and events to the athletic village on the Northern Oklahoma College campus, due to the deteriorating condition of the arena. The Plainsmen American football and soccer programs play in one of the oldest stadiums in the state, D. Bruce Selby Stadium. Awards The Plainsmen American football team has won six state championships (in 1919, 1942, 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1983) and was runner-up in 2006. Enid High School is known for its "Big Blue Band", which has placed in the finals for the Oklahoma Bandmaster's Competition every year from 1981 to 2009 and has consistently won superior ratings since 2014. Enid High School's Political Science/Constitution Team has won state competitions and made it to national competitions in 18 out of 19 years. Notable alumni Bess Truitt 1901 - Oklahoma Poet Laureate Marquis James 1909 – Pulitzer Prize–winning author Vida Chenoweth 1947 – classical marimba player, linguist Owen K. Garriott 1948 – astronaut Don Haskins 1948 – Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Oklahoma State player. Coach of 1966 NCAA Champion Texas Western (later UTEP), which was basis of best-selling book and movie "Glory Road." Assistant coach for U.S. Basketball in 1968, 1972 Olympics. Leona Mitchell 1949 - world-renowned opera singer Jim Sheets 1949 – Arkansas politician; Kiwanis International figure J. Quinn Brisben 1952 - 1992 Socialist party presidential candidate, poet Jimmy O'Neill - 1957 - Host of Shindig! Harry Jones 1963 – played American football for Philadelphia Eagles (1967–1971) Harold Hamm 1964 – billionaire oil and gas developer Jim Riley 1965 – American football player, defensive end for the Oklahoma Sooners and Miami Dolphins (1967–1972) Ken Mendenhall 1966 – played American football for Baltimore Colts (1971–1981) Michael Hedges 1972 – Grammy-winning musician Serene Jones 1977 - President and Johnston Family Professor for Religion and Democracy at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York Ray Hayward, 1979 – baseball player, selected by San Diego Padres in first round (10th overall) of the 1983 amateur entry draft Quraysh Ali Lansana 1982 - American poet, civil rights historian Mark Price 1982 – retired NBA and Georgia Tech point guard Brent Price 1987 – retired NBA basketball player, South Carolina and Oklahoma point guard Louisa McCune - 1988, Oklahoma Today editor Todd Lamb 1990 – Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma Thad Luckinbill 1994 – actor Stacy Prammanasudh 1998 – professional golfer, LPGA D.L. Lang 2001 - Poet laureate of Vallejo, California Mark Potts 2003