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After two years of living in a temporary house on Hall of Fame and Washington, Oklahoma State’s Pi Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho has moved into its new house on The Strip.

The house was built on the same site as its former house, which had stood since the chapter was founded on campus in 1921. The move happened over the weekend and the chapter is still in the process of setting up furnishings.

AGR broke ground on the new house in May 2013, and even though some work still remains, chapter president Jason Wetzler said he is glad they moved in when they did.

“It got to where we couldn’t function in the old house,” Wetzler said. “We had issues with bedbugs, asbestos, some of the things that come with having a 90-year-old building.”

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The Alpha Gamma Rho house on Hall of Fame and Washington cost about $9 million to construct.

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The three-story building has a stained-concrete basement where chapter ceremonies will be held in addition to other events, such as homecoming activities. Pi Chapter is still moving in furnishings and finishing decorations such as the trophy case for the next few weeks, having only lived in the house since Feb. 15.

The house came with a hefty price tag as well, considering it was a completely new building with modern amenities.

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Notes from the O’Colly crime desk Kaelynn Knoernschild @kaelynn_k

POLICE FIND MARIJUANA, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN TRAFFIC STOP Feb. 16: OSU student Leeann Renee Dotter was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia after being stopped for a traffic violation at Duck and Hall of Fame, according to the arrest report.

Dotter, 18, posted a recognizance bond Feb. 17. Dotter appeared without counsel for her initial hearing Feb. 19 and was charged with unlawful

possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia by Panyne County Court.

Dotter’s next hearing is scheduled for March 20 at 1:45 p.m.

OSU STUDENT CHARGED WITH BREAKING AND ENTERING, PLEADS NOT GUILTY Friday: Stillwater Police arrested OSU student Benjamin Vasser Knowles, 25, for burglary in the 500 block of South Hester Street.

Knowles was charged with one count of breaking and entering without permission at his initial appearance Feb. 23.

He appeared with his

attorney Royce Hobbs and pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge.

Knowles posted his $15,000 bond Feb. 20.

If convicted, Knowles faces a maximum of one year in county jail and a maximum fine of $500.

His next hearing is set for April 7 at 1:30 p.m.

OSUPD RESPONDS TO OVERDOSE Saturday: OSUPD was called to the 11th floor of Kerr Hall to assist ambulance personnel around 2:10 a.m.

Upon arrival, the OSUPD officer met with members of residential life who reportedly found OSU student Bailey Poe, 18, lying in the hallway

near the floor bathroom, according to the officer’s report.

Poe was sitting on a stool slumped forward wearing jeans that were wet from the crotch down, the report states.

Poe told the officer he had drank “a lot of beer and two shots of tequila.”

He also told the officer this was not his first time to drink, according to the report.

The officer noted Poe’s speech was extremely slurred and that he was barely able to understand him.

After a medical evaluation by Lifenet personnel, Poe was taken to Stillwater Medical Center for further treatment.

OSUPD RECOVERS MARIJUANA, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN VILLAGE DORMS Sunday: OSUPD was dispatched to the fourth floor of Village D to investigate a suspicious odor around 2:20 a.m.

Residential life reported that two males had been smoking from a pipe on the balcony, but had since left the area and split into two different rooms, according to the arrest report.

OSUPD obtained search warrants to search the students’ rooms.

Roy Gray McNeely IV, 19, and Graham Haden Wilson, 19, were arrested and booked at the Payne County Sheriff ’s Office.

OSUPD found a clear glass pipe and a metal grinder in McNeely IV’s room, according to a court document.

McNeely IV was charged by Payne County Court with unlawful possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia Feb. 23.

McNeely appeared with his attorney Thomas Cook and pleaded not guilty to the charges. His next hearing is set for April 7 at 3 p.m.

If convicted, McNeely IV faces a maximum of two years in county jail and a maximum fine of $2,000.

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From My Tiny Kitchen: OSU worker aims to open food truck Zach Collums @zachcollums

When she was 5, Kristen Queen’s parents gave her an easy bake oven. As she played with it, she started to dream about what she would be when she grew up.

“I would think of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was dreaming of owning a bakery,” Queen said.

As Queen got older, her love for cooking never faltered. She started with 4-H, the youth development organization, cooking and putting on cooking demonstrations. Although Queen was homeschooled through high school, she attended a

culinary arts program at a vocational school in Bartelsville.

The program stands out to Queen as a point when she knew that cooking was something she wanted to pursue.

“I went through the culinary arts program, and that really just kind of grounded my interest in food and in cooking,” Queen said.”It really confirmed that it was something I wanted to do, not just a hobby.”

