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John E. Hoover | Jun 6, 2022

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Hope Trautwein

Jayda Coleman

Patty Gasso / Jocelyn Alo — John E. Hoover / AllSooners.com

Patt Gasso, Jocelyn Alo

Jayda Coleman

Alyssa Brito, Grace Lyons

Mr. OU, Antonio Record

Jayda Coleman

Jocelyn Alo dad — John E. Hoover / AllSooners.com

Jocelyn Alo's dad, Levi

Hope Trautwein

Tiare Jennings

Generic - OU Softball — John E. Hoover / AllSooners.com

OU Softball HR celebration

Tiare Jennings

Jocelyn Alo

Rylie Boone

Jana Johns

Rylie Boone

Jocelyn Alo

Rylie Boone

Hope Trautwein

Rylie Boone

Jayda Coleman

Tiare Jennings, Jayda Coleman, Rylie Boone

Alyssa Brito

Grace Lyons

Lynnsie Elam, Hope Trautwein

Hope Trautwein

Grace Lyons, Patty Gasso

Alyssa Brito

Lynnsie Elam

Hope Trautwein

Tiare Jennings

Lynnsie Elam

Rylie Boone

Tiare Jennings

Published Jun 6, 2022

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.