2010 Ok Sports HOF Inductees

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OKLAHOMA SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett today announced the 2010 class of inductees for the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame.

Named to join the 122 previous inductees are Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman, baseball standouts Don Demeter and Pete Incaviglia, and softball legend Michele Smith. Rick Bryan, Atlanta Falcons lineman, died last year and will be inducted posthumously.

2010 Inductees

The induction ceremonies will be Tuesday, August 3, at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

TROY AIKMAN – A consensus All-American at UCLA in 1988, winner of the Davey O’Brien Award as the nation’s top quarterback, and the No. 1 overall pick in the 1989 NFL Draft, he was selected to six consecutive Pro Bowls and led the Dallas Cowboys to three Super Bowl Championships. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.

RICKY BRYAN – A consensus All-American at the University of Oklahoma in 1982 and 1983, Big Eight Defensive Player of the Year in 1982, and Academic All-Conference 1981-1983, he played for the Atlanta Falcons from 1984 through 1993. The Tulsa World named him to the All-Century high school team in 1999. He died in July, 2009, at the age of 47.

DON DEMETER – Hit more than 20 home runs each year from 1961-1964; set Major League Baseball record with 266 consecutive errorless innings from September, 1964, through July, 1965, and twice hit three home runs in one game. In his eleven-season career, he posted a.265 batting average with 163 home runs and 564 RBI in 1109 games played

PETE INCAVIGLIA – Baseball America’s 1985 NCAA Player of the Year as a junior at OSU, setting NCAA single-season records in homers, slugging percentage, RBIs and stolen bases; played in Major League Baseball from 1986 through 1998.

MICHELE MARY SMITH – 1988 and 1989 Softball All-American at OSU, leading the nation in homeruns and earning honor role recognition with a 4.0 GPA both years. She became a superstar in the Japanese Pro League for over 14 years and played on Team USA in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.