EDMOND – Seven of the best athletes in school history and a national championship team have been selected for induction into the University of Central Oklahoma Athletics Hall of Fame, it was announced Monday.
Gable Sullivan (wrestling), Louis Tomlinson (posthumously, wrestling), Mike Jones (football), Rod Davis (football), Stephanie Gulisao (soccer), Stacey Meek (volleyball) and Kaylnn Schrock (softball) make up the individual selections, with the 2006-07 national championship wrestling team rounding out the class.
The 2025 UCO Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet is set for Friday, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. at the George & Donna Nigh University Center on campus. The class will also be recognized at the Hall of Fame football game at halftime of the Oct. 4 football game when the Bronchos take on Central Missouri at 7 p.m. at Chad Richison Stadium.
Sullivan was a three-time All-American and two-time national runner-up on the mat for the Bronchos from 1996-2001, ending his career with a 100-33 record and a school-record 50 falls.
Sullivan was 11-8 with four falls as a part-time starter as a freshman in 1996-97, then went 39-10 with 18 falls as a sophomore in winning the Midwest Regional title and coming in sixth at the Division II national tournament.
He redshirted the following season while recovering from knee surgery, then had a 20-8 record with 12 falls in 1999-00 in capturing a second straight regional crown and finishing as national runner-up.
Gabe capped his career in 2000-01 with a 30-7 record that included 16 falls at 149. He cruised to a third straight regional title and once again made the national finals before dropping a tough 10-8 decision.
Tomlinson (1911-1978) became Central's first national champion in any sport in 1935 when he captured the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) title at 145 pounds in leading the Bronchos to a runner-up finish.
Tomlinson was Central's leading point producer as a freshman and sophomore before putting together a sensational junior season in finishing as runner-up in the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, falling only to two-time champion Wayne Martin of Oklahoma.
Tomlinson came back three weeks later to win the AAU crown, with that tournament then considered a tougher and more prestigious event than the NCAA Championships. He beat Martin 15-9 in the quarterfinals and earned the title with a wild 18-11 finals win over Oklahoma State's Doc Strong, who won the 1936 NCAA national title and completed in the Olympics that year.
Tomlinson was named Central's team captain for the 1935-36 season and competed all year before a controversial NCAA eligibility decision prevented him from wrestling in the national tournament.
Jones led the Bronchos to a 25-6-1 record from 1970-72 as a three-year starter at quarterback while also handling the punting duties. He completed 190-of-355 passes for 2,957 yards and 23 touchdowns – which ranks 10th on UCO's career list – during an era when teams seldom threw the ball while also rushing 161 times for 558 yards and nine TDs.
Jones was a First-Team All-Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference selection in 1970 after throwing for 1,574 yards and 13 TDs in addition to rushing for 297 yards and five scores. He averaged 41.2 yards a punt and also kicked 28 extra points.
Jones threw for 655 yards and five TDs, ran for 273 yards and four more scores and averaged 37.2 yards a punt in 1971 while battling injuries, then came back with a stellar senior campaign.
He earned First-Team All-OIC honors again in 1972 and was also an Honorable Mention NAIA All-American. Jones threw for 728 yards and five scores while rushing for 558 yards and nine TDs in leading the Bronchos to the NAIA playoffs for the first time in 10 years.
Davis was a four-year letterman and three-year starter on the offensive line for the Bronchos in the early 1980s and was a First-Team selection to the UCO All-Century Team in 2005.
Davis helped power the Bronchos the a 10-2 record and the NAIA national championship in 1982, spearheading an offensive line that enabled UCO to average 31.2 points a game. He was a First-Team All-District Nine pick and also earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades.
Davis was the ringleader of the line again as a senior when he was a repeat First-Team All-District Nine selection to addition to being named a Second-Team All-American. The Bronchos averaged 35.4 points a game that season and finished 8-1-1 after getting upset in the first round of the playoffs.
