17   David Purcey Class: Sophomore Hometown: Dallas, Texas High School: Trinity Christian Academy Height / Weight: 6-5 / 235 Position: LHP Experience: 1-VL B/T: L/L

Entering his third season, he has continued to show improvement each year ... Owns better command of his fastball, curveball and changeup ... Returned to school after being drafted last summer for the second time in his career ... Will hold down one of the team's weekend starting jobs.

Summer 2003: Pitched for the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod League ... Emerged as the No. 8 prospect in the league by Baseball America at the conclusion of the summer ... Named an Eastern Division All-Star ... Posted a 4-1 regular season record with a 1.88 ERA ... Struck out 60 batters in 52.2 innings ... Helped lead the Cardinals to a league championship.

2003 (Sophomore): A preseason second team All-American by Baseball America ... Heralded by the publication as the Big 12 Conference's top Major League prospect entering the season ... Also ranked as the eighth-best sophomore in the country by the publication during the preseason ... Finished the regular season tied for ninth in strikeouts and opponent batting average and fifth in appearances in the Big 12 individual standings ... Ranked ninth in ERA, third in opponent batting average and third in appearances in conference games only ... Made three starts before receiving his first decision ... Began to pitch more effectively as a reliever during the middle of the season ... Held the Cornhuskers scoreless in two relief appearances during the Nebraska series (3/28-30) ... Started three straight mid-week contests ... Made a strong relief appearance in the Saturday tilt of Bedlam (4/26) ... Held the Cowboys scoreless and struck out four batters in three innings of work ... Worked the final three innings to earn his first save of the season in OU's 6-1 win over Texas Tech (5/3) ... Recorded a career high 10 strikeouts and tied his career long outing at seven innings in his final regular season start at Missouri (5/17) ... Made his third straight start against Oklahoma State (5/22) in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament (5/21-23) ... Exited the game after tying his career high of seven innings pitched for the second consecutive game ... Scattered seven hits and struck out seven batters for the third straight outing ... Named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and Sooner Scholar lists for the spring semester.

Summer 2002: Served as a starting pitcher for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots of the Alaska League ... Named to Baseball America's Summer All-America Team ... Also recognized as the No. 1 prospect to emerge out of the league by the publication ... An All-Alaska League performer ... Led the league in strikeouts with 66 and finished second in ERA at 1.13 ... Helped lead the Glacier Pilots to the championship game of the NBC World Series.

2002 (Freshman): Named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America Team by Collegiate Baseball ... Named honorable mention All-Big 12 and Freshman All-Big 12 by the conference coaches ... Second-team all-conference selection by the Austin American-Statesman and the Waco Tribune ... Finished 36th in the nation in strikeouts per game with a 10.0 average ... ERA and strikeout totals were both team bests ... Also boasted a team-high six saves on the season ... Total is the most ever for an OU freshman and sixth most all-time for Oklahoma pitchers in a season ... Pitched out of the bullpen for the first half of the season ... Entered the starting rotation and didn't miss a beat ... Twice struck out eight batters in a game (April 21 vs. ORU and May 11 vs. Kansas) ... Was named Phillips 66 Big 12 Pitcher of the Week for his play during the week of April 15-21 ... Made the first two starts of his collegiate career that week and went 2-0 with an 0.69 ERA and 13 strikeouts ... Achieved Dean's List, Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and Sooner Scholar status for the fall semester.

High School: Lettered four years at Trinity Christian Academy under head coaches Jack Sharp and Steve Adair ... Played rightfield, first base and pitcher ... Led his high school to back-to-back state championships (1999 and 2000) ... A first team All-State selection in his first two years ... Fanned 123 batters as a junior to set the school record for strikeouts in a season ... Compiled a perfect 12-0 record as a sophomore ... Named the area's Sophomore of the Year ... Also lettered two years in football and one in basketball ... Was an All-State selection in football and led the basketball team to a state championship.

Personal: Full name is David Kent Purcey ... Born on April 22, 1982, in St. Charles, Ill. ... Parents are Gordon and Jan Purcey ... Has two older sisters ... Drafted twice in his career ... Selected in the 17th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the New York Yankees in 2003 and in the 20th round by the Seattle Mariners in 2001 ... Majoring in business.