LaBoris Bean Class: Senior Hometown: Houston, Texas High School: Jasper Last College: Barton CC Event: Hurdles/Sprints Birthdate: 10/24/1978

Bests: (Indoor) 60-meter hurdles: 7.95 (2001); 400 meter: 46.97 (2001); 600 yard: 1:10.38 (2000); (Outdoor) 400-meter intermediate hurdles: 50.61 (2000)

In 2001 (Senior): Serving as a team captain for the sprints ... (Indoor) Qualified for the NCAA Indoor as a member of OU’s 1600-meter relay team ... ranked 23rd in the country in the 400-meter IH ... posted a provisional time in that event with a career-best 46.97 ... set the school record in the 60-meter hurdles in the first meet of the year only to see it broken later in the season ... finished second in the Big 12 with a career-best 1:10.38 in the 600-yard run.

In 2000 (Junior): (Outdoor) Won the Drake Relays title with an NCAA provisional qualifying time in the 400 IH ... earned All-America honors as a member of the 1600-meter relay ... had third fastest qualifying time and finished fifth at the NCAA ... finished second at the Big 12 ... also participated in the NCAA meet in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles ... finished fifth in that race at the Big 12 Outdoor meet. ... (Indoor) Earned All-America honors as a member of OU’s 1600-meter relay team that finished second at the NCAA ... finished second at the Big 12 and had the second fastest qualifying time in the country ... recorded a career-best in the 60 hurdles with an 8.22 at the Big 12 Indoor.

Junior College (1998-99): Member of Barton County’s four-time national champions … part of the national indoor and outdoor team champions as a freshman, then repeated as a sophomore … a three-time juco All-American as a sophomore … a key member of the 1600-meter relay team that won the juco national title indoor, then doubled as the outdoor champs … quartet ranked eighth by Track and Field News … finished fifth in the indoor 400 as a sophomore with a time of 48.25 to earn NJCAA All-America honors in that event.

In High School.: Led Jasper High to 1997 state championship … Earned four letters.

Personal: Son of Barbara and Raymond Bean ... majoring in finance ... named outstanding newcomer for the Sooners as a junior.