Cowboy Brew 6/17: Kickoff Is Coming...

Kickoff at Boone Pickens Just 72 Days Away

Happy Tuesday Pokes. All the talk around college baseball is around the no-hitter thrown yesterday in Omaha.

Who was the last player to do so before yesterday? A Poke, of course!

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

⏱️ Countdown to Kickoff
👟 Connect Four
🎥 OSUMax: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
🤠 And much more!

⏱️ COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 7️⃣2️⃣ DAYS

72 days away from kickoff..

#72 Derrel Gofourth is one of the most decorated offensive linemen in
OSU history, anchoring the Cowboy offensive front from 1974-76. Twice chosen
as an All-Big Eight performer (1975-76), Gofourth is recognized in the NCAA record book as a consensus All-America selection in 1976, when he was a first-team
selection by the American Football Coaches Association, Football News and UPI.

Gofourth played in four all-star games, including the BlueGray Game,
Hula Bowl, Senior Bowl and the Japan Bowl. He was a seventh-round selection
of the Green Bay Packers in 1977. The Parsons, Kan., native spent six seasons
with the Packers before moving on to the Chargers in 1983 and 1984.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Welcome Cowgirl. No better place to spend one last season of collegiate softball than right here in Stillwater.

That’s exactly what two-time NFCA All-Region honoree Melina Wilkison will do after she signed to joined the Cowgirls for next year.

Wilkison will use her final year of eligibility in Stillwater after playing three years at Ohio State (including a medical redshirt her junior season) and one year at Indiana.

Across her four seasons at Ohio State and Indiana, Wilkison boasts a .347 career batting average with a 1.017 OPS in 518 at-bats to go with 134 runs, 36 doubles, 15 triples, 23 home runs and 102 RBI.

🔼 Connect Four. They may be wearing different uniforms, but this pair of former Pokes are still up to the same ole’ domination.

Roe set an American record with her time of 19:40, while Maier followed with a tight win with a time of 18:03.

🔼 Power Pair. Two of the leaders of the OSU softball program were recognized over the weekend among the best in the country.

D1Softball unveiled its top 100 players in the country with right-hander Ruby Meylan sitting at #39 and Rosie Davis earning a spot at #89.

🎥 OSUMAX: THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND

Add another trophy to Brian Musau’s mantle.

The OSU standout continued his dominant performances on the
track at the NCAA Outdoor Championships this past weekend.

Learn more about Musau, his road to Stillwater and what winning
an individual NCAA title means to him.

🤔 POKES TRIVIA

On this date in 1959, OSU baseball defeated Fresno State, 4-0, to punch their ticket to the College World Series finals, which they would win for the school’s only College World Series championship.

Who did the Cowboys defeat in the finals that year?

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

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