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Recruiting Guide.Pdf 35 CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASONS 2019: 35-21 GrEAt AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS NCAA dii SIOUX FALLS REGIONAL TOURNAMENT RUNNER-UP 2018: 31-19 GREAT AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT RUNNER-UP NCAA DII MAGNOLIA REGIONAL TOURNAMENT 2014: 57-9 2017: 42-15 nAIA WORLD SERIES NCCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS SOONER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 2016: 43-15 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS NCCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 2013: 42-18 2015: 53-8 NAIA OPENING ROUND NAIA WORLD SERIES 2012: 46-12 SOONER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE NAIA OPENING ROUND CHAMPIONS 2011: 41-11 nAIA WORLD SERIES 2007 – 2019: 335 - 89 (.790) Oklahoma Baptist Baseball plays each home game on the beautiful Bobby Cox Field at Ford Park. Bobby Cox Field is located on the far north side of campus and has been home to the bison since 2007. Bobby Cox Field sports a natural playing surface that is maintained by the coaching staff and university grounds crew throughout the year. Every other year, OBU Baseball has the Infield professionally laser graded to maintain a level playing surface and to ensure that obu has one of the best natural playing surfaces in the region. In the October of 2019, the Bison Baseball program added a brand new Daktronics Video Board and scoreboard. The video display itself is 17 feet high and stretches 24 feet wide. The new board in left-center field sets Bobby Cox Field apart from surrounding NCAA DII schools. Jim king 1982 Philadelphia Phillies Todd Cash 1987 San Francisco Giants Jose Olmeda 1989 Atlanta Braves Bruce Throckmorton 1989 Atlanta Braves David Hocking 1989 San Francisco Giants Darrin Haddock 1991 Texas Rangers Mark Morris 1991 Cincinnati Reds Pat Evans 1994 Cleveland Indians Dustin Robinson 1997 Cincinnati Reds Wesley Faust 2000 San Francisco Giants Dustin Dossett 2001 Kansas City Royals Todd George 2001 Montreal Expos Ryan Bonesio 2003 NY Yankees Felix Peguero 2005 Kansas City Royals Chad Rhoades 2006 Boston Red Sox Spencer Hylander 2009 Houston Astros Richie Mirowski 2011 Washington Nationals Kyle Brule 2011 San Diego Padres Daniel Howell 2013 Seattle Mariners Eric Fredrick 2013 Tampa Bay Rays Julian Merryweather 2014 Cleveland Indians Matt Page 2014 Washington Nationals Ivan Vela 2014 Los Angeles Dodgers Taylor Hearn 2015 Washington Nationals Kelvin Rivas 2015 Miami Marlins Keach Ballard 2015 Houston Astros Yariel Gonzalez 2015 St. Louis Cardinals Nathan Thompson 2016 Houston Astros Tyler Gibson 2017 Cincinnati Reds Albertus Barber 2018 Philadelphia Phillies Shane Kelso 2019 Los Angeles Angels OBU- 2015 DRAFTED 5th ROUND MLB DEBUT: 4/25/19 “OBU gave me the opportunity to grow up as a Man, enrich my relationship with God, and play For one of the greatest coaches in the college game, Bobby Cox. I can’t thank him and the coaching staff Enough for giving me the opportunity to play at OBU And be apart of a great winning culture.” OBU- 2013-2014 DRAFTED 10th ROUND , 2014 2013 NAIA NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR “OBU was the best two years of my life. I met some of the best people that I have ever met and the school was like one big family. I had dreams of playing professional baseball and OBU gave me that opportunity. I had the chance to play in front of many pro scouts, giving me more exposure than I had ever received before. ” OBU- 2013-2014 DRAFTED 5th ROUND , 20 14 Currently on Toronto Blue Jays MLB Roster “ I owe a lot of credit to OBU for getting me reay for the next level. Having the resources openly available for me at any time helped me get all my work in. This was paramount in my physical development as an athlete. The coaches do a great job facilitating scouting opportunites and know how to move guys to the next level. ” OBU- 2019 DRAFTED 24th ROUND Feather River College (CA) “The OBU Baseball staff and program gave me an opportunity that I could not find anywhere else. I could have gone to a D1 and just been another guy that got lost in the mix, but at OBU I was able to work on my craft for the entirety of the fall and spring while fine tuning a lot of my mechanics and getting valuable innings to gain experience. The OBU staff has created relationships with almost every MLB scouting department, paving the way for talent that comes through OBU ’s doors to be seen by professional scouts. If you have talent, you will be seen at OBU.” OBU- 2010-2011 DRAFTED 32nd ROUND , 2011 ARIZONA STATE TRANSFER “I was fortunate to experience some amazing things at all levels of baseball, but OBU was more to me than a stop along the baseball journey. It brought the best out of me every day. My experience at OBU ended up shaping me, helped me grow up as a man, and defined me as a player, student, and person. It was family. It was It was love. ” OBU- 2014 DRAFTED 21th ROUND , 2014 st 2014 NAIA 1 TEAM ALL-AMERICAN “My time at OBU was one of the best baseball experiences of my life. The winning culture here is like no other. That is because you play for a coaching staff that will always have your back. At OBU, I had many opportunities to play in front of professional scouts, and that is why I can now say that I played at the next level.” OBU- 2017 Cincinatti Reds Organization University of Oklahoma (2014) Wichita State University (2016) “OBU was a great place for me to end my college career, not only from an academic standpoint, but also from an athletic standpoint. Everyone involved with OBU Athletics wants to see you suceed. The administration and coaching staff were great and I am glad that I ended my college career as a Bison.” OKLAHOMA BAPTIST BASEBALL UNIFORMS & APPAREL ACADEMICS .
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