‘That was a nice

Abram’s dominant outing clinches OSU a Bedlam series win, share of first Big 12 title since 2014 coaches he would be starting Saturday.

The feeling of returning to the university and ballpark he spent the past four seasons at was admittedly an odd one. Simultaneously, it elevated emotions until the moment he threw his first pitch.

NORMAN -- Ben Abram felt a variety of emotions when he woke up Saturday.

He got out of bed, walked straight to the bathroom of his Norman hotel room and gazed at his reflection in the mirror. The moment he had envisioned since OSU’s opening weekend at Globe Life Field in February had finally come. The opportunity to pitch against OU, his former team.

The Cowboys (37-16, 15-9 Big 12) struck first, recording four consecutive base hits for two runs to open play. Abram retired the side in order during his first inning, just as he’d hoped. One inning later, he found himself in a jam.

Two singles and an RBI double from OU catcher Easton Carmichael cut OSU’s lead to just one run. As he returned to the mound to recollect himself, Abram cleared his thoughts.

Stephanie Landaverde News and Lifestyle Editor

In an exclusive interview with Inside OSU’s Meghan Robinson, Buffalo Bills assistant athletic trainer and Oklahoma State University alumnus Denny Kellington spoke about administering life-saving CPR to Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin during an NFL game and how his time at OSU prepared him for his career.

In high school, Kellington played football at Midwest

City High School and became interested in athletic training. After seeing what athletic training was, Kellington knew he was interested and applied to OSU first.

“I got accepted to college in January, I interviewed in March and accepted in April as an athletic training student,” Kellington said. “And then we started that summer.”

During this time, the late ‘90s and early 2000s, to become an athletic trainer students had to work as an intern first, Kellington said. Kellington took classes as well 1,500 hours with his internship his first year.

“That’s what athletic training is, it’s time on task,” Kellington said. “So then the next three and a half years was just getting as much experience with different sports, different injuries, different athletes, different coaching styles. All those are those things that help you become a better athletic trainer, and I’m not certified yet. I’m just learning.”

Kellington said there are a lot of similarities between the NFL and the college football and sports. The players get younger, he gets older, but age doesn’t matter if you know how to relate to people and they know you care about them, Kellington said. Trust doesn’t happen immediately, but he treats everyone equally, respectfully and fairly.

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