Levi Prater

Position:
Left Handed Pitcher
Class:
Junior
Height:
6-0
Weight:
184
Bats/Throws:
S/L
Hometown:
Ada, Okla.
Prev School:
Byng HS

2020 [Junior]: Academic All-Big 12 Second Team selection… OU’s Saturday starter… made four starts and went 1-0 with a 3.42 ERA during the shortened season due to COVID-19… struck out 33 batters and allowed just nine runs in 23.2 innings… earned the victory with 13 strikeouts, two walks and one run allowed in 7.0 innings vs. San Diego State… pitched 6.1 innings, allowing two runs on six hits with seven strikeouts vs. Illinois State… punched out five and allowed two runs on five hits in 4.1 frames in his first outing of the season, helping the Sooners even the series vs. Virginia (2/15).

2019 [Sophomore]: Named to the All-Big 12 Second Team… received a 2019 Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award… appeared in 16 games with 14 starts… led the Sooners’ starters with a 3.26 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 80.0 innings… went 7-4, started three shutouts and allowed a .211 opponent batting average… pitched at least 6.0 innings in nine starts and allowed one or zero runs seven times… led the Big 12 with five runners picked off… allowed one earned run in 26.0 innings from March 2-24… struck out five batters and allowed one run on three hits and one walk vs. Cal Poly (2/17)… pitched 6.0 shutout innings vs. Columbia (3/2; game 1)… tossed eight scoreless innings with nine strikeouts, one walk and three hits at Rice (3/10), earning Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors… notched 15 strikeouts in 7.0 innings vs. Missouri State (3/17), the fourth-highest strikeout game in program history and most since 1999… tallied six punch outs and allowed one unearned run in 5.0 frames vs. Kansas (3/24)… recorded seven strikeouts and allowed one earned run in 6.0 innings at Baylor (4/14)… pitched 6.1 innings and struck out 11 batters at Kansas State (4/27)… allowed one run in 6.0 innings vs. Texas Tech (5/4)… struck out seven in 6.0 shutout innings at Texas (5/17; game 1). Summer 2019: Made seven appearances and four starts for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod League… went 2-1 with a 0.91 ERA, allowing two earned runs and striking out 21 batters in 19.2 innings.

2018 [Freshman]: Appeared in 33 games and made four starts on the mound… went 3-4 with a 4.09 ERA and pitched in two combined shutouts… struck out 64 batters in 50.2 innings and allowed a .169 opponent batting average… struck out seven batters in 4.1 relief innings and allowed no earned runs and no hits in his first collegiate appearance vs. South Alabama (2/17)… started four of his last six outings… pitched 4.1 scoreless innings in a start vs. Kansas State (5/5)… struck out six batters in 4.2 innings of a start at UCF (5/12)… earned the win with a scoreless inning in relief vs. Texas in the Big 12 Tournament (5/24)… tossed 4.2 innings in a start vs. Mississippi State in the NCAA Regional (6/4).

High School: Played four years of varsity baseball at Byng High School… named the 2017 Oklahoma 4A and Conference Player of the Year… selected to The Oklahoman’s All-State First Team… posted a perfect 10-0 record with a 0.35 ERA and 119 strikeouts, while hitting .407 as a senior…2017 Rawlings Perfect Game All-America Honorable Mention and All-Region West Second Team… led Byng to 2017 4A State Championship… member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Major: Communication.