Happy Wednesday Cowboys and Cowgirls. Coming off a weekend in which our country celebrated some of its greatest heroes, a trio of Pokes earned their stripes of a different sort on Tuesday.

We’ll give you all the insight on the award winning performances on the diamond and get you ready for another big weekend of action!

What a Brew we have for you today! Check it out below!

🇺🇸 Earning Their Stripes
📊 Poll Position
🎥 OSUMax: Join the Celebration!
🤠 And so much more!

🎥 OSUMAX: JOIN THE CELEBRATION!

Oklahoma State head softball coach Kenny Gajewski 
speaks to his team after a 10-4 win over Arizona secures
the Cowgirls fifth straight trip to Oklahoma City and
the Women's College World Series.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Earning Their (Stars and) Stripes. It’s been quite a year for the OSU softball squad and they aren’t planning on stopping any time soon.

This week, the Cowgirls grabbed a trio of national honors heading into their Thursday WCWS matchup with #4 Florida.

OSU’s Lexi Kilfoyl was named a D1Softball and Softball America First Team All-American, while the freshman duo of Rosie Davis and Karli Godwin received freshman All-American honors by Softball America. 

🥎: Recapping The Award-Winning Season

🔺 An Elite Lott. For the fourth time since 2011, the Cowgirls took home the NCAA Elite 90 Award.

This time, it was OSU’s Katie Lott.

Lott, majoring in psychology, has maintained a 4.0 GPA through two years in the program. 

The sophomore outfielder is the fourth Cowgirl Softball player to receive the award, which is the most by any team in the sport of softball. She joins Chelsea Garcia (2011) and Jules Callaham (2021 and 2022) as recipients for the prestigious award. Lott's recognition marks the third time in the last four Women's College World Series that a Cowgirl has received the award. 

The Elite 90, an award founded by the NCAA, recognizes the true essence of the student-athlete by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers. The Elite 90 is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's championships. 

🥎: More About The National Honor

🔺 Poll Position. While most OSU students are heading into the summer, plenty of Pokes are still in action, including 1️⃣1️⃣ members of the track & field squad heading to NCAA Championships next week in Eugene, Ore.

Those Cowboys and Cowgirls will head to the final event of the year as members of top-25 squads as both programs landed in the top-25 this week with the men sitting at #14 and women at #22.

🎥 OSUMAX: BARRY, BARRY, BARRY!

Part II of Barry Sanders: Out of Nowhere is AVAILABLE NOW on OSUMax and will bring you into Barry’s career in Stillwater and his path to becoming an all-time great, not just at OSU, but in ALL of college football history.

An OSU Max Original, Barry Sanders: Out of Nowhere, tells the story of how Barry became Barry, weaving through his childhood in Wichita and the pivotal
moments that shaped his legendary career. 

Through exclusive interviews with his family, close friends,
former teammates, coaches and Barry himself,
Barry Sanders: Out of Nowhere provides an
unprecedented glimpse into the Cowboy icon. 

🤔 COWBOY TRIVIA

Rosie Davis and Karli Godwin became the second and third Cowgirls to earn Freshman All-American status during Coach Gajewksi’s tenure in Stillwater.

Who was the other Cowgirl that earned the recognition?

Got a guess?

Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🎥 OSUMAX: MEET THE NEW GUYS

There’s a lot of new faces around GIA with Coach Lutz and his staff.

Over the next week, we’ll introduce each and every one of them to you all.

Today’s Guest: Assistant Coach Jeremy Cox.

Learn more about Coach Cox's coaching history and
ties to the OSU program in this Cowboy Face-to-Face interview.

📅 ON THE DOCKET

Thursday, May 30
🥎 Softball vs. #4 Florida (Women’s College World Series - Oklahoma City)

Friday, May 31st
⚾️ Baseball at NCAA Regionals (O’Brate Stadium - Stillwater, Okla.)

Saturday, June 1st
⚾️ Baseball at NCAA Regionals (O’Brate Stadium - Stillwater, Okla.)

Sunday, June 2nd
⚾️ Baseball at NCAA Regionals (O’Brate Stadium - Stillwater, Okla.)

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Tallen Edwards.

Edwards was named a Freshman All-American just last year after helping OSU to the Women’s College World Series in her debut season.

🤠 Enjoy your day, OSU Fam!