After graduating high school, Queen enrolled at Tulsa Community College for two years and eventually came to Oklahoma State University. Initially, nutrition seemed interesting, but she found the hotel and restaurant administration major to

of a normal, “9-5” job. She started working for OSU and eventually came to work where she does now, as an academic counselor for hotel and restaurant administration majors.

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Kristen Queen has always dreamed of owning a bakery.

be what she really wanted.

“I loved the hours, the work, being in the kitchen with menus, food and cook-

ing,” Queen said.

After getting her bachelor’s, Queen got married and began to look for more

FROM A TOY TO A TRUCK Queen has worked at OSU for almost 10 years, but she still loves to cook regularly. She said cooking has become a family affair as well.

“I spend time with my kids, and they both love to cook,” Queen said. “So I’ve pulled them in now and cook with them as often as I can.”

Along with cooking with her family, Queen began to blog about her cook-

ing, sharing recipes and pictures. As she continued to blog, she slowly decided that she wanted to go back to cooking for other people.

This led her to the idea of starting a food truck.

“A few years ago I decided I was ready to go back, that I missed it too much and I really wanted to go back,” Queen said.

“That’s when I decided to start working toward opening a food truck because the food truck allows me a little more flexibility in my schedules.”

The food truck idea had many benefits for Queen.

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Paper, cardboard, cans and bottles — Oklahoma State wants it all.

OSU continues to make recycling a priority, as the university recycled more than 490 tons of cardboard, paper, plastic bottles and aluminum cans last year alone, said Sustainability Coordinator Ilda Hershey.

The OSU Recycles program made that achievement possible.

OSU Recycles is responsible for handling the recyclable materials generated on the main campus.

OSU has been recycling paper and cardboard since 2009, and its recycled cans and bottles since 2010. The university began officially marketing the program in 2013.

Kyle Clifton, marketing coordinator for Residential Life, said there is one key distinction to keep in mind when recycling. Two separate entities handle recyclables on campus, meaning not all containers accept the same materials.

The OSU Recycles program processes material produced at non-residential areas on campus, including the bins around campus that call for separated materials.

The second program, Res Life Recycles, is run by a separate entity out of Cedar Creek Farms, which processes recyclables from students living in residential housing.

Hershey said it’s important for students, faculty and staff to know the distinction because of the difference in how the material is sorted.

“Basically where you work and study, it’s the OSU Recycles program,” Hershey said. “And where you live, it’s the Res Life Recycles program.”

When disposing of recyclables on non-residential areas of campus, it’s essential that people take care to throw their materials in the corresponding containers.

But for students in residential areas, they’re free to dispose of all their recyclables in a single container.

“I think we do a pretty good job at spreading awareness on that, but it’s a continual effort,” Clifton

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OSU recycled more than 490 tons of cardboard, paper, plastic bottles and aluminum cans in 2014.

said. “Every year, we have new students coming in.”

At the OSU recycling facility, off North Walnut Street, workers comb through the material for items that can’t be processed. They switch on a large orange compactor and it whirrs to life as workers load a conveyor belt with flattened cardboard.

The piles of cardboard crawl up the belt and spill over the top into a small holding area. After some time, the machine begins to roar as a large hydraulic press slowly compacts the

cardboard into a neatly bound cube. It was a slow process, but one worker said employees are expected

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truck: A lifelong cooking passion inspres food truck business.

From Page 4 “It’s not set to open every single day,” Queen said.

“You can arrange catering events and travel with it. It really allows me to pursue that passion and that field of work while being able to maintain a little bit more of a home life with my kids.”

FROM MY TINY KITCHEN Although Queen doesn’t have a set date for the food truck opening, she does have a name: “From My Tiny Kitchen.”

Queen’s love of cooking has extended to her two children, who both love to cook with their mom.

The name is also the name of her blog, where she posts most of her cooking.

As for food, Queen said she wants to cook comfort food with a homemade feel.

“I want people to feel the same hospitality that they would get as if I was inviting

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them into my home and offering them a home cooked meal at my dining table with

all of my family,” Queen said.

“I want them to have that sense whenever they visit the food truck that this is a fresh, homemade and comforting meal.”

Comfort food can be deceiving, though. Queen said she wants to make sure that not associated with fried and heavy foods, but fresh homemade ones.

“I really want it to be elegant in a sense,” Queen said. “It’s going to pulled pork and macaroni and cheese with a homemade, from-scratch cream sauce, but I also want to make sure I have gluten-free items and healthy items.

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‘Nothing’s a dream’ in OSU’s 3rd season under Holliday Cody Stavenhagen @CodyStavenhagen

Oklahoma State righthander Jon Perrin stood in front of a small group of reporters as cameras flashed and tapes rolled at OSU baseball’s media day.

He was almost in awe.

