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![]() For the third time this year, there is a trio of Oklahoma State baseball players listed on an All-American team. D1Baseball announced its All-America team on Wednesday, and it included Cowboys Carson Benge, Brian Holiday and Nolan Schubart. All three were also named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-America Second Team two weeks ago and the Baseball America Second Team last week. Benge and Holiday were put on the second team again by D1Baseball, while Schubart was on the Third Team. Benge made the All-American teams as a utility player after being one of OSU’s best hitters and pitchers in 2024. Florida’s Jac Caglianone got the utility spot on the First Team. Benge hit .335 this season while having a 2.75 ERA and 3-1 record on the mound. He hit 18 home runs and had a Big 12-best 165 total bases. Holiday earned second-team honors as a starting pitcher after his first season in Stillwater. He had a 2.95 ERA and 7-3 record in 16 appearances, all of which were starts. His ERA was second-best in the Big 12, while he threw a conference-most 113 innings. Schubart earned an outfield spot on the Third Team even after missing 12 games because of injury. He also received All-American recognition by multiple outlets last year, making him just the 13th player in program history to be named an All-American in multiple seasons. This season, Schubart had a .370 average while leading the Big 12 with 23 home runs. He drove in 68 runs. This year is only the ninth time OSU had three or more All-Americans in a single season. You can see the full D1Baseball All-America team here. ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog.
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![]() The Cowboys added some much-needed size and a third transfer with Big 12 experience on Wednesday. Patrick Suemnick, a transfer who spent the past two seasons at West Virginia, announced his commitment to Oklahoma State. Listed at 6-foot-8, 235 pounds last season, Suemnick averaged 4.1 points and 2.6 rebounds in 14 minutes a game in 2023-24. This should be Suemnick’s last season of eligibility.
Originally out of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Suemnick started his college career at Robert Morris, spending the 2020-21 season with the Colonials. He played in 16 games and averaged 2.4 points and 1.6 rebounds in 8.4 minutes a game. He shot 59% from the field at Robert Morris. He then went to the JUCO level with Triton College. In his one season with the Trojans, Suemnick averaged 12 points and six rebounds a game while shooting 55% from the field and 42% on his 41 3-point attempts. Triton finished that season 30-6 and made it the NJCAA Final Four. Suemnick then spent the past two seasons in Morgantown, playing in 21 games under Bob Huggins in 2022-23, where he averaged 1.4 points and 1.3 rebounds in 5.4 minutes of action. He started in six of WVU’s 32 games this past season and shot 54% from the field. He went off for a career-high 20 points in a win against Kansas in January, one of four double-digit outings he put up this past season. He initially committed to DePaul out of the transfer portal before reopening his recruitment and landing in Stillwater. Suemnick fills the Cowboys’ 11th scholarship, meaning new coach Steve Lutz has two remaining. Most importantly, Suemnick provides the Cowboys some more size, as his listed height and weight at West Virginia last season would make him tied for the second tallest player on OSU’s roster and the standalone second heaviest behind Xavier transfer big Abou Ousmane. Suemnick is the eighth transfer portal player Lutz has added this offseason after just three players stayed on from Mike Boynton’s final squad. Suemnick is the third Big 12 player the Pokes have added, joining Robert Jennings II (Texas Tech) and Marchelus Avery (UCF). ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. ![]() It’s been a little bit since news has come out regarding the Cowboys’ final three available scholarships, but Steve Lutz and his staff are still working. Oklahoma State has reportedly shown interest in St. John’s transfer Glenn Taylor Jr., according to Jon Rothstein. If that name sounds familiar, Mike Boynton and Co. were reportedly looking at Taylor last offseason, but Taylor eventually transferred from Oregon State to St. John’s. Out of Las Vegas, Taylor was listed at 6-foot-6, 205 pounds last season with the Red Storm. He averaged 4.4 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists a game last season. That came after he averaged 11.