Riley (Ickey) Williamson from Shawnee was one of OBU's great sprinters.

In 1930 he was selected to compete on the U.S. mile relay team in a meet with Great Britain. Prior to that matchup, he won the junior 440-yard dash at the national AAU Meet in Chicago in a time of 48.3.

In 1927 Williamson was the anchor man on the relay team which won the mile at the Texas, Oklahoma, and Drake Relays and the 880 at the Texas, Rice, Oklahoma, and Kansas Relays.

In 1928, he was the anchor man on the undefeated 880 relay team which won at Texas, Rice, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Drake. That team had the best time in the U.S. college classification, 1:28.2.

In 1929, he was anchor man on the relay team which won the 880 and mile at Texas and Southern Methodist University and won the mile at Kansas and Drake.

In 1930, Williamson anchored the team which won the mile at Texas and the 880 at SMU, Drake, and Kansas. The 880-relay team set a school record of 1:27.0 which stood for many years.

In 1932 he reached the tryout finals for the 1932 Olympic team.

He was co-captain of the 1929 track team.

A halfback on the football team for three seasons, he played on teams which were 16-5-4.

A long-time Shawnee businessman, he died in 1975.