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Oklahoma Signs 4-Star Forward Kuol Atak

The Sooners and head coach Porter Moser added a long, 6-foot-9, versatile post player to the 2024 signing class.
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Oklahoma Signs 4-Star Forward Kuol Atak
Oklahoma Signs 4-Star Forward Kuol Atak

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Oklahoma and Porter Moser shot 2-for-2 on Wednesday.

Kuol Atak, a forward from Fort Worth, signed with Moser and the Sooners on the first day of the early signing period.

The DFW product chose OU over offers from Oklahoma State, Texas, TCU, SMU and San Diego State.

Later in the day, OU also signed combo guard Dayton Forsythe out of nearby Dale High School,.

The 6-foot-9 Atak is a 4-star prospect, according to 247 Sports, and ranks as the No. 113 overall prospect in the nation.

At Haltom High School near Fort Worth, Atak averaged 22.5 points and 5.1 rebounds per game coming into his senior season.

Although he's long and lean down low, Atak specializes in the perimeter game and is a classic stretch 4. His 247 Sports profile says he has "a feathery touch from long range" and "is one of the best three-point shooters his class has to offer."

Atak plays AAU basketball with 3D Empire, a New Balance-sponsored travel team that participates in the PRO16 tournament circuit. 

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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