# 2012–13 Great American Conference championships

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.

### Championships

Saturday, October 20 Host: East Central University (Ada, OK)
| Team | Team | Team | Individual (Top Ten) | Individual (Top Ten) | Individual (Top Ten) |
| 1 | East Central | 26 | 1 | Mickey Hammer (SAU) | 25:28.3 |
| 2 | Harding | 43 | 2 | Cale Eidson (ECU) | 25:39.2 |
| 3 | Southern Arkansas | 64 | 3 | Arturo Nava (ECU) | 26:17.1 |
| 4 | Arkansas-Monticello | 120 | 4 | Austin Christian (ECU) | 26:20.6 |
| | | | 5 | Lajos Farkas (HU) | 26:26.9 |
| | | | 6 | Andrew Leahey (SNU) | 26:32.5 |
| | | | 7 | Victor Others (SNU) | 26:32.7 |
| | | | 8 | Matthew Cumpian (HU) | 26:48.9 |
| | | | 9 | Logan Green (HU) | 26:55.5 |
| | | | 10 | Jonathan Ogan (ECU) | 27:04.1 |

## 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.

### Championships

Saturday, October 20 Host: East Central University (Ada, OK)
| Team | Team | Team | Individual (Top Ten) | Individual (Top Ten) | Individual (Top Ten) |
| 1 | East Central | 28 | 1 | Ewa Zaborowska (HU) | 18:18.5 |
| 2 | Harding | 36 | 2 | Samantha Bartlett (ECU) | 19:40.8 |
| 3 | Southern Arkansas | 80 | 3 | ReGina Germaine (ECU) | 19:44.0 |
| 4 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 81 | 4 | Kelsey Taylor (HU) | 19:51.3 |
| 5 | Ouachita Baptist | 146 | 5 | Andrea McKinney (ECU) | 19:57.3 |
| 6 | Henderson State | 196 | 6 | Megan Johnson (SNU) | 20:03.6 |
| 7 | Arkansas Tech | 199 | 7 | Virginia Ney (SAU) | 20:13.1 |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | 234 | 8 | Colleta Maiyo (ECU) | 20:14.4 |
| 9 | Arkansas-Monticello | 247 | 9 | Kelsey Grier (SAU) | 20:15.6 |
| | | | 10 | Tammy Kim (HU) | 20:16.9 |

## 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.

### Standings

| Team | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall |
| Southwestern Oklahoma State | 9-0-1 | 28 | 20-1-1 | .932 |
| Southern Nazarene | 5-4-1 | 16 | 13-8-1 | .614 |
| East Central | 4-4-2 | 14 | 4-11-4 | .316 |
| Ouachita Baptist | 4-5-1 | 13 | 10-8-1 | .553 |
| Harding | 4-5-1 | 13 | 7-9-2 | .444 |
| Northwestern Oklahoma State | 0-8-2 | 2 | 0-16-2 | .056 |

### Tournament

Friday-Sunday, November 2–4 Host: Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Weatherford, OK)
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Harding | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Harding | 0 | 1 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 2 |
| | | | 3 | Ouachita Baptist | 1 |
| 2 | East Central | 0 | 3 | Ouachita Baptist | 1 |
| 3 | Ouachita Baptist | 1 | | | |

#### All-Tournament Team

    Jessica Carbonara, Southwestern Oklahoma State (Most Valuable Player)
    Kira Bertrand, Southwestern Oklahoma State
    Natalie Crosslin, Southwestern Oklahoma State
    Kelsey Visor, Southwestern Oklahoma State
    Josie Price, Southwestern Oklahoma State
    Carrie Lieblong, Ouachita Baptist
    Lauren Hatch, Ouachita Baptist
    Mary Whisenhunt, Ouachita Baptist
    Lauren Scharf, Harding
    Hannah Hatcher, Harding
    Andi Reagan, East Central
    Mollie Hummel, East Central

## Volleyball
### Champion

    Harding
One year after losing to Arkansas Tech in the Great American Conference Volleyball Championship final, Harding reversed its fate with a resounding four-set victory Saturday at the Rhodes Field House. After splitting the first two sets, the Lady Bisons won going away, 25-12 in the third set and 25-16 in the final set.
Like in their final regular season meeting, Arkansas Tech started strong and took the first set.

### Standings

| Team | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall |
| Harding | 14-0 | 1.000 | 28-6 | .824 |
| Arkansas Tech | 11-3 | .786 | 27-10 | .730 |
| Southern Arkansas | 11-3 | .786 | 23-12 | .657 |
| Southwestern Oklahoma State | 10-4 | .714 | 13-20 | .394 |
| Southern Nazarene | 8-6 | .571 | 13-19 | .406 |
| Ouachita Baptist | 7-7 | .500 | 10-17 | .370 |
| East Central | 7-7 | .500 | 10-23 | .303 |
| Arkansas-Monticello | 4-10 | .286 | 11-24 | .314 |
| Southeastern Oklahoma State | 3-11 | .214 | 5-28 | .152 |
| Henderson State | 2-12 | .143 | 7-23 | .233 |
| Northwestern Oklahoma State | 0-14 | .000 | 2-27 | .069 |

### Tournament

Thursday-Saturday, November 15–17 Host: Harding University (Searcy, AR)
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Harding | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | 0 | 1 | Harding | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 3 | 4 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Ouachita Baptist | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Ouachita Baptist | 1 | | | | 1 | Harding | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Arkansas Tech | 1 |
| 2 | Arkansas Tech | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | Arkansas Tech | 1 |
| 7 | Arkansas-Monticello | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Arkansas-Monticello | 0 | 3 | Arkansas Tech | 3 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Southern Arkansas | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Southern Arkansas | 3 | 2 | Southern Arkansas | 0 | | | |
| 6 | East Central | 2 | | | | | | |

#### All-Tournament Team

    Mollie Arnold, Harding (Most Valuable Player)
    Amber Schinzing, Harding
    Bailee Graham, Harding
    Amber Cerrillos, Arkansas Tech
    Morgan McKellar, Arkansas Tech
    Lindsay Dusin, Southwestern Oklahoma State
    Denise De Vine, Southern Arkansas