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Breaking down the numbers OSU’s baseball season to this point Adam Engel Staff Reporter Ten games remain in OSU’s regular season. The Cowboys enter this weekend’s series against Southeast Missouri State leading the Big 12.

Here are five numbers from OSU’s season so far.

100: Strikeouts by ace pitcher Justin Campbell.

With an alpha-like presence on the mound, Campbell leads the Big 12 in strikeouts and it’s not particularly close.

Brandon Birdsell of Texas Tech claims 86. Campbell’s triple digit tally leads any other OSU pitcher by 37 strikeouts. He fools hitters with high-end command.

“He’s a freak,” reliever Roman Phansalkar said. “Not only mentally, but physically.

He’s as dialed in a pitcher as I’ve seen here in college, and I’ve watched OSU for a long time.”

Considering Campbell pitches each Friday, he has three regular season appearances remaining.

500 feet: Distance that designated hitter Griffin Doersching’s home run traveled against Wichita State on April 12.

When Doersching announced his graduate transfer from Northern Kentucky, his raw power skills were clear. He missed 22 games earlier this season because of a broken left foot but he continues to produce. Doersching clobbered six home runs — five of which were post-injury. He hit two against Texas this past week.

4: Saves by two-way player Nolan McLean this season.

Primarily a third baseman, McLean’s services as a pitcher have increased this season. He recorded two saves against Texas while retiring all six batters faced and provides a high-90s fastball speed from the bullpen. Originally recruited to OSU as a baseball player and quarterback, McLean’s arm strength is highly regarded.

“I’ve seen Nolan stand and let one (football) go that goes 80-85 yards,” pitcher Bryce Osmond said.

55: Hits by outfielder Jake Thompson.

The team-leading statistic originates from Thompson’s veteran plate discipline and durability. A sixth-year graduate student, Thompson is the only Cowboy to start every game so far this season. His teamleading .444 on-base percentage manufactures runs toward the top of the lineup.

1: Times OSU was swept so far this season.

To find OSU’s only sweep, fans must rewind to early March when the Cowboys hosted Gonzaga. The Cowboys lost each game by a run in a pitching duel series. Doersching was unavailable with a broken feet and offense remained scarce. Gonzaga’s sweep is not detrimental to OSU as the Bulldogs lead the West Coast Conference.

Ben Cohen Oklahoma State baseball has been swept just once this season and ranks No. 3 in the country.

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Cowgirls add fourth transfer in five days, roster now at 12 players Davis Cordova Staff Reporter The Cowgirls’ roster is almost done reshaping after adding the fourth transfer in a week.

On Monday, it was announced Trinitee Jackson, an Arkansas State transfer, has joined OSU’s roster.

Jackson, a 6-foot-3 forward, comes to Stillwater as a fifth-year senior who averaged 11.6 points and 8.3 rebounds in 26 games last season with the Red Wolves.

“Trinitee is about as physical as any player we have seen in the portal,” OSU coach Jacie Hoyt said in a press release.

“She has a natural gift of understanding post angles and finishing around the rim. Her IQ and physicality will be a treat for our fans to watch.”

Jackson joins Anna Gret Asi, Lior Garzon and Terryn Milton as the fourth transfer to OSU in the past week. These four transfers add to the prior additions of incoming freshman Praise Egharevba and UMKC transfers Naomie Alnatas and Landry Williams. sports.ed@ocolly.com

Courtesy of Meagan Johnson Oklahoma State women’s basketball coach Jacie Hoyt has been busy in the transfer portal.

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Cowgirls earn No. 12 seed in NCAA tournament, regional host Daniel Allen Staff Reporter From a fourth place projection in the Big 12 preseason poll to hosting a regional site.

Chris Young’s Cowgirl tennis squad have gone far and above the preseason expectations over the course of this season.

On Monday, the Cowgirls were selected as the No. 12 overall seed in the 2022 NCAA tournament and will host a regional in Stillwater.

The Greenwood Tennis Center will welcome UCLA, Arkansas and New Mexico State on Saturday, May 7.

