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Seven Sooners Named to Preseason All-Big 12 Team
January 18, 2024 | Softball
NORMAN – Seven University of Oklahoma softball student-athletes have been named to the 2024 Preseason All-Big 12 Team as the conference announced the 19-player team Thursday.
Senior pitchers Nicole May and Kelly Maxwell, senior outfielders Rylie Boone and Jayda Coleman, senior infielders Alyssa Brito and Tiare Jennings and senior catcher Kinzie Hansen were among the 19 players chosen by the league's head coaches. Jennings was one of three unanimous selections to the team.
Oklahoma was one of just two programs to have multiple selections as Texas ranked second with five representatives. Baylor, BYU, Houston, Iowa State, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech each had one honoree. Student-athletes were chosen regardless of position and coaches could not vote for their own players.
May enters her senior season with a 48-3 career record and a 1.47 ERA across 285.0 innings in the circle, ranking second in program history with a .941 career winning percentage and seventh with 8.0 strikeouts per 7.0 innings pitched. Last season, the righthander went 18-0 with a 0.91 ERA while striking out 130 batters over 107.2 innings. She limited opposing batters to a .161 average and recorded the nation's third-best ERA.
Maxwell joins the Sooners as a transfer in 2024 following a terrific four-season stretch at Oklahoma State. The lefthander has won 58 collegiate games while posting a 1.58 ERA and striking out 746 batters over 494.2 innings pitched (10.6 K/7). A two-year All-America selection, Maxwell earned second-team honors last spring after going 16-7 with a 1.91 ERA and 229 strikeouts in 142.2 innings.
Boone begins her fifth season with OU in 2024 and ranks fourth in program history with a .405 career batting average in 181 collegiate games. A mainstay in the outfield the past two campaigns, Boone hit .392 last season while scoring 38 runs, stealing five bases and drawing 22 walks. She has provided impressive defense in the corners throughout her career, recording eight outfield assists over the past three seasons.
Three-time All-America selection Coleman returns was the 2023 Big 12 Player of the Year. The then-junior slashed .408/.533/.788 for a 1.320 OPS from the leadoff spot while adding 15 doubles, 17 home runs, 48 RBIs and 16 steals in 17 tries (94.1%). Coleman enters her final season ranked among the program's career leaders in multiple categories including on-base percentage (3rd, .533), batting average (3rd, .425), slugging percentage (7th, .719), walks drawn (8th, 125), runs scored (9th, 211) and stolen bases (10th, 49).
Brito has been a fixture in the Oklahoma lineup since joining the program in 2022, hitting .392 with a 1.251 OPS, 24 doubles, 31 home runs and 106 RBIs across 123 games in the Crimson and Cream. A first-team All-America selection last season, Brito blasted 17 home runs and drove in 60 runs with a .412 batting average as the everyday third baseman. She fielded a strong .960 with just five errors, making a terrific impact both at the plate and in the field.
One of the most accomplished hitters in program history, Jennings enters her senior campaign ranked among Oklahoma's career leaders in multiple offensive categories. A career .427 hitter with 73 home runs, 49 doubles and 245 RBIs to her credit, Jennings is second in program history in batting average, third in home runs, slugging percentage, runs batted in and extra-base hits, fourth in total bases, fifth in doubles and eighth in runs scored and on-base percentage. Jennings slashed .415/.477/.781 last season for a 1.258 OPS while belting 17 home runs and 16 doubles and registering 66 RBIs.
Hansen, the 2023 Johnny Bench Award winner, blasted 13 home runs and drove in 57 runs last season while slashing .409/.438/.759 for a 1.197 OPS as the Sooners' backstop. The graduate student ranks sixth in program history with a .734 career slugging percentage and 10th with 49 home runs. Hansen's work behind the plate defensively is equally impressive as she owns a .993 career fielding percentage and has thrown out 36% of would-be base stealers.
For updates and more information on Oklahoma softball, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Softball) and like Oklahoma Softball on Facebook.
Senior pitchers Nicole May and Kelly Maxwell, senior outfielders Rylie Boone and Jayda Coleman, senior infielders Alyssa Brito and Tiare Jennings and senior catcher Kinzie Hansen were among the 19 players chosen by the league's head coaches. Jennings was one of three unanimous selections to the team.
Oklahoma was one of just two programs to have multiple selections as Texas ranked second with five representatives. Baylor, BYU, Houston, Iowa State, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech each had one honoree. Student-athletes were chosen regardless of position and coaches could not vote for their own players.
May enters her senior season with a 48-3 career record and a 1.47 ERA across 285.0 innings in the circle, ranking second in program history with a .941 career winning percentage and seventh with 8.0 strikeouts per 7.0 innings pitched. Last season, the righthander went 18-0 with a 0.91 ERA while striking out 130 batters over 107.2 innings. She limited opposing batters to a .161 average and recorded the nation's third-best ERA.
Maxwell joins the Sooners as a transfer in 2024 following a terrific four-season stretch at Oklahoma State. The lefthander has won 58 collegiate games while posting a 1.58 ERA and striking out 746 batters over 494.2 innings pitched (10.6 K/7). A two-year All-America selection, Maxwell earned second-team honors last spring after going 16-7 with a 1.91 ERA and 229 strikeouts in 142.2 innings.
Boone begins her fifth season with OU in 2024 and ranks fourth in program history with a .405 career batting average in 181 collegiate games. A mainstay in the outfield the past two campaigns, Boone hit .392 last season while scoring 38 runs, stealing five bases and drawing 22 walks. She has provided impressive defense in the corners throughout her career, recording eight outfield assists over the past three seasons.
Three-time All-America selection Coleman returns was the 2023 Big 12 Player of the Year. The then-junior slashed .408/.533/.788 for a 1.320 OPS from the leadoff spot while adding 15 doubles, 17 home runs, 48 RBIs and 16 steals in 17 tries (94.1%). Coleman enters her final season ranked among the program's career leaders in multiple categories including on-base percentage (3rd, .533), batting average (3rd, .425), slugging percentage (7th, .719), walks drawn (8th, 125), runs scored (9th, 211) and stolen bases (10th, 49).
Brito has been a fixture in the Oklahoma lineup since joining the program in 2022, hitting .392 with a 1.251 OPS, 24 doubles, 31 home runs and 106 RBIs across 123 games in the Crimson and Cream. A first-team All-America selection last season, Brito blasted 17 home runs and drove in 60 runs with a .412 batting average as the everyday third baseman. She fielded a strong .960 with just five errors, making a terrific impact both at the plate and in the field.
One of the most accomplished hitters in program history, Jennings enters her senior campaign ranked among Oklahoma's career leaders in multiple offensive categories. A career .427 hitter with 73 home runs, 49 doubles and 245 RBIs to her credit, Jennings is second in program history in batting average, third in home runs, slugging percentage, runs batted in and extra-base hits, fourth in total bases, fifth in doubles and eighth in runs scored and on-base percentage. Jennings slashed .415/.477/.781 last season for a 1.258 OPS while belting 17 home runs and 16 doubles and registering 66 RBIs.
Hansen, the 2023 Johnny Bench Award winner, blasted 13 home runs and drove in 57 runs last season while slashing .409/.438/.759 for a 1.197 OPS as the Sooners' backstop. The graduate student ranks sixth in program history with a .734 career slugging percentage and 10th with 49 home runs. Hansen's work behind the plate defensively is equally impressive as she owns a .993 career fielding percentage and has thrown out 36% of would-be base stealers.
For updates and more information on Oklahoma softball, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Softball) and like Oklahoma Softball on Facebook.
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