League champion Oklahoma City University captured the most honors, grabbing three of the superlative awards of the 2007-08 All-Sooner Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Team.

Ollie Bailey, who averaged 18.4 points and 8.5 rebounds, was named both Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. He is a senior from Chicago, who transferred from Rutgers.

Ray Harper of Oklahoma City shared Coach of the Year honors with Southern Nazarene’s Mike Broughton.

Oklahoma Christian’s Jeff Crocker was named Freshman of the Year.

Three players – Chuck Love of Northwestern Oklahoma State, Brent Kimmel of Southern Nazarene and Danny Storey of Wayland Baptist – were Defensive Players of the Year in a three-way tie.

Bailey and Storey made First-Team All-Conference and were joined by SNU’s Brandon Durham, Oklahoma Christian’s Jason Taylor, Patrick Jones of St. Gregory’s and Brent Jones of Oklahoma Baptist.

The Second Team included Brandon Brown of Northwestern, Tim Nelson of USAO, Willie Irick and Kameron Gray of Oklahoma City, Kimmel and John Brown’s Joel Tesis.

Making the Third Team were Roderick Rodgers of Rogers State, Tommy Lane of Lubbock Christian, Milorad Damjanac of SNU, Bryson Krueger of Rogers State, Evan Grace of OBU, Kyle Tefft of Oklahoma Christian and Termaine Snyder of Northwestern.

2007-08 All-SAC Men’s Basketball
Player of the Year: Ollie Bailey, Oklahoma City
Co-Coach of the Year: Ray Harper, Oklahoma City
Co-Coach of the Year: Mike Broughton, Southern Nazarene
Freshman of the Year: Jeff Crocker, Oklahoma Christian
Newcomer of the Year: Ollie Bailey, Oklahoma City
Co-Defensive Player of the Year: Chuck Love, Northwestern Oklahoma State
Co-Defensive Player of the Year: Danny Storey, Wayland Baptist
Co-Defensive Player of the Year: Brent Kimmel, Southern Nazarene
Sportsmanship Award: Shane Hansen, Northwestern Oklahoma State

First Team
Ollie Bailey, Oklahoma City
Danny Storey, Wayland Baptist
Brandon Durham, Southern Nazarene
Jason Taylor, Oklahoma Christian
Patrick Jones, St. Gregory’s
Brent Jones, Oklahoma Baptist

Second Team
Brandon Brown, Northwestern
Tim Nelson, USAO
Willie Irick, Oklahoma City
Kameron Gray, Oklahoma City
Brent Kimmel, Southern Nazarene
Joel Tesis, John Brown

Third Team
Roderick Rodgers, Rogers State
Tommy Lane, Lubbock Christian
Milorad Damjanac, Southern Nazarene
Bryson Krueger, Rogers State
Evan Grace, Oklahoma Baptist
Kyle Tefft, Oklahoma Christian
Termaine Snyder, Northwestern

Honorable Mention
Thomas Woods, USAO
Shane Hansen, Northwestern
Michal Polanowski, Wayland Baptist
Ronald Taylor, Oklahoma City
Stevan Thomas, Mid-America Christian
Bernardo Rocha, Lubbock Christian
DeAngelo Alexander, USAO
Brian Hill, Oklahoma Baptist
Eric Young, Rogers State
Cha’son Holmes, St. Gregory’s
Earl Isaacson, Southern Nazarene
Tony Jones, Wayland Baptist
Kris Hatley, Wayland Baptist
Dexter Williams, USAO
Aldric Reynolds, Rogers State

Academic All-Conference
John Brown – Jarrett McGriff
Mid-America Christian – Tyron Goldsmith
Northwestern – Shane Hansen, Felipe Eichenberger
Oklahoma Christian – Jason Taylor, Jon Jonsson, Benjamin Hobbes, Kyle Tefft
Oklahoma City – John Roby
Rogers State - Spencer Schrupp
St. Gregory’s – Josh Coulter, Derek Washington, Alex Mansour
Southern Nazarene – Brent Kimmel
Wayland Baptist – Lee Berend, Jon Hurt, Michal Polanowski