University of Oklahoma Athletics

OU Wrestler Ronnie Balfour Passes

OU Wrestler Ronnie Balfour Passes

February 21, 2012 | Wrestling

By: Athletics Communications

Feb. 21, 2012

NORMAN, Okla. -- Ronnie Balfour, a wrestler at the University of Oklahoma, passed away today at the M.D. Anderson hospital in Houston, Texas, after battling Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) for the past year.

Balfour, who would have graduated from OU in 2015, won a state title as a senior at Union High School in Tulsa and was among the nation's top-ranked college recruits after being named a Junior National All-American.

Donations to help the Balfour family pay for medical bills may be sent to the OU Athletics Department at the address listed below.  Please make checks payable to "OU Foundation" with Ronnie Balfour's name listed in the memo line, or call (405) 325-8215.

Mail to:
OU Athletics Development
McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics
180 W. Brooks
Norman, OK  73019

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