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BIG 12 CONFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS 400 East John Carpenter Freeway Irving, TX 75062 general information 469/524-1000 Media Services______2-3 469/524-1045 - Fax Conference Information______4 Big12Sports.com National Champions & Sportsmanship Statement______5 Conference Championships______6 Commissioner______Dan Beebe Notebook ______7 Deputy Commissioner______Tim Weiser Big 12 Championship______8-9 Senior Associate Commissioner______Tim Allen Composite Schedule______10-13 Senior Associate Commissioner______Dru Hancock NCAA Championship/College World Series______14 Associate Commissioner - Communications______Bob Burda Commissioner & Conference Staff______15 Associate Commissioner - Football & Student Services______Edward Stewart teams Baylor Bears______16-18 Associate Commissioner - Quick Facts/Schedule/Coaching Information______16 Men’s & Game Management______John Underwood Alphabetical/Numerical Rosters______17 Chief Financial Officer______Steve Pace 2010 Results/Statistics______18 Assistant Commissioner - Compliance______Keri Boyce Jayhawks______19-21 Assistant Commissioner - Events & Human Resources___ Brad Clements Kansas State Wildcats______22-24 Assistant Commissioner - Championships______Dayna Scherf Tigers______25-27 Director of Communications______Rob Carolla Cornhuskers______28-30 Director of Football Championship______Donnie Duncan Sooners______31-33 Director of Marketing______Maark Keith Oklahoma State Cowboys______34-36 Associate Director of Communications______Joni Lehmann Longhorns______37-39 Assistant Director of Communications______Carmen Branch Texas A&M Aggies______40-42 Assistant Director of Video Services______Sean Hollister Texas Tech Red Raiders______43-45 Internet Services Coordinator______Kiron Andersen Championships Manager______Maria Huggins 2010 Season Review Assistant Business Manager______Neesha Quinn Standings/Overall Statistics ______46 Executive Assistant to the Commissioner/ Overall Statistics ______47-48 Manager of Executive Affairs______Melanie Ellis Game Highs ______49 Administrative Assistant______Regina Everett Conference-Only Statistics ______50-52 Administrative Assistant______Tracy Hunt Administrative Assistant______Valerie Rocha Record Book & History Coaching Records______52 Receptionist/Administrative Assistant______Michelle Peterson Game & Season Records ______53-55 Will Hancock Communications Assistant______Laura Rasmussen Career Records______55-56 Will Hancock Communications Assistant______Taylor Wilson Year-By-Year Review______57-69 Internet Services Assistant______Brian Mortensen Championship Results & Records ______70-74 Annual Statistical Leaders______75-77 CREDITS Attendance Leaders______77-78 National Polls______79 The 2011 Big 12 Media Guide is a publication of the Big 12 communications All-Big 12 Honors ______80-83 staff using InDesign CS2, Photoshop CS2 and Microsoft Word. Academic All-Big 12 Teams______84-87 Editor: Carmen Branch Weekly Awards______88-89 National Awards ______90 Layout & Design: Carmen Branch, Laura Rasmussen All-America Honors ______91-93 NCAA Records ______94 Page Design Assistance: laura Rasmussen Big 12 & the Draft ______95-99 Big12Sports.com______100 Editorial Assistance: Bob Burda, Rob Carolla, Joni Lehmann, Laura Rasmussen and Taylor Wilson

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Special Thanks: The Big 12 would like to thank Dave Mateer, Matt Lueders and the school media relations offices for their valuable assistance in producing this publication.

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BIG 12 COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Bob Burda, Associate Commissioner - Communications Office Direct______469/524-1007 [email protected]

Rob Carolla, Director of Communications Office Direct______469/524-1011 [email protected]

Joni Lehmann, Associate Director of Communications Bob Burda Rob Carolla Joni Lehmann Office Direct______469/524-1022 [email protected]

Carmen Branch, Assistant Director of Communications Office Direct______469/524-1009 [email protected]

Laura Rasmussen, Will Hancock Communications Assistant Office Direct______469/524-1039 [email protected]

Taylor Wilson, Will Hancock Communications Assistant Office Direct______469/524-1040 Carmen Branch Laura Rasmussen Taylor Wilson [email protected]

BIG12SPORTS.COM STAFF coaches’ teleconference Kiron Andersen, Internet Services Coordinator The Big 12 Conference baseball coaches will participate in a media-only Office Direct______469/524-1033 preseason teleconference at 10 a.m. Central time on Feb. 15. The conference [email protected] call can be heard live and will be archived on Big12Sports.com. Please contact the Big 12 communications staff for the call-in and replay phone numbers. Wendell Barnhouse, Big12Sports.com Correspondent [email protected] Postseason Awards Brian Mortensen, Internet Services Assistant The Big 12 presents the official all-conference awards at the end of the Office Direct______469/524-1038 regular season. Major award winners are chosen, along with the All-Big 12 [email protected] teams. Each head coach votes on the squads and is not permitted to vote for his own players. The awards will be announced prior to the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship. The Internet -- Big12Sports.com The Big 12 maintains its website at Big12Sports.com. Complete information Academic All-Big 12 teams are also chosen in baseball and will be announced on the league and its member schools is available. prior to the postseason.

The site boasts original content from throughout the Conference along with Big 12 weekly shows several video broadcasts, including a weekly magazine show - The Big 12 Report. The Big 12 Report is a weekly show that is available exclusively at In baseball, full rebroadcasts of ESPN televised contests will be available via the Big12Sports.com. Hosted by Correspondent Wendell Barnhouse, the Online, within 72 hours of a game’s completion. Comprehensive show is broadcast each Thursday and focuses on the schools and student- coverage from the 2011 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship will be athletes throughout the Big 12. In addition, it will give fans a unique look video streamed for free on Big12Sports.com for the fifth consecutive year. into the workings of the Conference itself - including television, bowl games, scheduling and more - along with interviews with the Commissioner and Scores throughout the league and standings are updated on a daily basis. other selected Big 12 staff. Conference statistics are available daily, with weekly award winners posted each Monday. The Big 12 also boasts two over-the-air weekly magazine-style shows. Each program is a 30-minute promotion of the league, with features on student- Media can access Acrobat PDF files of the conference release, statistics and athletes, coaches, teams and conference championships. Big 12 Showcase the league media guide on the website. returns for its 15th season on FSN and has been produced by Keith Fletcher each of those years. handles hosting duties. Big 12 This Week CONFERENCE Release is televised by ESPNU, with Melissa Knowles as the primary host. Segments The Big 12 will update a media release, including team notes, results and of both programs are available online via the Big 12 website. more daily during the season. Complete league statistics will be updated via the conference website as well. Championship Credentials Media credentials for the 2011 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship Phillips 66 Weekly Awards are authorized and issued by the Conference office. An online credential A Big 12 Player, Pitcher and Newcomer of the Week will be chosen beginning system, provided through an agreement with Sports Systems Services, Inc., in late February. Nominations are submitted by the school media relations is the only method to submit requests. The credential system will be made offices and the winners are selected by a panel of media voters who cover available during the month of April. the league on a regular basis. This year marks the 15th year for Phillips 66 as a sponsor of the Big 12 Conference.

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MEDIA contact office PHone cell PHONE E-mail Big 12 Carmen Branch 469/524-1009 214/418-6969 [email protected] Baylor David Kaye 254/710-4389 254/709-5147 [email protected] Kansas Mike Cummings 785/864-3575 785/331-6307 [email protected] Kansas State Ryan Lackey 785/532-7708 785/587-7865 [email protected] Missouri Shawn Davis 573/884-9486 573/268-4275 [email protected] Nebraska Brandon Gries 402/472-7781 308/289-2286 [email protected] Oklahoma Craig Moran 405/325-6449 405/249-8264 [email protected] Oklahoma State Wade McWhorter 405/744-7853 405/612-5240 [email protected] Texas Thomas Dick 512/471-6039 512/748-9314 [email protected] Texas A&M Adam Quisenberry 979/862-5453 713/582-5135 [email protected] Texas Tech Scott Lacefield 806/742-2770 817/691-3786 [email protected]

Rich Fetchiet Coordinator of Baseball Umpires

Rich Fetchiet was named Big 12 Conference Coordinator of Baseball Umpires in August 2005. He has over 35 years of collegiate, national and international umpiring and umpire-related administrative experience.

