University of Oklahoma Athletics
2021 Softball Roster

Jayda Coleman
- Position:
- Utility
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
- Hometown:
- The Colony, Texas
Season | AVG | GP | GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | OBP | SB | SBA | FLD% |
2021Ā | .444 | 60 | 60 | 171 | 70 | 76 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 53 | .690 | 32 | 8 | 9 | .545 | 20 | 24 | .979 |
2022 | .424 | 62 | 62 | 144 | 70 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 40 | .667 | 52 | 5 | 14 | .584 | 13 | 15 | 1.000 |
2023 | .408 | 62 | 62 | 179 | 71 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 48 | .788 | 41 | 8 | 18 | .533 | 16 | 17 | 1.000 |
TOTAL | .425 | 184 | 184 | 494 | 211 | 210 | 35 | 4 | 34 | 141 | .719 | 125 | 21 | 41 | .553 | 49 | 56 | .991 |
Career
2023 NFCA First Team All-American ⦠2023 WCWS All-Tournament Team ⦠2023 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top-10 Finalist ⦠2023 Big 12 Player of the Year ⦠2023 All-Big 12 First Team ⦠2023 NFCA All-Central Region First Team ⦠Three-time Big 12 Player of the Week (5/2/23; 3/21/23; 5/11/22) ⦠2022 USA Softball Women's National Team ... 2022 NFCA First Team All-American ⦠2022 WCWS All-Tournament Team ⦠2022 All-Big 12 First Team ⦠2022 NFCA All-Central Region First Team ⦠2021 NFCA First Team All-American ⦠2021 NFCA DI National Freshman of the Year Top-3 Finalist ⦠2021 All-Big 12 First Team ⦠2021 NFCA All-Central Region First Team ⦠2021 Big 12 All-Tournament Team ⦠2021 All-Big 12 Freshman Team.
2023 (Junior)
Started all 62 games in center field ⦠Paced the team in runs (71), walks (41), HBP (8) and stolen bases (16) ⦠Tied for the team lead with a career single-season best 17 home runs ⦠Slashed .408/.533/.788 ⦠Paced the team with her .533 on-base percentage, good for 12th in the country ⦠Averaged 1.15 runs/game which ranked fifth in the nation ⦠Was exceptional in center field yet again, making 60 putouts and three assists with no errors, helping turn one double play ⦠Had a season high four hits twice on the year (vs. Auburn, 3/19; at Miami, 4/15) ⦠Had one multi-homer game vs. Texas Tech (4/7) ⦠Registered a season high 3 RBI five times ⦠Stole two bases in three games ⦠Hit the game-tying two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning vs. Texas (4/1) in a 2-for-3 showing ⦠Hit .313 with one home run, 2 RBI and a WCWS-best five runs scored at the Womenās College World Series to collect WCWS All-Tournament Team honors, highlighted by another home run robbery in Game 2 of the WCWS Champ Series vs. Florida State (6/8).
2022 (Sophomore)
Started all 62 games in center field ⦠Ranked second on the team with a .424 batting average and .584 on-base percentage, her on-base clip was good for third in the country ⦠Registered eight home runs, nine doubles and one triple on the year to go with 40 RBIs and 70 runs scored ⦠Drew 52 walks on the year, good for second on the team and her 0.84 walks-per-game ranked sixth in the country ⦠Led the team with 13 stolen bases on 15 attempts ⦠Was perfect in the field with 49 putouts and four assists to no errors ⦠Was exceptional in center field in the WCWS Championship Series Game Two vs. UT, robbing a pair of home runs at the wall in the first inning and throwing out a runner at second base from CF, also registered a hit and drew a walk in the season finale (6/9) ⦠Ripped a double in Game One of the Champ Series vs. Texas (6/8) ⦠Drew three walks and registered an RBI in OUās semifinal win over UCLA (6/6) ⦠Went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in OUās first WCWS matchup with UCLA (6/6) ⦠ĀĀScored a pair of runs in a 2-for-4 performance in OUās first meeting with Texas at the WCWS (6/4) ⦠Had a double and brought in a pair of runs in a 2-for-3 showing vs. UCF in the Super Regional opener (5/27) ⦠Went a combined 6-for-9 in OUās Norman Regional vs. Prairie View A&M and Texas A&M, hitting one home run and bringing in a combined five runs on the weekend (5/20-22) ⦠Brought in one run, scored a run and drew two walks in the Bedlam series opener vs. No. 7 OSU (5/5) ⦠Had a season-high three hits in a 3-for-4 performance at North Texas (4/20) ⦠Hit a solo home run in OUās series-opening win over No. 18 Texas (4/14) ⦠Had a double and three RBIs, also drew two walks vs. Texas Tech (4/9) ⦠Had a streak of five straight games with an RBI, beginning with a two-RBI showing vs. UAB (4/1) ⦠Homered in both games of a two-game set with UAB (4/1-2) ⦠Tied a season-high with three walks vs. Wichita State (3/29) ⦠Went 3-for-4 with an RBI at No. 8 Kentucky (3/22) ⦠Homered and brought in three runs in a 2-for-3 showing vs. Houston at the Hall of Fame Classic in OKC (3/19) ⦠Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in a run-rule win over California at the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Hawaii (3/11) ⦠Hit the two-run, walk-off home run in a dramatic 10-inning win over No. 17 Tennessee at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic to keep OU undefeated (2/26) ⦠Hit a three-run homer vs. CSU-Fullerton at the MNCC (2/25) ⦠Tied a season-high with three walks drawn at Houston (2/19) ⦠Tied a career-best with four RBIs, including hitting the run-rule, walk-off triple vs. UC-San Diego at the Mark Campbell Invitational (2/13) ⦠Brought in a run and scored a run in the season opener at UC-Santa Barbara (2/10).
