David Edwards, Charles Howell III inducted into OSU Hall of Honor

Former Oklahoma State golfers David Edwards and Charles Howell III were among seven Cowboy athletes inducted into the 2024 OSU Athletics Hall of Honor class Friday night in Stillwater.

The full class also included Lauren Bay (softball), Ross Flood (wrestling), James Wadley (men’s tennis), Brandon Weeden (football) and the 1965 men’s track and field relay team of Dave Perry, John Perry, Jim Metcalf and Tom Von Ruden.

Edwards, who was inducted into the Oklahoma Golf Hall of Fame in 2021, played for OSU from 1975-78, winning the 1978 NCAA individual championship. He was a first-team All-American in 1977 and 1978 and became the third Cowboy to capture the NCAA individual title, winning the event in 1978, helped OSU to a 17-shot victory and the program’s third national championship, making him the first Cowboy to claim medalist honors while leading his team to the national championship.

Edwards won four times on the PGA Tour and once on the PGA Tour Champions circuit.

Howell, who flew up to the event from Dallas where he was competing in the LIV Golf Team Championships, was the 2000 NCAA individual champion while leading the Cowboys to the team title. In his three years at OSU from 1998-2000 he was dominant, winning both the Haskins Award and Jack Nicklaus Award in 2000.

Howell has three PGA Tour wins and one LIV Golf victory to his credit. He was the 2001 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year and accumulated more than $41 million in PGA Tour career earnings before going to LIV.