Fetchiet is also currently the coordinator for the Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA and Mid-American conferences and the . He is a member of the NCAA National Umpire Program Advisory Committee in addition to the NCAA Baseball Rules Editorial Committee. Fetchiet has served as the Baseball Secretary-Rules Editor for the NCAA and Chair of the ABCA Rules Committee. He is active in numerous officiating organizations and is a teacher and instructor at umpire camps and clinics across the country.

Fetchiet retired from active umpiring after the 2000 season. Prior to that he umpired numerous Division I conference tournaments and made three appearances, including serving as the plate umpire for the 1999 national championship game. Included among Rich’s international tournaments are the Pan Am Games, World Cup Qualifier, Intercontinental Cup, World Championships and the Olympic Games. In 1997 he was named Umpire of the Year by the International Baseball Association.

Fetchiet is a higher education administrator at the University of School of Dentistry. He and his wife, Kay, and two children currently reside in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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Big 12 Conference – A National Leader (Nebraska) earned countless accolades for her work away from competition, being named the Academic All-America of the Year for all sports in The Big 12 Conference, despite being one of the youngest conferences in America, both 2006-07 and ‘07-08. She was also named recipient of the prestigious 2006-07 continues its position as a national leader in athletics and academics in the midst of Honda-Broderick Award as Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year, the first athlete its 15th season in 2010-11. since the Big 12 was formed to earn the accolade. In its history, the conference has nearly 400 academic honorees, averaging more than 25 each season. Since it began play in 1996-97, the Conference can boast of 39 team crowns and 459 individual NCAA Championships. The success has continued in the fall of 2010 as The Big 12 can boast of other stories that combine on and off the field success. Oklahoma State captured its second consecutive NCAA men’s cross country title. In Patience Knight (Texas Tech) was the recipient of the Honda Inspiration Award addition to OSU’s crown last year, Texas captured the national championship in men’s in 2008, given to an outstanding female college athlete who overcomes adversity & while Texas A&M maintained its place as the nation’s top outdoor to excel in her sport. She was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in 2007, but track & field program. The Aggies secured the NCAA crowns for both the men and rebounded to win All-America honors at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field women for the second straight year. Championships.

Every single sport the Conference sponsors had at least one school ranked in the top Competitive excellence, scholarship and sportsmanship are all equal components six of the national rankings during the past campaign. In addition, nine different sports of the Big 12 philosophy. All-Big 12 teams and Academic All-Big 12 squads are had the No. 1 team in the nation at some point during the 2009-10 season. recognized for each sport at the end of their respective seasons. At the end of each academic year, the Conference honors its top male and female student-athletes In addition to the NCAA crowns, several more schools made strong national showings. with the Big 12 Athlete of the Year and Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year awards. Nine Big 12 teams have competed in the regional semifinals of the NCAA Championship over the past two years. In 2009, the Big 12 had a school play for the Institutions can also nominate student-athletes for the prestigious Dr. Prentice BCS National Championship (Texas) for the seventh season and placed two women’s Gautt Postgraduate Scholarships at the end of each academic year. A total of 249 basketball squads (Baylor, Oklahoma) in the Final Four in the same season for the first scholars have received over 1.6 million in postgraduate financial aid through the time. Oklahoma finished second nationally at the 2010 NCAA women’s gymnastics first 14 years of the program. finals - an all-time high for the Big 12 - while Oklahoma State placed second at the men’s championship. State was third at the NCAA wrestling championships The Big 12 sponsors 21 sports. Men’s squads include baseball, basketball, cross and the Big 12 also placed a team in the College World Series in both (Missouri) country, football, golf, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, swimming & diving, and baseball (Oklahoma). and wrestling. Women’s teams are fielded in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, soccer, softball, swimming The individual honors also continued, as Jenny Barringer () earned The & diving, tennis and volleyball. Bowerman Award, presented for the first time to the most outstanding collegiate women’s athlete. In fact, all three women’s finalists were from the The Conference is made up of 12 institutions that have shared many traditional Big 12. Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State) was named the recipient of the Honda rivalries throughout their histories. Member schools include - , Sports Award as the nation’s top female golfer after capturing the NCAA individual University of Colorado, , , Kansas State title. Lisa Koll (Iowa State) earned the Honda Award as the top collegiate female University, , University of Nebraska, , athlete in track & field, (Nebraska) was the consensus Division I women’s Oklahoma State University, University of Texas, Texas A&M University and Texas basketball coach of the year and K.J. Kindler (Oklahoma) earned national women’s Tech University. gymnastics coaching accolades. The institutions created a league that encompasses seven states, over 46 million The Big 12 has had four winners in its 15-year history. In 2008, the people and television households in 18 of the top 100 markets within its geographic Big 12 established a high-water mark, as for the first time in the 74-year history of the footprint. Heisman four of the top five vote-getters hailed from the same conference, including award-winner (Oklahoma). The league followed that recognition with The Conference conducts championships for 19 of its 21 sports. Each championship two of the top five finalists in 2009. helps to determine teams and/or individuals that will represent the Conference in national postseason competition. The winner of the Big 12 football championship During the past six-plus seasons a total of 17 NCAA trophies have been hoisted by game earns the league’s berth into the . Big 12 institutions, with at least one national crown won in all but one year for the Conference, including 14 consecutive seasons. In the last several years the Big 12 has increased its bowl agreements and expanded television opportunities for all sports through contracts with ABC/ESPN and FSN. The Big 12’s seven all-time appearances in the BCS title game ties for the national lead. Most recently, the league renewed and expanded its multi-year arrangement with Seven league squads have played for the football national championship in the last 11 ABC/ESPN, Inc. The new contract began in 2008-09. years with berths in 18 BCS games overall, including two each in 2007 and 2008. Since ‘08, the Big 12 has had a combined 24 players earn consensus All-America accolades, In its first 14 years, the Conference has distributed more than $1.2 billion to its 12 including a nation-leading eight in 2010. . member institutions. The Big 12 staff administers to over 4,600 student-athletes in its 21 sports. The conference office is headquartered in Irving, Texas. In basketball, nine men’s and six women’s teams have advanced to their respective Final Fours in the past eight seasons as the Big 12 continues its place among the BIG 12 QUIC K F A C T S elite intercollegiate athletic conferences. On the men’s side six different teams have reached the regional finals in the past three seasons – the first time since 1985 that (All statistics from 1996 through January 2011) any conference can boast of six different teams doing so over a three-year period. The Big 12 has led the nation in women’s basketball attendance the past 11 seasons Founded: February 25, 1994 and surpassed its own NCAA record attendance mark in 2009-10. Area: Seven states with combined populations of more than 46 million people. Numerous national honors have been won by basketball student-athletes during the league’s history. (Kansas) was awarded the 2010 Frances Pomeroy Television Markets: 18 of the Top 100 nationally Naismith Award in men’s basketball as the top player six-foot or under. Kelsey Griffin (Nebraska) gave the Conference a consensus All-America selection in women’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll Students: basketball for the 10th straight season. 56,000-plus named in first 28 semesters

The Big 12 and its member institutions are committed to a competitive environment Academic All-Big 12 First Team Members: 12,494 where sportsmanship and fair play take center stage. Whether on the field, in the classroom, or within the community, the student-athletes, administrators, coaches and Student-Athletes with a 4.0 grade-point average on Academic game officials of the Big 12 support the highest ideals in sportsmanship. all-Big 12 Teams: 805

