20   Mark Roberts Class: Junior Hometown: Owasso, Okla. High School: Owasso HS Height / Weight: 5-11 / 180 Position: RHP Experience: 2-VL Bats/Throws: R/R

The most experienced member of the Sooner pitching staff ... Owns three years of invaluable pitching at the Big 12 Conference level ... Capable of nailing down one of the Sooners' weekend starting jobs or succeeding in the team's closer's role.

2003 (Junior): The ace of the Sooners' starting rotation ... Stands in ninth place on the school's all-time appearances list ... Finished the season sixth in strikeouts, ninth in innings pitched and tied for 10th in complete games in the Big 12 Conference individual standings ... Finished 17th in ERA, tied for fourth in strikeouts and innings pitched, tied for first in games started and tied for eighth in complete games in Big 12 only games ... Gave up four runs on eight hits in seven innings of work to pick up the win in the season opener against Texas-San Antonio (2/14) ... Picked up his third win against Southwest Missouri State (2/28) after pitching seven innings for the third straight start ... Received a no-decision against Michigan (3/7) ... Left the game with an eight run lead ... Received his second consecutive no-decision against Arizona State (3/14) ... Put the Sooners in a position to upset the No. 1-ranked Sun Devils ... Did not receive a decision for the third straight start at Baylor (3/21) ... Left with the game tied after working a season-high eight innings ... Carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning against Nebraska (3/28) ... Fanned a season-high eight batters ... Picked up his first win in four starts versus Texas A&M (4/4) ... Tied his career high with nine strikeouts at Texas (4/11) ... Turned in one of his best starts of the season to pick up the series opening win over Texas Tech (5/2) ... Gave up only one run on six hits in seven innings of work ... Fanned seven batters ... Fell a strikeout shy of tying his career high with eight strikeouts in an 8-2 series opening loss at Kansas State (5/9) ... Named to the Big 12 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll and Sooner Scholar list for the spring semester.

2002 (Sophomore): Second-team All-Big 12 pick by the Dallas Morning News ... The ace of Oklahoma's pitching staff ... Started in a team-high 12 games ... Was named Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week for his play against Kansas State (5/3-5) ... Pitched a complete game shutout, going eight innings, striking out a career-high nine batters and scattering just six hits just eight days after suffering a frightening injury ... Complete game and shutout were season firsts for the Oklahoma pitching staff ... Registered a save before moving into the starting rotation ... Struck out eight against Baylor (3/31).

2001 (Freshman): Was outstanding in relief ... Led the team in earned run average (4.05) and saves (4) ... Allowed only one home run in 51.1 innings on the season ... Made two starts with one coming in the Big 12 Tournament, a complete game 4-3 win over Texas Tech (3/18) ... Saves came against conference teams ... Struck out three batters and did not allow a hit in 1.2 innings of work to preserve a 3-2 win over Baylor (3/17) ...Struck out a season-high five batters in two scoreless innings versus Arizona State (4/18) ... Struck out all four batters he faced in win over Texas Tech (4/21) ... Pitched three scoreless innings (with two strikeouts) en route to a save versus Missouri (4/8) ... Big 12 Commissioners' Honor Roll and Sooner Scholar selection during the fall semester.

High School: Lettered four years for head coach Larry Turner at Owasso High School ... A two-time All-State selection and three-time all-conference honoree ... Garnered conference Pitcher of the Year accolades his senior year and Metro Pitcher of the Year honors his junior season ... Senior year statistics included 2.13 ERA and 106 strikeouts in 80 innings pitched ... Appeared 16 times in 2000 and threw 10 complete games ... Set a school record with 41 wins in his career ... Team won the state championship his sophomore and junior years and captured state runner-up honors his freshman and senior seasons ... Also a member of the Team USA Youth National Team that won a gold medal.

Personal: Full name is Mark Alan Roberts ... Born June 24, 1982, in Santa Ana, Calif. ... Son of Bob and Martha Roberts ... Has an older sister, Kim, and a younger brother, Brian ... Majoring in sociology-criminology.