Happy Tuesday Cowboys and Cowgirls. The best of the best. The cream of the crop.

They’ll all be in Stillwater this weekend as the official 2023 OSU Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony will be held on Friday night and streamed live on OSUMax.

There’s nothing like the OSU family and you don’t want to miss this weekend!

We’ll preview some of it and much more in today’s Brew! Check it out below!

⛳️ Recruiting Rickie
🏈 Three Of A Kind
🎙 Pokes Pod with Megan Haines
🤠 And so much more!

🎧 OSU MAX PODCASTS

Following in her parents footsteps and coming to Oklahoma State is something Cowgirls soccer senior forward/midfielder Megan Haines wanted to do.

She didn't plan on playing soccer in college but ended up walking on for the Cowgirls and eventually earning a scholarship.

The Tulsa native played in 71 games entering her super senior season becoming one of the leaders for Colin Carmichael's team.

Learn more about Megan in this week's Pokes Pod.

🏈 TAMING THE JAGUARS

Throughout history, Cowboys have been brought in to help wrangle wild animals and guide everyone to safety.

This weekend, the OSU Cowboys will look to tame a whole new animal, the Jaguars of South Alabama.

The Orange and Black will look for its third straight win this season and against USA as the two programs squared off in 2017 and 2018, both were victories for OSU.

📝: Game Notes vs. South Alabama
🎥: Big 12 After Dark - Cowboys Storm Tempe

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING….

🎥: Coach Gundy - Previewing South Alabama

🎥: Jaden Nixon - SAU Preview
🎥: D.J. McKinney - SAU Preview
🎥: Braden Cassity - SAU Preview
🎥: Xavier Benson - SAU Preview

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Recruiting Rickie. This fall, Rickie Fowler will officially enshrined as an Cowboy legend when he’s inducted into the OSU Athletics Hall of Fame.

So how did a Southern California golf superstar find his way to Stillwater?

OKstate.com sat down with former Cowboy head coach Mike McGraw to get the full story.

📝: Recruiting Rickie

🔼 Earning Their Rank. Before even stepping onto the court as OSU Cowgirls, two new faces have already made an impression on the national stage.

Recently, five different OSU student-athletes were recognized with preseason rankings by the ITA. The national rankings feature the top 125 singles players, the top 60 doubles teams and the top 10 freshmen or newcomer players in the country.

Four Cowgirls appeared in the singles rankings, with LSU transfer Anastasiya Komar leading the way at No. 8. Ange Oby Kajuru, a transfer from Iowa State, came in at No. 40, while returners Kristrina Novak and Ayumi Miyamoto were ranked No. 90 and No. 93, respectively.

In doubles, Komar and sophomore Raquel Gonzalez ranked No. 24, matching OSU's highest-ranking preseason doubles duo since 2018. Miyamoto and Kajuru also checked in at No. 39.

📝: Cowgirls Full 2023 Fall Slate

🔼 Four Horsemen Cowboys. The OSU men’s tennis team will be taking the courts for their fall seasons soon and four Cowboys will do with national rankings on their resume.

Tyler Zink (40), Isaac Becroft (51) and Alex Garcia (116) earned spots in the ITA's Top 125 singles rankings. Additionally, Zink and Garcia received a doubles ranking of 42, while freshman Derek Pham appeared in the National Freshman/Newcomer Top 10.

OSU will look to make strides during the upcoming season, returning eight players from a team that reached a national ranking as high as 30 a season ago.

🎥 COWBOY’S COUNTRY - LET’S RIDE

The Ride, is a new series taking fans behind closed doors for an all-access weekly look at Cowboy Football.

Episode 3: The season is finally here. Go inside the meeting rooms and hit the field at Boone Pickens Stadium as the prep work begins for the season opener against Central Arkansas.

Hear from Coach Gundy, find out about the new turnover/sack chain for the defense and learn more about senior fullback Braden Cassity.

📝 ICYMI

🔼 Global Grapplers. Five years ago, it was history. Now? We’re going back for more.

OSU head coach John Smith announced that the Cowboy grapplers would be heading back to Sicily, Italy to take on NC State. The same two programs, who are perennial ranked among the nation’s best, became the first ever to wrestle an NCAA dual outside of North America.

This time, the Cowboys and Wolfpack will square off on December 30 at the Naval Air Station Sigonella, just outside of Catania.

In addition to the close duals throughout the series history, the personal ties of the matchup extend to its head coaches, as Coach Smith was NC State head coach Pat Popolizio's collegiate head coach at Oklahoma State. As a Cowboy, Popolizio racked up a career record of 88-38 before graduating in 2001.

🤔 COWBOY TRIVIA

Elite Company. Later this week, Rickie Fowler will be officially inducted into the OSU Athletics Hall of Fame.

His Cowboy resume reads like a CVS receipt, All-American, Big 12 Player of the Year, multiple wins, National Championships, and so on and so on.

During his freshman season, Fowler became the first ever freshman to take home the Ben Hogan Award, given to the nation’s top player.

How many Cowboys have ever taken home the Ben Hogan Award?

Think you got it?

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

📅 COMING THIS WEEK

Thursday, September 14
⚽ Soccer at Iowa State @ 5pm | Live Audio | Live Stats

Friday, September 15
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Fighting Illini Intercollegiate

Saturday, September 16
🏈 Football vs. South Alabama @ 6 pm
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Fighting Illini Intercollegiate

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Four.

With Viktor Hovland winning the Ben Hogan Award in 2019, the Cowboys have four names on the trophy, including Fowler, Hovland, Hunter Mahan (2003) and Peter Uihlein (2011).

🤠 Let’s have a great Tuesday!