He never thought he’d be here, not as a bonafide Big 12 ace on one of America’s most promising teams.

“There’s definitely a buzz around this program,” Perrin said. “Before I stepped on campus my freshman year, I never thought I would’ve been talking in front of cameras about the upcoming season. There’s never been that kind of buzz around our team.”

In the past two years, coach Josh Holliday has architected a skyscraping culture change. In Holliday’s first season, the Cowboys went 41-19. Last season, OSU was 48-18, won the Big 12 and advanced to an NCAA Super Regional.

This season, though, Holliday is no longer the story — and that’s exactly how he wants it.

This season, it’s about the players. Tenth-ranked OSU returns seven starters in the field and brings back a bevy of its pitching staff. If that wasn’t enough, the Cowboys snagged the nation’s No. 5 recruiting class. They also started this season with a respectable 4-3 record against Pac-12 competition

in Arizona. OSU hosts its home opener Wednesday at 4 p.m. against Missouri State.

And although players and coaches swear they’re focused on the day-to-day, this team looks and sounds ready to go to Omaha for the first time since 1999.

“I think now we know what it takes to get there,” catcher Gage Green said.

“The training and the hard work that needs to be done, those are in everyone’s minds. We know what it takes.”

The Cowboys’ strengths start up the middle, where shortstop Donnie Walton and second baseman Tim Arakawa create a do-it-all tandem as good as any in the country. Walton hit .310 last season with 36 RBIs, and Arakawa hit .265 with 44 RBIs and 15 steals.

Both are also top-notch fielders.

“They’re about as good in the middle as anyone in the country, much less the conference,” Perrin said. “We love those guys. They’re just two little fireballs of energy.

They make all the plays.

“Couldn’t ask for a better middle infield. It makes you feel really comfortable as pitcher.”

The Cowboys also boast notable returners in Green and outfielder Conor Costello.

On the mound, Perrin (8-5, 2.38 ERA, 81 strikeouts) leads a legit collection of starting pitchers.

The Cowboys are look-

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Thanks in part to Josh Holliday’s poised leadership, OSU appears capable of making its first College World Series since 1999.

ing to fill the shoes left by the departure of reliever Vince Wheeland and closer Brendan McCurry, but they have a plethora of young arms capable of growing into big roles.

So for this team, there are no issues in the coaching or talent departments.

It’s just about producing results.

“I’ve been to some schools that have made it

to the College World Series,” Holliday said, “three different schools that I’ve coached at and obviously I played here. (Getting to the CWS) was really never the rallying cry. The rallying cry was, ‘We’ve got something here we believe in. We know we can play baseball.

Let’s just roll up our sleeves and go get it done on the field.’

“That’s who we are.

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That’s what we’re about. I’m not gonna stamp ‘Omaha’ on T-shirts or things like that. It goes without saying that that’s where we want to be.”

Holliday has laid the groundwork. Now — with or without T-shirts — it’s on to his team to make the last step in turning a trip to Omaha from dream to reality.

“Last year we had a

chance,” Holliday said.

“If you can get back into that position once again, you just believe that you’ve grown enough and can handle it a little bit better.

We just want to get better. … It’s the simplest and most complicated way to get somewhere.

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Perrin returns to Allie P. to benefit himself, Cowboys Nathan Ruiz @NathanSRuiz

High velocity, outstanding command, repeated success: These are the qualities that get major league scouts drooling over a pitcher.

Some are blessed with those abilities when they’re 16, breaking the knees of fellow high school players with unfair breaking balls before becoming early-round draft picks. Others display that talent their freshman year of college, letting scouts wait for three seasons before they can finally be drafted.

There is, however, the occasional late bloomer who arrives on the scene later in his college career and gets on scouts’ minds.

With these sudden improvements come concerns about where that talent mysteriously came from.

That’s why 2015 is not only a chance for Jon Perrin to lead Oklahoma State to a College World Series, but also the opportunity to prove that he’s more than a one-pitch wonder.

Perrin, 21, became the Cowboys’ Friday night starter in 2014, posted an 8-5 record with a 2.38 ERA, led OSU to a Super Regional and was named First Team All-Big 12.

It all culminated in the former walk-on becoming the Detroit Tigers’ 33rdround selection in the Major League Baseball Draft. But Perrin, a senior

from Olathe, Kansas, didn’t sign with the Tigers and finds himself back in a black and orange uniform in 2015.

Advantage Cowboys.

“He’s done a great job with himself,” OSU coach Josh Holliday said. “He really has. From the first day I met Jon, our first year here, he’s improved in all areas, really. He’s improved his velocity. He’s improved his ability to handle all the little pieces of the game.

“I think his mentality has grown stronger. He’s put a lot of work in, and much credit to him.”

