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Southeastern graduate Jerrid Hobbie named Oklahoma Highway Patrol 2024 Trooper of the Year for Valor

April 7, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Jerrid Hobbie received the Trooper of the Year for Valor award last week for his heroic efforts in saving the life of Bryan County Sheriff’s Deputy Austin Murray who had been shot during a gunfight last year.

Hobbie graduated from Southeastern Oklahoma State University with his Bachelor of Science in liberal and applied studies in July 2024 and is stationed at Troop E in Durant and assigned to Bryan County.

Just a few days after crossing the stage at commencement and receiving his diploma from Southeastern, Hobbie saved the life of Deputy Austin on August 11, 2024, in response to a domestic violence incident near Hendrix, when a man used his vehicle to ram a car occupied by his wife and children.

Hobbie joined OHP in 2021 and had previously worked on campus with the Southeastern Police Department. He said becoming a law enforcement officer was something that he always wanted to do.

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