Big 12 student-athletes have shown commitment to their studies by earning numerous Dr. Scholarships: 249 with over $1,655,600 in financial aid academic recognitions. (Kansas) was the latest after being named Academic All-America of the Year in men’s basketball in 2009-10. It marked the seventh Team National Championships: 39 time in the past five years that a league athlete has garnered the top academic honor for their respective sport. The Big 12 had plenty of success overall in the classroom Individual National Championships: 459 a year ago, as the Conference led the nation with 38 student-athletes earning ESPN/ CoSIDA Academic All-America recognition. All-America First Team Selections: 3,431 Big 12 Postseason Championship Attendance: More Than 4.6 million fans

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big 12 TEAm NATIONAL CHAMPIONS (39) big 12 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Only championships won as members of the Big 12 (since 1996-97) in conference-sponsored sports are included. (459) Through January 2011 (2009-10 Only Listed)

Baseball (2) Women’s Golf Women’s Outdoor Track & Field 2005 Texas Caroline Hedwall, Oklahoma State Lisa Koll, Iowa State (5,000m; 10,000m) 2002 Texas Porscha Lucas, Texas A&M (200m) Men’s Swimming & Diving Texas A&M (4x100 Relay) Men’s Basketball (1) , Texas (200m medley) [Jeneba Tarmoh, Porsha Lucas, 2008 Kansas Texas (800-yd freestyle relay) Dominique Duncan, Elizabeth Adeoti] Women’s Basketball (1) [Scott Jostes, David Walters, 2005 Baylor Neil Caskey, Ricky Berens] Wrestling Max Askren, Missouri Men’s Cross Country (5) Women’s Swimming & Diving David Zabriskie, Iowa State 2010 Oklahoma State Julia Wilkinson, Texas A&M (100-yard freestyle) Jake Varner, Iowa State 2009 Oklahoma State Alia Atkinson, Texas A&M (200-yard breast) 2006 Colorado 2004 Colorado Men’s Indoor Track & Field 2001 Colorado Ronnie Ash, Oklahoma (60m Hurdles) Women’s Cross Country (2) Curtis Mitchell, Texas A&M (200m) 2004 Colorado Texas A&M (4x400m Relay) 2000 Colorado [Demetrius Pinder, Bryan Miller, Tabarie Henry, Curtis Mitchell] Football (3) 2005 Texas Women’s Indoor Track & Field ALL-TIME Team 2000 Oklahoma Lisa Koll, Iowa State (5,000m) 1997 Nebraska NCAA Championships Men’s Outdoor Track & Field By Big 12 Institutions Men’s Golf (3) Marquise Goodwin () 2009 Texas A&M (All Sports Played) 2006 Oklahoma State Jordan Scott, Kansas (Pole Vault)

2000 Oklahoma State Texas A&M (4x400 Relay) Oklahoma State______50 [Tran Howell, Demetrius Pinder, Texas______46 Women’s Indoor Track & Field (3) Bryan Miller, Tabarie Henry] 2006 Texas Oklahoma______24 1999 Texas Colorado______23 1998 Texas Nebraska______20 Iowa State______13 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (2) Kansas______10 2010 Texas A&M 2009 Texas A&M Texas A&M______9 Baylor______2 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (5) Missouri______2 2010 Texas A&M Texas Tech______1 2009 Texas A&M Total______200 2005 Texas 1999 Texas 1998 Texas

Softball (1) 2000 Oklahoma

Men’s Swimming & Diving (4) Big 12 Conference Sportsmanship Statement 2010 Texas 2002 Texas The member institutions of the Big 12 Conference are committed to competition in an arena where 2001 Texas sportsmanship and the sense of fair play take center stage. Whether on the field, within the community or 2000 Texas in the classroom, those who make up the Big 12—its administrators, coaches, game officials and student- athletes—support the highest ideals in sportsmanship. Men’s Tennis (1) At the heart of sportsmanship is the commitment of the institutions towards respect for the opposition 2004 Baylor and those officiating contests in the 21 sports sponsored by the Big 12. It is with a sense of fair play that a true sporting demeanor in the spirit of intercollegiate competition can be created and maintained with a total Women’s Volleyball (2) regard for the welfare of student-athletes, coaches, support personnel and spectators. 2006 Nebraska 2000 Nebraska Sportsmanship on the field of play is governed by Conference rules and guidelines, as well as those established under the NCAA and amateur organizations. It is the responsibility of game officials and administrators to see Wrestling (4) to strict adherence to these guidelines. 2006 Oklahoma State The behavior of spectators is managed by event personnel, who are encouraged to deal with interference 2005 Oklahoma State or abuse of appropriate sporting behavior in the strictest of methods. 2004 Oklahoma State The Big 12 Conference and its member institutions appreciate the support of the majority of fans who wish 2003 Oklahoma State to create an atmosphere of competition that allows the participants to showcase the game and their respective skills.

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2010-11 POSTSEASON SCHEDULE

Date Sport Venue Location October 31 Cross Country A.L. Gustin Golf Course Columbia, Mo. October 30 Cross Country OSU Cross Country Course Stillwater, Okla. November 3, 5, 7 Soccer Blossom Soccer December 4 Football Cowboys Stadium Arlington, Texas February 23-26 Swimming & Diving Jamail Texas Swimming Center Austin, Texas February 25-26 Indoor Track & Field Sports Center Lincoln, Neb. March 5 Wrestling Ames, Iowa March 9-12 Men’s Basketball Sprint Center Kansas City, Mo. March 8-9, 11-12 Women’s Basketball Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Mo. March 19 Gymnastics Hearnes Center Columbia, Mo. April 22-24 Women’s Golf The Club at Old Hawthorne Columbia, Mo. April 25-27 Men’s Golf Prairie Dunes Country Club Hutchinson, Kan. April 28-May 1 Tennis Baylor Tennis Center Waco, Texas May 13-15 Outdoor Track & Field John Jacobs Track Complex Norman, Okla. -29 Baseball RedHawks Ballpark

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ALL-TIME CHAMPIONSHIPS

REGULAR SEASON Baseball 2 -- -- 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 3 1 Men’s Basketball 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 Women’s Basketball 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 6 0 2 1 3 Football 0 4 1 1 4 3 9 8 1 7 3 1 Men’s Tennis 9 ------0 0 0 6 1 0 Women’s Tennis 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 0 Soccer 1 1 0 1 -- 1 3 0 1 1 7 0 Softball 1 -- 0 0 -- 1 3 3 0 4 2 0 Volleyball 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 -- 4 0 0 TOTALS 21 5 4 13 7 5 31 18 4 41 18 5

Co-Championships and division titles are included above.

POSTSEASON Baseball 0 -- -- 1 0 0 4 1 1 4 2 1 Men’s Basketball 0 0 1 7 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 Women’s Basketball 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 2 Men’s Cross Country 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Women’s Cross Country 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Football 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 0 3 1 0 Men’s Golf 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 3 0 0 Women’s Golf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 4 0 Gymnastics -- -- 2 -- -- 0 8 4 ------Soccer 0 0 0 0 -- 1 5 0 3 2 4 0 Softball** 0 -- 0 1 -- 2 3 4 0 4 1 0 Men’s Swimming & Diving ------0 ------14 0 0 Women’s Swimming & Diving -- -- 0 0 -- 0 2 -- -- 9 3 -- Men’s Tennis 7 ------0 0 0 4 3 0 Women’s Tennis 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 0 Men’s Indoor Track & Field 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 5 0 0 Women’s Indoor Track & Field 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 4 0 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 4 1 1 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 4 0 Wrestling -- -- 3 -- 0 0 1 2 9 ------TOTALS 15 26 8 10 4 4 47 29 34 73 30 7

Overall 36 31 12 23 11 9 78 47 38 114 48 12

Dashes (--) indicate that the institution does not sponsor that sport. Volleyball and softball do not sponsor a postseason championship. Big 12 titles for sports without round-robin conference play are determined by the postseason championship (Cross country, golf, gymnastics, swimming & diving, indoor/outdoor track & field, wrestling). ** - Oklahoma won the 1996 Big 12 softball postseason title prior to the first academic year of Big 12 competition (1996-97); The final softball and football championships were held in 2010. --Through January 2011--

