Stillwater is a different place in the summer.
The masses of students rushing to early classes disappear, and lines for restaurants don’t wind throughout a jam-packed Student Union at Oklahoma State University. The hustle-bustle and noise are gone. Life drifts along at a relaxed, slower pace in the summer heat.
But for student-athletes such as Haley Woodard, a forward on the Cowgirl soccer team, summer mornings start early and require energy.
Woodard’s soccer workouts typically start at 6 a.m. or 7 a.m., and that’s just the beginning of her daily schedule. Although many OSU students are gone on vacation or at home for the summer, Woodard and several other members of the Cowgirl soccer squad stay on campus and attend classes.