OSU finished the regular season with a final record of 17-4, recording 10 top 25 wins along the way and finished third in the Big 12 standings. sports.ed@ocolly.com

OSU Athletics After finishing the regular season ranked 11th, OSU tennis coach Chris Young said it felt good to prove everyone wrong after the Cowgirls started the season unranked.

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Cowgirls add another transfer, former Owasso High standout Calif Poncy Staff Reporter With a slew of players entering the transfer portal team following the departure of Jim Littell, new Oklahoma State women’s basketball head Coach Jacie Hoyt continues to add to her roster.

This time, the addition comes in the form of Oklahoma native and former UT-Arlington guard Terryn Milton.

Milton, the sister of Philadelphia 76ers guard Shake Milton, is returning to the state of Oklahoma after four productive seasons for UTA. Last season she averaged 12 points, five rebounds and four assists a game.

Prior to her time with the Mavericks, Milton was a standout at Owasso high school, where she was named as an Oklahoman’s super five player of the year in 2018, before ultimately deciding to continue her athletic career at UTA. Milton joins new Cowgirls Lior Garzon, Anna Gret Asi, and Naomie Alnatas who also transferred to Oklahoma State to play for new head coach Jacie Hoyt.

Hoyt was also able to land a commitment from Praise Egharevba, who will be coming to the Cowgirls from Germany.

The addition of Milton moves the number of rostered Cowgirls up to 11, and with former OSU standout Lauren Fields announcing her commitment to the University of Arizona yesterday, there are four remaining Cowgirls in the transfer portal. sports.ed@ocolly.com

Per Terryn Milton’s twitter Terryn Milton, a UT-Arlington transfer, is the latest addition to the Cowgirl basketball roster.

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There is a short chorus that has encouraged me many times. “Little is much if God is in it. Labor not for wealth or fame. There’s a crown and you can win it. If you go in Jesus’ name.”

The woman, who poured the precious ointment on Jesus just before he was crucified, was criticized for “wasting” this expensive item. Yet, Jesus said everywhere the gospel is preached this woman’s action would be told. (Mk 14:3-9) Little things mean a lot as we are willing to serve the Lord. Paul mentions many in Romans 16 who helped him. The Good Samaritan stopped to help the man beaten and robbed.

(Lu.10:30-37) Paul writes as you have opportunity, do good to all men, especially to other believers.(Gal.6:10) When the poor widow dropped the two pennies, all that she had, into the temple offering. Jesus said she gave more the large offerings given. Her “large giving” was in relation to what she had. (Mk.12:41-44)

Many people may plan to give when they receive a great amount of money, but that large amount of money may never come. We may plan to give time or talent to a project when we have more time, but that perfect time arrangement may never happen. Again, the apostle Paul encourages us “as you have opportunity, do good to all men.”

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JIM LO SCALZO/AFP Actor Johnny Depp testifies during his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Johnny Depp rests case in defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard David Matthews New York Daily News

County, Virginia, because the Washington Post’s online servers are in that county.

Depp, 58, is suing for $50 milJohnny Depp’s legal team rested lion, which is a portion of what he its case in the actor’s defamation and some of his expert witnesses has trial against ex-wife Amber Heard on claimed Heard’s article has cost him Tuesday.

— including $22 million for a sixth After 13 days of testimony, much “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie. of it by Depp and others detailing his Forensic accountant Mike Spincontentious relationship with Heard, dler testified Depp has lost about $40 Depp’s attorneys hammered home the million since the article’s publication. idea that Heard had damaged Depp’s Heard is countersuing for $100 career and reputation. million.

Depp sued Heard over a 2018 Heard, 36, has accused Depp of Washington Post article in which she physical and sexual abuse. The actor described herself as a “public figure has denied the allegations and testified representing domestic abuse.” that she was frequently violent with The trial is being held in Fairfax him.

After Depp’s attorneys rested their case, Heard’s counsel asked federal Judge Penny Azcarate to dismiss, arguing that Depp had not proven he had lost money and suffered a hit to his reputation. However, before adjourning for lunch, Judge Azcarate ruled that the trial could continue.

Heard is expected to begin presenting her case after the break and to take the stand as soon as Wednesday.

