A fit for winning baseball, for sure, but also a fit in regard to pleasing fans and alums bent on a connection to OSU's rich past. In Holliday – raised in Stillwater on Cowboys baseball, as a coach's son and an OSU player and later an assistant – the school found a bridge to the glory days of the program. He grew up around the program, with his father Tom first serving as an assistant to Gary Ward for 19 seasons and later leading the Cowboys as head coach. From 1996-99, Josh played for both Ward and his dad, finishing among the career leaders in several offensive categories.