goldberg // 2001-03 Teacher and head basketball coach at Birdville (North Richland Hills, Texas) High School.
Amy Dahl (Former Coach/Administrator) Has worked as an administrative assistant at McGuire Bearing Company in Eugene, Ore., for 22 years, and has refereed volleyball for the past 30 years.
Stephanie Simon // 2001-03 Banker for Hedge Fund Principals Team at J.P. Morgan in New York City.
Jackie Farley // 1975 Retired from OU in the summer of 2005 and started Wise Women Concierge, a company that provides personal assistants and concierge services to businesses in the Norman/Oklahoma City area. Susan Gregg // 1979 Gregg, the first OU women’s basketball player to graduate with an engineering degree, works in Houston at Enterprise Products Pipelines. Roxanne Long // 1994-98 Head basketball coach at Rogers State University in Claremore, Okla. Theresa Jantzen Reed // 2003 Executive director of Basically Babies, a charity that helps underprivileged families with newborn babies in the Edmonton, Canada, area. Dionnah Jackson // 2001-05 Starting third season of collegiate coaching as an assistant at Southeast Missouri State. Etta Maytubby // 1993-96 Law enforcement officer in Arlington, Texas.
t Desiree Taylor // 1998-2001
Brenda Mullins // 1977 Cardiologist in Oklahoma City.
Sharee Mitchum // 1992-95 Human Relations Director at Azteca Enterprises, Inc., in Dallas. Kendra Moore // 2004-07 Talent relations manager at Market Street department store in Colleyville, Texas.
Lauren Shoush-Hardy // 2002-05 Head basketball coach at Richardson (Texas) High School. Jamie Talbert-Wyrick // 2001-02 Defeated ovarian cancer and is now a physical therapist in Moore, Okla. Phylesha Whaley // 1997-2000 Serves as a registered nurse in the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Gordon Military Hospital in Augusta, Ga. Recently returned from service in the Middle East. Chelsi Welch // 2003-07 Founder of Athletes in Rhythm, a basketball development training program. Susan Whitehorse-Johnson // 1976-77 Indian Education Director at Walters (Okla.) Public Schools. Janet Whitehorse-Tippeconnic // 1976-77 Program Director at the Lawton YMCA. Elissa Walker Campbell // 1990-92 Hosts and produces “The Big E Sports Show,” a weekly sports talk program that airs on Fox Sports Radio in the Dallas-Fort Worth, New Mexico and Colorado markets. Michelle Workman // 1996-99 Lives in Carmel, Ind., and works with Every Nation Church of Indianapolis as a full-time minister. Has served as a missionary for five years traveling to Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Thailand and Peru, using her experiences in basketball as a way of spreading her faith.
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