The move has paid early dividends. Although Perrin struggled in his first start after offseason elbow surgery to remove a bone spur, he bounced back in his next start. He went six innings, struck out six batters and did not allow a hit.

“He gave us a great outing,” Holliday said. “This time of year, I understand he had a no-hitter at the time, but we’ve got to protect these kids and keep them healthy for the long haul.

“There’s nothing about a personal accomplishment right there that outweighs the value of having that guy healthy throughout the year.”

Perrin has proven to be valuable over time. The right-hander pitched in just five games his freshman year, posting a 4.05 ERA. His repertoire featured a mid-80s fastball and average command.

His sophomore season included more appearances and an improved ERA,

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Jon Perrin passed up a 33rd-round selection from the Detroit Tigers in the 2014 MLB Draft to play for OSU his senior year.

as he reduced it to 3.23 in 23 appearances, including five starts.

But something seemed to click for Perrin in 2014.

His command improved.

His velocity jumped. His confidence soared.

OSU pitching coach Rob Walton worked continually to correct Perrin’s flaws, and it was finally starting to pay off. Perrin had put himself on the map, in Walton’s words.

Even though he had never been drafted prior

to 2014, Perrin chose to return to OSU because he wasn’t content with being a 33rd-round selection.

“The draft was probably the best and worst experience of the year,” he said.

“Obviously, having to deal with that in the middle of a Super Regional and kind of slipping a little farther than I wanted to was disheartening, but at the same time, it’s an honor and I thank the Detroit Tigers for selecting me when they did.”

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Now, Perrin is leading a pitching staff ready to contend for a secondstraight Big 12 title.

“Everybody’s pumped up,” he said. “We’re extremely excited. There’s definitely a buzz around this program. Before I stepped on campus my freshman year, I never thought I would’ve been talking in front of cameras about the upcoming season. There’s never been that kind of buzz around our team.

“I’m just glad to be back at school. I think it was the best decision for me to stay here.”

Walton agreed. Having been drafted twice and serving as a major league scout, Walton knows that teams want players to repeat their performance — pitch-by-pitch, gameby-game, season-byseason — before spending an early-round pick and hundreds of thousands of dollars on them.

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had only one excellent year, the 33rd round was a fitting place for a pitcher who hadn’t been on most teams’ radar a year before.

Another consideration was velocity. Even though Perrin has reached the low-90s with his fastball, most first-round pitchers consistently sit in the mid-to-high-90s.

Perrin’s two predecessors, Andrew Heaney and Jason Hursh, are prime examples.

Heaney, the No. 9 overall pick by the Miami Marlins in 2012, showed the Big 12 a devastating sidearm motion from the left side. The southpaw was the Cowboys’ first Big 12 Pitcher of the Year

said. “Kinda kept their head down. Didn’t really stray too far.

“They were really, really hard workers. Obviously, they just were blessed with unbelievable arms, as well, but they did a really good job of showing the younger guys how to just go about your business, take care of your business, just make sure you’re doing something every day to prepare for your next start.”

By choosing to return for his senior season, Perrin has an opportunity to pass those same lessons on to the Cowboys’ younger pitchers. He’s roommates with Trey Cobb, Blake Battenfield and Tyler

senior. Getting him back as a senior was a big thing for our program, no question.”

That experience also improves a deep pitching staff.

“In 2014, OSU’s top nine pitchers in terms of innings included Perrin, a former walk-on; Brendan McCurry, a converted second baseman, and five freshmen.

Still, the Cowboys’ arms led the Big 12 with a 2.43 ERA in conference play. Perrin could be the figurehead of an even better staff, now loaded with returners, in 2015.

“Any time a guy has had some experience and won some games, it’s always

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The OSU ticket office has sold more than 1,100 season tickets for Cowboy baseball.

‘His best days are in front of him. I don’t think last year was an anomaly. I think it’s his potential, and he can improve on that.’

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OSU PITCHING COACH ROB WALTON, on the future for Cowboy pitcher Jon Perrin

after posting a 1.62 ERA with six complete games.

In 2013, Holliday and Walton’s first year on the OSU coaching staff, Hursh pitched more than 100 innings with a 2.79 ERA before being selected with the 31st overall pick by the Atlanta Braves.

Perrin took over for the two first-rounders as OSU’s Friday night starter, using the lessons he gained from them to push himself.

“Those guys, they just came in, got their work done every day,” Perrin

Buffett, three sophomore pitchers who combined for a 2.52 ERA their freshman year.

His return has the Cowboys loaded with pitching, and with another year of experience under his belt, he’s expected to be even better in 2015.

“He puts himself all in on everything he does,” Holliday said. “I’m not surprised he’s reaching his potential because he’s the kind of kid who seeks to do that.

