Despite family ties, Fleming chose Wichita over Stillwater

 
By John Helsley
Published: April 23, 2008

STILLWATER – During Tyler Fleming 's baseball recruiting trip to Oklahoma State, his hosts entered the southwest lobby of Gallagher-Iba Arena and paused at the basketball memorial honoring those lost in the 2001 plane crash.

Fleming had stood there, emotion-filled, before.

A cousin of former Cowboy Nate Fleming , one of the 10 who died that January 2001 night in Colorado , Tyler considered Nate his role m...


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