The Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm (also Southeastern Savage Storm and SOSU Savage Storm), formerly known as the Savages until 2006, are the athletic teams that represent

Southeastern Oklahoma State University Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Southeastern or SE) is a public university in Durant, Oklahoma. It had a total enrollment of 5,376 in 2022. History On March 6, 1909, the Second Oklahoma State Legislature approved an act designating Du ...

, located in

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, in

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intercollegiate sports. The Savage Storm compete as members of the

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for all 10 varsity sports.

Varsity teams

List of teams

Men's sports * Baseball * Basketball * Football * Golf * Rodeo * Tennis Women's sports * Basketball * Cross Country * Rodeo * Softball * Tennis * Volleyball

National championships

Team (1)

Individual sports

Baseball

Southeastern's Baseball team has made 11 College World Series appearances, has had the most (66) All-American honors of any college baseball program in the state of Oklahoma, and 64 players have gone on to play professionally. The 2000 team won the NCAA Division II Baseball National Championship.

Alumni

* Brett Butler, major league baseball player * Daren Brown, major league baseball coach in the

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organization * Jeff Frye, major league baseball player * Earnest Hunter, former NFL

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for the

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and

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, member of the 1950 US

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basketball team *

Crystal Robinson Crystal LaTresa Robinson (born January 22, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former player. She grew up in Atoka, Oklahoma, and first garnered national recognition during her collegiate career at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. P ...

, professional basketball player *

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, Hall of Fame basketball player, celebrity *

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, captain and leading scorer of the 1964 Gold Medal Olympic men's basketball team * Randall Burks, former

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Codey McElroy Codey Joe McElroy (born December 13, 1992) is an American professional football tight end. He played college football at Southeastern Oklahoma State. He also played college baseball at Cameron University and the University of Texas and professi ...

, professional American football player

References

External links

* {{Oklahoma college sports