“I’m really proud of him, and I’m really ready to see what he does as a

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gonna be a plus,” Walton said. “Having experience on your staff is always a plus. … He’s in a good place to where if he hones in and gets that last bit of skill where he commands his pitches better and velocity maintains better, then he’s gonna be a better pitcher this year than he was a year ago and a better prospect going in.

“His best days are in front of him. I don’t think last year was an anomaly. I think it’s his potential and he can improve on that.” sports@ocolly.com

A growth in the win column has led to a growth in the stands.

Going into the Oklahoma State baseball season, which starts at home Wednesday, season-ticket totals have already surpassed 1,100, not including the All-Sports Pass several students have, according to the OSU Ticket Office.

Season tickets went on sale back in July, and the OSU Ticket Office has seen a steady income of fans purchasing tickets to spend the spring with the Cowboys at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.

“We’ve had a very good offseason, tremendous support,” coach Josh Holliday said. “Our fans have been great. Our season ticket sales have been really

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good.”

The Cowboys won the Big 12 regular-season championship last year, Holliday’s second season at the helm, and this success has reignited the interest in OSU baseball.

“Success always helps, but Coach Holliday has done a great job with his team these past few years,” said Mike Wendling, OSU Ticket Office director of ticket sales. “He has a good group of young men that are willing to work hard for him. Our fans have really responded to Josh as a person and bought into his coaching techniques.”

Holliday himself is also excited about the fan support.

“We can’t say thank you enough to everybody who has supported us, really since day one when we got here, but certainly in the past year,” Holliday said.

“People are getting on board with baseball, com-

ing out and watching the games.”

The increase in ticket sales not only helps the university, but also the players.

“It’s important to us to build that following for the sake of our kids,” Holliday said. “When they play at home, they can look up in the stands and say, ‘Hey, we owe it to these people to play well today.’

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Walton’s even-keel personality drives OSU pitching success Cody Stavenhagen @CodyStavenhagen

When Oklahoma State pitching coach Rob Walton meets with his staff at least three times per week, his pitchers know that regardless of what Walton says, they’re in for a long talk.

Although laid back and measured with his words, slow to anger and hard to excite, Walton is passionate and even philosophical when it comes to pitching.

“He’ll say sit down for five minutes and we’ll still be there an hour later,” sophomore right-hander Blake Battenfield said.

Walton went 20-3 during his playing career at OSU from 1983-86. He spent four years in the Baltimore Orioles organization and went on to coach for 14 seasons at Oral Roberts — including nine as head coach — before returning to Stillwater as part of Josh Holliday’s staff before the 2013 season.

Walton was also the manager of the 2008 USA Baseball National Team, which he coached to a 30-0 record and a FISU Gold Medal with a staff of future big-leaguers such as Stephen Strasburg and Mike Minor.

Long story short: He knows what he’s talking about. He’s also all about sharing it.

“He’s so passionate about it,” sophomore righty Tyler Buffett said. “He thinks of something, and he thinks we need to know it right away because he cares so much

about us.”

In Walton’s first season at OSU, his staff finished with a 3.04 ERA — the school’s best mark since 1973. Last season, he helped guide the Cowboys and a younger group of pitchers to an NCAA Super Regional.

And though his passion and coaching are big reasons for his players’ success, his biggest asset as a coach might go back to that even-keel mentality. It’s an attitude that — like many coaches — Holliday and Walton preach to players.

What separates Holliday and Walton from the rest is how they live by that example.

“You can’t expect your players to be something that you’re not,” Holliday said. “Not overreacting and just moving on to the next pitch is certainly important in teaching players, but that needs to be a reflection of your personality, too. If you’re an over-reactor and a yeller and a screamer, then how could you expect a player to maintain his poise with the game on the line?”

For Holliday, that’s a major part of what made Walton a key addition to his coaching staff.

“He’s got a relaxed way about him off the field, but he’s highly competitive, highly prepared, very confident on the field,” Holliday said. “That’s the mix you want to see. You want to have the ability to think clearly and prepare and use your experience and knowledge, and yet in the heat of competition be fierce. He’s certainly all of those things.”

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And that mindset — along with the backbone of Walton’s pitching philosophy — has helped numerous young arms blossom into bonafide Big 12 pitchers.

Walton wants his players to take games one pitch at a time. If a pitcher hits his spot, good. Now do it again.

If a pitcher misses, get the next one right.

He takes a similar approach into the day-by-day.

“Is my command better?” Walton said. “Is my slider better? Is my changeup better? Are all those things moving in the right direction? If the answer is yes, then they’ll go to the mound and have success, and after a week, a month, if they continue to get better, then you’ll start to see a little bit more dominating-type outings. … I think the focus has to be on, ‘Am I doing what I need to do to get myself better?’ And then the rest takes care of itself.”