2021 (Freshman)
Started all 60 games across the outfield and at first base ⦠Led the team with 20 stolen bases on 24 attempts ⦠Had four games with two SB ⦠Ranked second on the team with a .545 on-base percentage ⦠Batted .444 and slugged .690 with nine home runs, 11 doubles, two triples and 53 RBIs and 70 runs scored ⦠Struck out just nine times in 171 at-bats on the year ⦠Went on a 43-game reached base streak ⦠Had 22 multi-hit games and 24 multi-RBI performances ⦠Went on a 19-game hit streak from 3/6 vs. ULM to 4/18 vs. Texas ⦠Batted .321 in the WCWS with two doubles, one home run and six RBIs ⦠Hit OUās team home run No. 161 and final homer of the season in game three of the championship series vs. Florida State (6/10), finishing 2-for-3 with a double, home run and 3 RBIs ⦠Went 2-for-3 with a double and 2 RBIs vs. JMU (6/7) ⦠Finished 2-for-2 with a home run and two runs batted in vs. Morgan State in the NCAA Norman Regional opener ⦠Went 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs vs. Baylor in the Big 12 Tournament ⦠Went a combined 5-for-8 with one double, one home run and six RBIs in the Bedlam series vs. Oklahoma State (5/7-9) to claim Big 12 Player of the Week honors ⦠Registered a season-high four RBIs in the second game of the Georgia doubleheader (4/20) ⦠Finished a combined 4-for-9 with a double, triple and homer in the Texas series (4/16-18), batting in five runs ⦠Tied a season best with three hits vs. Iowa State (3/28) in a 3-for-5, three RBI performance ⦠Finished 3-for-3 with her first career triple vs. Liberty (3/14) ⦠Had the only multi-HR game of her freshman season vs. Missouri (3/7), hitting two homers in a 3-for-3, four RBI showing ⦠Went a combined 7-for-12 on opening weekend vs. UTEP and ACU (2/11-12) with six RBIs, two doubles, one home run and three walks drawn ⦠In her first collegiate game (vs. UTEP, 2/11), went 4-for-5 with four runs scored, one home run, one double, two RBIs and a stolen base.Ā
High School
Consensus No. 1 prospect in the class of 2020 ⦠Named the 2019-20 Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year, also claimed the honors for the state of Texas ⦠Six-time All-State honoree and three-time All-American ⦠won the 2017 5A state title with The Colony and reached the semifinals in 2019 ⦠Holds the state record for most runs all-time in the Dallas area ⦠Finished career with 279 career hits, 261 runs, a .702 batting average and 209 stolen bases ⦠USA Junior Women's National Team member ⦠Helped the U.S. to the WBSC U-19 World Cup title, hitting .435 with 10 hits, six runs, three RBIs andĀ five stolen bases.Ā
Personal
Daughter of Deana and Cedric Coleman ... Has two siblings, Asher Wilkerson and Jhanna Coleman ... Mother and father competed collegiately at Texas Womenās University and North Central Texas College, respectively, and are both coaches ... Also an all-district volleyball player and regional track qualifier ⦠Chose Oklahoma over Florida, UCLA, Texas A&M, Texas and LSU.