Among the first witnesses for Heard will be psychologist Dawn Hughes, an expert in abusive relationships who recently testified in criminal trials against R. Kelly and Nxivm cult founder Keith Raniere, both of whom were later convicted.

Earlier in the day’s proceedings,

a former nurse of Heard’s, testifying in a prerecorded deposition presented

by Depp’s attorneys, detailed Heard’ history mental illnesses, including bipolar disorder, anxiety, ADHD and co-dependency.

She also said she was unable to determine if photos of Heard’s discolored face were photos of bruises, but did say she once say Heard with a bloody lip, which the actress said was from a fight with Depp.

“I have a generalized memory of there being … jealous and anxiety issues, including mistrust within the relationship,” Erin Falati said. entertainment.ed@ocolly.com

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Oklahoma Credit Union closes on campus Syler Gabel O’Colly Contributor

Daniel Thrasher, president and CEO of Oklahoma Community Credit Union, said the pandemic shed light on the downsides of running a bank After five decades, it’s time for a inside a university-owned building. drastic change.

“During the pandemic, we Founded to serve the staff and learned that having a drive-thru is employees of Oklahoma State, the essential,” Thrasher said. “When Oklahoma Community Credit Union the university made the appropriate is rebranding and relocating. After 54 decision to close building access on years in the Student Union, the Okla- campus, we couldn’t use our locahoma Community Credit Union has tion during that time. We decided we decided to no longer run its business needed to have a second location in on a college campus.

Stillwater for convenient customer The Student Union branch is set access.” to close May 27. This means during By closing the Student Union the summer and into October, when branch, the Oklahoma Community the new branch is projected to be Credit Union will be able to increase completed, the resources from the call hours by 10 hours per week. old branch will be allocated to fit the Given that banking is becoming members’ best convenience. increasingly virtual, members tend to In 1968, a group of Oklahoma call into the credit union rather than State employees gathered to form the go into the office. Ten additional call O.S. University Employees Federal hours per week will allow members Credit Union. This creation to call the credit union would provide employuntil 6 p.m. on Monees, and eventudays and Fridays, ally students and and Saturdays residents, a safe from 8 a.m. to place to save 1 p.m. and borrow These money at a call hours reasonable will give rate. members In more the past 54 opporyears, the tunities O.S. Univerafter work sity Employand on the ees Federal weekends to Credit Union get ahold of has evolved in service reprenumerous ways. sentatives at the Dru Norton The credit union has credit union. These shifted from a predomiadditional hours are nantly staff and student clientele set to match the drive-thru base to covering a five-county area in hours at the main branch to compennorth-central Oklahoma. This means sate for closing the physical Student the credit union no longer only caters Union location. to members who find themselves on Ethan Hartig, an OSU underOklahoma States campus regularly. grad and Oklahoma Community

Dru Norton The Student Union branch of Oklahoma Community Credit Union is set to close May 27.

Credit Union member, was unaware of the credit union’s changes in the coming year.

“I’ve only been a member of Oklahoma Community for the last two years, but additional call hours will make my life a lot easier,” Hartig said.

“I can’t tell you how many Saturdays I’ve needed to contact the bank but didn’t have anyone to call.”

At South Sangre Road and West 19th Avenue, the 2,600-square-foot branch office, projected to be completed in October, will provide more convenient access to banking services on the west side of town. Serving 13,000 members, the new Oklahoma Community Credit Union branch will feature lending services, a threestation teller line and three drive-thru lanes to maximize efficiency for its members.

Although the original name for the credit union was the O.S. University Employees Federal Credit Union, it has changed four times since it was founded in 1968. Given the original intent for the credit union, to provide Oklahoma State students and staff with safe banking, the name has always been tied directly to the university. Not anymore.

Last year, the credit union has rebranded from the University and Community Federal Credit Union, coined in 2000, to the Oklahoma Community Credit Union.

“These changes better reflect the growing field of members for the credit union, which was originally founded in 1968 as a credit union for employees of Oklahoma State University,” Thrasher said. “As our credit union transitioned to a community charter and now expanded to serve a five-county area in north-central Oklahoma, it made sense for us to review our name to ensure it reflected our membership and service area.”

