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Video Spotlight - Tyler Ogle
December 03, 2008 | Baseball
Dec. 3, 2008
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2008 OU Baseball Media GuideNORMAN, Okla. -- The eighth installment of SoonerSports.com's Baseball Newcomer Spotlights focuses on freshman catcher Tyler Ogle.
In preparation for the 2009 season, Soonersports.com will help fans get to know the new faces around the diamond at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
Ogle is a San Antonio, Texas, native and was a three-year letterwinner under head coach Peter Garza at New Braunfels Canyon High School. As a senior, he hit .474 with 10 homers and earned first team all-state honors.
Throughout the rest of the semester, SoonerSports.com will feature one of the Sooners' 15 newcomers that will join a group of 18 letterwinners from the 2008 team that advanced to the Tempe Regional Finals before falling to then-No. 4 Arizona State.
Each spotlight will include an updated bio, Q&A session and videos of each player in action from the Red/White Series and a scouting report from OU Head Coach Sunny Golloway.
Ogle helped his high school team to the regional quarterfinals in 2006 and 2007 and to a district championship in 2008. He hit .439 with 17 home runs throughout his career and also lettered two years in football (all-district in 2006).
Click the links to the right to watch footage of Ogle playing in the R/W Series and listen to Coach Golloway as he breaks down the freshman's recruiting process, his progress throughout the fall, and his possible role in 2009.
Q&A with OGLE
Read below to learn more about Tyler Ogle off the field.
Q: What jobs have you held?
A: I was an umpire for little league games.
Q: What interests do you have outside of baseball?
A: Playing basketball, golf and hanging out with friends.
Q: Do you have any game or practice superstitions?
A: Don't step on the foul lines, rally cap.
Q: What is the most interesting place you have visited?
A: Cozumel, Mexico.
Q: What is your favorite OU tradition?
A: Yelling Boomer Sooner.
Q: List three words that describe you…
A: Determined, competitive and outgoing.
Q: Why did you choose OU?
A: To win the College World Series.
Q: What the one memory that stands out from your childhood?
A: Falling off my bike and breaking my collar bone.
Q: What was your favorite baseball team when you were younger? Now?
A: The Boston Red Sox. Same.
Q: Who is your favorite non-baseball athlete?
A: Rafael Nadal.
Q: What is the best piece of advice that a coach gave you?
A: There are three mistakes in an at-bat: one by the pitcher, one by the hitter and one by the umpire.
Q: What is the most interesting thing you did last summer?
A: I went on a cruise to Cozumel, Mexico.
Q: What's your nickname? Reasoning behind it?
A: T.O. It's my initials.
Q: What is your biggest accomplishment(s)?
A: First team All-State, Junior Sunbelt All-Tournament Team.
Q: Who is the most famous person you've ever met?
A: Nolan Ryan.
Q: What can you not go without during the baseball season?
A: Chapstick.
Q: What is your dream job?
A: Playing professional baseball.
Q: What are you plans after college?
A: Start my own business.
Q: What would be your ultimate Sports Center highlight?
A: A dogpile in Omaha.
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