Michael Rogers | |
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Secretary of State of Oklahoma | |
In office January 14, 2019 –October 23, 2020 | |
Governor | Kevin Stitt |
Preceded by | James Allen Williamson |
Succeeded by | Brian Bingman |
Secretary of Education of Oklahoma | |
In office January 14,2019 –August 13,2020 | |
Governor | Kevin Stitt |
Preceded by | Melissa McLawhorn Houston |
Succeeded by | Ryan Walters |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael Wayne Rogers September 7,1978 |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Oral Roberts University (BS) |
Michael Wayne Rogers (born September 7,1978) is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. He served as Oklahoma's 35th Secretary of State.
Rogers attended Artesia High School in Artesia,New Mexico,and was an all-state athlete in baseball,basketball,and football. He enrolled at Oral Roberts University,and played college baseball for the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles as a pitcher. [1] [2] He played Minor League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians organization until an arm injury ended his career. He became the athletic director of Summit Christian Academy in Broken Arrow,Oklahoma. Under his administration,Summit Christian was admitted into the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association. [3] He was hired as director of development for Oral Roberts University in 2018. [4] [5]
Rogers was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2014. In 2018,he opted not to seek reelection. [6] Governor Kevin Stitt appointed Rogers as Oklahoma Secretary of State in January 2019 [4] and he served in that position until October 2020. [7]
Broken Arrow is a city located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma,primarily in Tulsa County,with a portion in western Wagoner County. It is the largest suburb of Tulsa. According to the 2020 census,Broken Arrow has a population of 113,540 residents and is the fourth-largest city in the state. The city is part of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area,which has a population of 1,023,988 residents.
Oral Roberts University (ORU) is a private evangelical university in Tulsa,Oklahoma. Founded in 1963,the university is named after its founder,word of faith and prosperity doctrine preacher Oral Roberts.
GEB Network is a digital satellite television network,which airs primarily Christian and family programming. Oral Roberts founded it in 1996. GEB is owned by Oral Roberts University and is headquartered in Tulsa,Oklahoma.
The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles are the sixteen intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Oral Roberts University,located in Tulsa,Oklahoma. The Golden Eagles compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member of the Summit League,which it officially joined on July 1,2014.
The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team representing Oral Roberts University in Tulsa,Oklahoma. The team is a member of Summit League.
The Tulsa metropolitan area,officially defined as the Tulsa metropolitan statistical area is a metropolis in northeastern Oklahoma centered around the city of Tulsa and encompassing Tulsa,Rogers,Wagoner,Osage,Creek,Okmulgee and Pawnee counties. It had a population of 1,023,988 according to the 2021 U.S. census estimates.
Todd Lamb is an American politician who served as the 16th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A Republican,he was a member of the Oklahoma Senate from 2004 to 2011. For the 52nd Oklahoma Legislature,Lamb's fellow Republican state senators elected him as their Majority Floor Leader. As Majority Leader,Lamb was the second highest ranking state senator,behind then-Senate President pro tempore Glenn Coffee.
The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball team is the intercollegiate baseball team of Oral Roberts University. It plays in the NCAA Division I Summit League. The team won the Mid-Con and Summit League regular season and tournament titles for 15 years straight between 1998 and 2012. Upon returning to the Summit League,the team repeated the feat in 2015 and 2016. In 2006,they advanced to the NCAA Super Regional.
J.L. Johnson Stadium is a baseball venue in Tulsa,Oklahoma,United States. It is home to the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball team of the NCAA Division I The Summit League. Dedicated on June 17,1977,the stadium was opened on March 6,1978,for a game against Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Oral Roberts won the game 7–6. The venue's seated capacity is 2,418 spectators.
Kenneth Franklin Trickey Sr. was an American basketball coach,best known for his two stints as the head coach for the men's basketball team at Oral Roberts University (ORU) in Tulsa,Oklahoma. He was especially remembered for ORU's high-scoring "run and gun" teams of the early 1970s,which helped the young,small school attain national attention and competitive success,including a spot in the Elite Eight in the 1974 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. After his death in 2012,the Tulsa World called him "one of the most influential and colorful characters in this state’s basketball history".
Jose Ramón Trevino is an American professional baseball catcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Texas Rangers selected Trevino in the sixth round of the 2014 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2018 with the Rangers,who traded him to the Yankees before the 2022 season. He is the first American League catcher and the first member of the New York Yankees to ever win a Platinum Glove Award.
Matthew Whatley is an American professional baseball catcher in the Texas Rangers organization.
John Kevin Stitt is an American businessman and politician serving as the 28th governor of Oklahoma since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he was elected in 2018,defeating Democrat and former state Attorney General Drew Edmondson with 54.3% of the vote. Stitt was reelected to a second term in 2022,defeating Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister,a Republican turned Democrat,with 55.4% of the vote. A member of the Cherokee Nation,Stitt is the second governor of Native descent after former Oklahoma governor Johnston Murray.
Philip Matthew Pinnell is an American politician serving as the 17th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma,since 2019. Pinnell is also serving as the first Oklahoma Secretary of Tourism &Branding. Pinnell is a member of the Republican Party.
Terry O'Donnell is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party who has served as the Oklahoma House Representative for the 23rd district since January 8,2013. He first won elected office in the 2012 Oklahoma state elections. In January 2021,O'Donnell was promoted to be the speaker pro tempore of the Oklahoma House of Representatives,the second highest ranking Republican Party of Oklahoma member in the state house. On December 17,2021,O'Donnell was indicted in relation to a Tag Agency corruption scandal. He resigned as speaker pro tempore on February 2,2022.
Paul Friedlander is a Eswatini professional golfer.
The 2022 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Oklahoma. Incumbent Republican Governor Kevin Stitt was re-elected to a second term,defeating his Democratic challenger Joy Hofmeister. former Republican state senator Ervin Yen ran as an independent,and Natalie Bruno was the Libertarian nominee.
Maxwell Abmas is an American college basketball player for the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles of the Summit League.
The 2022–23 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles women's basketball represent Oral Roberts University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Eagles,led by first year head coach Kelsi Musick,compete in the Summit League. They play home games in Mabee Center in Tulsa,Oklahoma.