Oklahoma Baptist Bison


The Oklahoma Baptist Bison are composed of 19 teams representing Oklahoma Baptist University in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, and track and field. Men's sports include baseball and football. Women's sports include lacrosse, softball, and volleyball. The Bison compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association and are members of the Great American Conference, except for lacrosse and swimming and diving where they are affiliate members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
As of July 11, 2014, the NCAA Division II Membership Committee recommended the membership application for Oklahoma Baptist to compete primarily in the Great American Conference, effective the 2015–16 season.

Teams

Baseball

Oklahoma Baptist has had 15 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.
YearPlayerRoundTeam
19668Cardinals
198436Mariners
198923Braves
198922Giants
199142Rangers
199421Indians
199712Reds
199946Giants
200528Royals
200950Astros
201145Nationals
201132Padres
201421Dodgers
201410Nationals
20145Indians

Swimming

OBU has won NAIA championships in men's swimming and diving and women's swimming and diving.
On March 9, 2012, swim team member Ivan Maciuniak, age 22, drowned in the pool. A native of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, Maciuniak had joined his brother, Mateo, at OBU in January 2012. The Maciuniak brothers were on the four-man 400-meter relay team which won the final event of the meet to claim the national championship in OBU’s first year of intercollegiate swimming.