Draft:Bill Teegins

Bill Teegins was a sportscaster for Oklahoma State University and the Sports Director for News 9. On January 27, 2001, Teegins died at the age of 48 during a plane crash which was carrying two Oklahama Cowboys players and six staff members. Teegins, a Minnesota native, was named Oklahoma Sportscaster of the Year eight times. The Bill Teegins Award is named in his honor and is presented each year to sportscasters with Oklahoma ties. In 2002, Teegins was posthumously inducted into the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Teegins's funeral was attended by upwards of 1400 people. He was a member of the Lord of Life Church in Edmond, which only had seating for 200. Instead his funeral was held at Edmond's First Baptist with seating for 1,800.

Bill Teegins Excellence in Sportscasting Award

 * Bob Carpenter
 * Joe Simpson
 * Bob Barry Sr.
 * Bobby Murcer
 * Curt Gowdy
 * John Rooney
 * John Brooks (2009)
 * John Anderson (2011)
 * Dave Hunziker (2011)