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists as a sophomore at Oregon State. Although his per-game stats took a dip while in Queens, he shot a career-high 42% from 3-point range at St. John’s on 59 attempts. For reference, that’s about as many attempts as Eric Dailey Jr. took last season. Taylor put up 17 points in a game against Butler in February. He went 5-for-7 from 3 that day. His career-high to this point is a 28-point outing against Cal while at Oregon State as a sophomore. That game saw him go 15-for-16 from the foul line. He is a career 78% foul shooter. Taylor initially committed to Grand Canyon out of the portal but reopened his recruitment at the start of this month. Rothstein has since reported that Taylor planned a visit to Memphis and that Ohio State was also interested. Taylor was a member of the 2021 recruiting class. He was the No. 195 player in the 247Sports Composite rankings that cycle and chose Oregon State over offers from USC, UNLV, Nevada and others. OSU has three open scholarships in the midst of a portal-heavy offseason. New coach Steve Lutz has added seven players from the portal after only three players stayed from Boynton’s final squad in Stillwater. ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. ![]() They’re here. The doldrums. As we put a bow on June and head into the dog days of summer, let’s scratch that college football itch by looking forward to the fall. We’ll start with the nonconference portion of Oklahoma State’s schedule and then move on to individual episodes for each Big 12 opponent. The Cowboys’ 2024 nonconference slate is sneaky tough and includes a first-time meeting, a familiar in-state foe and a regional rivalry that’s laid dormant for over 40 years. If It Ain’t BrokeMike Gundy & Co. pretty much have their nonconference formula down. Schedule an FCS team, a Group of Five team and an opponent from a Power Five conference. OSU checked each of those boxes nicely for 2024. Scheduling an FCS team was a major knock against a playoff hopeful 10 years ago, but with the The Cowboys do a good job of scheduling fellow P5 opponents. It’s a way to soften any resume blow and a nice reward to fans who show up to the yearly drumming of an FCS team. Aside from Boise State in 2018 and 2021 (one of the premier Group of Five programs), and the COVID year when Oregon State canceled, OSU has played a Power Five team in the noncon every year except one since 2007. OSU has a Power Five team on its noncon schedule in eight of the next 10 years with home-and-homes with Oregon and Alabama coming up and then another series scheduled with Arkansas in 2032 and 2033. Let’s take a deeper look at the Cowboys’ first three games. Week 1: South Dakota State | Aug. 31 | Stillwater, Okla.Series history: 0-0 Last meeting: N/A South Dakota State in 2023: South Dakota State went a perfect 15-0 last season, winning its second consecutive FCS title. The Jackrabbits will ride into Stillwater on a 29-game streak. South Dakota State in 2024: The Jackrabbits’ offense is led by the FCS Walter Payton Award winner (best offensive player) Mark Gronowski. There was speculation as to whether the touted quarterback would hit the portal in search of an FBS landing spot, but he eschewed the higher status and potential NIL to return to Brookings. With Gronowski, the Jackrabbits are favorites to threepeat as national champs. Of note: The Jackrabbits set program records last year in total points (560) and total yards (6,748). Yes, it’s there’s a huge difference in competition, but for reference those numbers would have ranked fourth and sixth, respectively, ahead of any team OSU faced last year or will face this fall. Week 2: Arkansas | Sept. 7 | Stillwater, Okla.Series history: 14-29-1 Last meeting: Although the Hogs hold a decided advantage in the series, its entirety is ancient history. The two teams’ last meeting was all the way back in September of 1980 when OSU fell 33-20 on the road to the 17th-ranked Razorbacks. It was part of an 0-5 start to Jimmy Johnson’s third season at OSU. Arkansas was coached by another Hall of Famer in Lou Holtz. Arkansas in 2023: The Hogs finished just 4-8 and tied for last place in the SEC West. There was a lot not to like during Arkansas’ six-game skid which started with a home loss to BYU and set up a 1-7 conference finish, but if there’s a silver lining, five of those six losses were by a touchdown or less. The biggest issue for Arkansas’ offense was its inability to move people up front. The Hogs allowed the most sacks and tackles for loss in the SEC and saw a big drop off in their run game from prior years. Improve there and they have a chance to win some of those close games. Arkansas in 2024: There’s hope for the Hogs in the trenches. Arkansas started and finished spring camp with the same five starters along its offensive line, three of