Grace Lyons

Lead, Lyons NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee

Photo by: Tory Kukowski

Photo by: Ty Russell

Position:
Infield
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
5-7
Weight:
null
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Peoria, Ariz.

Season	AVG	GP	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	OBP	SB	SBA	FLD%
2019	.263	63	63	137	35	36	8	1	8	27	.511	17	10	23	.380	6	8	.953
2020	.370	24	24	73	22	27	7	0	5	23	.671	9	3	6	.448	4	5	.950
2021	.392	60	60	166	62	65	12	0	14	52	.717	27	9	14	.495	8	8	.963
2022	.401	62	61	177	67	71	7	3	23	70	.864	22	8	12	.479	9	10	.960
2023	.331	55	53	139	41	46	7	1	9	34	.590	22	4	11	.431	7	7	.978
TOTAL	.354	264	261	692	227	245	41	5	59	206	.684	97	34	66	.450	34	38	.962

Career
2023 Big 12 Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year … 2023 Rawlings Gold Glove Award for Shortstop … 2023 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year … 2023 All-Big 12 First Team … 2023 NFCA All-Central Region Second Team … 2023 Big 12 Softball Championship All-Tournament Team … 2023 CSC Academic All-America First Team … 2023 CSC Academic All-District First Team … 2022 USA Softball Women’s National Team … 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year Top 30 Finalist … 2022 NFCA First Team All-American … 2022 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year … 2022 NFCA All-Central Region First Team … 2022 All-Big 12 First Team … 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team … 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top-10 Finalist … 2022 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team ... 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team … 2021 Big 12 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award … Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2019-22) ... 2021 NFCA Second Team All-American … 2021 NFCA All-Central Region First Team … 2021 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year … 2021 All-Big 12 First Team selection … 2021 Big 12 All-Academic First Team honoree … 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team … 2020 Big 12 All-Academic First Team selection ... Named to the 2019 All-Big 12 Freshman Team.

Record Book
Tied a single-game program record with three home runs at UTEP (2/11/21) and vs. Wichita State (3/29/22) ... Third in games played in program history (264) ... Ranks eighth in career HBP in program history (34) ... Ranks ninth in career slugging in program history (.684) ... Ranks sixth in career home runs in OU annals (59) ... Seventh in runs scored (227) in program history … Ranks eighth in program history in career RBIs (206) … Finished career fifth in stolen base percentage in OU history (.895, 34-38) … Ranked fifth in program annals for total bases (473).

2023 (Redshirt Senior)
Played in 55 games, starting 53 at shortstop … Hit .331 with nine home runs, seven doubles and a triple, bringing in 34 runs … Slugged .590 and held an on-base percentage of .431, drawing 22 walks and four HBP … Was a perfect 7-for-7 on stolen bases … Was exceptional yet again at shortstop, earning the program’s first Rawlings Gold Glove Award, registering 56 putouts and 75 assists to just three errors for a career single-season best .978 fielding percentage … Finished career with a home run in game two of the WCWS Championship Series vs. Florida State (6/8) … Hit .333 with a home run, double, four walks drawn and one stolen base at the 2023 WCWS … Homered in OU’s Norman Regional opener vs. Hofstra (5/19) … Went 2-for-2 with a home run and four RBIs in the Big 12 Championship Semifinal vs. Iowa State (5/12) … Doubled and brought in three runs in the regular season finale at Oklahoma State (5/7) … Homered and brought in three runs vs. Auburn at Hall of Fame Classic (3/18) … Tied a career single-game high with five RBIs in a 3-for-3, five runs scored, two walks drawn showing vs. Stephen F Austin (2/18).

2022 (Senior)
Played in all 62 games, making 61 starts at shortstop … Finished eighth in the country with a career-single season best 23 home runs … Ranked sixth in the country in RBIs, finishing with 70 and a 1.13 RBI/game average … Was 11^th in the nation in slugging (.864) and ninth in total bases (153) … Batted .401 on the season with 23 home runs, 7 doubles and 3 triples to go with 70 RBIs … Held an on-base clip of .479 and slugged .864 … Drew 22 walks and eight HBP to just 12 strikeouts … Was second on the team with nine stolen bases, going 9-for-10 … Was fourth on the team with 67 runs scored … Was second-best on the team with 13 double plays turned, making 80 assists and 64 putouts at short to go with just six errors (.960 FLD%) … Homered in Game Two of the WCWS Championship Series vs. Texas, batting in three runs (6/9) … Homered and brought in a pair of runs vs. UCLA in the WCWS (6/6) … Hit two home runs to go with four RBI in the Super Regional Final vs. UCF (5/28) … Homered in the regional opener vs. Prairie View A&M (5/20) … Hit a solo home run vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State (5/6) … Homered in three straight games vs. Texas Tech, blasting four in three games (4/8-10), including two in the opener, compiling five RBIs … Had five RBIs in back-to-back games vs. Wichita State (3/29) and UAB (4/1) … Hit a grand slam vs. UAB (4/1) … Blasted a career-tying and program-record tying three home runs vs. Wichita State (3/29), batting in five runs … Homered in three straight games of the Hall of Fame Classic, batting in a combined four runs vs. Houston, San Diego and Iowa (3/19-20) … Hit a pair of homers and brought in a total of seven runs during OU’s trip to Honolulu and the Rainbow Wahine Classic (3/10-12) … Homered in OU’s comeback extra-inning win over No. 17 Tennessee at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (2/26) … Hit home runs in back-to-back games vs. Texas State (2/20) and Long Beach State (2/25), batting in four runs … Went 3-for-4 with a home run and double in the Sooners’ win over McNeese (2/18) … Had her streak of 151 consecutive starts snapped on Feb. 13, 2022 vs. UC-San Diego (every game of her freshman, sophomore and junior season plus the first four games of her senior year) … Had a triple, drew a walk and scored two runs in the season opener at UC Santa Barbara (2/10).

