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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Mannford, Okla.
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| High School:
Mannford High School
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| Height / Weight:
5-11 / 185
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| Position:
INF
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| Birthdate:
08/02/1989
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| B/T:
L/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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.083
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22-0
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12
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1
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0-0
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0
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1
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1-1
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0-0
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.929
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2010
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.327
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68-67
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257
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84
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16-3
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6
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40
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21-4
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13-20
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.938
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2011
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.288
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46-45
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160
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46
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9-3
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0
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18
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21-4
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3-6
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.953
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Totals
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.305
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136-112
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429
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131
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25-6
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6
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59
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43-9
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16-26
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.944
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2011 [JUNIOR]:
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 ... Reached base in all four at-bats with two singles and two walks ... Has 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 2011 vs. KU (May 6) with two-run single ... Ranks fourth on the team with 14 multi-hit games, including four in the last 13 games ... Hit .455 in Big 12 Tournament and tied career high with three hits versus Texas Tech on May 26.
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.
