EDMOND (Feb. 21) -- One of the most decorated tennis players in school history, a multi-talented football player and four graduates who went to enjoy highly-successful coaching careers have been selected for induction into the University of Central Oklahoma Athletic Hall of Fame.
Making up the 2007 class that will be honored later this week is Jenny Bautista, a four-time All-American in the last 1980s; Scott Burger, a two-year football star in 1979-80; brothers Jim, Joe and Johnny Crabb, who combined to win more than 1,300 games as long-time basketball coaches in the state; and Mike Little, a football-basketball letterman for the Bronchos who won 175 games in 22 years as a high school football coach.
The new inductees will be honored at the first-ever UCO Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the University Center's Heritage Room and again at halftime of the UCO-East Central women's basketball game that starts at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Jenny Bautista is one of the most decorated tennis players in UCO history, a standout singles and doubles player from the late 1980s who earned All-America honors four times.
Bautista came to the Bronchos from the Philippines in the spring of 1986 and promptly captured the District 9 singles title en route to making it to the round of 16 at the NAIA national tournament to gain All-America recognition.
Jenny followed that with one of the most dominating years in school history in 1986-87, picking up All-America honors for both singles and doubles after putting together a phenomenal 51-4 record.
She repeated as District 9 singles champion and teamed with Kerryn Whittaker to win the doubles title, with that duo making it all the way to the finals of the NAIA national tournament.
Bautista came back in 1987-88 to win a third straight District 9 singles crown and a second consecutive doubles title in being named District 9 Player of the Year and was a singles All-American for the third time.
Jenny didn't play the following year after getting married and having a child, then returned as a senior in 1989-90 to finish her career. She finished with a 136-36 record, going 77-17 in singles and 59-19 in doubles.
Scott Burger was a two-year football standout for UCO, a versatile performer who was a dual-threat quarterback in addition to handling kicking and punting chores for the Bronchos.
Burger came to UCO in 1979 and promptly led the Bronchos to an 11-2 record and NAIA national runner-up finish en route to earning All-District 9 and second-team All-America honors.
He accounted for 28 touchdowns, passing for 1,497 yards and 13 scores while running for 574 yards and 15 TDs. Burger also made 36-of-40 extra points and a field goal in scoring 129 points ? the second-best season total in school history -- and averaged 38.4 yards a punt.
Burger scored every UCO point in a 28-6 playoff win over Presbyterian, rushing for three touchdowns and passing for another while also kicking all four extra points. The Bronchos made it all the way to the finals before dropping a 20-14 decision to Texas A&M-Kingsville.
Burger came back as a senior in 1980 to earn All-District 9 recognition again after passing and running for nearly 1,300 yards and 10 TDs in leading a young team to a 5-4 record. He also made 15 PATs and a field goal while averaging 39.6 yards a punt.
Burger was named the second-team quarterback on UCO's All-Century Team that was selected in 2006 to celebrate 100 years of football at the school.
Brothers Jim, Joe and Johnny Crabb are a trio of UCO graduates who are special recognition inductees after each had great coaching success in the high school basketball ranks. Johnny and Joe both played baseball for the Bronchos.
Jim racked up a 628-299 record in 36 years of coaching girls basketball, with 33 of that at Sayre High School. He captured 22 district championships, had five state tournament teams and led Sayre to back-to-back state titles in 1970 and '71.
Johnny, who helped develop the layout and design of UCO's current baseball facility, coached boys and girls basketball for 13 years. He was 211-68 as a girls coach and led Mangum High School to the 1972 state championship.
Joe spent 27 years as a girls coach at four different schools, finishing with a 559-162 record. His teams made 13 state tournament appearances and he claimed state titles in 1977 and '81 at Kingfisher High School in addition to a runner-up finish in 1974.
All three have been inducted into the Oklahoma High School Girls Coaches' Association Hall of Fame and they were also long-time members of the OHSGCA Board of Directors, with Jim serving as president for five years.
Mike Little was a basketball-football letterman for UCO in the 1960s who went on to enjoy a long and successful career as a football coach in all levels, from junior high to the college ranks and is also a special recognition inductee.
A letterman on UCO's 1962 NAIA national championship football team, Little also played on the 1962 and '63 basketball teams for the Bronchos and received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from Central.
He started his career in 1965 as head coach at Putnam City Hefner Junior High and went to coach for 34 years. Little served as head coach at Putnam City West, Putnam City North, Yukon and Bethany high schools in addition to spending four years as a volunteer assistant at Oklahoma and one year as an assistant at Southern Nazarene.
Mike racked up a 175-74-3 record in 22 years as a head coach, leading the 1981 Putnam City West and 1991 Putnam City North teams to undefeated seasons and Class 6A state championships. He also had three state runner-up teams.
Little, who coached in the 1978 All-State game and the 1979 Oklahoma-Texas Oil Bowl game, was inducted into the Oklahoma Coaches Hall of Fame in 1992.