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS OU’s season ended with a 12-inning, 3-2 loss to the eventual national champion Big 12 squads are a mainstay in the national rankings each year, and in 2011 South Carolina. expect to see much of the same. Three Big 12 teams were ranked in the top 10 of Collegiate Baseball’s preseason poll released in mid-December. Oklahoma Overall, the Big 12 finished the 2010 campaign with a 212-85 (.714) record against led the way in sixth-place, after making its first appearance since 1995 at the non-conference opponents. 2010 Men’s College World Series and 10th trip to Omaha overall. Texas and Texas A&M followed closely behind at No. 7 and 8 respectively. The remaining preseason home field advantage rankings were not available at press time. Texas and Texas A&M headlined the Big 12’s seven teams listed in the top 50 of the NCAA attendance rankings. UT and TAMU are ranked fifth and 11th, respectively, Individually, Garrett Buechele (Oklahoma), Cole Green, Taylor Jungmann (Texas) in average home attendance. The Longhorns also pace the league in total home and John Stilson (Texas A&M) earned preseason recognition from Collegiate attendance at No. 3, in addition to the Aggies holding the No. 9 spot. The Big 12 Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Stilson, the has had four or more teams place in the national top 25 every season since 1999. 2010 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, was a first-team honoree on both squads. The Longhorn pitching duo of Jungmann and Green were tabbed for first and UT recorded 256,278 fans during the 2010 campaign, averaging 6,571 spectators. second team accolades. Last season’s conference pitcher of the year Green joined The Aggies had 131,089 enter the turnstiles last season while drawing an average Stilson on the NCBWA’s first team, while Jungmann was on the second team. CB’s of 3,641 for their 36 home games. Louisville Slugger selected Jungmann to its first team and Green to the second team. Buechele made the second team for NCBWA and was named to the third Baylor, Texas and Texas A&M are three of eight schools in the nation that have team by CB. Kansas State’s James Allen and Nick Martini were members of the averaged at least 2,700 fans each season since 2000. NCBWA’s preseason third team. NCAA Division I Total Home Attendance All but one of last season’s All-Big 12 individual award winners return. In addition to Green, Stilson and Martini (Co-Player of the Year), Texas Tech’s Barrett Barnes, Rank Team Dates Attendance Average who was the Freshman of the Year, will suit up for the Red Raiders again in 2011. 3. Texas 39 256,278 6,571 Buechele, Green, Martini and Stilson also landed on the All-Big 12 First Team a year 9. Texas A&M 36 131,089 3,641 ago. Barnes and Jungmann were selected to the second team. 22. Baylor 34 89,804 2,641 26. Texas Tech 29 71,609 2,469 LEADER of The Pack 27. Nebraska 25 70,535 2,821 Including the Longhorns’ 50 victories in 2010, Texas’ has compiled 43. Kansas State 24 43,518 1,813 1,768 career wins in 42 years of coaching. He is the all-time winningest active 48. Oklahoma 31 35,279 1,138 mentor (by victories) in Division I. The Vallejo, -native moved into first- place when he claimed his 1,428th victory on June 9, 2003, against No. 1 Florida NCAA Division I Average Home Attendance State. He currently sits at No. 2 among all coaches, trailing only Gordie Gillespie Rank Team Dates Attendance Average of Division III St. Francis [Ill.], who has1,852 victories. Garrido is one of only two 5. Texas 39 256,278 6,571 Division I coaches to ever win 500 or more games at two different schools and the 11. Texas A&M 36 131,089 3,641 only coach to ever win 600 or more contests at two different institutions. Garrido 22. Nebraska 25 70,535 2,821 has amassed a 617-282-2 (.686). mark at UT over the last 14 seasons. 24. Baylor 34 89,804 2,641 26. Texas Tech 29 71,609 2,469 In addition, Garrido (10th) is joined by Kansas State’s Brad Hill (6th) Oklahoma’s 36. Kansas State 24 43,518 1,813 (15th), Nebraska’s Mike Anderson (25th), Texas A&M’s Rob 49. Oklahoma 31 35,279 1,138 Childress (29th), Oklahoma State’s Frank Anderson (38th) and Baylor’s (49th) in the top 50 active coaches by winning percentage. NATIONAL RECOGNITION This fall, the 2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship was nominated for a 2010 SEASON REVIEW SportsTravel Award in the Best Collegiate Sports Event Series or Circuit category. Texas won its sixth Big 12 regular season title (2002, ‘04, ‘06-07 and ‘09) in 2010. The The accolade is presented by SportsTravel magazine, a national publication that Longhorns posted a 24-3 mark (.889), setting a Big 12 record for most conference serves the sports-based travel industry. victories in a season. Texas also established the mark for consecutive league wins (17). Sporting events are nominated and then voted on by the readers of SportsTravel. Criteria for nomination and voting include superior organization of and attendance The postseason started in dramatic fashion for the Conference with Texas A&M at the event, a superior experience for the competitors and/or spectators at the edging Baylor 5-3 in 10 innings in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship title contest. event, and how the site or venue served to enhance the event. The Aggies rallied to tie up the contest at 3-3 behind a Brodie Greene bunt single in the ninth-inning. Greene, who earned the Most Outstanding Player award, then The Big 12 Conference and the Oklahoma City All Sports Association have hosted connected on a two-run homer to give A&M its second league postseason crown the league’s annual postseason championship in downtown Oklahoma City 12 (2007). times in the Conference’s history.

Five Big 12 teams were chosen to compete in the NCAA Championship field, The Men’s College World Series took home top honors. including Texas A&M which was the league's automatic qualifier after winning the postseason championship. Texas and Oklahoma hosted regional competition while GOING FOR THE GOLD Baylor and Kansas State also earned bids. USA Baseball named Missouri head coach the manager of the 2011 Collegiate National Team. The Big 12 posted a .667 (12-6) winning percentage in NCAA Regional action, the second-highest among conferences with five or more teams in the field. Only the SEC Jamieson made his Team USA debut serving as an assistant coach for fellow Big 12 had a better percentage (.710), recording a 22-9 mark. OU and UT advanced to their colleague Steve Smith from Baylor who led the 2005 collegiate squad. Team USA respective Super Regionals, marking the first time since ‘07 (Oklahoma State, Texas posted a 16-4 record, which included games played in Japan and Taiwan. A&M) that more than one Big 12 team moved on to the second weekend of play. The 2011 slate is highlighted by five games against Japan, marking the 38th time the Oklahoma filled the final spot in the Men’s College World Series field, shutting out USA Baseball Collegiate National Team has met the Japanese Collegiate All-Stars in the No. 5 national seed on June 14 in the Charlottesville (Va.) Super Regional. an international friendship series. The complete 2011 schedule will be announced The Sooners earned their first trip to Omaha since 1995 and 10th appearance at a later date. overall. It marked the second straight season the Big 12 had a team participate in the MCWS -- Texas was the championship runner-up in ‘09 -- and 13th appearance Jamieson enters his 17th season at the helm of the Tiger program this season. He is overall. Six different league squads have qualified for the event in the Big 12’s 14 the second-winningest coach in MU history with a career record of 544-382-2. seasons, including the Longhorns’ 2002 and ‘05 national title runs.

Big12Sports.com  PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP

CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION/HISTORY

The Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship returns to Oklahoma City’s RedHawks Ballpark on May 25-29.

RedHawks Ballpark, which was opened on April 2, 1998 and seats 13,066 fans, serves as the home facility for the Class AAA Oklahoma City RedHawks, an affiliate of the Astros. It has hosted 12 baseball championships in the league’s 15-year tenure, including this season’s event. Overall, three venues have sponsored the tournament: All-Sports Stadium, Oklahoma City (1997); RedHawks Ballpark (1998-2001, ‘03, ‘05-10) and The Ballpark in Arlington (2002, ‘04).

Past postseason championship winners include Kansas (2006), Nebraska (1999-2001, ‘05), Oklahoma (1997), Oklahoma State (2004), Texas (2002, ‘03, ‘08-09), Texas A&M (2007, ‘10) and Texas Tech (1998).

