Baseball Spotlight: Trey Sperring

Oct. 12, 2007

NORMAN, Okla. -- In preparation for the 2008 baseball season, SoonerSports.com features the sixth installment in the 2008 Newcomer Video Spotlights, featuring junior third baseman Trey Sperring.

SoonerSports.com will continue to help fans get to know the 2008 newcomers in each week throughout the remainder of the year.

Each spotlight will include an updated bio, Q&A session and a series of videos featuring a scouting report from OU head coach Sunny Golloway.

Sperring and the Sooners are currently in their first week of fall team practices and have completed two intrasquad scrimmages earlier this week.

OU will scrimmage twice this weekend, starting on Saturday at noon and continuing Sunday at 1 p.m. All intrasquad scrimmages are free and open to the public at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

Click the links below to hear Coach Golloway discuss the coaching staff's expectations for Selby along with practice footage from Thursday's practice.

Sperring Scouting Report
Golloway on recruiting Sperring
The skipper discusses Sperring's fall workouts
Golloway talks about Sperring's intangibles

Archive
Jamie Johnson Scouting Report
Casey Johnson Scouting Report
Doug Buser Scouting Report
Chad Colbert Scouting Report
Spencer Selby Scouting Report

Sperring Q&A:
Read below to find out more about Sperring, including who would play him in the movie about his life and his dream job:

Q: Do you have any famous relatives?
A: Father, Robert Sperring played professional baseball with the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros from 1977-1979

Q: What is your favorite OU tradition?
A: Yelling Boomer Sooner

Q: What is one thing that fans don't know about you?
A: I am an 80's guru and can ride a unicycle.

Q: Why did you choose OU?
A: Prestigious athletic programs, excellent education and college tradition

Q: If you could bring one thing from home what would it be?
A: Warm winters

Q: Who is your favorite baseball team...
A: Houston Astros

Q: Who is your favorite non-baseball athlete?
A: Maria Sharapova

Q: Who do you pattern your game after?
A: Lance Berkman

Q: In the movie of your life, who would play you?
A: Kevin Costner

Q: The most famous person you have met is?
A: Andy Roddick in a Brenham, Texas gas station

Q: What music do you listen to before a game?
A: 80's rock/pop

Q: What is your favorite thing to do in Norman?
A: Go to football games

Q: What is your dream job?
A: To be an actor