After earning junior college All-America recognition in basketball at St. Gregory's College, Clevel Scott of Palestine, Texas, transferred to OBU in 1965 and was a starting guard on the 1966 national championship team and a starting forward and co-captain on the 1967 national runner-up squad.

Scott averaged 6.6 points and 6.4 rebounds in 1965-66 and 11.4 points and 5.9 rebounds in 1966-67.  Also in 1967, he was a second team all-conference selection, second team NAIA All-Tournament choice, and an NAIA honorable mention All-America pick.

The two OBU teams on which he played won 51 and lost 14, and were conference co-champions, district champions, and national finalists.

In track, he participated in the hurdles, long jump, and javelin.  He placed third in the conference meet in the javelin.

After leaving OBU, Scott served in the U.S. Army, after which he worked in the retail shoe business and served as a bi-vocational minister in Houston, Texas.