2021 (Junior)
Started all 60 games at shortstop … Helped lead OU’s top-ranked defense with 64 putouts and 65 assists to just five errors (.963 FLD%), also helped turn a team-best 11 double plays … Was also a force at the plate, batting .392 with 14 home runs, 12 doubles and 52 RBIs … Slugged .717 with an on-base clip of .495, drawing 27 walks and nine HBP … Was perfect on stolen bases, swiping eight on eight attempts … Led the team with five sacrifice hits, also chipped in a pair of sac flies … Went 1-for-3 with an RBI and stolen base vs. UCLA (6/5) … Stole a base in three consecutive games in the Women’s College World Series (6/3-5, vs. JMU, UGA and UCLA) … Went 1-for-2 with an RBI and HBP vs. Washington in the Super Regional opener (5/28) … Impressed with a 3-for-6, two home run, five RBI game in the Norman Regional Final vs. Wichita State (5/23) … Finished 3-for-3 with a double at Wichita State (5/4) … Finished 1-for-2 with a double and walk at Baylor (4/27) … Hit a combined 3-for-5 in the doubleheader at Georgia (4/20), batting in three runs and hitting one home run … Went 2-for-2 with an RBI, two runs and two walks drawn vs. Texas (4/17) … Hit a home run in a 2-for-2, four RBI performance vs. Kansas (4/2) … Went a combined 3-for-7 with four RBIs in the Iowa State series (3/26-28) … Finished 3-for-4 with a double and solo home run vs. Liberty (5/14) … Hit a two-run homer and drew a walk vs. Houston (3/12) … Went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and two stolen bases vs. Tarleton State (2/22) … Hit a home run in a 2-for-4, three RBI game at Houston (2/21) … Started the season with home runs in four consecutive games on opening weekend … Went a combined 10-for-15 with six home runs, 12 RBIs and eight runs in OU’s four games on opening weekend at UTEP and vs. Abilene Christian (2/11-12) … In the season opener, tied a single-game program record with three home runs, batting in five runs in a 4-for-5 performance at UTEP (2/11), helping the Sooners to an NCAA record 13 single-game home runs.

2020 (Sophomore)
Academic All-Big 12 first team honoree … Started all 24 of OU’s games at shortstop … Ranked second on team with 40 assists, 23 RBIs and three HBP … Seven games with multiple hits and five games with multiple RBIs … Launched five home runs in the shortened season, good for third on the team … Went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and one HR vs. Wichita State (3/4) to help fuel the comeback victory … Hit a walk-off double vs. Texas A&M (2/21) at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, going 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and two stolen bases … Hit two home runs and went 6-for-17 at the Hillenbrand Invitational (2/14-16) in her home state of Arizona, including a 3-for-3, one home run performance against Northern Iowa (2/14) … Finished the season with a slash line of .370/.448/.671 and fielding % of .950 with 40 assists and 36 putouts.

2019 (Freshman)
Started all 63 of OU’s games at shortstop … Ranked second on the team with 54 assists and 10 HBP … Six games with multiple RBIs and five games with multiple hits … Hit her first career home run in a 2-for-2 performance against San Diego State (2/10) … Registered a season-high four RBIs after hitting her first career grand slam vs. Hofstra (2/16) … 2-for-2 with a homer against Northwestern (3/8) … Drove in three runs vs. Northwestern (3/10) … Appeared on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays on back-to-back days with diving catches against Texas (4/18-19) … Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in OU’s NCAA Regional opener against UMBC (5/17) … Closed out the season with hits in each of OU’s last three games, matching a season-long hitting streak.

High School
Named an NFCA Second-Team All-Region honoree in 2016 and a three-time all-region and all-division selection … Led Sandra Day O’Connor high school to the 6A state championship in 2016 as team captain … Playing shortstop, second base and centerfield, Lyons hit .526 in 2017 with 47 runs scored, 35 runs batted in, seven home runs, 14 doubles, three triples and nine stolen bases.

Travel Ball
Played for Tony Rico’s Firecrackers out of Huntington Beach, Calif. … Led her team to the 2017 Canada Cup Championship and the 2017 TCS Fireworks Championship.

Personal
Daughter of John and Erin Lyons … has one brother, Max … dad, John, played hockey at the Air Force Academy … chose OU over Arizona, Florida, Oregon, UCLA and Alabama … born in Bitburg, Germany.