CALEB BUSHYHEAD PLAYER PROFILES
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Senior | INF | 5-11 | 185 | L/R Mannford, Okla. - Mannford H. S. fo CAREER BESTS and HIGHLIGHTS: • Hits.........................3, 11x, last: May 26, 2011 vs. Texas Tech • Runs........................3, 4x, last: April 1, 2011 vs. Texas Tech • RBI..........................3, 5x, last: April 1, 2011 vs. Texas Tech • Hitting Streak..........18, April 24 - May 3, 2010 • Missed first 14 games of 2011 with torn ACL • 2010 quarterfinalist for Brooks Wallace Award (nation’s top shortstop)
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2011 [JUNIOR]: Named to Academic All-Big 12 first team ... Tore ACL during fall practice and had surgery to repair ligament ... Returned just over five months later and made first start on March 11 vs. UALR after missing first 14 games of season ... Reached base in all four at-bats in debut with two singles and two walks ... Started 43 of 44 games since return at shortstop and hit .340 in Big 12 play ... Was 5-for-11 in Texas A&M series, including 3-for-3 with a RBI on March 19 ... Hit safely in 26 of the last 38 games with 43 hits and 17 RBIs ... Tied a career high with three base hits in four games in 2011 ... Had fourth multi-RBI game of season vs. KU (May 6) with two-run single ... Ranked fourth on the team with 14 multi-hit games ... Hit .455 in Big 12 Tournament and tied career high with three hits versus Texas Tech on May 26. SUMMER 2010: Played in 10 games for the Cotuit Kettleers in the Cape Cod League with Ryan Duke and Bobby Shore ... Team won league championship.
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2010 [SOPHOMORE]: 2010 quarterfinalist for Brooks Wallace Award (nation’s top shortstop) ... All-Big 12 second team (Waco Tribune) ... Academic All-Big 12 second team ... Only Sooner to play in all 68 games ... Led OU with 67 starts ... Made 20 appearances, all off the bench, in 2009 ... Second on OU with 24 multiple-hit games, including two or more base knocks in 11 of the last 24 games ... Had career-high three hits and three RBIs in second game of the season vs. SDSU ... Had six hits in that doubleheader ... Tied career-high with three hits at TTU (GM2) and at Texas A&M (GM3)... Hit safely in 33 of the last 37 games with 51 hits and 23 RBIs, including career-high 18-game streak (second longest by a Sooner in 2010 and 10th longest in school history) ... Hit .368 (28-for-76) during streak with nine doubles, a triple, two homers and 13 RBIs ... Had four hits and four RBIs in College World Series ... Finished season on eight-game hitting streak. SUMMER 2009: Played alongside Chris Ellison for the Peninsula Oilers in the Alaska Baseball League ... Tied Ellison for second on the team with 32 hits ... Started a team-high 46 games. 2009 [FRESHMAN]: Saw action in 22 games as a reserve, including five games in Big 12 play ... Played in 10 games in the field at second base and shortstop ... Drove in first career run in Feb. 22 game against Western Illinois ... Collected first collegiate hit as a pinch hitter in March 3 game against Arkansas Little Rock ... Also scored a run in that game. HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Mannford High School under head coach Jon Aven ... Hit .524 with 10 homers, 55 RBIs and 22 doubles as a senior ... Named 2008 Tulsa All-Metro and Tulsa 7 Conference player of the year ... Also member of the Large East All-State team ... Helped lead Mannford to the Tulsa 7 Conference Championship in 2007 and 2008 and was a state qualifier in 2008. PERSONAL: Full name is John Caleb Bushyhead ... Born in Tulsa, Okla. ... Parents are Dow and Leanne Bushyhead ... Uncle, Rodney Kilgore, wrestled at OU ... Has an older brother, Ian, and a younger brother, Sky ... Communication major.
YEAR AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG % BB HBP SO GDP OB % SF SH SB-SBA PO A E PCT. 2009 .083 22-0 12 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 .083 1 1 2 1 .214 0 0 0-0 3 10 1 .929 2010 .327 68-67 257 49 84 16 3 6 40 124 .482 21 4 43 4 .380 5 5 13-20 91 166 17 .938 2011 .288 46-45 160 28 46 9 3 0 18 61 .381 21 4 31 3 .378 3 6 3-6 68 113 9 .953 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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