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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Arlington, Texas
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| High School:
Lamar High School
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| Height / Weight:
6-0 / 205
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| Position:
INF
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| B/T:
R/R
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Season
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AVG
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GP-GS
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AB
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H
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2B-3B
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HR
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RBI
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BB-HBP
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SB-SBA
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FLD%
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2009
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.353
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63-63
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232
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82
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14-1
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4
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40
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16-14
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1-2
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.951
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2010
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.359
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65-65
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262
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94
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16-2
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17
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65
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20-19
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3-4
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.965
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2011
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.317
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60-60
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243
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77
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9-1
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8
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63
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14-15
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1-1
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.947
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Totals
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.343
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188-188
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737
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253
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39-4
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29
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168
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50-48
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5-7
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.954
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2011 [RS-JUNIOR]:
Team captain for second straight year ... Started all 60 games at third base ... First team All-Big 12 selection by coaches for second straight year ... Preseason All-American (NCBWA & Collegiate Baseball) ... On watch list for Golden Spikes Award and was the organization's Player of the Week on March 8 ... Big 12 Player of the Week on Feb. 21 and 28 ... Ranks eighth all-time at OU with 253 hits and eighth with 168 RBI ... Hit safely in 45 of the 60 games with multi-hit performances in 21 outings (second on team) ... Led team with 18 multi-RBI games, and has at least one RBI in 32 outings ... Hit safely in 36 of the last 49 games (including a10-game streak) and led the Big 12 with 63 RBI with 12 in the last 12 contests ... Ranks sixth in Big 12 with 77 hits and seventh with 112 total bases, eighth with eight homers and 13th with a .317 batting average ... Hit .408 (20-for-49) during season-high 12-game hitting streak (16 RBIs) snapped on April 9 at KSU ... Hit .375 (12-for-32) during seven-game hitting streak with eight RBIs that was snapped on March 15 ... Homered in season opener for second straight year ... Tied a career high with 5 RBIs vs. UAPB (Feb. 23) and tied a career high with five hits vs. Oakland (Feb. 27).
2010 [RS-SOPHOMORE]:
Team captain ... Second team All-American (Baseball America) ... Third team All-Ameircan (coaches) ... First team All-District VI (coaches) ... Norman Regional All-Tournament team ... 2010 All-Big 12 first team (coaches) ... 2010 Oklahoman All-Big 12 Player of the Year ... All-Big 12 Tournament Team ... Academic All-Big 12 second team ... Second in Big 12 in homers (17) and ranked in the top five in hits, batting average, total bases, RBI and slugging percentage ... Nine of his 17 homers came with two outs ... Made 92 consecutive starts at 3B (all of `09 and first 29 of '10) ... Hit safely in all but 12 games in 2010 ... Recorded first career grand-slam vs. Valpo ... Led OU in multi-hit games (30) and multiple-RBI games (17) ... Committed one error in last 50 games ... Collected hits in 35 of last 40 games ... Career-high 19-game hitting streak ended on May 9 (ninth longest in OU history) ... Included 10 multiple-hit games, five homers, 23 RBIs and a .391 batting average (34-for-87) ... Career-high five RBI and five hits on April 30 vs. KSU ... Named Big 12 Player of the Week (May 24) after hitting .538 with five RBI in KU series ... Second double-digit hit streak of the season ended at 11 games at No. 1 Virginia in Super Regional ... Hit .457 (21-for-46) in that span.
2009 [RS-FRESHMAN]:
Freshman All-American (Collegiate Baseball) ... Big 12 Freshman of the Year, first at OU ... All-Big 12 second team selection after leading Big 12 with a .396 batting average, 40 hits and a .479 on-base percentage in conference play ... Batting average in conference play was the highest since Russell Raley had a .400 clip in 2006 and is the seventh best mark in Big 12 play by a Sooner ... Started all 63 games at third base while holding the league's seventh-best batting average at .353 and ranking eighth with 82 hits ... Committed just seven errors in the field ... Hit safely in all but 14 games, including the Big 12's fourth longest hitting streak of 15 games (second best on team) ... Hit .467 in that span with 28 hits, four homers and 16 RBI ... Had a season-high four hits in April 10 game against Texas Tech ... Drove in a season-best four runs in March 22 game at Kansas State ... Ranked third on the team with 24 multiple-hit games and fourth with 14 mulit-RBI performances.
SUMMER 2008:
Played for the Palm Springs Power in the Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association ... Played in 34 games and batted .270 while finishing fourth on the team with 18 RBIs.
2008 [FRESHMAN]:
Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Three-year letterwinner at Arlington Lamar High School under head coach Paul Kino ... Hit .430 his senior year with 30 RBIs ... Posted a career .421 batting average with eight homers and 65 RBIs ... Named team captain his senior year ... Twice earned first team all-district and first team all-area honors (2005 and 2006).
PERSONAL:
Full name is Steven Garrett Buechele ... Born in Arlington, Texas ... Parents are Steve and Nancy Buechele ... Has two younger brothers, Tanner and Shane, and two younger sisters, Jordan and Amber ... Father played professional baseball for 11 seasons, 1985-1995 (Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs) ... Selected in the 2010 MLB Draft in the 18th round (556 overall)by the Texas Rangers ... Multidisciplinary studies major.
