Five Sooner teams won conference titles in 2011-12, bringing OU's total to 251 all-time.
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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