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Sooners Sign Top Prospect in Oklahoma

Dayton Forsythe signed with OU on Wednesday, a nice victory as head coach Porter Moser continues to establish the Sooners' in-state presence.
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Sooners Sign Top Prospect in Oklahoma
Sooners Sign Top Prospect in Oklahoma

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Dayton Forsythe, the No. 1 prospect in the state of Oklahoma, made it official on Wednesday.

On the first day of the signing period, the 6-foot-3 Forsythe signed with the Sooners during a ceremony at Dale High School.

Forsythe, a 3-star 2024 point guard, committed to OU in July.

It was then that Forsythe said he had known “for a bit” that he would pick OU and Porter Moser because “it just felt like home.”

He signed with OU over offers from Oklahoma State, Wichita State, Villanova and others, and is just Moser's second in-state player, joining Ada's Kaden Cooper. 

Forsythe is a tremendous athlete, excelling at both baseball and basketball. In 2022, the dual-sport phenom helped lead Dale to state titles in baseball and basketball. 

Forsythe and the Pirates followed up their remarkable 2022 season with a 32-0 effort on the court during his junior year, as Dale won its second consecutive state championship in basketball.

Forsythe produced some of his best basketball on the biggest stages last season, averaging 29 points, eight rebounds and five assists and landing MVP in the 2022 Tournament of Champions, including 34, 10 and 5 in the championship game win over Class 5A Memorial, and 29 points against Oklahoma Christian Academy in the Class 2A State Championship Game. 

Forsythe plays for the best of the best on the AAU circuit, joining EYBL Nike powerhouse Team Griffin, founded by former OU and OCA star Blake and Taylor Griffin.

He is a 3-star prospect, according to 247 Sports, and is the reigning VYPE Oklahoma Mr. Basketball Player of the Year from last season.

He was the Sooners’ first verbal commitment in the 2024 class.

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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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