THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: 3 for 'V' — Vanessa Shippy-Fletcher, the former Lake City High softball star, to have her No. 3 retired at Oklahoma State

“I’m crazy excited,” Shippy-Fletcher said recently, in a phone interview from Stillwater. “It’s a huge honor and a huge blessing. It’s something that I’ve worked for, not necessarily to get my name on the wall, but to be an integral part of Oklahoma State softball. That’s something I grew up knowing I wanted to make a difference wherever I ended up, and when I chose Oklahoma State, I knew I wanted to make a difference.”