When it comes to executing pitches, Walton’s three biggest keys don’t involve velocity or nasty breaking balls.

Instead, he said he hammers on location, location, location. Walton said that’s the main reason Jon Perrin has become OSU’s ace and an All-Big 12 pitcher after going 8-5 with a 2.38 ERA last season.

“Jon bought into that and his command got better,” he said. “When guys see that happen then they can understand the value of command because you can see that command in the bullpens. Other pitchers watch the pens, and then they see command, and the

next thing you know he does it in a game, and then they see him get a bunch of wins and then all-conference, and all those things come by one simple thing: His ability to execute pitches back-toback-to-back.”

Especially for younger pitchers, Walton said instilling the importance of command isn’t as easy as it seems.

Freshmen come in used to high school showcases where it’s all about lighting up the radar gun or showing off a filthy curveball.

In Battenfield’s case, that’s part of why his ERA hovered around 8.00 in the fall before his freshman season.

But once he applied Walton’s teachings and focused on location, he ended up starting his career by throwing 25 consecutive scoreless innings out of the bullpen.

In 2015, Battenfield will be a top contender to fill the shoes of Brendan McCurry and Vince Wheeland, whom Holliday called two of the best relievers in school history.

“You say Blake, ‘What was it like in the fall?’” Walton said. “Not good? ‘What was it like in the spring?’ Real good. What’s the difference?

Command.

“If we have the best command in the country, if our walk-to-strikeout-ratio is the best in the country, then we’ll win as many games as we want to win.”

Walton’s consistent mentality also helped Buffett grow into a star pitcher late in his freshman season.

Buffett finished the year with a 2-1 record and 2.95 ERA. His composure on

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OSU reliever Blake Battenfield made 27 appearances in 2014 and was named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team.

the mound also led to him starting against Oklahoma when OSU clinched the Big 12 title and in the NCAA Regional opener against Binghamton.

“He tells us all the time that as a pitcher, you can’t have those super-high highs and those super-low lows,” Buffett said. “You have to be stone-faced out on the mound. Nothing should appear to affect you. He’s really kind of showing us by example what that looks like day in and day out. Nothing really affects him. He’s always the same.”

In 2015, Walton faces the challenge of turning a talented staff into a unit capable of leading a run to the College World Series.

With Perrin, Buffett and Tyler Nurdin, he has three established starters. He also

has a plethora of bullpen options in Battenfield, Trey Cobb and Alex Hackerott, among many others.

And though there are sure to be question marks and bad outings, if there’s one thing you can count on, it’s this: Walton will never get too high. And he’ll never get too low.

He’ll be the same Rob Walton, and with history as evidence, that tends to mean he’ll be the architect behind another dominant pitching staff.

“You not only have to talk about the right things, but you also have to be a walking example of how you want your guys to compete,” Holliday said. “That’s very important, and Rob’s great at it.” sports@ocolly.com PAGE 10

Cowboys building on trust Kieran Steckley @Kieran_Steckley

When Oklahoma State coach Josh Holliday officially kicked off the season by holding his first team meeting, he wasted no time speaking his mind.

Holliday didn’t pat his players on the back for what they had accomplished in his first two seasons coaching his alma mater.

Eighty-nine wins, a pair of postseason appearances and the program’s first regular season conference title since 1996 — not mentioned.

Instead, it was a reality check.

“Right now, we are not a team,” Holliday said. “We are just a bunch of guys in a room together. Before you become a team, you have to learn to trust each other.”

And so, they got to work.

With every practice, with every drill, the Cowboys worked to build that trust. What Holliday is selling, his players are buying.

“If you don’t have trust, then you are not a team,” centerfielder/catcher Gage Green said. “You can’t play together, you can’t have fun.”

Green is familiar with trust. Playing arguably the most important position on the field, Green has to have the trust of the coaches and pitching staff every time he squats

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Shortstop Donnie Walton and second baseman Tim Arakawa both earned Big 12 postseason accolades in 2014.

behind the plate.

“The energy of the catcher spreads to the visual presence of the defense,” Holliday said.

“That guy needs to be a high-level player, in order for the rest of the team to feed off that.”

Green will share time behind the plate with senior Bryan Case, depending on the pitching matchup.

When he isn’t catching, Green will likely be

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in center field, for he is Holliday’s most versatile weapon on defense.

“I work with the catchers and then during (batting practice) to do power shagging or live reads in the outfield and work my way around center, right and left field,” Green said.

“I try to get about fiveto-10 reps at each position. You have to be ready and prepare yourself.”

