November 29, 2022
The Sooner Athletic Conference announced that 18 players from SAGU have been named to the 2022 SAC Football All-Conference Teams, and Keaton Dudik is the Offensive Player of the Year.
Dudik topped the NAIA with 1,570 yards rushing and 281 carries while ranking third nationally with 142.7 yards on the ground per contest in 2022. Dudik, a senior running back from China Springs, Texas, produced 16 scoring runs and surpassed 300 yards rushing twice and 200 yards four times. Dudik piled up a season-high 306 yards on 33 rushing attempts at Lyon on Oct. 22. Over the past two years, Dudik has rumbled for 3,156 yards and 38 touchdowns.
The First Team All-Sooner featured SAGU players: Keaton Dudik, Paul Odidi, Keandre Belcher, and Isaac Gowdy. In eleven games, Odidi had 817 yards and six touchdown receptions. Keandre Belcher finished the season with 56 tackles leading the Lions, and Gowdy led SAGU with six interceptions.
The Second Team All-Sooner featured Zachary Johnson, Evan Greathouse, Chris Bacos, Damaris Herron, and Jaylan Moss of SAGU.
SAGU had an additional eight players named Honorable Mention All-Sooner, Davante Crownover, Zach Fuller, Zachariah Johnson, Ryan Lewis, Carter Lincoln, Kepatrick Magee, Zach Nelson, Rod Williams, and Kieran Woodley.
As a leading Christian university, SAGU educates and prepares individuals who want to serve Christ and others. SAGU helps students discover and develop their God-given callings in a Spirit-empowered, learning community. We believe in affordable tuition, made possible in part through the financial support of donors who embrace the mission of SAGU and the importance of affordable, accredited programs to train Christians for leadership in ministry, business, education, and service. Most majors are available in-person in Waxahachie, TX, and online through a wide range of associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.
