RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Oklahoma Baptist saw five of its players earn All-Great American Conference accolades on Thursday.
They include:
Darius Melton,
Andrew Sawyer,
Jake Sitsler,
Haven Lysell-Stewart and
Brayden Johnson. All were selected to the All-GAC Third Team.
Melton, a wide receiver and return specialist had a solid 2024 campaign for the green and gold. He led the team with 484 yards receiving and hauled in four touchdowns. The Pompano Beach, Fla., native had a pair of 100-yard receiving games including a season-best 155 with a touchdown at Northwestern Oklahoma State. As for his kick-return abilities, the 6-foot athlete tallied a GAC-high 669 yards this season, which was also the second-most in program history.
Aiding the Bison offensive line were Sawyer and Sitsler. For Sitsler, this is the second-straight year he was honored. Those two helped the Bison eclipse 300 yards of offense in five games this fall including a season-best 404 at Arkansas-Monticello on Nov. 2. They also aided
Kenny Rosenthal to a four passing touchdown performance during the team's 35-17 win over Southwestern Oklahoma State on Oct. 19.
OBU's other offensive selection to the All-GAC team was Lysell-Stewart. He tallied 12 catches for 115 yards, a 11.5 yards-per-catch average. The junior caught a touchdown against top-ranked Harding on Sept. 14 before pulling in a season-high three catches for 26 yards against UAM on Nov. 2.
Rounding out the Bison's all-conference honorees was Johnson. He ranked seventh in the GAC with 71 tackles. The Ringling, Okla., native also was slotted 15th with 7.5 tackles-for-loss. Johnson recorded double-digit stops in three contests this fall including a season-high 12 against Harding. In the win over East Central on Sept. 28, Johnson tallied 4.0 TFLs and his first career interception.
In addition to these playing accolades, there were academic honors bestowed.
Vinson Miller was a GAC Elite Scholar Student-Athlete while
Bradley Amwayi,
Landen Francis,
Nick Harris,
Tyler Johnson,
Christian Larsen,
Ethan Muehlenweg,
Jacob Ostrowski,
Caden Peevey,
Brandon Spencer,
Austin Vincent,
Cole West,
Kendall Williams and Sawyer were named to the GAC Academic Honor Roll.
