Johns, Bahl Sweep Big 12 Weekly Honors

NORMAN — Oklahoma redshirt senior Jana Johns and freshman Jordy Bahl have been named Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively. The conference announced the weekly honors Tuesday.

Both Sooners had impressive performances at the Mary Nutter Classic, helping No. 1 OU to a 5-0 mark and two ranked wins.

Johns hit four home runs in the five games with nine RBIs. The Calhoun, Ga., native went yard in three of OU's five contests, highlighted by a two-HR performance in OU's 10-inning win over No. 17 Tennessee. It marked her second career two-homer game. On the tournament, Johns batted .429 and slugged 1.357.

Bahl struck out a combined 31 batters at the MNCC. She pitched her first career individual perfect game Friday vs. Cal-State Fullerton, striking out 11. It was OU's first individual perfect performance since 2019 and first by a frosh since 2015. Against Tennessee, Bahl went a season-high 8.1 innings and struck out a career-best 16. It was the most strikeouts by an OU pitcher since 2019. Bahl finished the weekend 2-0 with 31 K, a 1.62 ERA and a .121 opponent batting average, allowing six runs (four earned) on seven hits and four walks.

It marks Johns' first career Big 12 weekly award and Bahl's second of her freshman season.

The Sooners take the weekend off before the home opener at Marita Hynes Field in Norman on Monday, March 7, vs. Minnesota. The game is slated for a 5 p.m. CT start and can be seen on Bally Sports Oklahoma and heard on The Franchise 2 (103.3 FM/1560 AM) in Oklahoma and nationwide on the TuneIn app with OU play-by-play announcer Chris Plank on the call.

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