It’s Holliday’s philosophy that the defense needs

to be strongest up the middle — catcher, pitcher, second base, shortstop, center field — and he has a strong middle infield, to boot.

For the second year in a row, Holliday will pencil in Donnie Walton at shortstop and Tim Arakawa at second base. The double-play combination was highly successful in 2014, with Walton garnering All-Big 12 First Team honors and Arakawa be-

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ing named to the All-Big 12 Second Team.

The two developed chemistry last season that figures to carry over into Walton’s junior season and Arakawa’s senior year.

“Donnie keeps me engaged, he is always talking, chatting it up with me,” Arakawa said. “As a second baseman, it makes me more ready.”

Walton and Arakawa will be looked to as not only reliable position

players, but also leaders of the infield.

Holliday is tasked with replacing his men at the corners from 2014 — third baseman Craig McConaughy and first baseman Tanner Krietemeier.

Holliday will be looking at Hunter Hagler, Andrew Rosa, David Petrino, Kevin Bradley and Jacob Chappell to step up at third base. After nine starts last season at first base, sophomore Dustin Williams might be the favorite to replace Krietemeier.

To this point, Bradley has the most at bats at the hot corner, but all will get a chance to solidify a starting spot as the season progresses.

“Every day we just pound ground balls and grind ground balls,” Arakawa said. “We are making a whole bunch of progress. Every day you can see the spirits being lifted.

“The strides we are making, anybody can play any given day.”

When Holliday sends the Cowboys on the field, he’ll find the most important attribute a team can have: trust.

“Wherever the coaches put us, we feel better about everybody,” Green said. “There is no worrying about anybody, if they are going to be in the right spot. You kinda have that feeling like you know they are going to get the job done.” sports@ocolly.com PAGE 11

Schedule breakdown: Road to Omaha filled with potential bumps for Cowboys Jordan Mahoney @Jmahoney322

Even for a perennially successful baseball program, the road to a deep postseason run is never easy, but Oklahoma State won’t try to make things easy for itself.

If the No. 10 Cowboys want their first College World Series berth in 16 years, they will have to survive one of the toughest conferences in collegiate baseball. But before the Cowboys play a conference game, they will play a challenging nonconference schedule to prepare for a run to Omaha.

Of the 18 nonconference teams OSU matches up with, 10 of those teams won at least 30 games last season. OSU coach Josh Holliday sees value in beginning a season against quality competition.

“Your nonconference schedule matters, and we’ve made it a point since we were hired to schedule more challenging nonconference games,” Holliday said. “That was the nature of the design… to continue to put OSU baseball in those places where we can grow as a program.

“By playing the very best teams that you can schedule you speed that process up for your team.”

OSU tested its mettle right out of the gate against some of the top

competition college baseball has to offer on the west coast.

Within the first 10 days of the 2015 season, the Cowboys went 4-3 against five Pac-12 opponents, including the top-three finishers in the conference last year in Oregon State, Washington and Arizona State.

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a team.

“I think it definitely helps seeing the best competition before (conference play) because you always want to see and play to the best of your abilities game-in and game-out from the beginning to the end of the season,” senior infielder Hunter Hagler said.

The average fan may look at the nonconference schedule, see a three-game series with Grand Canyon and think nothing of it.

Something fans might not realize is that Grand Canyon beat UC Irvine last year, which is the team that knocked OSU

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out of the Super Regional two wins away from a trip back to the College World Series.

In addition to Grand Canyon, OSU will have the opportunity to compete with teams from all over the country, including Illinois, Washington, Michigan and even a nonconference game with conference rival Oklahoma.

Each team brings something different to the table, exposing the Cowboys to different brands of baseball.

“You obviously want to see varying styles and certainly see top notch competition so that when you do run into your conference teams you’re not caught off guard or unprepared,” Holliday said.

Holliday’s choices in nonconference scheduling allows his team to prepare to compete in one of the top conferences in baseball.

“We’ll know where we’re at right away with the way we open the season,” Holliday said. “Our first 20 games are very challenging, so we’ll have a good feeling for where we’re strong and where we need to work.

“I think that will serve us well as we prepare to get ready for Big 12 play.

It won’t be our first test when we roll into Fort Worth and play TCU to open the Big 12. We’ll have been tested several times, so that’ll be good for our team.”

Once OSU starts Big

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Gage Green and the Cowboys went 4-3 against five Pac-12 foes to open the 2015 season.

12 play, it will find itself playing not only the best teams in the conference but some of the best teams in the nation. The Big 12 is home to four teams ranked inside the top 10, including Texas, Texas Tech and TCU. The Cowboys were the regular season champions of the Big 12, but OSU made the earliest postseason exit of Big 12 teams as Texas, Texas Tech and TCU advanced to the College World Series.