Gulisao was a four-year soccer standout from 2001-04, leading the Bronchos to a 60-20-2 record and two NCAA Division II national tournament appearances. A defensive stalwart, she led UCO to an incredible 40 shutout wins during her career.
Gulisao was an Honorable Mention All-Lone Star Conference selection as a freshman in 2001, then earned First-Team All-LSC recognition the next season. She led a defense that allowed just nine goals with 15 shutouts as UCO went 20-3 to capture the league title and qualify for the national playoffs for the first time.
Gulisao was a repeat First-Team All-LSC pick in 2003 in addition to being named LSC Defensive Player of the Year. She also garnering Second-Team All-Region honors after again leading the Bronchos to the national tournament.
Gulisao was a First-Team All-LSC pick for the third straight time in 2004 and was again named LSC Defensive Player of the Year. She was also a First-Team All-Region pick and a Third-Team All-American – the first in UCO soccer history – after guiding UCO to the conference title.
Schrock enjoyed an amazing two-year pitching career with the softball program in 2013-14 after starting her career at Tulsa, going 59-15 with a 1.64 earned run average and 576 strikeouts in 487.2 innings. She still ranks second in strikeouts and innings and fourth in wins on UCO's career lists.
Schrock went 34-6 with 32 complete games and a 1.69 ERA in 2013, setting school records that still stand for wins, strikeouts (312) and innings pitched (265.2) and was a Second-Team All-Central Region selection. She led the Bronchos to the first women's national championship in school history with a dominating national tournament performance, going 9-0 with 80 strikeouts in 61 innings -- including 14 in a 5-2 title game win over Kutztown -- to earn MVP honors.
Schrock had another banner season as a senior in 2014, finishing 25-9 with a 1.58 ERA in guiding UCO back to the national tournament. She struck out 262 batters in 222 innings and threw eight shutouts with two no-hitters in earning First-Team All-MIAA, First-Team All-Central Region and Second-Team All-America recognition.
Meek is one of the best players in UCO's rich volleyball history as a rare four-time All-Conference performer and led the Bronchos to a 99-34 record from 2000-03. She guided a powerful offense from her setter position and finished with 5,604 career assists – a school record that still stands – along with 1,227 digs, 336 kills, 279 blocks and 115 service aces.
Meek was the Lone Star Conference North Division Freshman of the Year and a Second-Team All-LSC North Division pick in 2000 after collecting 1,007 assists with 327 digs, 113 kills, 60 blocks and 39 aces, including a still-standing single-match record 86 assists in a win over Cameron.
She came back as a sophomore to claim First-Team All-LSC North Division honors after tallying 1,536 assists, 268 digs, 77 kills, 59 blocks and 19 aces. Meek repeated as a First-Team All-LSC North Division honoree in 2002 with a school-record 1,660 assists, 305 digs, 90 blocks, 77 kills and 33 aces for a 30-7 team that advanced to the national tournament.
Meek garnered First-Team All-LSC North Division accolades for the third straight season as a senior in 2003 after finishing with 1,401 assists, 327 digs, 70 blocks, 69 kills and 24 aces. She was also a Second-Team Academic All-America selection after earning Third-Team honors in 2002.
UCO's 2006-07 wrestling team went 15-4 in duals with losses to two Division I teams (OU and Boise State) along with close defeats to Division II rivals Nebraska-Omaha and Nebraska-Kearney. The Bronchos rolled to the Midwest Regional title behind six champions and qualified all 10 individuals for the national tournament.
Central followed with an inspired national tournament performance in Kearney, Nebraska to outpoint the top-ranked and host Lopers 124.5-108.5 to capture the program's 15th national championship. The Bronchos finished with eight All-Americans, led by national champion 141-pounder Kyle Evans.
Tyler Zukerman (125), Jared Henning (133), Jason Leavitt (157) and Josh LeadingFox (Hvy) were all runners-up, while 184 Jared Hess placed third, 149 Shea Timothy fourth and 197 Heath Jolley fifth.
