Mentors, milestones, and a family identity that began in an 11-month-old's first trip to Stillwater.
On a balmy November 2025 afternoon, Tom Holliday sat in the press box at O'Brate Stadium, watching practice unfold.
In an adjacent booth sat his granddaughter, Olivia Holliday, and former Oklahoma State baseball coach Gary Ward, the two talking as batting practice carried on below. Tom's gaze drifted between them and the field, never straying too far from either.
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