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Oklahoma State basketball: Walk-on Dee Mitchell awarded scholarship during shift at Walmart

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton and his staff took a trip to Walmart on Sunday with a surprise in mind.

Walk-on guard Dee Mitchell was working one of his shifts for the week and the staff had some wonderful news.

Mitchell is no longer a walk-on.

Boynton and his staff — with the quarantined Cowboys’ players on a Zoom call — surprised Mitchell at his full-time job with the news that he had earned a scholarship, bringing Mitchell to tears.

You can watch the video below:

OSU recently had a scholarship open due to the departure of freshman Montreal Pena, a source told The Oklahoman.