A Shawnee High School basketball star, Tracy (Bowers) Simon, 5-10 center/forward, was OBU’s first-ever female All-America selection. After a strong freshman year when she averaged 18.1 points and 9.8 rebounds, she was picked for the third team of the Association of Women’s Sports Foundation’s All-America squad. She averaged 16.3, 14.8, and 14.2 points and 10.8, 10.5, and 9.5 rebounds, respectively, in her final three seasons, respectively.

Her career closed with 2,101 points, a 15.8 scoring average, and 10.1 rebound average. She was a career 51 percent field goal and 74.9 percent free throw shooter. In the record book, Simon’s career rankings are third in total points; first in field goals made (880); first in field goals attempted (1,725); first in rebounds (1,345); and first in rebound average (10.1).

Simon’s rankings include fourth in field goal attempts (521); the top four spots in most rebounds (355, 351, 326, 313); and first and second in rebound average (10.8 and 10.5). In game highs, she pulled down 20 rebounds versus Southern Nazarene in 1980, which is tied for the second-highest number.

Simon was a four-time first team All-Sooner Athletic Conference choice and was Newcomer of the Year in 1980 and Co-Most Valuable Player in 1981. She received NAIA honorable mention All-America recognition in 1983. Her teams at OBU won 98, losing only 42 versus challenging competition. These teams won conference titles in 1980, 1982, and 1983 and finished second in the league in 1981.

Simon lives in Moore.