Unfortunately, it takes sad situations such as this for us put things in perspective. And here we are agonizing over the NBA lockout. Our thoughts are with the victims’ families.
Oklahoma State women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant Miranda Serna have died in a plane crash along with two others, just 10 months after the school commemorated the 10th anniversary of a crash that killed 10 men associated with the men’s program.
The plane went down Thursday night in Perry County, Ark., killing the pilot and another individual not affiliated with the university, the school said in a news release.
Budke, 50, had opened his seventh season as the Cowgirls’ coach on Sunday with a 96-60 win over Rice in Stillwater.
“The Oklahoma State family is devastated by this tragedy,” OSU president Burns Hargis said Friday in the statement. “Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of Kurt Budke, Miranda Serna and the other victims.
The school has canceled the team’s games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday against Grambling State and Texas-Arlington.
Source: ESPN.com
