NCAA Champs to Receive Rings

NORMAN, Okla. The 2006 NCAA Champion University of Oklahoma men's gymnastics team will be honored during halftime of Saturday's football game against the University of Washington.

The Sooner gymnasts will receive their 2006 championship rings on the field with OU president David Boren and director of athletics Joe Castiglione.

The team will also be signing autographs from 12-12:30 p.m. as part of the Sooner Fan Fest on the north side of Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

The Sooners won their second consecutive national title in April in front of a home crowd at the Lloyd Noble Center. It was also the program's fourth crown in the last five years.

Sooner Fan Fest | 2006 NCAA Championships coverage

Jonathan Horton won the all-around title and compiled a school-record three individual event titles in winning the floor exercise and still rings. The Houston native also helped OU to a program-record 14 All-America honors, winning five of his own to match his own school record set in 2005.

The other Sooner All-Americans were Jamie Henderson (pommel horse and still rings), Brian Carr (pommel horse), Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons (all-around, vault and parallel bars), Chris Brooks (high bar) and Reed Pitts (floor exercise and vault).

Following the NCAA finals, head coach Mark Williams was named National Coach of the Year for the fourth time and assistants Daniel Furney and Rustam Sharipov earned National Co-Assistant Coach of the Year honors.

University of Oklahoma Athletics

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