Turner Named to NSU Alumni Association Board

Michael Turner, business and community liaison for Tulsa Job Corps and holder of two degrees from Northeastern State University, has been named to the board of directors for NSU’s Alumni Association.

Explaining his decision to join the board, Turner said, “I love NSU. The opportunity to serve the alumni board is an honor and privilege. We are a group of committed individuals who share a desire to move the university forward.”

As an NSU student, Turner was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and a varsity cheerleader. He graduated from NSU in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in industrial operations and earned his master’s degree in 1998.

Daniel Johnson, director of alumni services, said Turner brings an established reputation for effective administration to the board.

“Turner was also a great student and has that personal relationship with the university,” Johnson said. “His wife is a former alumni director for NSU, so he has a great awareness of the opportunities and challenges associated with keeping our alumni community engaged. We look forward to the benefit of his knowledge and expertise.”

Turner lives in Tulsa with his wife Lisa, an NSU alumna, and their two daughters, Madison and Megan.

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NSU Soccer Complex Renamed Dr. Dan F. DeLoache Field

The coach who founded the soccer program at Northeastern State will be forever linked to the sport he loves.

Dr. Dan DeLoache was honored Oct. 23 during a post-game ceremony officially changing the name of the NSU Soccer Complex. A new brick arch entrance proudly proclaims the home of NSU soccer as Dr. Dan F. DeLoache Field.

“I was just so overwhelmed and humbled by the whole thing,” DeLoache said.

“It was a welcome recognition for a gentleman who put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into building a soccer program,” said Daniel Johnson, director of alumni services and a former player who was open in his support of the complex being named for DeLoache. “The day of activities was wonderful because it brought back a lot of alumni players who had not been back to campus in a number of years. It allowed us to reminisce and pay homage to Coach DeLoache.”

In 1981, DeLoache presented the NSU administration with a plan to become the first state-supported institution in Oklahoma to add men’s soccer as a varsity sport. Using his experience establishing the youth Indian Nations Soccer Club in Cherokee County, he created the university’s soccer program with assistants Dr. Lee Quiett and Jim Malone.

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