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Cowboy Baseball To “Celebrate Cecil”
April 08, 2024 | Cowboy Baseball
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State will celebrate the life of Cecil O'Brate at Saturday's game against Cincinnati in the stadium named after the late entrepreneur.
O'Brate, who passed away in January at the age of 95, gave $35 million toward the construction of O'Brate Stadium, which opened in 2021 and is one of the top facilities in college baseball.
To honor and show appreciation to O'Brate, bagpipe music, a favorite of O'Brate's, will be played prior to the game, and members of his family will throw out ceremonial first pitches. The first 5,000 fans at Saturday's game will also receive a special Cecil button.
The night will conclude with a postgame fireworks show. Saturday's game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start.
Tickets for this weekend's games against Cincinnati can be purchased at https://okstate.evenue.net/list/BB.
Born in Enid, Okla. in 1928, O'Brate attended Oklahoma A&M from 1946-48 and went on to a career as a self-made serial entrepreneur. He was the owner, developer and operator of multiple businesses in numerous and diverse industries, among them agriculture, banking, manufacturing, energy, hospitality, real estate, alternative energy, medicine and food science.
O'Brate and his wife, Frances, were married for over 70 years and spent much of their lives in Garden City, Kan., which they helped develop into a hub for business and shopping between Wichita, Kan., and Denver. Among his many endeavors, Cecil helped build American Warrior, Inc., one of the largest independently owned oil and gas production companies in Kansas.
O'Brate received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Oklahoma State University in 2018, and he was inducted into the OSU Hall of Fame in 2023.
Since opening for the 2021 season, O'Brate Stadium has welcomed over 500,000 fans and ranked among the national leaders in attendance for three consecutive years.
O'Brate, who passed away in January at the age of 95, gave $35 million toward the construction of O'Brate Stadium, which opened in 2021 and is one of the top facilities in college baseball.
To honor and show appreciation to O'Brate, bagpipe music, a favorite of O'Brate's, will be played prior to the game, and members of his family will throw out ceremonial first pitches. The first 5,000 fans at Saturday's game will also receive a special Cecil button.
The night will conclude with a postgame fireworks show. Saturday's game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start.
Tickets for this weekend's games against Cincinnati can be purchased at https://okstate.evenue.net/list/BB.
Born in Enid, Okla. in 1928, O'Brate attended Oklahoma A&M from 1946-48 and went on to a career as a self-made serial entrepreneur. He was the owner, developer and operator of multiple businesses in numerous and diverse industries, among them agriculture, banking, manufacturing, energy, hospitality, real estate, alternative energy, medicine and food science.
O'Brate and his wife, Frances, were married for over 70 years and spent much of their lives in Garden City, Kan., which they helped develop into a hub for business and shopping between Wichita, Kan., and Denver. Among his many endeavors, Cecil helped build American Warrior, Inc., one of the largest independently owned oil and gas production companies in Kansas.
O'Brate received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Oklahoma State University in 2018, and he was inducted into the OSU Hall of Fame in 2023.
Since opening for the 2021 season, O'Brate Stadium has welcomed over 500,000 fans and ranked among the national leaders in attendance for three consecutive years.
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