The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 97, No. 133, Ed. 1 Monday, April 9, 2012 Page: 9 of 10
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Monday, April 9,2012.9
The Oklahoma Daily
Freshman defies description
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The Oklahoma men’s tennis tear now No. 13 in
the nation, kept its winning streak alive by beating
No. 39 Rice on Sunday afternoon in Houston.
and the other one was coming to Oklahoma, and
all three of those cats could catch. 1 was glad we
Greg Fewell, sports editor
Kedric Kitchens, assistant sports editor
dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 4O5-325-366h
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music explains quite
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Freshman Hunter
Lockwood bats dur-
mg OU's 4 .3 win against
Kansas State on April 1 at
L Dale Mitchell Park. In addi
^^^B tion to Lockwood's hitting prowess
so far this season, he also is fourth in
the Big 12 Conference in stolen bases
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Lockwood excelling on both sides
of the ball for Sooners this season
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star game} here, he was one of three catch- Since opening day, Lockwood has asserted
era,” Golloway said. "One of them was going to himself as Oklahoma’s most potent offensive
Stanford, one of them was going to Texas A&M weapon.
“He’s all about
what’s on the front
of his chest, not
on the back of his
jersey."
SUNNY GOLLOWAY.
OU BASEBALL COACH
I !e isn’t pigeonholed easily into a single position f
or a simple description.
1 le’s a catcher playing first base who was draft-
ed as an outfielder. «
He can hit for contact or power and enjoys
Beethoven and Bach as much as Lil Wayne and ■
T-Pain.
He is, in a word, special.
“Our league has had the likes of a freshman ’
like him several times, but he's pretty special,” OU |
Hunter Lockwood's batting average by game
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DILLON PHILLIPS
Sports Reporter
When OU's true freshman first
baseman Hunter Lockwood knocks the
knob of his bat against the ground to free
the doughnut from the barrel, departs
from the on-deck circle and begins his
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Lockwood said. “I listen to it be- enter the professional ranks.
fore games. It just kind of calms
• you down.” I
Lockwood's seemingly out of those ballparks during batting practice,’
Instead, the Bedford, Texas, native chose to
“I just like classical music,” to sign a contract with the Los Angeles Angels to meeting. He moved from catcher to ,rst base this year
“When he had workouts at major league had the one we had because he is going to outhit
ballparks, like in Houston, he’s hitting balls the other two.”
contradictory taste in Golloway said. “He was drafted for a reason.” Desire to compete
„„ Instead, the Bedford, Texas, native chose to Despite being ranked as the No. 4 player in
bit about the Big play college baseball at OU - a choice that af- the state of Texas by MaxPreps.ccm, Lockwood
12's leader in forded Lockwood the opportunity to mature and wasn’t guaranteed a slot in the Sooner lineup.
homerunsand progress as a ballplayer. 1
slugging per-
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trot to home plate, it is a routine scored
by the auto-tuned melodies and raspy
rhymes of T-Pain and Lil Wayne.
Bang Bang PowPow” Lockwood's coach Sunny Golloway said. "I in going to argue
walk-up song —is a stark contrast to there’s not going to be another freshman that’s
the freshman phenom’s pre-game going to be able to stand with hi>« this year.”
Taken in round 17 of last summer’s MLB ama- Freshman Hunter Lockwood (left) puts down a tag on
teur draft, Lockwood declined the opportunity a Kansas State baserunner during the teams April 1
"1 chose to come here just because 1 would
have to work for a position to play,
Lockwood said. "I didn’t want to
come in and just have a spot ready
for me to step in and take. I like to
be able to work for something I
want.”
And work for it he did.
When the Sooners traveled to
Malibu, Calif., for opening day
against Pepperdine, Lockwood
had earned a spot as the Sooners
starting catcher. But breaking into
"When he came and played in the [all- the starting lineup was just the beginning.
star game] here, he was one of three catch- L .
In fact, his hunger for competition drew him
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centage: clean up some things defensively,” Golloway
said. “He can still be a very, very
good catcher, if he chooses to be.”
Golloway and his staff had the
opportunity to see Lockwood in
person at last summer’s Heartland
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|l Star game in Norman after he'd al-
1 ready signed with the Sooners.
1 It was there that Lockwood
I truly shined at the plate and sep-
arated himself from others at his
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Lusk, Chris. The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 97, No. 133, Ed. 1 Monday, April 9, 2012, newspaper, April 9, 2012; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1813046/m1/9/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center.