Nicole May

Photo by: Morgan Givens/University of Oklahoma

05/19/2023 Oklahoma vs Hofstra Regional Softball Championship. Photo Ty Russell

Photo by: Ty Russell

Position:
Right Handed Pitcher
Class:
Senior
Height:
5-11
Weight:
null
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Pleasanton, Calif.

Season	ERA	W-L	APP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AVG	WP	HBP
2021	2.37	15-2	29	13	1	0/10	2	85.2	69	33	29	23	96	.217	1	4
2022	1.30	15-1	28	17	7	5/8	1	91.2	54	18	17	31	99	.170	1	5
2023	0.91	18-0	25	19	5	4/10	1	107.2	60	16	14	29	130	.161	2	3
TOTAL	1.47	48-3	82	49	13	9/28	4	285.0	183	67	60	83	325	.182	4	12

Career
2023 All-Big 12 First Team … 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team … 2021 Big 12 All-Freshman Team … 2021 Big 12 All-Tournament Team … Two-time Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (4/12/22, 5/11/21).

Record Book
Has combined on two perfect games (at UCSB, 2/10/22; vs. Portland State (2/28/21) ... Has combined on seven no-hitters ... Ranks second in career winning percentage in program history through her junior season (48-3, .941) ... Ranks eighth in strikeouts per 7 IP in OU annals (7.98).

2023 (Junior)
Made 25 appearances in the circle, making 19 starts and going 18-0 … Finished the season with a single-season career best 0.91 ERA and 130 strikeouts in 107.2 innings pitched … Allowed 14 earned runs, also earned one save and had four individual shutouts … Her ERA ranked third in the country while her 3.9 hits allowed per seven innings ranked 10^th in the nation … Surrendered just 16 extra-base hits on the year, allowing opponents to bat .161 with 29 walks … Combined with freshman Kierston Deal to no-hit Kansas (4/29) … Combined with Jordy Bahl to no-hit Army (2/18) … Had four double-digit strikeout performances on the year … Struck out a single-game career high 11 batters in a complete-game performance vs. UIC (3/3) … Struck out 10 and allowed just one run in a top-25 matchup vs. Northwestern (3/17) … Was exceptional on opening weekend, striking out eight and closing the game vs. top-10 Washington, allowing no runs and just one hit in 3.1 IP (2/11) … Threw a career-high eight innings in a complete-game showing in the season opener vs. Liberty, striking out 10 (2/9).

2022 (Sophomore)
Started 17 games and appeared in 28 (91.2 IP) … Finished with an ERA of 1.30 and 15-1 record in the circle, allowing just 17 earned runs on the year … Struck out 99 batters, including two games with double-digit K’s … Allowed only six hits in three WCWS appearances combined … Allowed just 17 extra-base hits all season, including six home runs and one triple ... held opposing batters to a .170 BA … combined on one perfect game and three no-hitters … threw 2.1 innings of relief work in Game Two of the WCWS Championship Series vs. Texas, striking out a pair and surrendering just one hit (6/9) … went 2.0 innings in Game One of the champ series vs. Texas, allowing one hit and K’ing one (6/8) … went the distance in the Super Regional final vs. UCF, striking out four and allowing just one run on three hits in 7.0 IP (5/28) … K’ed six in an NCAA Regional win over Texas A&M, pitching 4.1 innings and allowing no runs on two hits (5/22) … Combined on a no-hitter with Hope Trautwein vs. Prairie View A&M in the NCAA Regional opener, striking out seven in 4.0 IP (5/20) … Struck out four in 6.1 innings of a Bedlam win vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State (5/7) … K’ed six in a complete-game effort vs. Tulsa, allowing no runs and three hits (4/6) … Struck out five in her first conference appearance of the season vs. Baylor, allowing no runs on four hits in 5.0 IP (3/26) … Fanned seven in a complete-game performance vs. San Diego at the Hall of Fame Classic (3/19) … Tied a career-best with 10 K’s in a complete-game win over No. 8 Arizona (2/26) … Compiled 15 strikeouts across three games at the Houston Classic, collecting a pair of wins in the circle (2/18-20) … Struck out a career-high 10 batters in an exceptional complete-game, 2-hit, zero run performance vs. Mississippi State at the Mark Campbell Invite (2/11) … Combined on a perfect game with Trautwein and Jordy Bahl in the season opener at UC-Santa Barbara (2/10).

2021 (Freshman)
Started 13 games and made 29 appearances (85.2 IP) in the circle as a true freshman, finishing the season with a 15-2 record and 2.37 ERA … Struck out 96 batters to 23 walks with a .217 opponent batting average … Combined on 10 shutouts and had two saves … Also made on appearance at first base and registered one at-bat of the season as a pinch hitter … Started Game One of the Women’s College World Series champ series, striking out three in 3.2 innings of work vs. FSU (6/8) … Collected an elimination game win, going 3.1 innings and allowing no runs on two hits while striking out six to no walks vs. JMU (6/6) … Struck out one in 2.0 innings in her start vs. UCLA (6/5) … Was impressive in a complete-game win in Game One of Super Regionals striking out five and allowing just two runs to Washington (5/28) … Got a win in regionals vs. Wichita State (5/23), striking out four in 6.1 innings of work to go with three runs allowed and one walk … Struck out four in two innings vs. Texas Tech in the Big 12 Tournament (5/14) … Collected Big 12 Pitcher of the Week accolades for her weekend at Oklahoma State, helping the Sooners to the Big 12 regular season crown by collecting saves in back to back games and striking out a combined five in 8.3 innings of the three games (5/7-9) … Got the game three win in a 4.1 inning, four-strikeout, no runs allowed performance vs. Texas (4/18) … Struck out seven and allowed just one hit and no runs in 3.1 innings at Louisiana Tech (4/10) … Collected her first Big 12 conference win with a 4.0 inning, six strikeout game at Iowa State (3/28) … Tied a season-best with eight K’s vs. Sam Houston (3/5) … Combined on a perfect game, striking out three in just two innings vs. Portland State (2/28) … Set a season high with eight strikeouts and allowed one earned run on three hits and a walk at Houston (2/21) … Made her debut on opening weekend, striking out a combined six in two games (7.0 IP), allowing two runs on three hits at UTEP and vs. Abilene Christian (2/11-12).

High School
The 2018-19 Gatorade California Softball Player of the Year … Attended Foothill High School in Pleasanton, Calif., and played travel ball with the OC Batbusters … Along with fellow signee Jennings, helped lead the Batbusters to the 2019 18U USA World Fast Pitch Championship in the summer of 2019 … Led Foothill to a 28-0 record and North Coast Section Division I Tournament championship her junior season ... Compiled a 24-0 record, 0.32 ERA and registered 246 strikeouts and just 13 walks in 151 innings pitched … 2019 NorCal Softball Pitcher of the Year … Ranked as the No. 6 recruit in the 2020 class by Extra Inning Softball and No. 16 by FloSoftball … Batted .463 on 38 hits with 27 RBIs and five homeruns her junior season.

Personal
Daughter of Charlen and Kevin May … Has one brother, Jack … Dad played college football at Florida … Chose the Sooners over Oregon and Florida.