Live action from the 2011 championship will be video streamed on Big12Sports.com for the fifth straight year. Audio from the webcast will also be broadcast on Sirius XM Radio, a Big 12 corporate partner.

For ticket information, visit Big12Sports.com. big12sports.com webcast - & wendell barnhouse

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Championship Format Championship Schedule

The eight teams with the best conference records (based on winning percentage) in Wednesday, May 25 Game 1: Teams To Be Determined 9:00 a.m. regular season competition will qualify for the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship -- a Game 2: Teams To Be Determined 12:30 p.m. two-division, double-elimination format. Game 3: Teams To Be Determined 4:00 p.m. Game 4: Teams To Be Determined 7:30 p.m. In the event of a tie or ties in the standings, the following tie-breaking system will be Thursday May 26 implemented. Game 5: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser 9:00 a.m. Game 6: Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser 12:30 p.m. (a) If two teams are tied, head-to-head competition will be used to break a tie. Game 7: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner 4:00 p.m. Game 8: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner 7:30 p.m.

(b) If two teams remain tied, the winner of the first game of the Conference series Friday May 27 between the two tied teams will be used. Game 9: Game 7 Loser vs. Game 5 Winner 3:15 p.m. Game 10: Game 8 Loser vs. Game 6 Winner 7:30 p.m. (c ) If two teams remain tied, there will be a comparison of the records of the tied Saturday, May 28 teams against the highest place team(s) in descending order from top to bottom until Game 11: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner 9:00 a.m. the tie is broken; or, Game 12: Game 8 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner 12:30 p.m. Game 13: If Necessary 4:00 p.m. (d) If two teams remain tied, there will be a drawing to determine the seed or Game 14: If Necessary 7:30 p.m. qualification for the tournament; Sunday, May 29 Game 15: Division One Winner vs. Division Two Winner 1:00 p.m. (e) If three or more teams are tied, there will be a comparison of head-to-head {FSN} records in a ‘mini round-robin’ of tied teams, followed by steps (a), (b), (c), and (d). Once a team has been eliminated from a multi-team comparison, it is dropped from All times Central. Game times to be assigned once seeds and divisions are determined. Day One matchups will feature: further comparisons. Division One: Seeds 4 vs. 5, 1 vs. 8 • Division Two: Seeds 3 vs. 6, 2 vs. 7 *Game 13 will be necessary if the winner of Game 9 also wins Game 11. The Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship winner earns the Big 12’s automatic berth into **Game 14 will be necessary if the winner of Game 10 also wins Game 12. the NCAA Championship field. If the championship is terminated before completion, ***If Game 13 is unnecessary, Game 14 will be played at 4 p.m. rather than then the league’s regular season champion (No. 1-seeded team for the championship), 7:30 p.m. will serve as the Conference’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament. Note: If both bracket winners are undefeated after Game 12, Games 13 & 14 will not be played and the two undefeated teams will play in the championship game on Sunday.

Big12Sports.com  COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

date game TIME date game TIME Feb. 18 Nebraska at Texas State 3:00 p.m. Feb. 26 Missouri at Charlotte (DH) 11:00 a.m. William & Mary at Oklahoma 3:00 p.m. Oakland at Oklahoma Noon at Texas 3:00 p.m. Kansas State vs. Pacific 12:30 p.m. Oral Roberts at Baylor 4:00 p.m. Caravelle Resort’s Baseball at the Beach; Myrtle Beach, S.C. Bryant at Oklahoma State 4:00 p.m. Baylor at Georgia 1:00 p.m. Western Michigan at Texas Tech 6:00 p.m. Nebraska vs. Northern Colorado 1:30 p.m. Red Raider Classic; Lubbock, Texas Cal Poly at Oklahoma State 2:00 p.m. Kansas at TCU 6:30 p.m. Gonzaga at Texas A&M 2:05 p.m. LeMoyne University at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Saint Louis at Kansas 3:00 p.m. Kansas State at Pacific 8:00 p.m. Jayhawk Classic; Lawrence, Kan. Missouri at USC 8:00 p.m. Northern Illinois at Texas Tech 4:00 p.m. USC Tournament; , Calif. Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic; Lubbock, Texas Nebraska at Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 Nebraska vs. Air Force 11:00 a.m. Texas at Hawai’i 7:00 p.m. William & Mary at Oklahoma (DH) Noon Maryland at Texas (DH) Noon Feb. 27 Kansas State vs. California 10:00 a.m. Oral Roberts at Baylor 2:00 p.m. Caravelle Resort’s Baseball at the Beach; Myrtle Beach, S.C. Kansas at TCU 2:00 p.m. Nebraska at Sam Houston State 10:00 a.m. Bryant at Oklahoma State 2:00 p.m. Missouri at Charlotte 11:00 a.m. LeMoyne University at Texas A&M 2:05 p.m. Baylor at Georgia Noon Northwestern at Texas Tech 2:30 p.m. Northern Illinois at Texas Tech Noon Red Raider Classic; Lubbock, Texas Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic; Lubbock, Texas Kansas State at Pacific 4:00 p.m. Gonzaga at Texas A&M 12:05 p.m. Missouri vs. Cal Poly 4:00 p.m. Oakland at Oklahoma 1:00 p.m. USC Tournament; Los Angeles, Calif. Cal Poly at Oklahoma State 1:00 p.m. Valley at Texas Tech 6:00 p.m. Iowa at Kansas 3:00 p.m. Red Raider Classic; Lubbock, Texas Jayhawk Classic; Lawrence, Kan. Nebraska vs. Washington 7:00 p.m. Texas at Hawai’i 5:00 p.m.

Feb. 20 Nebraska vs. Missouri State 11:00 a.m. March 1 Southern Utah at Kansas 3:00 p.m. William & Mary at Oklahoma 11:30 a.m. Oklahoma at UT-Arlington 3:00 p.m. Missouri vs. Noon Missouri State at Oklahoma State 4:00 p.m. USC Tournament; Los Angeles, Calif. Texas State at Baylor 4:00 p.m. Maryland at Texas Noon UNLV at Texas Tech 5:00 p.m. LeMoyne University at Texas A&M 12:05 p.m. UT-Pan American at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Oral Roberts at Baylor 1:00 p.m. Kansas State at Pacific 1:00 p.m. March 2 UNLV at Texas Tech 1:00 p.m. Kansas at TCU 1:00 p.m. Nebraska-Kearney at Nebraska 1:35 p.m. Bryant at Oklahoma State 1:00 p.m. UT-Pan American at Texas A&M 3:05 p.m. Northwestern at Texas Tech 1:30 p.m. Red Raider Classic; Lubbock, Texas March 3 Kansas vs. UC-Riverside 6:00 p.m. Coca-Cola Classic; Surprise, Ariz. Feb. 22 Creighton at Kansas 3:00 p.m. Oklahoma at State 8:00 p.m. -Pine Bluff at Oklahoma 3:00 p.m. San Diego State Tournament; San Diego, Calif. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Texas 3:00 p.m. TCU at Baylor 4:00 p.m. March 4 Baylor vs. Houston Noon Baptist at Oklahoma State 4:00 p.m. Minute Maid Classic; Houston, Texas Prairie View A&M at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. UCLA at Nebraska 1:35 p.m. Western Illinois at Kansas State 3:00 p.m. Feb. 23 Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Oklahoma 3:00 p.m. Stanford at Texas 3:00 p.m. Texas A&M vs. Utah 3:30 p.m. Feb. 24 Kansas State at Coastal Carolina 3:00 p.m. Minute Maid Classic; Houston, Texas Caravelle Resort’s Baseball at the Beach; Myrtle Beach, S.C. Oklahoma vs. San Diego 4:00 p.m. BYU at Texas Tech 5:00 p.m. San Diego State Tournament; San Diego, Calif. Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic; Lubbock, Texas Oklahoma State vs. Washington State 5:00 p.m. Dairy Queen Classic; Tucson, Ariz. Feb. 25 Kansas State vs. Western 11:00 a.m. TCU at Texas Tech 5:30 p.m. Caravelle Resort’s Baseball at the Beach; Myrtle Beach, S.C. Kansas vs. Cal State-Bakersfield 6:00 p.m. Nebraska vs. Northern Colorado 1:30 p.m. Coca-Cola Classic; Surprise, Ariz. Saint Louis at Kansas 3:00 p.m. Illinois- at Missouri 6:00 p.m. Jayhawk Classic; Lawrence, Kan. Missouri at Charlotte 3:00 p.m. March 5 Baylor vs. Utah Noon Oakland at Oklahoma 3:00 p.m. Minute Maid Classic; Houston, Texas Baylor at Georgia 4:00 p.m. Western Illinois at Kansas State (DH) 1:00 p.m. Cal Poly at Oklahoma State 4:00 p.m. Illinois-Chicago at Missouri (DH) 1:00 p.m. BYU at Texas Tech 4:00 p.m. Oklahoma vs. California 1:00 p.m. Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic; Lubbock, Texas San Diego State Tournament; San Diego, Calif. Gonzaga at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Stanford at Texas 2:00 p.m. Texas at Hawai’i 10:30 p.m.

