STILLWATER — Cecil O'Brate has been to only one baseball game at Oklahoma State's Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, but he's certain he'll match that on the first day the Cowboys open their new ballpark in 2020.
OSU announced Thursday that the university's new baseball stadium, under construction at Washington and McElroy in Stillwater, will be named for O'Brate, who donated $35 million of the $75 million needed for the project.
O'Brate, 89, was born in Enid and attended what was then Oklahoma A&M from 1946-48. He is the CEO of American Warrior, Inc., and, through the O'Brate Foundation, has provided about 400 college scholarships to students below the poverty level or in the foster care system.