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Jersey Number 25
Tanner Sparks
- Position:
- Right-handed Pitcher/Infielder
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 182
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Shawnee, Okla.
- High School:
- Shawnee HS
Bio
2018: Redshirted
HIGH SCHOOL: 2017 Rawlings/PG Honorable Mention All-American and All-West Region Second Team performer … 2017 MaxPreps High School All-American … 2015 and 2016 Rawlings/PG High Honorable Mention All-American … helped lead Shawnee High School to three consecutive Class 5A state championships … capped career with a senior season that saw SHS go 40-0 and finish the season ranked No. 1 nationally … hit .504 to go along with 12 homers and 81 RBIs and was 10-0 with a 0.82 ERA in 51 1/3 innings on the mound … was named The Oklahoman’s 2017 All-State and Big All-City Player of the Year … as a junior hit .440 with five homers, 18 doubles and 43 RBIs … also recorded 86 strikeouts in 71.2 innings … played on SHS’s to first-ever baseball state championship team as a sophomore in 2015 … also recruited by Oklahoma and Wichita State.
PERSONAL: A biology major … born May 31, 1998 … son of Jay and Holly Sparks … has one sibling, Tatum … favorite athlete is Russell Westbrook … favorite musician is Luke Combs ... favorite baseball moment is winning three state championships in high school … chose OSU because he loves the staff and it felt like home.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2017 Rawlings/PG Honorable Mention All-American and All-West Region Second Team performer … 2017 MaxPreps High School All-American … 2015 and 2016 Rawlings/PG High Honorable Mention All-American … helped lead Shawnee High School to three consecutive Class 5A state championships … capped career with a senior season that saw SHS go 40-0 and finish the season ranked No. 1 nationally … hit .504 to go along with 12 homers and 81 RBIs and was 10-0 with a 0.82 ERA in 51 1/3 innings on the mound … was named The Oklahoman’s 2017 All-State and Big All-City Player of the Year … as a junior hit .440 with five homers, 18 doubles and 43 RBIs … also recorded 86 strikeouts in 71.2 innings … played on SHS’s to first-ever baseball state championship team as a sophomore in 2015 … also recruited by Oklahoma and Wichita State.
PERSONAL: A biology major … born May 31, 1998 … son of Jay and Holly Sparks … has one sibling, Tatum … favorite athlete is Russell Westbrook … favorite musician is Luke Combs ... favorite baseball moment is winning three state championships in high school … chose OSU because he loves the staff and it felt like home.
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