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date game TIME date game TIME UCLA at Nebraska 2:05 p.m. March 15 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Texas Tech 1:00 p.m. TCU at Texas Tech 5:00 p.m. Texas Tech Invitational; Lubbock, Texas Oklahoma State vs. South Alabama 5:00 p.m. State at Nebraska 1:35 p.m. Dairy Queen Classic; Tucson, Ariz. Kansas at Arkansas 3:00 p.m. Kansas vs. State 6:00 p.m. Central Arkansas at Oklahoma State 4:00 p.m. Coca-Cola Classic; Surprise, Ariz. Texas State at Texas 6:00 p.m. Texas A&M vs. Rice 7:00 p.m. Cal State Fullerton at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Minute Maid Classic; Houston, Texas Florida International at Baylor 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma at Arizona State 8:30 p.m. March 6 Western Illinois at Kansas State 1:00 p.m. Illinois-Chicago at Missouri 1:00 p.m. March 16 Nebraska at Kansas State 6:30 p.m. Stanford at Texas 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Arizona State 8:30 p.m. TCU at Texas Tech 1:00 p.m. UCLA at Nebraska 1:05 p.m. March 18 North Dakota at Nebraska 1:35 p.m. Oklahoma State vs. 2:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Kansas* 3:00 p.m. Dairy Queen Classic; Tucson, Ariz. Kansas State at Texas* 6:00 p.m. Baylor vs. Rice 2:30 p.m. Central Michigan at Missouri 6:00 p.m. Minute Maid Classic; Houston, Texas Texas A&M at Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. Kansas vs. Air Force 3:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Baylor* 6:30 p.m. Coca-Cola Classic; Surprise, Ariz. Oklahoma at San Diego State 4:00 p.m. March 19 Oklahoma State at Kansas* 1:00 p.m. San Diego State Tournament; San Diego, Calif. Central Michigan at Missouri (DH) 1:00 p.m. Texas A&M vs. Rice 6:00 p.m. Kansas State at Texas* 2:00 p.m. Texas A&M at Oklahoma* 2:00 p.m. March 8 Doane College at Nebraska 1:35 p.m. North Dakota at Nebraska (DH) 2:05 p.m. St. Gregory’s at Oklahoma State 4:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Baylor* 3:00 p.m. Gonzaga at Missouri 6:00 p.m. UTSA at Texas 6:00 p.m. March 20 Central Michigan at Missouri Noon Baylor at Texas State 6:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Oklahoma* 1:00 p.m. Centenary at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Texas Tech at Baylor* 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Kansas* 1:00 p.m. March 9 North Dakota at Kansas 3:00 p.m. Kansas State at Texas* 1:00 p.m. Gonzaga at Missouri 4:00 p.m. North Dakota at Nebraska 1:05 p.m. March 10 Louisiana Tech at Baylor 6:30 p.m. March 22 Arkansas-Little Rock at Kansas 3:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Dallas Baptist 5:00 p.m. March 11 Fresno State at Nebraska 1:35 p.m. Central Arkansas at Missouri 6:00 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Kansas 3:00 p.m. UT-Arlington at Baylor 6:30 p.m. Long Island at Kansas State 3:00 p.m. Northern Colorado at Nebraska 6:35 p.m. Arkansas-Little Rock at Oklahoma 3:00 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Iowa at Texas Tech 5:00 p.m. Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. Texas Tech Invitational; Lubbock, Texas Lemoyne at Missouri 6:00 p.m. March 23 Northern Colorado at Nebraska 1:35 p.m. Brown at Texas 6:00 p.m. Central Arkansas at Missouri 4:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Baylor 6:30 p.m. Houston Baptist at Texas 6:00 p.m. New at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. Washington at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. Florida International at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. March 25 Oklahoma at Missouri* 6:00 p.m. March 12 Brown at Texas (DH) Noon Nebraska at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Texas Tech Noon Texas at Oklahoma State* 6:30 p.m. Iowa at Texas Tech 4:00 p.m. Kansas State at Baylor* 6:30 p.m. Texas Tech Invitational; Lubbock, Texas Kansas at Texas A&M* 6:35 p.m. Long Island at Kansas State (DH) Noon Eastern Michigan at Kansas 1:00 p.m. March 26 Texas at Oklahoma State* 2:00 p.m. Lemoyne at Missouri (DH) 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Missouri* 2:00 p.m. Arkansas-Little Rock at Oklahoma 2:00 p.m. Kansas at Texas A&M* 2:05 p.m. at Oklahoma State 2:00 p.m. Kansas State at Baylor* 3:00 p.m. Fresno State at Nebraska 2:05 p.m. Nebraska at Texas Tech* 5:00 p.m. Florida International at Texas A&M 2:05 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Baylor 3:00 p.m. March 27 Nebraska at Texas Tech* 1:00 p.m. Texas at Oklahoma State* 1:00 p.m. March 13 Long Island at Kansas State Noon Kansas State at Baylor* 1:00 p.m. Brown at Texas Noon Oklahoma at Missouri* 1:00 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Kansas 1:00 p.m. Kansas at Texas A&M* 1:05 p.m. Lemoyne at Missouri 1:00 p.m. Arkansas-Little Rock at Oklahoma 1:00 p.m. March 29 Oral Roberts at Texas 6:00 p.m. New Mexico at Oklahoma State 1:00 p.m. Kansas at Missouri State 6:30 p.m. Fresno State at Nebraska 1:05 p.m. Texas A&M at UT-Arlington 6:30 p.m. Florida International at Texas A&M 1:05 p.m. UTSA at Baylor 6:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Baylor 2:00 p.m. Northern Colorado at Kansas State 6:30 p.m. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Texas Tech 4:00 p.m. Oklahoma Wesleyan at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. Texas Tech Invitational; Lubbock, Texas Missouri vs. Illinois [St. Louis, Mo.] 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma at Arkansas 6:35 p.m.

