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  • Home
  • Events
  • Jim Thorpe Museum
  • Awards
    • Hall of Fame
    • Paycom Jim Thorpe Award
    • Aeneas Williams Award
    • Warren Spahn Award
  • About Us
  • Bright Path

About Us

Our Mission...

Our Core Values...

Our Core Values...

To encourage excellence through sports, academics, health and fitness; preserving our sports heritage while building pride in Oklahoma in the spirit of Jim Thorpe.

Our Core Values...

Our Core Values...

Our Core Values...

Inspire Youth
Preserve History
Remember Heroes

Define Excellence

Educate and Entertain

Our Principle...

Our Core Values...

Our Principle...

To encourage, honor and recognize individuals with excellent character, demonstrated through participation in sports.

The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to encourage excellence through sports, academics, health and fitness; preserving our sports heritage while building pride in Oklahoma in the spirit of Jim Thorpe.


Established in 1986, originally as the Jim Thorpe Association, the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame’s main goal is to promote Oklahoma, while honoring and recognizing great Oklahoman's who have represented the state positively at not only the state level, but also the national and international levels. In August of 2013, the two brands, which were literally the same  organization with the same administration, same board of directors and same values, selected the name "Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame" as the cohesive umbrella brand of the organization going forward.


Each year, we honor individuals by inducting them into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. In addition to the Hall of Fame, we are nationally recognized for the Jim Thorpe Museum and annually awarding the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award to the top defensive back in NCAA Division I college football, as well as the Aeneas Williams Award to the top defensive back in HBCU Division I college football. We are also home to the Warren Spahn Award, given annually to the best left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Throughout the last 30 years, we have been a leading advocate for promoting healthy lifestyles in the school children of Oklahoma. We are proud to give back to the community each year through our Bright Path Youth Program, including the state's  largest drug free initiative, Red Ribbon Week.

Our Staff

Mike James, President / Executive Director

Office: (405) 427-1400

Direct: (405) 402-1833

mjames@oksportshof.org

Olivia James Bonds, Marketing Communications & Event Director

Office: (405) 427-1400
Direct: (405) 402-1836
ojames@oksportshof.org

Justin Lenhart, Museum Curator

Office: (405) 427-1400
Direct: (405) 402-1840
jlenhart@oksportshof.org

Our Staff is a hardworking team committed to giving back to our community, sharing our passion for athletics, and in all that we accomplish, continually showing the same character that embodies the spirit of Oklahoma and the spirit of Jim Thorpe.

Our Board

BOARD OFFICERS

Gregg Vandaveer, Chairman

Board Chairman, Sooner State Bank

Brian Alford, Vice Chairman

Director of Corporate Affiars, OG&E Energy Corp. (retired)

Frank Naifeh, Secretary / Treasurer

President & CEO, Naifeh & Associates, Inc.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Roy Bishop | Assistant Vice President, American Fidelity Assurance Company
J. Ted Bonham | Attorney at Law
Steve Bradshaw | President & CEO, Bank of Oklahoma (retired)
Michael Child | Executive Manager, AUTONATION Toyota Gulf Freeway

Jason Connelly | Major Account Manager, Palo Alto Networks
Jeffrey Cruzan, M.D. | President, IMG at INTEGRIS Health
Jeff Ewing | Chief Development Officer, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
Eddie Griffin | Director of Athletics, University of Central Oklahoma (retired)
Kevin Hargrove, M.D. | President & CEO, Orthopedic Solutions
Brad Henry | Attorney at Law
Frank Johnson Jr. | Deputy Secretary of Governmental Affairs & Partnerships, Chickasaw Nation

Robert A. Manchester IV | Attorney at Law 

David Patrick | SVP, Business Development Oklahoma Division, Titan Title & Closing, LLC
Kevin Perry | President & CEO, Perry Publishing & Broadcasting

Randy Stafford | EVP, Area Vice Chairman, Sovereign Bank
Daniel Stith | President & CEO, Wealth Management Strategies

Anita Thorpe | Jim Thorpe Family Representative

Our Board is a distinguished group of community minded individuals make up the Board  of Directors that governs the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. As non-compensated board members, these individuals embody the character, integrity and leadership that the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and Jim Thorpe Association were founded on in 1986.

Our Executive Council

Pat Adams

Scott Allen

John Askin

Nate Baker

Kayla Blount

Jason Bodin

Phil Boykin

Mike Brock

Mike Brown

Robert Butler

Joe Castiglione

Coleman Clark

Mitchell Clark

Craig Clemons

Alan Cook

The Honorable Mick Cornett

David Daugherty

John Davis

Kelli Davis
Matt Dobson


Gene Downing

Ryan Duffy 

Marti Eden

Charles Franks

Doug Fuller

Chance Gantt

Josh Gonzalez
Nick Gray

Matt Green

Jason Groves

Steve Hare

Lon Huff

Michael Hunter

Dan Hyatt
Alex Kaiser

Chris Kenney
Mike Ketcherside

Annette Klososky
Rory Laisle

Andy Malone

Steven Marler

Kyle McElvaney

Gene Muse, M.D.

Rick Naifeh

Clayton Nelson, M.D.

Vance Nye

Ty Patterson

Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell

Nick Pokorny

Ben Purkeypile

John Rohde

John G. Robin III

Brent Tipton, M.D.
Tom Tomlinson

Aaron Waters

John David Weaver

Chad Weiberg

Stan Williams, II

Trent Willis

Jarrod Winkcompleck

Our Executive Council is made up of men and women who share the drive and passion to ensure the mission of this organization successfully moves forward. Each Executive Council member gives of their resources and time, pouring into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame’s various programs and acts as the organization’s advisory board.


"The Executive Council is the life blood...without whom we would not be achieving the level of success that we are." - Lynne Draper, Founder

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