“That’s obviously a challenge if the top of your conference is that strong, so we’ll be challenged and it’ll be really good baseball,” Holliday said.

Even unranked teams in the Big 12 can pose a threat at any time.

“There’s good teams up and down the conference,” Perrin said. “You can see the 2013 champs were

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(Kansas) State and they finished last in 2014, so if that doesn’t show you how much parity we have in the conference, I don’t know what does. You can get beat by any team at any time.

“It’s a tough schedule, and it’s a great test throughout the season to make sure you play your best all year-round.”

Playing in the Big 12 will help prepare the Cowboys for a potential postseason berth, but it’s the combination of the demanding conference and nonconference schedules that gives OSU the best chance in making and ultimately succeed in the postseason.

“The other thing you’re trying to do is build strength of schedule to give your team the best chance at the end of the year to take not only what

you did in your conference but in the nonconference and stack up favorably with other teams that hope to get to the Regionals,” Holliday said.

“We scheduled the best teams that we could, and we hope that’s going to pay dividends.”

With the high expectations the Cowboys have for this season, it’s easy to get caught up in what lies ahead, but senior pitcher Kyle Bagnell provides a glimpse into the team’s mindset for this year.

“We’re just trying to play up to our capabilities, Bagnell said. “We’re gonna try to play with the best teams because we think we are one of the best teams, and we’re just gonna do whatever it takes to win and play to our capability as a team.” sports@ocolly.com PAGE 12

2015 COWBOYS STARTING LINEUP

Corey Hassel #28, Center Field Jon Littell #13, Left Field

Conor Costello #24, Right Field

Donnie Walton #5, Shortstop

Tim Arakawa #2, Second Base

Kevin Bradley #16, Third Base

Dustin Williams #22, First Base

Tyler Nurdin #27, Starting Pitcher

Garrett McCain #3, Designated Hitter

Gage Green #17, Catcher

Jon Perrin #46, Starting Pitcher

Michael Freeman #23, Starting Pitcher

Blake Battenfield #43, Relief Pitcher

Koda Glover #55, Closer

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Today’s Birthday (02/25/15). Your career takes off this year. With persistent efforts, income and influence rise. Blend love into your work for more happiness. Take leadership when offered (or missing).

After 3/20, a personal dream can realize. Organize family finances, especially after 4/4. A new partnership phase develops after 10/13.

Nurture your social networks and share the love.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 9 -- A solution to an old problem is becoming obvious. Tell friends you’ll see them later. Get into studies. Allow for miracles. Don’t waste money on fantasies. Understanding arrives. You learn more quickly over the next few days.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- There’s money coming in today and tomorrow. Something you try doesn’t work. Don’t gamble or risk untested methods. Try again and take it slow. Take care to conserve resources. You and a loved one communicate wordlessly.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Discuss practical aspects of a personal project. Prepare for a launch. Work may take precedence over party planning. Relax. Persuade someone talented to get involved. Have faith without knowing how. Throw your hat over the wall.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Write down your dreams.

Conserve resources, without worrying about the money. It’s not a good time to bet on a mirage. It’s a great time to sell, though. Get peaceful and create space for meaningful dialogue.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Today and tomorrow are good party days. It could get expensive if you don’t watch the budget.

Avoid frills. You’re inspired by words of love. Connect and share ideas and support. Work together to take on fierce competition.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Look at taking on more responsibility over the next few days. Challenge yourself. Your holdings are gaining value. Support your partner through a breakdown.

Talk it over. Consider consequences. Trust emotion over rationality.

Stand for love.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Have a place to land before you set out. Saving is better than spending now. Do the research to find the best deal. Get tickets in advance. Travel and romance both look good today and tomorrow.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Make long-range plans.

Figure out your finances today and tomorrow. Set up a budget to realize a vision. Find what you want close to home. Confront and diminish old fears. You run across an old friend.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Resolve a breakdown in a partnership before it has time to grow. It’s a good time to get your message across. Don’t rely on logic alone, while presenting clear data. Dreams provide symbolic answers. Mix poetry into your persuasion.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- There’s plenty of work today and tomorrow. A communication could get garbled or delayed.

Get assistance from an expert. Cite your sources. Sidestep obstacles by keeping your eyes peeled. Love calms your weary mind.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- You may need to choose between making money and having fun. You’re attractive, and attracted, today and tomorrow. Talk your way around an obstacle. Turn down an expensive invitation. Play a game for a practical objective.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Home is where your heart is today and tomorrow. You may find yourself cleaning someone else’s mess. Don’t overlook a loved one’s needs, yet let the kids do their share. Delegate practical tasks. A bubble bath soothes weary bones.

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