Year in Review Part II: Conference Titles

NORMAN, Okla. -- Sooners play for championships, and win them on a regular basis. We continue our Year in Review series by reflecting on OU's title-winning teams in 2011-12.

National Champions | Conference Titles | Records, Rankings & Awards | The Year in Pictures

Oklahoma added four Big 12 titles and one MPSF championship to its trophy case this year, bringing OU's total to 251 conference titles all-time. The five teams dominated all season, posting a 57-7 combined record against league competition. With team success also came individual accolades, as all five OU coaches earned Coach of the Year honors for their respective sport, and six Sooners were recognized with athlete of the year honors.

It certainly was another banner year for the Sooners. Congratulations once again to all five teams who brought home conference titles in 2011-12!

Women's Golf
2012 Big 12 Champions

Program's fifth conference title overall and first since 2000

Posted a three-round score of 904 (+64) amid rainy and windy conditions in Lawrence, Kan.

The No. 32 Sooners beat five other teams ranked ahead of them (No. 16 A&M, No. 17 OSU, No. 18 Baylor, No. 29 Tech, No. 31 Texas)

Four OU golfers finished among the field's top 16 -- Chirapat Jao-Javanil, 2nd; Anne-Catherine Tanguay, 4th; Jacki Marshall, T-16th; Taylor Schmidt, T-16th)

Jao-Javanil, a sophomore, earned All-Big 12 first team honors for the second straight season

Third-year head coach Veronique Drouin-Luttrell was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year

Jao Javanil went on to win the NCAA individual title while the Sooners matched the best finish in program history by placing sixth at the NCAA Championships

Women's Golf Wins Big 12 Championship |

Sooners Reflect on Title | History & Tradition

Men's Gymnastics
2012 MPSF Conference Champions

Won the program's eighth conference title in the last 10 years and 19th overall

Posted a 356.600 to beat No. 3 Stanford, No. 7 Cal and No. 12 Air Force at the conference meet

OU held off defending MPSF and NCAA champion Stanford with a 57.750 on its weekest event, pommel horse, in the final rotation

Jake Dalton was crowned MPSF Gymnast of the Year after winning four individual titles, including the all-around with a score of 89.250

Mark Williams collected his ninth MPSF Coach of the Year honor

Oklahoma finished unbeaten (12-0) against MPSF competition on the year

The Sooners went on to finish second at the 2012 NCAA Championships, which they hosted at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman

OU Wins Eighth Conference Title in 10 Years |

Photo Gallery | History & Tradition

Women's Gymnastics
2012 Big 12 Champions

Captured the 10th conference title in program history

OU has claimed four of the last five Big 12 titles

Won with a season-high score of 197.475 in front of the home crowd at the Lloyd Noble Center

Junior Brie Olson won the all-around title in her first career all-around appearance

Two-time All-American Kayla Novak suffered an injury in practice earlier in the week, forcing the Sooners to use first-time competitors on bars, beam and floor

Megan Ferguson was named the Big 12 Event Specialist of the Year after winning individual titles on bars and beam

K.J. Kindler earned Big 12 Coach of the Year honors for the sixth time in her seven seasons in Norman

Oklahoma went on to finish seventh at NCAAs despite competing with a thin lineup due to injury

Gymnasts Win Big 12 Championship |

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Highlights | History & Tradition

Softball
2012 Big 12 Champions

Claimed its ninth title since the Big 12 formed in 1996

Earned the conference title outright with a 19-5 league record

Oklahoma won all eight of its Big 12 series' on the year, including three sweeps

Keilani Ricketts and Lauren Chamberlain were named the Big 12 Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, respectively, both voted unanimously

Four Sooners were named to the All-Big 12 First Team -- Ricketts, Chamberlain, Georgia Casey and Jessica Shults

Patty Gasso collected Big 12 Coach of the Year honors for the fifth time in her career

As a team, OU set the Big 12 home runs record with 102 on the year, 14 more than the previous record set by Texas in 2010

The Sooners went on to finish as the NCAA runner-up in the Women's College World Series

Big 12 Title with Big 12 Record |

Coach Gasso Wired | History & Tradition

Men's Tennis
2012 Big 12 Regular Season Champions
2012 Big 12 Tournament Champions

Won the program's 31st and 32nd conference titles overall and first since 1992

Senior David Pultr clinched the tournament title by outlasting Baylor's Julien Bley in an epic 4.5 hour match that played to tiebreakers in all three sets (6-7, 7-6, 7-6)

Clinched the regular season title outright with a 6-1 victory in the Bedlam match vs. Oklahoma State

The Sooners finished unbeaten (7-0) against Big 12 competition for the first time in program history

OU swept the Big 12 postseason awards with Costin Paval the Player of the Year, Guillermo Alcorta the Newcomer of the Year and John Roddick the Coach of the Year

Tsvetan Mihov, Peerakit Siributwong, Dane Webb also earned All-Big 12 honors

Paval (singles & doubles) and freshman Dane Webb (doubles) went on to earn All-America honors

Men's Tennis Claims Big 12 Championship |

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