In this four-part series, The O’Colly will revisit the 1981-87 Oklahoma State baseball teams, which have one of the most dominant stretches in college baseball history.
The Cowboys’ seven-consecutive College World Series appearances mark the longest stretch in the sport’s history, but they never came away with a national championship.
From the moment Gary Ward took the reins as Oklahoma State’s head coach, he emphasized the importance of recruiting.
During his first staff meeting as the Cowboys’ skipper, he spent “probably more than half” of the time pinpointing a blueprint for OSU’s nationwide recruitment effort with pitching coach Tom Holliday.