which came in by way of transfer portal this offseason. How quickly that group up front can gel and protect Boise State transfer and dual-threat QB Taylen Green will determine how tough a time the Cowboys will have slowing them down. Of note: To help jump start that offense, Sam Pittman brought back one of his predecessors, former Razorback head coach Bobby Petrino to run the offense. Week 3: Tulsa | Sept. 14 | Tulsa, Okla.Series history: 43-27-5 Last meeting: The Cowboys edged a close one out against Tulsa — 28-23 — back in 2021. You might remember that as the year when OSU edged out Missouri State by just a touchdown and beat Tulsa and Boise State by a combined six points. You might also remember that as the year the Pokes started 6-0, finished with 12 wins and were too dang close to a Big 12 championship. Tulsa in 2023: The Golden Hurricane finished 4-8 in its first season under head coach Kevin Wilson, struggling with inconsistency at QB, with Kirk Francis and Cardell Williams taking turns under center and interceptions issues abounding throughout. Tulsa in 2024: There is some optimism in T-Town with incoming QB Cooper Legas, who had a productive career at Utah State. But whoever takes snaps will be doing so behind a Tulsa offensive line that’s also in the process of a rebuild. Of note: This meeting starts a stretch of eight-straight years in which the Cowboys and Golden Hurricane are scheduled to face off in the noncon. ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. ![]() Thanks for stopping by – here’s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news. OSU Bullets• Boone Pickens Stadium Absent from EA Sports’ Top 25 ‘Toughest Places to Play’ (PFB)
• Kendall Daniels appears to have gained a lot of weight playing more time in a linebacker role –230 per the roster and 240 per this tweet, up from 213 last year • 247 Sports has OSU listed as one of their surprise teams this fall:
• Could Nick Martin be OSU’s first Butkus Award winner? (SI) • This is a tough one – is Taylor Cornelius the top thrower in the group?
Non-OSU Bullets• Fascinated by the concept of a dopamine fast • The blank sheet method for better reading Kind of fun – how to figure out if your child will be taller than you ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. ![]() After a trip to Norman, the state’s top prospect will be wearing red instead of orange starting in 2025. CJ Nickson, a 6-foot-5, 220-pound edge rusher from Weatherford, committed to Oklahoma on Tuesday, doing so after he announced a top two of OSU and OU earlier this month. Nickson’s decision comes after official visits to both schools. He is a four-star prospect and the No. 1 player in the state, according to 247Sports. 247Sports listed him as the No. 74 player in all of the 2025 class. Although it would’ve been an outstanding get for the Pokes in a variety of aspects (beating OU, landing the top player in the state and getting an outstanding prospect), the Cowboys have done just fine on the recruiting trail this offseason. With 16 commits, the Cowboys have the No. 27 class in the country as of writing. In recent seasons, OSU has won a lot of games with recruiting classes ranked lower than that. The Cowboys also already have a trio of defensive linemen committed in Michael Riles (Port Arthur, Texas), Jordan Covington (McKinney, Texas) and Alexander McPherson (Stuart, Florida). OSU also has a player who 247Sports lists as an edge rusher in Kyle Keya (Wichita, Kansas), but based on Keya’s OSU-related posts on X, it looks as if he’ll be a linebacker in Stillwater. As far as in-state prospects go, the Cowboys have a pair committed at this point in offensive lineman Ryker Haff (Owasso) and wide receiver Matrail Lopez (Idabel). 247Sports lists Lopez as the No. 15 player in the state, while Haff is at No. 22. There aren’t a ton of Oklahomans left in regards to the 2025 recruiting class. Two-sport Millwood star Jaden Nickens is the highest-ranked among the remaining uncommitted prospects. The 6-foot-3 receiver/basketball player decommitted from OU in March. He is a four-star prospect, who 247Sports ranks as the No. 3 player in the state. Pocola tight end Dakotah Terrell announced an OSU offer in March, but the Cowboys have since picked up a pair of tight end pledges from Isaiah Butler-Tanner (Killeen, Texas) and Jordan Vyborny (Draper, Utah). Moore receiver CJ Simon announced an OSU offer back in 2022, but he committed to Nebraska in December only to decommit a few months later. OSU has four committed receivers in the class: Lopez, Kameron Powell (McKinney, Texas), Jaden Perez (San Antonio, Texas) and Royal Capell (Cibolo, Texas). OSU’s 2025 Recruiting Class
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