Video: Baseball Starts Team Practices

Sept. 22, 2009

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Cameron Seitzer (left) and Drew Harrison

OU Head Coach Sunny Golloway

On the first day of practice and getting into a routine

Discusses the turnover from 2009 to 2010

Talks about the returners leading by example

On the recent MLB success of former Sooners

Sophomore 3B Garrett Buechele

On the first practice and helping lead the newcomers

NORMAN, Okla. -- The preparations to build off last season's success began for the OU baseball team on Monday, Sept. 21.

Click the links to the right to view photos and footage of the Sooners' first full practice and listen to head coach Sunny Golloway and sophomore Garrett Buechele, the 2009 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, discuss the first day's work with 19 newcomers.

In 2009, the OU baseball team finished a half game out of first place in the Big 12 regular season standings and went on to earn the program's first national seed in the NCAA Tournament.

The Sooners return 15 letterwinners overall from the 2009 team that earned the nation's No. 7 seed and hosted the Norman Regional with a 43-20 overall mark and a second place finish in the Big 12 (17-10).

Among the everyday starters returning are Garrett Buechele (3B), Chris Ellison (RF) and Casey Johnson (LF) while Kaleb Herren (OF/DH), Tyler Ogle (DH/C) and Cameron Seitzer (INF/DH) all logged at least 20 starts a year ago. The remaining letterwinners in the field include Elliott Blair (OF), Caleb Bushyhead (INF), Bryan Groth (C) and Ross Hubbard (DH/INF).

OU also returns eight members from the 2009 pitching staff with Jason Chowning, Ryan Duke, Jeremy Erben, Kaleb Herren, J.R. Robinson, Michael Rocha, Jarrett Semler and Kennedy Winn.

View a list of the newcomers below:

Name, Pos.	Class	B/T	Ht, Wt	Hometown	Prev School
Brandon Bargas, LHP	Fr.	L/L	5-8, 165	Owasso, Okla.	Owasso H.S.
Danny Black, INF	Jr.	L/R	6-2, 175	Roseville, Calif.	Feather River College
Tyler Brady, OF	Jr.	L/R	5-10, 175	Irvine, Calif.	Cypress College
Anthony Collazo, LHP	Jr.	L/L	5-10, 205	Patterson, N.J.	Howard College
Rick Eisenberg, OF	Jr.	R/R	6-0, 200	Seal Beach, Calif.	Cypress College
Cale Ellis, INF	Jr.	R/R	6-0, 165	Tonkawa, Okla.	Seminole State J.C.
Ryan Gibson, LHP	Fr.	L/L	6-4, 215	Yukon, Okla.	Yukon H.S.
Drew Harrisson, 1B	Fr.	R/R	6-4, 255	Waxahachie, Texas	Waxahachie H.S.
Jordan John, LHP	Fr.	L/L	6-3, 185	Corpus Christi, Texas	Calallen High
Chad Kettler, INF	Fr.	S/R	6-1, 190	Coppell, Texas	Coppell High School
Jack Mayfield, INF/RHP	Fr.	R/R	5-10, 170	Del Rio, Texas	Del Rio High School
Zach Neal, RHP	Jr.	R/R	6-2, 205	Flower Mound, Texas	Howard College
Jarek Pritchard, OF	Fr.	L/R	6-0, 195	Sand Springs, Okla.	Charles Page H.S.
Cody Reine, OF	RS-So.	L/R	5-11, 215	Walker, La.	Grayson J.C.
Eric Ross, OF	RS-So.	L/L	5-9, 160	McKinney, Texas	Grayson J.C.
Bobby Shore, RHP	Jr.	R/R	6-0, 190	Oceanside, Calif.	Palomar J.C.
Derek Vaughn, RHP	So.	R/R	6-0, 175	Edmond, Okla.	Arkansas Fort Smith
Drew Verhagen, RHP	Fr.	R/R	6-6, 215	Rockwall, Texas	Rockwall H.S.
Max White, INF/RHP	Fr.	R/R	6-1, 190	Durant, Okla.	Durant H.S.

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