Owasso Shortstop Brady Green Headed to TCU

By Mike Moguin
GTR Sports Writer

The performance of Brody Green has been a key part of Owasso’s success on the diamond and it has earned him the privilege of playing college baseball.
The Rams’ shortstop signed to play at TCU next year.  
“It is one of the biggest accomplishments in my life,” Green said. “It was once something that I dreamed of to play baseball at another level. So it’s kind of a dream come true to make it happen.” 
The Horned Frogs’ coaching staff played a big part in his decision.  
“I liked that TCU is a smaller campus,” Green said. “Going down there and having their coaches around for a few days, it was a big help in the process and I really enjoyed being around them.”
Green chose TCU over OSU and Wichita State.
“I’m going to do my best and play as much as I can and learn as much as I can and professional baseball is probably the biggest dream of anything I ever had,” Green said. “It’s my main goal. It would be awesome if I could play there. But it’s a long way down the road, I haven’t really thought about it much. I just try to stay focused on what’s ahead, but it would be a dream come true if that ever happened.”
Green Came to Owasso with his family from San Diego his freshman year. He has played the game of baseball for 14 years, he said. 
What he likes about the game is that every pitch is different. “There’s never the same thing going on,” Green said.
As for playing shortstop, he said, ”You’re the leader of the infield and you have to take charge and see everything around you before everybody sees it. 
Green’s favorite Major League baseball player is Nolan Arenado, a third baseman now with the St. Louis Cardinals who played eight seasons with the Colorado Rockies. 
“I really like how he plays,” Green said. “He is so good with his glove and I try to be like him a lot.”
One thing Green and the Rams hope to accomplish this year is winning the Class 6A state championship. 
“This year is going to be our redemption year,” he said. “We thought we were going to come out with a state title last year with the talent we had, how we were playing and how we were all clicking together. So this year, we must keep going with what we had last year. We got to keep moving forward and see if we can bring one home this year.”
Of course, obviously, last season was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. 
“Last year kind of hurt, honestly.” Green said. “We were pretty confident that if we just played our game and went out there and our pitchers threw the way they could, we swung our bats how we knew we could, we figured nobody could beat us and nobody was going to compete with us honestly. It was terrible last year.”
Going through the protocols this season has not been too bad. 
“Everybody has been doing a pretty good job of doing online classes or staying away from people if you’re in school,” Green said. “So we’ve actually been doing pretty good right now at keeping everybody healthy and it’s been a pretty easy process.”
Owasso, ranked second in 6A-3, got off to a good start, opening the season with 12 straight wins before dropping a pair to Union later in the month. Bixby (10-2), who was No. 1 as of submission of this story, appears to be the toughest foe.
“Bixby is probably going to be our biggest opponent going forward,” Green said. “They have a lot of talent, they have a lot of good bats and they have a few good pitchers going forward and I think they’ll probably be our biggest district games later on in the year.”
Owasso is set to play Bixby on Apr. 19-20, on the road then at home, respectively.

Ram Quick Hits
Owasso’s boys’ basketball team finished the 2020-21 season as a state qualifier. The Rams lost in the first round to Putnam CIty North, 53-51. Caden Fry led the Rams with 20 points in that game. Kyler Mann put up 15 and Trenton Ellison posted 12.