James Hitt

Photo by: Joe Buvid

Photo by: Reghan Kyle

Photo by: Mario Terrana

Position:
Left Handed Pitcher
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Height:
6-0
Weight:
193
Bats/Throws:
L/L
Hometown:
Magnolia, Texas
Prev School:
Texas Tech

2025: Made 28 appearances in relief, second most among OU pitchers, and the fifth most of all SEC pitchers … finished the season with a 3.82 ERA through 35.1 innings … tallied 35 strikeouts to just 12 walks … held opposing batters to a .262 batting average … accumulated an undefeated record of 3-0 … struck out a season-high five in two innings at Alabama (3/18) ... got the Bedlam win in relief, hurling three hitless, scoreless innings with one walk and one strikeout at Oklahoma State (4/15) ... earned the win against Kentucky (5/20) in the SEC tournament, throwing 4.0 scoreless innings, striking out one and walking none.

2024: Big 12 All-Academic First Team … made 17 appearances and seven starts on the mound … struck out 32 and walked 14 in 35.1 innings pitched … struck out a career-best 10 in his first appearance and start of the season vs. Nebraska, going five innings and allowing three runs and two walks (2/18) … struck out five in 5.2 innings of a win vs. UCF (3/10) … got the win in a start and 5.2 innings of work at No. 12 TCU (3/17) ... struck out three in 1.2 innings at BYU (4/20) … struck out the side in his one inning of work in a win over Baylor that helped clinch the Big 12 regular season title (5/11).

2023: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention ... made 17 appearances and 12 starts on the mound … went 6-2 with a 4.89 ERA and struck out 48 batters over 70.0 innings … eased into the season pitched 0.2 relief innings in his first appearance vs. Rider (2/24) … first start was March 4 vs. Mississippi State when he went 2.0 innings … earned the win in relief after striking out two over 2.0 frames vs. UNLV (3/7) … pitched 5.2 innings and allowed one run on two hits with three strikeouts at Baylor (4/7) … improved to 3-0 after tossing 5.0 innings at Texas (4/22; game 2) … pitched a season-high 8.0 innings with five strikeouts vs. Kansas (4/30) … earned the win in relief, striking out five over 4.0 innings at West Virginia (5/7) … pitched 7.0 frames, striking out five and allowing one run at Gonzaga (5/14).

Prior to OU: A left-handed pitcher from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas … appeared in relief five times in 2022 and pitched a total of 4.2 innings … ended the season with a 5.79 ERA … allowed 10 hits and struck out two … named to the 2020-2021 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.

High School: A left-handed pitcher from Concordia Lutheran in Magnolia, Texas … was first-team all-state and first-team all-district for TAPPS Division 1 and a three-year letterman … threw 25.2 innings and registered 26 strikeouts and a 0.21 ERA his final season … also batted .350 with two home runs, 34 RBIs, 35 runs and 22 stolen bases … named to 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-American and First Team All-Region Teams as well as Perfect Game Preseason Underclassmen All-American Honorable Mention Team in 2018 and 2019 … awarded four All-Tournament Teams in 2017, two of them in 2017 WWBA 15U and 14U National Championship and the other two in the Perfect Game 14U South Championship and Perfect Game Super25 14U North Texas Regional … also named to 2019 Perfect Game 17U World Series All-Tournament Team and 2019 WWBA World Championship All-Tournament Team … ranked as the 66th-best left-handed pitcher nationally ... ranked 53rd overall in Texas and the sixth-best left-handed pitcher in the state … high school coach was Rick Lynch.