The Great American Conference sponsors championship events for 12 of its 13 sports. The football champion is the team with the best conference record.
Northwestern Oklahoma State and Southern Nazarene were provisional members and not eligible for regular season championships or postseason championship tournaments. Individuals were eligible for postseason honors and may compete in cross country and golf postseason championships but not eligible for titles.
Men's Cross Country
Champion
Team – East Central
Individual – Mickey Hammer, Southern Arkansas
East Central University placed three runners in the top four and all seven competitors finished inside the top 15 as the Tigers repeated as Great American Conference Men's Cross Country Champions.
Southern Arkansas' Mickey Hammer emerged as the individual champion, fending off ECU's Cale Eidson.
Runner of the Year
Mickey Hammer, Southern Arkansas
Freshman of the Year
Arturo Nava, East Central
Coach of the Year
Steve Sawyer, East Central
All-GAC Team
Mickey Hammer, Southern Arkansas
Cale Eidson, East Central
Arturo Nava, East Central
Austin Christian, East Central
Lajos Farkas, Harding
Andrew Leahey, Southern Nazarene
Victor Others, Southern Nazarene
Matthew Cumpian, Harding
Logan Green, Harding
Jonathan Ogan, East Central
Championships
Saturday, October 20Host: East Central University (Ada, OK)
Women's Cross Country
Champion
Team – East Central
Individual – Ewa Zaborowska, Harding
East Central won its first Great American Conference Women's Cross Country championship title as the Lady Tigers edged out 2011 champion Harding.
Harding sophomore Ewa Zaborowska dominated the race, winning by more than a minute to claim the individual title.
Runner of the Year
Ewa Zaborowska, Harding
Freshman of the Year
Kelsey Taylor, Harding
Coach of the Year
Steve Sawyer, East Central
All-GAC 1st Team
Ewa Zaborowska, Harding
Samantha Bartlett, East Central
ReGina Germaine, East Central
Kelsey Taylor, Harding
Andrea McKinney, East Central
Megan Johnson, Southern Nazarene
Virginia Ney, Southern Arkansas
Colleta Maiyo, East Central
Kelsey Grier, Southern Arkansas
Tammy Kim, Harding
All-GAC 2nd Team
Dallis Bailey, Harding
Katie Bruner, East Central
Rachel Roberts, Harding
Chelsey Dillon, Southwestern Oklahoma State
Taylor Scott, Southwestern Oklahoma State
Johanna Casey, Ouachita Baptist
Carissa Curtis, Southwestern Oklahoma State
Emily Hickey, Southwestern Oklahoma State
Minhuyen Nguyen, East Central
Carli Langley, Southern Arkansas
Championships
Saturday, October 20Host: East Central University (Ada, OK)
Women's Soccer
Champion
Southwestern Oklahoma State
Down a goal late in the Great American Conference Women’s Soccer Championship, top seeded Southwestern Oklahoma State pulled off a dramatic comeback with two goals in a three-minute span to stun Ouachita Baptist 2-1 to claim the tournament title.