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Sooner 2009

College is all about the moments. From meeting your freshman roommate to standing proudly in cap and gown (and every football game, study break and notable personality in between), Sooner yearbook has captured them for a century.

Sooner 2009 returns to tradition in the 100^th edition of OU’s award-winning yearbook. The 400-page, coffee-table book will cover 2008-09 for all OU students with stories about academics, athletics, news and all the details of student life outside the Ovals. It will also include special sections about freshman and senior life, including portraits of the incoming and graduating classes.

Ranked one of the top two yearbooks nationwide, Sooner focuses on capturing the year that was with storytelling packages of text, photos and design. From in-depth profiles on the faculty you’ll remember forever and inspection of the trends you may want to forget to stats about our famed sports teams and the latest campus news and events, Sooner 2009 will highlight the stories you will want to remember.

Freshmen, sophomore, juniors, seniors and grad students: This is your book. Sooner staff is covering the year you’re living. Sooner 2009 preserves those memories in a format that will last.

Previous Sooners

In the 99^th edition of Sooner yearbook, Editor Breia Brissey and her staff concentrated on the stories of the graduating class. From local and national news (ice storm, elections) to personal stories (profiles of student and campus leaders and “taboo” topics), Sooner 2007 recounts 2007-08 in every detail. Along with companion Crimson Traditions, the book is just beginning the contest cycle.

From a retreat to the Oklahoma countryside came the heart of Sooner 2007: Perspective. Editor Lauren Hopkins and her staff made it a priority to get as many senior views, personalities, trends and issues as possible into the book. In doing so, they captured the moments, hopes and dreams of the Class of 2007.

Sooner 2007 (along with Crimson Traditions 2006) was ranked one of the top two yearbooks in the country, winning one of only two Gold Crowns given by CSPA in 2008. Individual stories, photos and design won 16 Gold Circle awards. The yearbook package is also a finalist for a Pacemaker award.

Editor Krista Nightengale and her staff examined the “Form” of the Class of 2006 with a square, 9x9 book featuring stories about the culture, academics, sports, news and taboo topics at OU. Sooner 2006 also had an entire section devoted to graduation. The book, along with its companion volume Crimson Traditions, won a Gold Crown, six Gold Circles and is a finalist for the Pacemaker, commonly referred to as the "Pulitzer Prize of collegiate jounalism."

Editor Emily Crownover celebrated 100 years of yearbook at OU with “Era” in Sooner 2005. The first Sooner “senior” book covered the unique graduating class and the history, anniversaries and culture of the last century during Sooner’s centennial. The book, along with its companion publication, Crimson Traditions, won a Gold Crown, 10 Gold Circle awards and second place “best in show” at the Associated Collegiate Press fall convention.

Editors Joy Morris and Ja’Rena Smith put campus “In Frame” in Sooner 2004. From cheers at Camp Crimson to Tom Brokaw at commencement, the book details every important campus event of 2004. The book won a Silver Crown and is a Pacemaker finalist.

Sooner 2003, which Editor Joy Morris and her staff unified with a theme of four design elements — “Color,” “Perspective,” “Texture” and “Contrast” — started its competitive cycle by winning Third Place Best of Show at the fall 2003 CMA/ACP conference in Dallas. The book is a crown finalist in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association competition and a Pacemaker finalist in the Associated Collegiate Press Competition.

Sooner 2002
          Editor: Evelyn Klopp
          Theme: “Vitality”
            Awards: CSPA Gold Crown, ACP Pacemaker, College Media Advisers Apple Award, 26 CSPA Gold Circles

Sooner 2001
            Editor: Kayte Owen
            Theme: “Convergence:
            Awards: ACP Best of Show, CSPA Gold Crown, ACP Pacemaker, CMA Diversity Award, 16 Gold Circles, ACP Yearbook Design of the Year, first place in the ACP Best of Collegiate Design

Sooner 2000
            Editor: Heather Brumley
            Theme: “Continuum”
            Awards: CSPA Gold Crown, ACP Pacemaker finalist

Sooner 1999
            Editor: Lisa Potts
            Theme: “Fusion”
            Awards: CPSA Silver Crown, ACP Pacemaker finalist, fourth place in ACP Best of Show competition

Sooner 1998
            Editor: Bill Brookshire
            Theme: “Reactivate”
            Awards: ACP Pacemaker, more than 20 CSPA Gold Circles

Sooner 1997
            Editor: Michelle (Fielden) Sutherlin
            Theme: “Timelapse”
            Awards: CPSA Gold Crown, 17 CPSA Gold Circles