Cowboy Brew 4/23: Havin' A Blast

Cowboys Unleash Six HRs In Run Rule Victory over Dallas Baptist

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Cowboy Brew Crew
April 23, 2025

Good Morning OSU Fam. While the NASA Space Center in Houston might be over 500 miles away from O’Brate Stadium, the command center might have picked up some action on the radar after the rocket show that the OSU baseball squad put on display on Tuesday night.

What’s all stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

⚾️ Havin’ A Blast
⛳️ On The Prowl
📚 Academic Aces
🤠 And much more!

🏈 SNEAK PREVIEW

Plenty of new faces took to the field at BPS for the first time this past Saturday
at the annual OSU Orange-White game at Boone Pickens Stadium.

The Orange squad took home a 14-10 victory and fans enjoyed plenty of pictures
and conversations with the Cowboys on the field after the game.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Havin’ A Blast. The scoreboard at O’Brate got quite a workout on Tuesday night.

OSU blasted six home runs en route to a 16-4 run-rule victory over 22nd-ranked Dallas Baptist.

Nolan Schubart led the charge, making history with his 50th and 51st career home runs. The Cowboys' junior slugger became the ninth player in program history to reach the 50-homer mark, and he now ranks eighth on OSU's all-time home run list.

Schubart was one of four Cowboys, along with Alex Conover, Jayson Jones and Colin Brueggemann, to record three hits against the Patriots.

Brueggemann, Conover, Jones and Brock Thompson all homered, with Jones' three-run blast in the seventh providing the walk-off runs.

On the mound, Hunter Watkins made his eighth start of the season, pitching five innings and allowing two runs, just one of them earned, while striking out seven.

🔼 On The Prowl. Only one team fired a round under par in Tuesday’s second day at the Big 12 men’s golf championship. That team wears America’s Brightest Orange.

OSU fired a one-under as a team to climb into second place in the overall standings, just four shots off Arizona State, who sits atop the leaderboard entering the third round today at Southern Hills.

Leading the way for the young Cowboys is Preston Stout, who sits in third overall at even par, while Ethan Fang is sixth overall at 2-over through the first two round.

🔼 Three Of A Kind. Good things come in three, right?

That’s the case for OSU softball’s Ruby Meylan, who was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week for the third time this season.

The Omaha, Neb., native picked up two wins in her two appearances against UCF, with a combined 20 strikeouts between both games, a mark that led the Big 12 Conference this week. In the Cowgirl's 7-0 win on Thursday, Meylan twirled one-hit, complete-game shutout and did not surrender any walks.

With the two wins, she improves to 17-6 on the year and is leading the team with a 1.66 ERA.

Meylan and the Cowgirls return to action TONIGHT at 7 p.m. when #2 Texas come to town for a non-conference matchup. The game will be televised on ESPNU and can be heard on the Varsity Network app. 

🔼 Academic Aces. The success for the Pokes wasn’t limited to the field of competition this year.

On Monday night, track & field’s Ryan Schoppe and Sivan Auerbach were honored as the male and female scholar-athletes of the year, highlighting OSU Athletics’ academic awards banquet.

As the highest honor presented by the OSU Athletic Department to student-athletes, this award reflects exemplary performance in academic endeavors, athletic activities, and a commitment to community engagement. The award recognizes exceptional character of the student-athlete, leadership and a dedication to academic performance.

Stailee Heard (women's basketball) and Jaleel Johnson (football) secured the Nate Fleming Academic Effort and Improvement Award and 16 student-athletes across 15 sports were honored as Director's Chair winners for maintaining balance in academics while making a difference in their sports.

Across all of OSU's sports, approximately 130 student-athletes are expected to graduate during the 2024-25 academic year, with two earning Senior of Significance accolades from the OSU Alumni Association - Maddie Meiner and Colleen Stegmann (both from women's track and field). Additionally, Meiner was honored as one of 25 Outstanding Seniors on the OSU campus by the OSU Alumni Association.

🤔 POKES TRIVIA

With his two HRs on Tuesday night, Nolan Schubart became just the ninth player in program history to reach 50 or more career HRs.

How many of the other 8 can you name?

Scroll to the bottom to find the answer!

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📅 ON THE DOCKET

Wednesday, April 23rd
🥎 Softball vs. Texas @ 7pm
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Big 12 Tournament (Southern Hills - Tulsa, Okla.)

Thursday, April 24th
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Big 12 Tournament (Southern Hills - Tulsa, Okla.)

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Pete Incaviglia (100), Robin Ventura (68), Monty Fariss (65), Billy Gasparino (55), Ray Ortiz (550, Jimmy Barragan (54), Josh Holliday (53) and Michael Daniel (50).

🤠 Have a great one, y’all!