Luke McConnell serves as the play-by-play voice Southern Nazarene University football and men's and women's basketball. He's held this role since 2018. Previously, he spent three years covering sports for KWTV/News9.com in Oklahoma City. His primary focuses were the Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma City Thunder and high school football.
Luke lives in Oklahoma City with his wife and four boys. His day job is being on staff at Council Road Baptist Church as a part of the Outside the Walls ministry team.
December 1st, 2022 9:00am
The D2CCA released their 2022 All-Region Team on Thursday, and the Great American Conference dominated the selections. Southern Nazarene quarterback Gage Porter was named Offensive Player of the Year while Ferris State senior defensive lineman Caleb Murphy was named Defensive Player of the Year.
November 17th, 2022 12:00pm
It's playoff time in NCAA Division II and for the fourth time in five seasons, the GAC will be represented by the Tigers of Ouachita Baptist. The Tigers finished the regular season with an unblemished 11-0 record, including a thrilling, 40-37 overtime victory over rival Henderson State last Saturday.
November 16th, 2022 11:00am
Well, another GAC season is in the books and we’re here to break it all down for you from top to bottom. First, the GAC released the All-GAC Teams and award winners on Wednesday.
November 14th, 2022 7:00am
Well, the GAC regular season came to a close on Saturday, and it didn't head off into the sunset without one last thrilling game. We'll recap the regular season and hand out awards later this week, but for now, we'll keep our attention solely focused on the finale.
November 9th, 2022 11:00am
It’s pretty much impossible to believe, but we’ve reached the end of the GAC regular season. We wrap up the season with rivalry week across the conference, and several of these matchups promise to be quite fierce as always.
November 7th, 2022 7:00am
For the fourth time in five GAC football seasons, Ouachita Baptist is your conference champion. The Tigers will also be looking to polish off their third undefeated regular season in four years this week.
November 2nd, 2022 11:00am
We flip the calendar to November for week 10 of the GAC schedule. With just two weeks to play, there's still a lot to play for across the entire league, including conference championships and playoff appearances.
October 31st, 2022 7:00am
Week nine in the GAC delivered all the drama over the course of the weekend. Half of the games played this week came right down to the wire with some tremendous finishes.
October 26th, 2022 11:00am
It’s time for week nine in the GAC. The conference race is still undecided, although this week might go a long way to figuring out who will wear the crown in 2022.
October 24th, 2022 7:00am
Another week down in the GAC, as we head down the home stretch of the season. Turns out, there's a lot of similar teams in the GAC across various tiers.
October 20th, 2022 7:00am
Week eight in the GAC marks the beginning of the final third of the season. The conference title race is still up for grabs and multiple teams are still in the hunt for elusive playoff spots.
October 17th, 2022 7:00am
Week seven in the GAC provided us lots of highlights, lightning and one big upset. Overall, it wasn't a drama-filled week like previous weeks this season, but that doesn't mean less things to talk about.
October 12th, 2022 11:00am
Welcome in to week seven in the GAC. Just five games remain in the season and there’s plenty of meaningful football to be played across the conference.
October 9th, 2022 12:00pm
The GAC football season crossed the halfway point of the season on Saturday and the conference continues to provide plenty of entertainment across the whole conference. This week, we saw Northwestern OSU pick up their first win of the season, a big upset victory for East Central over Henderson State, and an offensive explosion by Ouachita Baptist against Southwestern OSU.
October 5th, 2022 11:00am
We’ve reached the halfway point of the 2022 season and the GAC has provided no shortage of entertainment thus far. We’ve had the expected and the unexpected this year, and as we move into the second half of the year, we’re excited to see how the conference title race shapes up and how the teams at the top position themselves for the Division II Playoffs.
October 3rd, 2022 7:00am
Week five in the GAC produced pretty consistent results across the board. As we come up on the halfway point of the season, we debut a new recap format here in the GAC column.
September 28th, 2022 7:00pm
Upsets were the story of the GAC in week four, but it doesn’t appear on paper that will be the case this week. However, this is college football and while the matchups on paper seem to set up for a plethora of blowouts, this would be the week when we’re all left floored by shocking results.
September 25th, 2022 11:00am
It was a week of upsets in the Great American Conference, as well as a top-10 showdown that delivered on the hype. Let's get to the recaps.
September 21st, 2022 12:00pm
It’s only week four in the GAC, but we already have arguably the game of the year in the conference on the slate this week. That’s right, folks.
September 19th, 2022 7:00am
It was a high-scoring weekend in the GAC, with the conference putting up an average of 70 points per contest. Let's dig into the recaps.