The Great American Conference

Great American Conference

The Great American Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division II, and is scheduled to begin play in the 2011-12 school year.- Members :...

will host championship events for 12 of its 13 sports. The only sport without a conference championship game is football. However, the team with the best conference record in the regular season will be crowned the conference champion for football.

Men

	Team		Individual (Top Ten)
1	East Central	17	Ezekiel Kissorio (ECU)	24:26.33
2	Harding	47	Armando Saldivar (ECU)	24:32.84
3	Southern Arkansas	75	Daniel Kiptoo (ECU)	24:39.32
4	Arkansas-Monticello	115	Philip Biwott (HU)	25:00.41
5			Cale Eidson (ECU)	25:05.37
6			Jimmy Sutrick (ECU)	25:05.54
7			Lajos Farkas (HU)	25:15.97
8			Austin Christian (ECU)	25:18.01
9			Mickey Hammer (SAU)	25:33.99
10			Joel Dutton (ECU)	25:38.73

• Runner of the Year

Ezekiel Kissorio, East Central

• Freshman of the Year

Lajos Farkas, Harding

• Coach of the Year

Steve Sawyer, East Central

Women

	Team		Individual (Top Ten)
1	Harding	27	Gladys Kimtai (HU)	17:18.07
2	East Central	39	Ewa Zaborowska (HU)	17:30.72
3	Arkansas Tech	109	Cheryl Nolan (ATU)	17:44.86
4	Southern Arkansas	111	Mary Samoei (HU)	17:49.80
5	Southwestern Oklahoma State	112	Amber Walker (ECU)	17:56.09
6	Ouachita Baptist	167	Samantha Bartlett (ECU)	18:08.19
7	Henderson State	191	ReGina Germaine (ECU)	18:31.49
8	Southeastern Oklahoma State	224	Dallis Bailey (HU)	18:36.85
9	Arkansas-Monticello	275	Olivia Campbell (ATU)	18:38.53
10			Colleta Songol (ECU)	18:45.24

• Runner of the Year

Gladys Kimtai, Harding

• Freshman of the Year

Ewa Zaborowska, Harding

• Coach of the Year

Steve Guymon, Harding

Standings

Team	Conference		Overall
Ouachita Baptist	6-1	.857	7-3	.700
Henderson State	4-1	.800	6-4	.600
East Central	6-2	.750	8-3	.727
Harding	3-3	.500	4-7	.364
Arkansas-Monticello	3-3	.500	5-6	.455
Southern Arkansas	3-4	.429	3-7	.300
Southwestern Oklahoma State	3-5	.375	5-6	.455
Arkansas Tech	1-4	.200	2-8	.200
Southeastern Oklahoma State	1-7	.125	2-8	.200

• All-GAC Team

QB - Casey Cooper, Ouachita Baptist

RB - Mark Johnson, Southern Arkansas

RB - Kale Gelles, Harding

WR - D.J. Stephens, Arkansas-Monticello

WR - A.J. Whitmore, Arkansas Tech

WR - Zach Patteson, East Central

TE - Ryan Shelley, Southeastern Oklahoma State

UT - Jeremy Holt, Harding

C - Seth Oxner, Arkansas-Monticello

OL - Carlos Savala, East Central

OL - Garrett Taylor, Harding

OL - Roy Richard, Ouachita Baptist

OL - Desmund Farris, East Central

RS - A.J. Whitmore, Arkansas Tech

• Offensive Player of the Year

Casey Cooper, Ouachita Baptist

• Freshman of the of the Year

Devin Benton, Southwestern Oklahoma State

DE - Armonty Bryant, East Central

DE - Roland Dampeer, Arkansas Tech

DT - Taurus Williams, Ouachita Baptist

DT - Antonio Leak, Henderson State

ILB - Terrence Garrett, Ouachita Baptist

ILB - Keaton Stigger, Henderson State

OLB - Jason Catchings, East Central

OLB - Bennie Anderson, Henderson State

CB - Dontae Smith, East Central

CB - Marvin Tribble, Southwestern Oklahoma State

S - Clarence Laster, Southwestern Oklahoma State

S - Norris Wrenn, East Central

P - Derek Jambon, Arkansas-Monticello

K - Eddy Carmona, Harding

• Defensive Player of the Year

Jason Catchings, East Central

• Coach of the Year

Todd Knight, Ouachita Baptist

Standings

Team	Conference		Overall
East Central	5-1-0	.833	12-6-1	.658
Southwestern Oklahoma State	4-2-0	.667	6-11-2	.368
Ouachita Baptist	3-3-0	.500	8-10-0	.444
Harding	0-6-0	.000	4-13-1	.250

Tournament

Friday-Sunday, November 4-6
Host: East Central University (Ada, OK)

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• All-Tournament Team

F - Whitney Watts, East Central (Most Valuable Player)

F - Beth Wendl, Ouachita Baptist

F - Chelsea Brandon, Harding

F - Adriana Lucar, Harding

F - Kelsey Visor, Southwestern Oklahoma State

GK - Adrianna Phininzy, East Central

M - Laura McNab, East Central

M - Katie Glutz, East Central

M - Ashley McMahon, Southwestern Oklahoma State

M - Miranda Lytle, Ouachita Baptist

D - Margaret Glutz, East Central

GK - Whitley Hoppe, Ouachita Baptist

Standings

Team	Conference		Overall
Arkansas Tech	16-0	1.000	35-4	.897
Harding	13-3	.813	25-8	.758
Southeastern Oklahoma State	10-6	.625	14-19	.424
Ouachita Baptist	9-7	.563	18-13	.581
East Central	8-8	.500	14-18	.438
Southern Arkansas	7-9	.438	17-16	.515
Southwestern Oklahoma State	5-11	.313	9-19	.321
Arkansas-Monticello	4-12	.250	7-23	.233
Henderson State	0-16	.000	4-28	.125

Tournament

Friday-Saturday, November 11-12
Host: Arkansas Tech University (Russellville, AR)

• All-Tournament Team

Libero - Brennae Benda, Arkansas Tech (Most Valuable Player)

Outside Hitter - Laura Farney, Arkansas Tech

Outside Hitter - Thabata Galvao, Arkansas Tech

Outside Hitter - Mollie Arnold, Harding

Middle Blocker - Alyssa Short, Harding

Outside Hitter - Jordan White, Southern Arkansas

Outside Hitter - Noelle Cope, East Central

Standings

Team	Conference		Overall

Tournament

Thursday-Sunday, March 1-4
Host: Bartlesville Sports Commission (Bartlesville, OK)

Standings

Team	Conference		Overall

Tournament

Thursday-Sunday, March 1-4
Host: Bartlesville Sports Commission (Bartlesville, OK)

Standings

Team	Conference		Overall

Championship tournament

Sunday-Tuesday, April 15-17
Host: Hot Springs Country Club (Hot Springs, AR)

Men

	Team		Individual (Top Ten)
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10

Women

	Team		Individual (Top Ten)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Standings

Team	Conference		Overall

Standings

Team	Conference		Overall

Tournament

Friday-Sunday, April 20-22
Host: Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, AR)

Standings

Team	Conference		Overall

Tournament

Friday-Sunday, April 20-22
Host: Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, AR)