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Brae Wright Bio
March 24, 2006 | Cowboy Baseball
2005: Started seven games before an injury ended his season ... was 4-1 with a 4.12 ERA ... recorded 32 strikeouts in 39.1 innings ... earned first win in an OSU uniform against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/5) ... struck out 11 in a complete-game win against BYU to move to 3-0 on the season (3/1) ... earned a win over UW-Miilwaukee by striking out seven and allowing just one run in seven innings of work (3/13) ... pitched 3.2 innings against Kansas State (3/19) in final appearance of season, which marked only Big 12 outing of the year.
2004: Started in all 10 games he pitched ... went 6-2 with a team leading 2.81 ERA ... struck out 49 batters in 67.1 innings with just 13 walks ... threw two complete games including a complete game shutout of Nicholls State on March 12 ... started the season 5-0 with wins over Birmingham Southern, South Alabama, Eastern Illinois, Nicholls State and No. 22 Vanderbilt ... threw his second complete game of the year against the Commodores on March 21, allowing one run on seven hits with eight strikeouts ... last win of the season came against No. 6 Tennessee on April 18 ... he allowed four runs, three earned, in 7.1 innings of work with three strikeouts against the Volunteers ... last game he pitched in was against Georgia on April 25.
2003: Appeared in 19 games ... made 10 relief appearances and nine starts ... went 3-2 with a 2.94 ERA (33.2 IP, 11 ER) in nine appearances, including four starts, versus SEC teams ... Stranded 10-of-14 inherited baserunners (71.4 percent) ... made first career appearance against Louisiana Tech on February 16 (ND, 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SO) ... made first career start versus SW Missouri State on February 19 (L, 2.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO) ... retired all nine batters he faced in the 5-1 win at Memphis (3/12) to record his first career save (2 SO) ... pitched 1.2 scoreless innings of relief against Kentucky (3/15) to earn his first career win (1 H, 1 BB, 2 SO) ... worked a season-long 6.0 innings to earn the win in a start against No. 5 Mississippi State in the Mayor's Trophy game on April 2 (5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 SO) ... struck out a season-high five in 6.0 innings to earn the win versus Tennessee Tech on April 28 (3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB) ... the 6.0 innings tied his longest outing of the season ... took a no decision in his first career SEC start at Arkansas (5/3), working 6.0 innings to tie his longest outing of the season (3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO) ... tied a season-high with 6.0 innings of work in a start against Wichita State (5/31) in the NCAA Houston Regional (ND, 7 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO).
HIGH SCHOOL: Drafted in the 26th round by the Florida Marlins in the 2002 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft ... 2002 DeSoto County Player of the Year ... 2002 Clarion-Ledger Dandy Dozen ... garnered first team All-State and All-Metro honors as a senior ... played in the 2002 state high school All-Star Game ... earned All-Conference honors as a junior and senior, and was an honorable mention all-conference performer as a sophomore ... member of Southaven's back-to-back 5A state championship teams in 1999 and 2000 ... posted a three-year record of 25-5 with two saves and a 1.91 ERA ... was 11-0 with a 0.86 ERA and struck out 83 while walking 23 in 62 innings as a senior ... three-year letterwinner.
PERSONAL: An education major ... son of Frank and Carla Wright ... born on November 1, 1983 ... cousin of former St. Louis Cardinal pitcher David “Vinegar Bend” Mizell, who pitched seven years for the Cardinals in the 1950s ... favorite movie is A Time To Kill ... hobbies are fishing and cooking ... favorite team is the St. Louis Cardinals ... chose Oklahoma State because he likes the tradition and the coaching staff.
