Those two names would come to most Sooner fans fairly immediately, but the truth is, selecting a top male and female Athlete of the Year candidate representing the Oklahoma Sooners is a far more difficult task than it might be at other Big 12 schools, and especially this past sports year.
There are at least five to 10 other Sooners names who would be worthy of that honor based on their athletic performance and other notable off the field achievements during the 2015-16 academic year.
Every school in the Big 12 is submitting the names of two candidates (one male and one female) from which one from each gender will be selected as Big 12 Athlete of the Year.