NORMAN – University of Oklahoma pitcher
Braden Carmichael was named the Big 12 Baseball Newcomer of the Week after tossing seven hitless innings in the Sooners' 9-1 series-clinching win at West Virginia on Saturday night, the league office announced Monday.
Carmichael registered a season-high 10 strikeouts while taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning. The Prosper, Texas, product retired 13 batters in a row from the third through the seventh innings, and walked just four in the contest. He exited the game only after the first batter of the eighth inning reached base, having thrown 124 pitches. The Sooners carried the no-hitter into the ninth inning. A redshirt sophomore, Carmichael transferred to OU this year from Grayson County College.
This is the first career Big 12 honor for Carmichael, and the fourth for Oklahoma this season.
Tyler Hardman was named Big 12 Player of the Week on March 15,
Jason Ruffcorn was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on May 3 and
Brett Squires was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on May 10.
Oklahoma will face Oklahoma State for the fifth time this season in a non-conference Bedlam matchup on Tuesday at ONEOK Field in Tulsa. Game time is set for 7 p.m. on ESPN2.