Inducted: 2022
BRYAN PAINTER (1964- ) His newspaper career spanned 32 years with the Enid News & Eagle (1982-87), Amarillo Globe-News (1987-91), and The Oklahoman (1991-2015). The Oklahoma State University alumnus covered the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, multiple tornadoes, 13 years of the National Finals Rodeo, the Country Music Hall of Fame induction of Reba McEntire, agriculture, and rural Oklahoma. He earned 17 national/regional awards, several state awards and the SPJ Oklahoma Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a Distinguished Service inductee of the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame and serves on the Rodeo Historical Society Board of Directors.