Ricketts Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week

April 24, 2012

NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma's Keilani Ricketts earned her fifth Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honor this season the league office announced on Wednesday after the junior claimed three wins in the past week. Ricketts is the first pitcher in Oklahoma history to earn five Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors in the same season and now has 10 for her career, joining Chelsea Thomas of Missouri and Cat Osterman of Texas as the only Big 12 pitchers to be recognized 10 or more times in a career.

In a league showdown of two pitchers from the U.S. Softball National Team, Ricketts was instrumental in the series win over No. 10 Missouri. The junior threw a complete game Friday night in the Sooners' 10-inning victory over the Tigers as she allowed just one run and struck out 12. She handed out just one walk during the contest as she garnered her 15th double-digit strikeout game of the season.

Ricketts pitched three innings of relief on Saturday and tossed her second complete-game of the weekend Sunday as OU downed Mizzou 2-1 to claim its sixth Big 12 series victory of the year. The southpaw notched her 16th double-digit strikeout game with 11 Ks while allowing just four hits and one walk.

Ricketts leads the Big 12 in ERA (0.99), opposing batting average (.151), strikeouts (285), batters struck out looking (90) and wins (23). Ricketts ranks second nationally in hits allowed per seven innings (3.71) and strikeouts per seven innings (10.8) while ranking third in strikeouts (285) and in ERA.

University of Oklahoma Athletics

Ricketts Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week

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