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SSC Head Men’s Basketball Coach Don Tuley delivers his acceptance speech after being inducted into the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame on June 4.

SSC Basketball Coach Inducted into Hall of Fame

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Seminole State College Head Men’s Basketball Coach Don Tuley was inducted into the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame on June 4 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Edmond. Tuley has been coaching for 43 years, nine of the years at SSC. His overall record is 708 wins and 308 losses.

Tuley won a 2001 NJCAA National Championship at Redlands Community College as an assistant coach and won the 2010 National Championship as a Head Coach of the Oklahoma Impact at the semi-professional level. The teams he has coached have won numerous sectional, district and region championships. He has coached and helped develop at more than 100 student-athletes who have gone on to play NCAA Division I basketball and/or professional basketball. Tuley was selected as an assistant coach at the 2004 McDonald’s All-American Game held in Oklahoma City.

He graduated with an associate’s degree from Murray State Community College in Tishomingo. He then went on to earn his bachelor’s degree from East Central University in Ada and completed his master’s degree in Education at The University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.

Cutout of Seminole State Softball player.

SSC Student-Athletes Receive Academic All-American Honors

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Fifty-two student-athletes and six athletic teams at Seminole State College have been recognized for their outstanding academic achievements this year by the National Junior College Athletic Association. The NJCAA Academic All-American Student Athlete Awards are divided into the three groups based on grade point average – First Team requires a 4.0 GPA, Second Team requires a GPA between 3.80 and 3.99, and Third Team requires a GPA between 3.60 and 3.79.

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Pictured (left to right) are Seminole State College Softball Head Coach Amber Flores and Assistant Coach T.J. Webb.

SSC Softball Coaches Named Coaching Staff of the Year

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Seminole State College’s softball coaches were named Coaching Staff of the Year by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. The SSC coaches were selected as the best in the Midwest region of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I. They were honored alongside Wallace State Community College-Hanceville (South) and Yavapai College (West).

Under the direction of head coach Amber Flores and assistant coach T.J. Webb, the Trojans (44-2) captured the Region II softball tournament with a perfect 4-0 mark and earned their spot in the NJCAA DI Softball World Series. Flores, who is in her tenth season, was named Region II Coach of the Year for the fourth consecutive season and guided fourth-ranked Seminole State to an Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference title.

The team will journey to Yuma, Arizona for the NJCAA DI Softball World Series at the Pacific Avenue Athletic Complex. The games will be played from May 24 to May 28.

SSC Softball Punches Ticket to National Tournament

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Posing for a photo with their NJCAA Region II Championship trophy is the Seminole State College Softball team and SSC President Lana Reynolds.

The Seminole State College Trojan Softball team won the NJCAA Region II Championship in Piedmont on May 15. The Trojans went undefeated during the four-day tournament and won the championship game 8-0 against Connors State College. They will advance to the JUCO national tournament May 24-28 in Yuma, Arizona.

SSC Student-Athletes Receive Academic All-American Honors

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SSC Student-Athletes Receive Academic All-American Honors

Forty-seven student-athletes and five athletic teams at Seminole State College have been recognized for their outstanding academic achievements this year by the National Junior College Athletic Association.  The NJCAA All-American Student Athlete Awards are divided into the three groups based on GPA – First Team requires a 4.0 GPA, Second Team requires a GPA between 3.80 and 3.99, and Third Team requires a GPA between 3.60 and 3.79.

SSC student-athletes recognized as First Team are: Aubrey Adams ­– Soccer; Brett Biggs – Baseball; Bianca Coleman – Soccer; Tucker Dunlap – Baseball; Peyton Galyean – Golf; Seth Hopkins – Baseball; Bobbi Leitha – Softball; Sydney Martin – Softball; Trevor Martin – Baseball; Mia Meshell – Softball; Grant Murphey – Golf; Brayden Rodden – Baseball; Brock Rodden – Baseball; Jace Wallace – Basketball.

Student-athletes recognized as Second Team are: Lariah Allen – Volleyball; Isaac Bloomer – Baseball; Juni Ejere – Soccer; McKayla Franks – Softball; Taia Harris – Softball; Jason Houpt – Basketball; Matthew Kaiser – Baseball; Tiffany Maxey – Volleyball; Skylar McCord – Softball; Sunny Middleton – Volleyball; Madison Murphy – Volleyball; Jayden Smith – Basketball; Maddux Solomon – Baseball; Shelby Stevenson – Softball; Anthony Thomas – Basketball; and Conner Womack – Baseball.

Student-athletes recognized as Third Team are: Kirstyn Anderson – Volleyball; Dixie Anderson – Soccer; Charley Barnhart – Softball; Evan Barron – Baseball; Shianne Eddings – Softball; Shakyrah Gladness – Softball; Sierra Gordan – Basketball; Noah Grimett – Baseball; Shayla Harper – Softball; Kordell Jiles – Baseball; Rylee Keith – Softball; Anthony Kinser – Basketball; Taylor Rowley – Softball; Brett Russell – Baseball; Hailey Satterfield – Soccer; Jocee Sparks – Softball; and Creed Watkins – Baseball.  

The NJCAA has also recognized five SSC athletic teams for ending their seasons with a 3.0 GPA or above. Softball held a 3.59 GPA, volleyball held an overall team GPA of 3.53, the men’s Golf team held a 3.25 GPA, women’s Golf achieved a 3.15 GPA and the baseball team reached a 3.04 GPA.