38   Brandon Lance Class: Freshman Hometown: Edmond, Okla. High School: Santa Fe HS Height / Weight: 5-11 / 185 Position: C Experience: HS B/T: R/R

One of the team's best defensive catchers ... Received valuable experience during his freshman year with some occasional starts ... Will battle for playing time behind the plate this season.

2003 (Freshman): One of the Sooners' dependable reserve catchers who earned five starts during the year... Saw his first action in the first game of a doubleheader against Sam Houston State (2/22) ... Went hitless in one at-bat ... Received a string of four straight starts behind the plate from (3/25-4/5) ... Threw out the first baserunner attempting to steal against him in the Nebraska (3/28) series opener ... Made his fifth and final start against Oral Roberts (4/8) ... Went 0-for-2 at the plate ... A Big 12 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll and Sooner Scholar honoree for the entire year.

High School: A four-year letterman at Edmond Sante Fe High School ... Played at the catcher position ... Career .412 batter ... Had 14 home runs and 142 RBI in his prep career ... Set 10 career records and six single-season records ... A four-time selection to the All-Edmond Team by the Edmond Evening Sun ... Selected his first three seasons to the all-city team as a honorable mention pick ... All-State honorable mention as a sophomore and a junior ... Batted .428 with six home runs and 52 RBI in 2002 ... Sported a perfect fielding percentage during his senior season ... Named to the McDonald's All-State Team in 2002 ... First Edmond Santa Fe player to play varsity baseball as a freshman ... Team was runner-up in the 2002 state championship ... Helped lead his team to a Metro Conference Championship in his final season ... Also aided Santa Fe to tournament championships in Enid, Stillwater and Edmond his senior year ... Served as a senior team captain ... Winner of the 2002 Ferguson Jenkins Award ... Picked as the Cox Cable/Inside High School Sports Baseball Player of the Week as a senior ... Played for head coach Lonnie Cobble.

Personal: Full name is Brandon Lance ... Born Oct. 3, 1983, in Oklahoma City ... Parents are Scott and Kelly Lance ... Has a younger sister named Megan ... Currently enrolled in university studies ... Member of the 2002 American Legion state champion Edmond Stars.