Name: Mrs. Michelle L. Stephens - Oklahoma Christian University

newsEconomic Development Authority aboutpartnering in the project.The EEDA has explored starting a citysponsored“incubator” to assist fledglingbusinesses. A business incubator alreadywas in OC’s renovation plans, along witha small conference center designed forstudent and community programs.In the Enterprise Square tradition,civics education and training for teacherswill remain an emphasis of the renovatedfacility. Oklahoma Christian already has anunofficial partnership with the FreedomsFoundation of Valley Forge to help beginits civics education work for teachers.The university also hopes to launchcontinuing education seminars and summeracademies that raise the profile of civicseducation. The interior renovation ofEnterprise Square will begin once fundingis in place.GOVERNOR HONORS OC FACULTY MEMBEROC art and design adjunct facultymember Kathleen Blake was honored byOklahoma Gov. Brad Henry during the30th-Annual Governor’s Arts Awards inDecember.Blake was presented the Arts and EducationAward, which recognizes professionaleducators who go above and beyond thecall of academia to promote arts educationfor Oklahoma students.oc Alum sings with acappellaAllen Brantley, who sang with OC’sstudent a cappella group New Reign for twoyears, has joined the Christian group Acappellaas its new bass singer.Brantley is the eighth OC alumnus toserve under the Acappella Ministries umbrella.The others are Zac George, MichaelForehand, Robert Orr, Max Plaster, ChetSweet, Denise Sweet and Bret Testerman.Steve Maxwell, a Cascade College alumnuswhose late mother Wendolyn taught at OC,also sang with Acappella.The OC-Acappella connection runs bothways. OC alumni Rodney Britt and WesMcKinzie sang with Acappella and AVB,respectively, before attending OklahomaChristian. Will Coleson served as a soundengineer with Acappella Ministries andis now an electrical engineering major atOklahoma Christian.sports newsUPDATES, EVENT INFO AVAILABLEThe OC basketball teams were preparingfor postseason play as Vision went topress.For results from OC’s conference andnational tournament competition, as well asother updated sports news and features, goto www.oceagles.com.BASKETBALL TEAMS ENJOY SUCCESSThe Lady Eagle basketball team extendedits own school record by qualifying forits seventh consecutive national tournamentthis season.The OC men’s team qualified for theNAIA tournament for the third time infour years - the best national run in Eaglebasketball history. The Eagles were rankedin the NAIA top 10 from December 2004to January 2006, a run of 16 straight polls.Eagle Brady Page and Lady EaglesLauren Decker and Rachel Martin earnedall-conference first-team honors this year.On the men’s side, Keith Harris earnedsecond-team honors while Charles Baldwinearned honorable mention. Lady EaglesCarlissa Plowden and Tasha Turney werenamed to the third team while Katie Farissearned honorable mention.Turney and Eagle Dillon Ripley bothearned the SAC Sportsmanship Award.Oklahoma Christian also boasted themost academic all-conference selections.Baldwin, Page, Ripley, Decker, Fariss,Martin, Turney, Carrie Mills, Abbie Tiffany,Chelsee Truesdell and Mackenzie Walker allgarnered the academic honor.OC STUDYS ATHLETIC AFFILIATIONOklahoma Christian has formed a 20-person committee to study the university’sintercollegiate athletic affiliation options.The committee will analyze the impactof remaining with the National Associationof Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) orchanging affiliations, then produce a reportand make a recommendation if possible.Oklahoma Christian has been affiliatedwith the NAIA for almost 40 years.Curtis Janz, assistant men’s basketballcoach and the chair of OC’s Departmentof Physical Education, will chairthe committee. OC’s coaching staff alsovoted women’s basketball coach StephanieFindley and golf coach David Lynn ontothe committee.Other committee members are JeffBingham, Alfred Branch, Stephen Eck,Risa Forrester, Ron Frost, DeWayne Hall,Wes McKinzie and Chuck White (staff andadministration); Don Leftwich, LawrenceMurray and Ryan Newell (faculty); MurrayEvans, April Kaaiohelo, Daryl Lidia,Lynn Mitchell, David North and Katy Seat(alumni and Eagle Club representatives).Others who may consult with thecommittee include experts in the field ofathletic affiliation and representatives fromvarious institutions and athletic organizationssuch as the NCAA and the NAIA.OC NAMES NEW SOCCER COACHESDavidScott and SeanO’Connor havebeen named headcoaches of the OCmen’s and women’ssoccer teams,respectively.Scott, a nativeof Yukon, Okla.,joins OklahomaChristian fromSaint Leo University(Fla.).O’Connor servedas an assistantcoach for theOC men’s andwomen’s teams lastseason.Scott is a 2001graduate of theUniversity ofCentral Arkansas,where he was anall-conference and all-region goalkeeperand set numerous school records. As anassistant coach, he helped lead UCA to the2002 NCAA Division II Final Four andSaint Leo to the 2005 NCAA Division IIregion finals.O’Connor earned NAIA All-Americahonorable mention at Lindenwood University(Mo.). From 1992 to 1995, he playedprofessionally as a member of the TyresoFF and Hanriken SK teams in Stockholm,Sweden.A native of Altus, Okla., O’Connorhas served as director of operations forAdvanced Laser Center in Oklahoma Citysince 1997. He is married to the formerSylvia Jansson. They have three sons: Robbie,Christian and Matthew.“We are fortunate to have such talented VISION SPRING 2006 Transforming lives for Christian faith, leadership, and service.