This rebranding goes hand in hand with the credit union’s relocation. Stepping away from Oklahoma State will allow the credit union to be more accessible.

Hannah Nelson, Student Union branch manager, interacts with members daily and has started to see how virtual the banking process has become.

“Unless you’re a student or on campus, no one wants to come park in the garage and pay for it to do a banking,” Nelson said. “We’re not closing this one (the Student Union branch) because we’re opening a new one. We’re closing because we think we can serve our members better at a new location. It was a hard decision to close this location, but everything is going online because of the changing in student banking.”

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Continued from page 6 The Student Union location is one of two Oklahoma Community Credit Union locations in Stillwater. The main office, which has drive-thru access, is on East McElroy Road. The many benefits of the main office are a substantial reason for closing the Student Union branch.

“We feel like this location is not cost effective,” Nelson said. “But because we are member-owned and not for profit, we want to reallocate our resources to serve our members better.”

Macy Lane, an Oklahoma Community Credit Union member, realized the downsides of having an on-campus location during the pandemic.

“When everything was shut down, I didn’t have a feasible way to get ahold of the credit union,” Lane said. “I knew the Student Union branch was closed because campus was too so when the main branch closed as well it left me in a tough spot.”

When the pandemic was in full swing, Oklahoma Community Credit Union had to close its main branch, as did many businesses. This left the credit union in a bind because the university was regulating the Student Union location. When the OSU campus was closed, that meant the bank was, too.

“If we have to close our main location, then the Student Union wasn’t the best backup situation because it’s hard for the public to get to,” Thrasher said. “The second location will provide us with drive-thru, which we learned was very important during the covid pandemic. It will also give us a branch location that we own, and now we can control the hours and have free parking.”

The money the credit union will save from closing the Student Union branch will also be reallocated to the digital banking side of the Oklahoma Community Credit Union. This change, combined with the convenient location of the new building, will streamline the banking process and make the overall experience far easier for credit union members.

“Another reason behind this decision is having the bus stop so close to our location so people who don’t have private transportation will be able to use public transportation from campus

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Dru Norton In 1968, a group of Oklahoma State employees gathered to form the O.S. University Employees Federal Credit Union.

to access the new location,” Thrasher said. “Part of our savings with the new building plans is to invest it into our online banking and mobile banking platform.”

For credit unions, lending services are the most significant stream of revenue. However, for Oklahoma Community, lending hasn’t been possible from the Student Union location for the past 50 years. For the past 25 years, the primary source of revenue has been from the main branch, which can provide lending services.

“In the west location, we anticipate we’ll be able to do more lending, and since it’s a more residential area, we’ll be able to do more mortgages and car loans,” Thrasher said. “From that point of view, that’s how the branch pays for itself. When you build a new location, the money generated from lending is how that is offset.”

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building. Eclipse is designing and facilitating the full Oklahoma Community rebrand that realigned its commitment to focus on the growing community it serves.

Thrasher said Eclipse is the perfect company to be working with because it has a people-oriented focus that aligns perfectly with Oklahoma Communities’ member-focused goals and values. To uphold these values, Oklahoma Community will relocateits employees at the Student Union branch to the new west branch.

The Student Union branch has three on-site employees, one branch manager and two member service representatives. The Oklahoma Community Board has decided each employee will either be relocated to the west branch or be brought into the main office.

Chase Pearson, a part-time service representative, likes the mix of OSU students he encounters at the credit union.

“I enjoy seeing all of the

international students that come in,” Pearson said. “I’ve never been exposed to such a large amount of people with a great variety of names and cultural differences.”

Although Oklahoma Community Credit Union is relocating after 54 years in the Student Union, the company’s goals remain the same:to be member focused and goal driven. The new west branch is expected to be completed in late October and plans to keep the familiar faces who have worked in the Student Union in recent years. Members who have established relationships with the credit union employees will have the ability to remain working with them after the relocation.

“The good news is, despite our relocation, we will be keeping our ATMs within the Student Union,” Nelson said.

“The banking needs for students has changed but we want to make sure they still have on campus access to make deposits and take cash out.” news.ed@ocolly.com