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Aaron Ivey

School
Oklahoma
Position
Outfield
Ht
5'9
AVG
.351
R
35
H
53
FLD%
.979
RBI
13
Aaron Ivey

Classroom

Ivey has a cumulative GPA of 4.00 in his major of energy management. He has completed 92 hours of academic work with a 4.00 and has never made less than an “A” in collegiate class work. He will graduate in 2008 and plans to pursue a career in business in the area of energy. Was named 2006 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American, the first Academic All-American for the Sooner baseball program in nine years, 2006 & 2007 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree Aaron is a two-time recipient of the Dan Gibbens Outstanding Scholar Athlete of the Year Award given by OU’s Athletics Council (2006 and 2007), a seven-time honoree on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll, a seven-time member of the OU President’s Honor Roll, a seven-time Sooner Scholar, and a three-time Academic All-Big 12 first team honoree (2005, 2006, 2007 – true freshmen aren’t eligible for the award). He received OU’s Jay Myers Award in 2004 – given to the freshman student-athlete who best combines athletic potential with academic excellence in their freshman year at OU.

Character

Ivey is serving as a team co-captain in 2006-07 and has served as a team representative from baseball on OU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. He is a perfect example of a team player who puts team goals ahead of personal goals. He has proven that he understands and accepts the responsibility of serving as a role model for his team, through his leadership, and for those who will follow him, through his involvement with a middle school Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter. He successfully completed one of the most time-intensive classes on the OU campus, a 12-hour Integrated Business Course, during the baseball season and maintained his 4.0 GPA. He is described by those who know him as “someone who does whatever is necessary,” whether it is for the team, for his teammates, for his classes or his goals.

Community

Aaron has participated in Sooner Special Spectators, a program that treats terminally ill children to events with Sooner student-athletes, volunteered at Boys Ranch and participated in Sooner Safe Trick or Treat. He has been a reader to the first graders at a local elementary school and participated in the Down Syndrome Association Walk in Oklahoma City’s Bricktown. He attends Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ chapter meetings at Whittier Middle School and has helped raise money for the Heupel “14” Foundation, a local foundation that serves underprivileged children across the state of Oklahoma.

Competition

Ivey has started 86 games in his Sooner career and has played in 159 games. He has been a starter and key reserve in the Sooner outfield, playing in left and center, has a career batting average of .267 with 80 hits in 299 at-bats and has ranked among the top four on the team in stolen bases in each of his four seasons. He had a season-high two RBI in OU’s win over then #1-ranked Rice in April, 2006. Ivey drove in the game winning run in a must-win Sooner victory over Texas Tech in May, 2005 – a win that helped propel OU to a berth in the NCAA Baseball Championship just three weeks after a late season coaching change. Has improved his batting average by nearly 100 points every year he has played, including a .379 average in 2006 on a Sooner team that won an NCAA Regional title and nearly beat Rice in the Super Regional.