Val Gene Iven grew up in Pond Creek, north of Enid, then graduated from OSU and the OU Health Sciences. In 1993, he became the team doctor for University of Tennessee athletics. In 2007, Iven returned to OSU in the same role. Iven's brother, Van Shea, was the longtime Channel 4 sports reporter who now is on staff with the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association.
I was born in Enid. I'd have had to be born at the house if I was born in Pond Creek.
Growing up in Pond Creek, small-town values, to me those are the best days of my life.