

Twelve student-athletes make up the All-Big 12 First and Second Team while 10 are on the All-Big 12 Freshman Team. On the season, OU has outscored opponents 408-43 including a 124-17 mark in Big 12 play. The Sooners are six games shy of tying the record (47) set by the 1996-97 Arizona Wildcats. Oklahoma is 49-1 overall and on a 41-game winning streak, tied for the program record and second in NCAA Division I history. She led OU to an 18-0 Conference record, sweeping its way through Big 12 play for the third time in the last five seasons. Gasso guided top-ranked OU to its league-record 11th straight Big 12 softball regular season title and its 15th overall under her leadership. Moore collected the 1,000th victory of his career on March 22 against UT Arlington and is the winningest coach in Baylor Athletics history. It was the Bears’ most wins since 2017 and included six top-five victories during the season, the most for one year in program history. Moore guided Baylor to 39 wins in his 23rd season as head coach at BU.

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Lyons was selected with the second pick of the sixth round in the 2023 Women’s Professional Fastpitch draft by the Texas Smoke. The redshirt senior was a unanimous selection and helped turn nine double plays with just three errors all season while adding 42 putouts and 59 assists. Lyons leads an OU team that ranks first nationally with a. She is the first Red Raider to win an individual award since Kim Martinez was selected Newcomer of the Year in 1997. 755 slugging percentage in all games ranks fourth in the Big 12. 401 batting average for the whole season is tied for fifth among Big 12 Players while she’s tied for second in total bases (111) and tied for third in doubles (15).

Wyckoff was electric in her debut season, finishing the Conference slate tied for fourth in runs scored (14), fifth in total bases (31) and eighth in slugging percentage (.596) while finishing with a perfect fielding percentage in league games. Bahl joins Oklahoma’s Paige Parker and Texas’ Cat Osterman as players to be awarded Pitcher of the Year in both their freshman and sophomore seasons. The top 10 finalist for the 2023 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year’s career ERA of 1.13 is tied for the fourth-lowest in Big 12 history (min. 130 in Big 12 games was the lowest of any league pitcher. The sophomore’s seven Conference wins were the most of any pitcher while her opposing batting average of.

The two-time First Team All-American won Big 12 Player of the Week twice this season and ranks second in Conference history in career batting average (0.436).īahl was masterful in league play going 7-0 with a 0.70 ERA, giving up just four runs in 18 league games, the lowest of any qualified pitcher. The top 10 finalist for the 2023 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year leads the Big 12 in on-base percentage, runs per game, slugging percentage and total bases. 439 batting average is 15th in the country. 566 on-base percentage, 15th in runs per game (1.10) and slugging percentage (.820) while her. Patty Gasso took home Co-Coach of the Year, her 11th consecutive season receiving the award.Ĭoleman ranks seventh in the nation with her. Jordy Bahl was named Pitcher of the Year after being named the co-winner in 2022 while Grace Lyons secured Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first player in league history to win the honor three years in a row. OU junior Jayda Coleman was voted Big 12 Player of the Year, marking the first time one school has captured the award in four consecutive seasons. The honorees were selected by a vote of the league’s head coaches. Oklahoma procured four individual honors while Texas Tech’s Kailey Wyckoff was named the league’s Freshman of the Year and Baylor’s Glenn Moore was chosen Co-Coach of the Year. The Conference has announced its 2023 All-Big 12 Softball accolades.