Big12Sports.com 11 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

date game TIME date game TIME March 30 Northern Colorado at Kansas State 3:00 p.m. April 16 Texas Tech at Texas* 2:00 p.m. Lamar at Baylor 4:00 p.m. Kansas State at Nebraska* 3:05 p.m. Missouri at Texas State 6:30 p.m. Kansas at Missouri* 4:00 p.m. Baylor at Texas A&M* 6:35 p.m. April 1 Missouri at Texas* 6:00 p.m. Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State* 7:05 p.m. Baylor at Kansas* 6:00 p.m. [Oklahoma City] Texas A&M at Kansas State* 6:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. April 17 Texas Tech at Texas* 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Nebraska* 6:35 p.m. Kansas at Missouri* 1:00 p.m. Baylor at Texas A&M* 1:05 p.m. April 2 Missouri at Texas* 2:00 p.m. Kansas State at Nebraska* 1:05 p.m. Texas A&M at Kansas State* 2:00 p.m. Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State* 4:05 p.m. Baylor at Kansas* 2:00 p.m. [Oklahoma City] Texas Tech at Oklahoma* 2:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Nebraska* 2:05 p.m. April 18 Texas Tech at Texas State 6:30 p.m. April 3 Missouri at Texas* Noon April 19 UT-Pan American at Texas 6:00 p.m. Texas A&M at Kansas State* 1:00 p.m. Missouri State at Kansas State 6:00 p.m. Baylor at Kansas* 1:00 p.m. UNLV at Baylor 6:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Oklahoma* 1:00 p.m. Nebraska at Creighton 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma State at Nebraska* 1:05 p.m. Dallas Baptist at Oklahoma 6:30 p.m. Wichita State at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. April 5 Texas Tech vs. UTSA (DH) 3:00 p.m. TCU at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Missouri State at Kansas 6:00 p.m. Texas at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6:00 p.m. April 21 Texas at Kansas* 6:00 p.m. Baylor at Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. Missouri at Baylor* 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma State at Oklahoma 6:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Kansas State* 6:30 p.m. Creighton at Nebraska 6:35 p.m. Houston at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. April 22 Missouri at Baylor* 3:00 p.m. Kansas State at Minnesota 6:35 p.m. Texas at Kansas* 6:00 p.m. Nebraska at Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. April 6 Kansas State at Minnesota 3:05 p.m. Texas Tech at Kansas State* 6:30 p.m. Kansas vs. Missouri [Kansas City, Mo.] 5:30 p.m. Oklahoma State at Texas A&M* 6:35 p.m. April 8 Nebraska at Kansas* 6:00 p.m. April 23 Missouri at Baylor* Noon Texas at Baylor* 6:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Kansas State* {FSN} 1:00 p.m. Texas A&M at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. Texas at Kansas* 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Kansas State* 6:30 p.m. Nebraska at Oklahoma* 2:00 p.m. Missouri at Oklahoma State* 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma State at Texas A&M* 2:05 p.m.

April 9 Nebraska at Kansas* 2:00 p.m. April 24 Nebraska at Oklahoma* 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Kansas State* 2:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Texas A&M* 1:05 p.m. Missouri at Oklahoma State* 2:00 p.m. Texas at Baylor* 3:00 p.m. April 26 Texas State at Texas 6:00 p.m. Texas A&M at Texas Tech* 5:00 p.m. New Mexico at Texas Tech 6:00 p.m. April 10 Nebraska at Kansas* 1:00 p.m. Iowa at Nebraska 6:05 p.m. Baylor at Texas* 1:00 p.m. Kansas at Creighton 6:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Texas Tech* 1:00 p.m. Baylor at UTSA 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma at Kansas State* 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma at TCU 6:30 p.m. Missouri at Oklahoma State* 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Wichita State 6:30 p.m. Missouri vs. Eastern Illinois [O’Fallon, Mo.] 6:30 p.m. April 12 Texas Tech at New Mexico 1:00 p.m. Sam Houston at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Kansas State at Creighton 3:00 p.m. Dallas Baptist at Texas 6:00 p.m. April 27 New Mexico at Texas Tech 3:00 p.m. Kansas at Iowa 6:05 p.m. Missouri State at Missouri 6:00 p.m. Nebraska at Wichita State 6:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Rice 6:30 p.m. April 29 Oklahoma at Texas* 6:00 p.m. Baylor at UT-Arlington 6:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Missouri* 6:00 p.m. TCU at Oklahoma 6:30 p.m. Kansas at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. Arkansas-Little Rock at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. Kansas State at Oklahoma State* 6:30 p.m. Baylor at Nebraska* 6:35 p.m. April 13 Texas Tech at New Mexico 1:00 p.m. SIU-Edwardsville at Missouri 6:00 p.m. April 30 Oklahoma at Texas* {FSN} 11:30 a.m. Wichita State at Kansas State 6:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Missouri* 2:00 p.m. April 15 Texas Tech at Texas* 6:00 p.m. Kansas State at Oklahoma State* 2:00 p.m. Kansas at Missouri* 6:00 p.m. Baylor at Nebraska* 2:05 p.m. Texas A&M at Baylor* 6:30 p.m. Kansas at Texas Tech* 5:00 p.m. Kansas State at Nebraska* 6:35 p.m. Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State* [Tulsa, Okla.] 7:35 p.m.

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date game TIME date game TIME May 1 Oklahoma at Texas* {ESPNU} 1:00 p.m. May 17 Oklahoma State at Missouri State 5:00 p.m. Texas A&M at Missouri* 1:00 p.m. Dallas Baptist at Baylor 6:30 p.m. Kansas at Texas Tech* 1:00 p.m. Kansas State at Wichita State 6:30 p.m. Kansas State at Oklahoma State* 1:00 p.m. UT-Arlington at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Baylor at Nebraska* 1:05 p.m. May 19 Oklahoma at Baylor* 6:30 p.m. May 3 Dallas Baptist at Texas Tech 5:00 p.m. Texas at Texas A&M* 6:35 p.m. Wichita State at Kansas 6:00 p.m. Missouri at Nebraska* 6:35 p.m. Prairie View A&M at Texas 6:00 p.m. Texas A&M at UT-San Antonio 6:00 p.m. May 20 Texas A&M at Texas* 6:00 p.m. Cal State Bakersfield at Kansas State 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma at Baylor* 6:30 p.m. Missouri at Missouri State 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma State at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. Kansas at Kansas State* 6:30 p.m. May 4 Oklahoma at Arkansas-Little Rock 6:00 p.m. Missouri at Nebraska* 6:35 p.m. Kansas at Wichita State 6:30 p.m. Cal State Bakersfield at Kansas State 6:30 p.m. May 21 Oklahoma at Baylor* 3:00 p.m. Missouri at Nebraska* 3:05 p.m. May 5 Dallas Baptist at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Oklahoma State at Texas Tech* 5:00 p.m. Kansas State at Kansas* 6:00 p.m. May 6 Kansas at Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Texas* {FSN} 6:00 p.m. Missouri at Kansas State* 6:30 p.m. TCU at Oklahoma State 6:30 p.m. May 22 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech* 1:00 p.m. Texas at Nebraska* 6:35 p.m. Kansas State at Kansas* 6:00 p.m. Dallas Baptist at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m.

May 7 Kansas at Oklahoma* {FSN} 2:00 p.m. * - Big 12 Conference Game Missouri at Kansas State* 2:00 p.m. DH - Doubleheader TCU at Oklahoma State 2:00 p.m. All times Central and subject to change. Texas at Nebraska* 2:05 p.m. Dallas Baptist at Texas A&M 2:05 p.m.

May 8 Kansas at Oklahoma* 1:00 p.m. Missouri at Kansas State* 1:00 p.m. TCU at Oklahoma State 1:00 p.m. Texas at Nebraska* 1:05 p.m.

May 10 Texas Tech at Michigan 5:05 p.m. Oklahoma State at State 5:35 p.m. Kansas at Arkansas-Little Rock 6:00 p.m. Baylor at TCU 6:30 p.m. Texas State at Texas A&M 6:35 p.m. Nebraska vs. Creighton 7:00 p.m.

May 11 Texas Tech at Michigan 5:05 p.m. Oklahoma State at Ohio State 5:35 p.m. Northwestern State at Baylor 6:30 p.m.

May 13 Texas Tech at Missouri* 6:00 p.m. Alabama A&M at Kansas 6:00 p.m. New Mexico at Oklahoma 6:30 p.m. at Kansas State 6:30 p.m. Baylor at Oklahoma State* 6:30 p.m. Nebraska at Texas A&M* 6:35 p.m.

May 14 Texas Southern at Texas (DH) Noon Texas Tech at Missouri* 2:00 p.m. Alabama A&M at Kansas 2:00 p.m. Nebraska at Texas A&M* 2:05 p.m. New Mexico at Oklahoma (DH) 3:00 p.m. Baylor at Oklahoma State* {FSN} 6:30 p.m. New Orleans at Kansas State 6:30 p.m.

