Orlando Hazley was an outstanding student athlete and the first African-American letterman at Oklahoma State University in the late 1950s. He was a world class sprinter and is a member of the OSU Track Hall of Fame. For his accomplishments at OSU and his contributions to society as a teacher, coach, school administrator, mentor, and role model to young people, he received the OSU Black Alumni Association’s Trailblazer Award. In this oral history interview excerpt from the O-STATE Stories oral history collection, Hazley looks back on his path to OSU. For more, visit the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the OSU Library.