The Oklahoma Basketball Coaches’ Association (OBCA) would like to announce that Tristan Wainscott, a senior from Velma-Alma High School, was recently chosen as the first ever recipient of the Ross Davis Memorial Scholarship.
Established by the family of Ross Davis, the scholarship was for $5000. The recipient was to be a senior boys’ basketball player who excelled athletically, academically, and morally. Wainscott, who will graduate from Velma-Alma in May, was a standout athlete for the Comets on both the basketball court and the football field. He recently signed a letter-of-intent to play football at Abilene Christian University. He is the son of Wes and Angela Wainscott.
A graduate of Calera High School, Ross Davis is a legendary coach in southern Oklahoma, having stops at Waurika, Velma-Alma, and Calera. He guided 5 of those teams to the state tournament, winning the state championship at Velma-Alma in 1984. He was named OCA Region 5 Coach of the Year twice and the Duncan Banner Coach of the Year five times. Davis coached legendary high school players Kevin Rehl, Jay Mauch, and his own son, Jimmy Davis. In total, Coach Davis had 421 wins to his credit.
Coach Davis was inducted into the Bryan County Athletic Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Coaches Hall of Fame. He played on the 1956 state championship team at Calera and served three-and-a-half years in the United States Air Force. Coach Davis passed away on September 25, 2021.
The Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association would like to invite you to the 2022 Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame.
Please make an effort to attend this event and pay your respects to these outstanding coaches on their special day. Our attendance has been borderline embarrassing. Coach Hoffman is attempting to make this a very special event and we as coaches need to do our part.
The OBCA banquet will be Saturday, June 4th at 12:00PM at the Hilton Garden Inn in Edmond. A social hour to visit with old friends will be held from 11:00AM to 12:PM in the ballroom. Tickets may be purchased for $25.00 by calling coach Bob Hoffman head coach at University Central Oklahoma, our host at (478)-954-9186. You can find hotel information on the following page.
Hotel: Hilton Garden Inn Edmond Oklahoma City North
Group Name: Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Banquet June 2022
Group Code: G2OBCA
OBCA HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Ken Trickey, who led Oral Roberts to the NCAA’s Elite Eight in 1974, will be inducted posthumously into the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
The ceremony will be at noon June 4 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Edmond. Also being inducted will be Tommy Griffin, Donnie Husband, Lee Reimer and Donny Tuley.
Besides ORU, Trickey’s had coaching stints in the state at Claremore Junior College, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma Junior College and Muskogee High School.
Griffin, now an assistant Del City and the father of NBA player Blake Griffin, has been the head coach of six state boys championship teams, including four in a row at Oklahoma Christian School from 2004-07.
Husband coached Latta to boys state titles in 2013 and ‘14. He also coached at Rush Springs, Silo, Duncan, Blackwell and Keys. Husband led teams to seven state tournaments coaching in Oklahoma from 1983-2018. He has coached at Greenwood (Arkansas) the past four seasons. His overall career record is 538-283.
Reimer had a 485-313 record as Purcell’s basketball coach from 1984-2015. He won state titles at Medford in 1984 and Purcell in 1994. He is currently coaching at Asher.
Tuley has been in coaching for more than 40 years, including the past nine as the Seminole State men’s coach. He coached 32 seasons at Oklahoma City Capitol Hill, and also was an assistant coach for 12 years during that span at Redlands Community College. Tuley, who led Capitol Hill to 10 state tournaments, has more than 700 career wins.
Tickets for the ceremony are $25 and can be purchased by calling University of Central Oklahoma coach Bob Hoffman at 478-954-9186.
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