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Freshman
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| Hometown:
Uvalde, Texas
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| High School:
Uvalde HS
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| Height / Weight:
5-10 / 175
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| Position:
INF
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| Experience:
HS
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| B/T:
R/R
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Russell Raley Action Photos
SUMMER 2005:
Member of the Graham Roughnecks of the Texas Collegiate Baseball League for the second consecutive year ... Sat out summer due to an ankle injury.
2005 [JUNIOR]:
OU's starting second baseman for second consecutive season ... Named to All-Big 12 Second Team ... Set a career high with 41 RBI ... Held a streak of 111 consecutive games with a start before missing the series opener against Texas Tech (5/20) due to soreness in his right ankle ... Ranked third on the team in multiple-hit games with 22 and fourth in multiple-RBI games with 11 ... Second on the squad with a .391 batting average with runners in scoring position and with 18 two-out RBI ... Began season with a 13-game hitting streak (2/12-3/8), the longest by any Sooner in 2005 ... Named to Coca-Cola Classic (2/12-13) All-Tournament Team after batting .385 (5-for-13) ... Collected five RBI on three hits in three-game set versus Eastern Illinois (2/19-21), including two RBI on a single that proved to be the game-winner, 10-7, in the second game ... Batted .417 with four RBI and three runs scored in the three games versus Western Illinois (2/26-28), including a triple that scored the two go-ahead runs in the 6-4 win in game one ... Stole two bases and drove in two runs at the Kia Bash vs. UCLA, Cal State Fullerton and Nevada ... Drove in three runs, scored two and had five hits in three-game series vs. Northwestern State (3/11-13) ... Drove in the game-winning run in the eighth inning of the 3-2 win over No. 14 Texas A&M (3/25) in the series finale and batted .500 in the series (six hits, two RBI and three runs) ... Finished 2-for-4 with two RBI in win over Dallas Baptist (3/29) ... Collected two hits and two RBI in win over TCU (4/12) ... Drove in two runs on two hits in loss to No. 1 Texas (4/17) ... Put together a 10-game hitting streak from 4/17-5/3, collecting 10 RBI and 15 hits in the span ... Tied career high with three RBI in a 2-for-4 performance against Missouri (4/24) ... Batted .417 against No. 5 Nebraska (4/28-30) with two doubles ... Went 2-for-5 with two RBI in win over Wichita State (5/3) ... Had two hits and two RBI in win over Kansas State (5/7) ... Provided the game-winning RBI single in the 11th inning to defeat Oklahoma State (5/15), 5-4, to clinch the series victory ... Tied career high by scoring three times in win over Northern Colorado (5/17) ... Went 2-for-5 with two RBI in a gutsy performance against No. 9 Ole Miss in Oxford Regional after missing six consecutive starts ... Named a member of the 2005 Spring Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
SUMMER 2004:
Played for the Graham Roughnecks of the Texas Collegiate Baseball League ... Selected to the TCL Dr Pepper Futures Game at the end of the postseason, representing the league's top 52 prospects ... Led Graham in hitting during the regular season with a .295 average ... Also scored 13 runs and drove in 17 more ... Selected to the league All-Star Game at mid-season ... Helped team clinch the Rogers Hornsby Division crown at the end of the regular season before losing in the best of three league championship series to the Coppell Copperheads.
2004 [SOPHOMORE]:
OU's starting second baseman ... Named the Big 12 Conference's first team second baseman by the league coaches ... Finished 22nd in the Big 12 in hitting ... Ranked second in runs scored, tied for fifth in hits and 15th in hitting in conference games only ... Led the team in runs scored ... Batted .437 with 17 runs scored and eight RBI during a career-best 14-game hitting streak (4/13-5/7) ... Streak ranked in a tie for the second best mark on the team ... Recorded at least one run scored in 19 of the last 27 games ... Batted .500 during the Southeast Missouri series (2/21-22) ... Tied his career high with three hits and scored two runs in the first game of the SEMO doubleheader (2/21) ... Hit at a .462 clip during the Kia Baseball Bash (2/27-29) ... Accounted for two of the team's eight hits at Texas-Arlington (3/2) ... Scored a career-high three runs versus UTA (3/10) and also contributed two hits ... Led the team in hitting during the Creighton series (3/12-14) with a .455 average ... Tied his career high with three hits in the second game ... Went 2-for-4 in the second game against No. 1 Texas (3/20) ... Batted .308 during the Baylor series (3/26-28) ... Tied his career high in hits with three in the series opener ... Hit his first home run of the season in the series finale, a three-run blow ... The three RBI also tied his career best ... Followed with three more hits versus No. 25 Oral Roberts (3/31) ... Matched his career high with three hits in the Missouri series opener (4/9) ... Drove in a run and scored another during the series ... Collected three more hits versus Western Illinois (4/14) ... Batted a team-best .417 during the Texas A&M series (4/16-18) ... Hit at a .333 clip during the Texas Tech series (4/23-25) ... Batted a series-best .636 against Oklahoma State (4/29-5/1) ... Tied his career high with three hits in each of the final two games of the Bedlam Series ... Hit at a .400 clip in the two-game series against Texas-Pan American (5/15-16) ... Collected at least one hit and run scored in each game ... Tied his career high of three hits in consecutive games at Wichita State (5/18) and at Nebraska (5/21).
SUMMER 2003:
Played for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots of the Alaska League ... Competed at second and third base and shortstop ... Saw action in 16 games and hit at a .184 clip.
2003 [FRESHMAN]:
Closed out the regular season starting 19 of the last 20 games at third base ... Made his first start at second base in the Michigan series finale (3/9) ... Collected his first hit in that game as part of a 1-for-4 effort ... Scored two runs against UTA (3/19) and walked three times ... Hit at a .444 clip during the Kansas series (4/18-20) ... Hit .455 (5-for-11) during the Texas Tech series (5/2-4) ... Collected a pair of hits twice during the series ... Drove in three of the team's six runs in the second game to establish a career best in RBI ... The team's leading hitter during the Missouri series (5/16-18) ... Batted .400 with a run scored and a RBI over the three games ... Recorded a career high of three hits in the series finale ... Saved his best game for last in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Tournament with a 2-for-3 effort against Texas (5/23) in OU's season finale ... Hit his first collegiate home run, a solo shot, in the game to tie the contest ... A Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and Sooner Scholar honoree for the spring semester.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Played under the direction of head coach Jim Goldman ... A versatile player who played at shortstop, second base and third base as well as pitcher during his four year career ... A three year team captain ... A career .495 hitter with 35 doubles, 14 triples and 109 RBI ... Batted .583 as a senior with three home runs, 12 doubles, five triples and 38 RBI ... Named first team All-State ... Competed as a member of the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association South All-Star Team ... An all-tournament selection while a member of the Texas Sunbelt Team ... An All-State honorable mention pick as a junior ... Named first team all-district and team MVP his junior and senior seasons ... Batted .492 with 17 doubles and 48 RBI his junior year ... A second team all-district selection as a sophomore ... Led his team to a 29-6 record and a regional quarterfinal berth in 2001 ... Won the district championship during his junior campaign ... Also lettered two years in football ... Won the 2001 district football championship ... Named District 27-4A Offensive MVP and All-Southwest Texas in 2001 ... Set the school record for passing yards ... Earned academic all-district accolades in 2001.
PERSONAL:
Full name is Russell Orrin Raley ... Born Dec. 30, 1983, in San Antonio, Texas ... Parents are Terry and Dee Anna Raley ... Father played at St. Mary's University and then for the Toronto Blue Jays from 1980-83 ... Majoring in human relations.
