In Choctaw County, Roy Oswalt was best known for his pin-point fastball and knee-buckling curveball which  made his career. Roy Edward Oswalt was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi on August 29, 1977. He attended Weir High School where he played both football and baseball, but was known for his skills on the diamond. He was a very talented player throwing in the high eighties as a high school senior.

He did not get noticed by recruiters in high school because he attended a small school. So he attended Holmes Community College. While he was at junior college he worked to throw harder and his pitches got better. As a sophomore, his fastball was toping out at ninety-seven miles per hour. After his sophomore year at Holmes Community College, Oswalt signed with the Houston Astros for $500,000.

He started out the 1997 season in the Gulf Coast League and proceeded to the New York-Penn League later that season. He was promoted in 1999 to Class A Michigan. After that season, he pitched in the Olympics.  He earned an emergency start in Class AA Round Rock and was never demoted below Class AA again.

Oswalt began 2001 at Class AAA, but  earned a promotion to the Houston Astros, and never looked back with a 14-3 record and 2.73 ERA. He struck out 144 batters in 141 innings pitched. He continues at Houston today, and in the off-season he resides in Weir, Mississippi with his wife Nichol.