May 15 Baylor at Oklahoma State* 1:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Missouri* 1:00 p.m. New Mexico at Oklahoma 1:00 p.m. New Orleans at Kansas State 1:00 p.m. Alabama A&M at Kansas 1:00 p.m. Nebraska at Texas A&M* 1:05 p.m.

Big12Sports.com 13 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP/COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

THE ROAD TO OMAHA The 64-team bracket provides for 16 four-team double elimination Regionals; and eight two-team, best-of-three Super Regionals, with the eight winners advancing to Omaha for the NCAA Men’s College World Series.

The champions of all 29 NCAA Division I conferences automatically qualify for the championship. The remaining 35 teams will be selected at- large. The Division I Baseball Committee will also consider regular season conference standings and/or conference postseason competition.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP Schedule June 3-6: Regionals (16 sites) June 10-13: Super Regionals (8 sites) June 18-28/29: College World Series

THE BIG 12 AT THE MCWS In 2010, Oklahoma represented the Big 12 Conference, filling the final spot in the MCWS field. The Sooners shut out the No. 5 national seed Virginia, 11-0 in the Charlottesville Super Regional to advance. OU earned its first trip to Omaha since 1995 and 10th appearance overall.

It marked the second straight season the Big 12 had a team participate in the MCWS (Texas-2009) and 13th appearance overall. Six different league squads have qualified for the event in the Big 12’s 14 seasons, including the Longhorns’ 2002 and ‘05 national title runs. Baylor (2005), Nebraska (2001-02, ‘05), Oklahoma State (1999), Texas (2000, ‘02-’05, ‘09) and Texas A&M (1999) also have represented the Conference at the event. The Big 12 had an all-time high three teams in the ‘05 MCWS field. TD Ameritrade Park OMAHA Texas head coach Augie Garrido was named to the College World Series Legends Team last season, which was a part of the commemoration of the final Series in Omaha’s Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. The members of the THE VENUE Legends Team were former student-athletes and coaches who had the The Men’s College World Series has a new home, TD Ameritrade Park best MCWS performances throughout the 60 years the event has been Omaha, opening this spring. Rosenblatt Stadium hosted its last MCWS in played at Rosenblatt Stadium. 2010 after staging the event since 1950. Garrido has made 13 MCWS appearances, including seven at Cal State Fullerton and six at Texas. He has won a total of five national championships STADIUM QUICK FACTS in Omaha -- the only coach to win a national championship with two Address: 1200 Street; Omaha, NE 68102 different teams and in four different . Total Seating Capacity: 24,000 (26 luxury suites/1,000 club seats) Outfield Dimensions (Feet): Former Longhorn hurler Huston Street also was tabbed for the honor LF - 335, LCF - 375; C - 408, RC - 375, RF - 335 and was the only student-athlete to compete in the Big 12 among the five Home Plate to First-Row Seats: others who played for league institutions. 52 Feet Street holds the all-time College World Series saves record with five, Average Concourse Width: including a single-series record of four in 2002. He ranks third in career 32 Feet - Infield; 30 Feet - Outfield appearances (10). The pitcher was also named the 2002 CWS Most Outstanding Player.

oklahoma - 2010 Mcws participant (AP Photo/Andrew Shurtleff)

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Dan Beebe is in his fourth year as the commissioner of the Big 12 football-playing conference. Conference in 2010-11 after successfully guiding the league through During his tenure, Beebe made the OVC more attractive in areas of television one of the most tumultuous offseasons ever experienced by a appearances as exposure nearly tripled. He also enhanced championships and revenue collegiate athletic conference. His unwavering dedication has helped generation, ensured sportsmanship and fair play, promoted gender equity, and gained national poise the Big 12 to continue as one of the leaders on a national recognition for the league. He was a strong proponent of providing opportunities for female level for years to come. student-athletes, as the league added three women’s championships during his time. This past summer, Beebe worked with 10 members of the Big 12 Under Beebe’s direction, the OVC added five new members. He also placed an Conference and numerous outside partners to stabilize the league emphasis on ethics and sportsmanship within the league, producing a nationally recognized as it continues the second decade of the 21st Century. During the sportsmanship statement and participating in regional and national seminars on the topic. process, he continued to stress the value of competition between Over the course of his career, Beebe has built a strong reputation nationally in college Big 12 members and the extraordinary experience it provides for athletics and has been selected to some of the NCAA’s most significant committees. In the league student-athletes. addition to his recent appointments, he was a member of the prestigious NCAA Management In his tenure as commissioner, Beebe has enjoyed eight national championships and five Council, serving as chair of the Council’s I-AA Governance Committee. He also chaired teams in the Bowl Championship Series in addition to numerous individual NCAA crowns. the Council’s Committee on Fines and Forfeitures and was part of its Subcommittee for Off the field, he guided league institutions to a continuation of their revenue sharing model Student-Athlete Issues. Beebe was picked to fill the required commissioner’s position on which returned a record $139-million back to its membership in 2009-10. He has also the initial NCAA Athletics Certification Committee that formalized and implemented the ensured future revenue security for each of the members going forward. program adopted by the NCAA membership. He also previously served on the NCAA He represents the Big 12 on three national boards - the NCAA Division I Men’s Nominating, Professional Sports Liaison, Football Issues, I-AA Football and Federal Arbitration Basketball Committee and the Executive Committee of the National Association of Act committees. Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). As a basketball committee member, he worked Prior to his conference work, Beebe was a Director of Enforcement at the NCAA. as part of the group that secured a record television arrangement for the NCAA and also He started at the NCAA in 1982 as an enforcement representative and was involved with contributed to the decision to expand the field to 68 teams starting in 2011. His tenure numerous high-profile cases. That tenure was interrupted by a one-year stint as an Assistant began in September 2009 and runs for four years, while the NACDA appointment will expire Director of Athletics at Wichita State University in 1986 before he returned to the NCAA in June 2013. Beebe is also a board member of the Collegiate Women Sports Awards and office where he earned his Director of Enforcement promotion in 1988. Honda Award and is also Chair of the Collegiate Commissioners Association Football Bowl Beebe attended Walla Walla Community College from 1975 to 1977, and then transferred Subdivision group. on to California State Polytechnic University (Cal Poly-Pomona) where he earned his The Walla Walla, Washington-native was part of the BCS television negotiating team Bachelor of Science degree, cum laude, in social sciences in June 1979. Beebe received his that reached a new agreement with ESPN resulting in a significant increase in revenue for law degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law in 1982 and is a the Big 12. He orchestrated the conference’s new arrangements with its non-BCS Bowl member of the Washington State Bar Association. partners that resulted in a 33 percent increase in revenues. He has also spearheaded a Besides his life’s work, Beebe’s ability to relate to student-athletes and others directly continued and expanded Big 12 relationship with Special Olympics in each of the league’s involved in college sports results from his own experience as a recruited football player. states. As an offensive lineman, Beebe was a four-year starter and served as captain of the varsity Beebe was named commissioner on September 5, 2007, after serving as senior associate football teams at Walla Walla Community College and Cal Poly-Pomona. He continued his commissioner and chief operating officer for the league since February 2003. participation in athletics well after his college days, playing rugby, basketball, tennis, golf and While in his previous role at the Big 12, Beebe handled issues related to governance, other sports. national policy and legal affairs, in addition to coordinating the day-to-day activities of the He was selected as one of the Outstanding Young Men of America in 1989 in recognition conference office. He also served as the conference liaison to the Big 12 Board of Directors. of his outstanding professional achievement, superior leadership ability and exceptional Beebe has been involved in site selection for future league championships, extending service to the community. In 1995, he was named an Institute for International Sport Ethics television contracts and enhancing football bowl opportunities. In addition, he was active Fellow. Beebe has also served on various community boards, including the YMCA and in establishing the conference’s sportsmanship policies and procedures. Nashville Sports Council. Prior to joining the Big 12, Beebe was commissioner of the Born on February 27, 1957, Beebe is married to the former Molly Scanlon and has four from 1989-2003. Upon his appointment, he became the youngest leader of a Division I children: daughters Jessie and Elaine, and sons Matthew and Patrick.

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