John Spikerman

Photo by: Reghan Kyle

Position:
Outfield
Class:
Freshman
Height:
6-0
Weight:
180
Bats/Throws:
S/R
Hometown:
Montgomery, Texas

2024: Drafted in the third round with the 100th overall pick by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2024 MLB Draft ... All-Big 12 Honorable Mention … Big 12 Player of the Week (5/13) … Played in 42 games, making 40 starts primarily in center field … Missed 18 games due to injury suffered on March 16, returned to the starting lineup April 23 and started 22 of last 23 games … led OU with .367 batting average, hitting 12 doubles, four triples and three home runs … registered 32 RBIs, 42 run scored and 90 total bases … stole 11 bases on 17 attempts and drew 19 walks and one HBP … slugged .542 and held a .429 on-base clip … finished season with .978 fielding percentage, making 86 putouts to go with two assists and two errors … in 18 Big 12 games played, hit .405 with nine extra-base hits and 21 RBIs … had 16 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games … on opening weekend, had the go-ahead RBI double in a 10-inning win over No. 9 Tennessee … went 3-for-4 with four RBIs, a double and OU’s longest HR of the season with a 458-foot blast vs. Wright State (2/24) … homered and went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBIs, also throwing out a runner at home from CF in a sweep-clinching win at Texas Tech (5/5) … earned Big 12 POTW honors, leading OU to a regular season title-clinching sweep of Baylor, going 9-for-14 (.643) with five extra base hits, including his first career grand slam (5/10-11) … in Baylor sweep, had career-high five RBIs (5/11) and career-best four hits (5/11 G2) … matched his career high with four hits in a 4-for-5, two runs scored, two RBI game at Cincinnati (5/16) … went 3-for-4 with a triple, three runs scored and two RBIs in NCAA regional-opening win over Oral Roberts (5/31).

2023: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention … played in 60 games and made 59 starts ... all of his starts came in center field ... batted .270 with 14 doubles, a triple, three home runs, 33 RBIs, 44 runs scored, 49 walks and 27 stolen bases ... had an OBP of .413 and slugged .383 … his 27 steals led the team and ranked second in the Big 12 … registered 19 multiple hit games and seven multiple RBI games … ended the season on a 13-game hitting streak and a 24-game reached base streak … named to Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team … went 2 for 4 with two doubles, a run, and three RBIs vs. California (3/3) … registered two RBIs and a triple vs. TCU (3/18) … went 2 for 3 with two doubles and two runs vs. Stanford (3/3) … went 3 for 5 with a home run and two steals vs. Texas Tech (4/14) … was 2 for 4 with a double and two RBIs vs. Texas Tech (4/16) … notched three steals, along with a single, a walk and an RBI at Texas (4/22; game 2) … went 2 for 3 with two home runs, a career-high five RBIs, a walk, a steal and three runs scored vs. Kansas (4/29) … was 3 for 5 with a steal at DBU (5/2) … singled twice, walked twice and drove in two runs at Gonzaga (4/13) … singled twice, walked three times, drove in a run and scored twice in the Big 12 tournament vs. Oklahoma State (5/24) … went 2 for 4 with two RBIs in the Big 12 tournament vs. OSU (5/26) … doubled, walked and scored a run in the NCAA Charlottesville Regional vs. East Carolina (6/2) … went 2 for 3 with a walk, three steals and three runs in the regional vs. Army (6/3).

2022: Played in 35 games and made 30 starts ... 27 of his starts came in right field and three in left field ... batted .317 with eight doubles, a triple, two home runs, 15 RBIs, 30 runs scored, 22 walks and 12 stolen bases in 16 attempts ... in Big 12 play, he batted .386 with six doubles, one homer, seven RBIs, 14 runs scored, 10 walks and was 5 for 5 stealing in 14 games (10 starts) ... registered eight multiple hit games and three multiple RBI games ... among freshmen in OU history, he ranked second in OBP (.434), tied for fourth in steals (12), tied for fifth in batting average (.317) and tied for 10th in walks (22) ... missed the first half of the season with an injury ... made his first appearance as a pinch hitter at Oklahoma State on April 8, and made his first start on April 14 vs. Pacific (went 2 for 2 with two singles and walk and two runs scored) ... singled, walked twice and scored four runs at Kansas (4/24) ... went 3 for 5 with a double, a walk and two runs scored vs. Kansas State (5/29), then went 4 for 5 with two doubles, two walks, three RBIs and three runs vs. Kansas State (4/30) ... hit his first home run to lead off the game and notched two hits in the series opener at Texas Tech (5/19) ... went 3 for 4 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored in the Big 12 Championship opener vs. West Virginia (5/25) ... went 4 for 5 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored in the NCAA Regional vs. Liberty (6/3) ... doubled and scored a run in OU's 5-4 regional-clinching victory at Florida (6/6) ... named to the NCAA Gainesville Regional All-Tournament Team … singled, walked, drove in a run, scored a run and made a diving catch in right field for the final out of the NCAA Super Regional opener at Virginia Tech (6/10) ... went 2 for 4 with two walks, an RBI and two runs scored in the College World Series opener vs. Texas A&M (6/17) ... went 2 for 4 and scored a run in OU's second CWS win over Texas A&M (6/22) in the semifinals ... singled in the CWS finals vs. Ole Miss (6/26).

High School: Attended Lake Creek High School … rated as the No. 52 recruit in the state of Texas and a top-500 prospect nationally by Prep Baseball Report … ranked as a top-175 player in Texas and top-500 player nationally by Perfect Game … named the Montgomery County Offensive MVP in 2021 by the Lake Conroe Courier and the District 20-5A MVP … batted .517 with a .600 OBP and .783 slugging with two homers, 24 RBIs and 14 steals in 25 games during the 2021 season … batted .393 as a sophomore in 2019, earning first-team all-district 20-5A recognition … high school coach was Jeremy Schramm.

Personal: Major: health and exercise science.