Upcoming Event: Softball versus Battle Series - 1 on October 3, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Softball
vs Battle Series - 1
University of Oklahoma Athletics
2024 Softball Roster
Maxwell, Kelly
Jersey Number 28
Kelly Maxwell
- Position:
- Left Handed Pitcher
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- null
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
- Hometown:
- Friendswood, Texas
- Prev School:
- Oklahoma State
Bio
Career
2023 USA Softball Women’s National Team (WSBC World Cup) ... 2022 USA Softball Women’s National Team (Japan All-Star Series) ... 2023 NFCA Second Team All-American ... 2023 All-Big 12 First Team ... 2023 NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team ... 2023 USA Softball Player of the Year Top-25 Finalist ... 2023 CSC Academic All-America Third Team ... 2022 NFCA Unanimous First Team All-American ... 2022 Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Year ... 2022 All-Big 12 First Team ... 2022 NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team ... 2022 Big 12 All-Tournament Team ... 2022 USA Softball Player of the Year Top-10 Finalist ... 2022 CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-America ... 2021 All-Big 12 First Team ... 2021 NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team ... Six-time Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (2/14/23, 4/19/22, 4/5/22, 3/29/22, 2/22/22, 2/11/20).
2023 (Redshirt Senior at Oklahoma State)
Made 33 appearances with 24 starts for the Cowgirls ... Logged a 16-7 record with a 1.91 ERA across 142.2 innings ... Struck out 229, leading the Big 12 and ranking second nationally in K/7 ... Held opponents to a .157 average and pitched to a 1.06 WHIP ... Recorded nine complete games, four shutouts and a career-high five saves ... Posted 10 double-digit strikeout performances ... Fired 7.0 scoreless innings with eight strikeouts at Oregon (5/26) in the NCAA Super Regionals to send OSU to the WCWS ... Struck out 10 over 5.0 scoreless innings of two-hit ball vs. UMBC (5/19) in the NCAA Regionals ... Punched out nine across 5.0 scoreless frames at Texas Tech (4/29) ... Held Kansas (4/7) to two hits while striking out 11 across 6.0 scoreless innings ... Threw 6.2 hitless innings vs. Baylor (3/24), striking out 10 while not allowing a run ... Fanned 15 in a complete game two-hit shutout of Arizona State (3/17) ... Recorded 13 strikeouts in a complete-game win vs. Missouri (3/3) ... Blanked Texas A&M (2/16) with 12 strikeouts over 6.0 innings of four-hit ball ... Logged 6.0 scoreless vs. Ole Miss (2/12), striking out eight while scattering two hits and a pair of walks ... Opened the season with 15 strikeouts in a two-hit shutout vs. Oregon (2/10).
2022 (Redshirt Junior at Oklahoma State)
Appeared in 35 games and made 28 starts in the circle ... Went 21-5 with a 1.22 ERA over 189.2 innings ... Struck out a Big 12-leading 313 batters and walked just 67 for a 4.67 strikeout-to-walk ratio ... Recorded a 0.85 WHIP while limiting opponents to a .144 average and a .444 OPS ... Posted 20 complete games, 12 shutouts and three saves ... Piled up 17 double-digit strikeout performances ... Led the Big 12 in shutouts and K/7 while ranking third in ERA ... Struck out the fifth-most batters across the NCAA while her 12 shutouts ranked third nationally ... Blanked Florida (6/4) with 7.0 shutout innings at the WCWS, striking out nine while scattering three hits and two walks ... Punched out 14 and earned the win vs. Arizona (6/2) in her first career WCWS start, allowing two runs over 7.0 frames on five hits and two walks ... Stymied Clemson (5/26) in the Super Regionals with 7.0 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and striking out 15 ... Fanned 15 over a 7.0 inning two-hit shutout of North Texas (5/22) in the NCAA Regionals ... Fired a two-hit 5.0-inning shutout vs. Fordham (5/20) in the NCAA Regionals, striking out 10 ... Struck out nine in a complete-game four-hit shutout vs. Kansas (5/12) in the Big 12 Tournament ... Tossed 9.0 innings of two-run ball vs. Texas (4/22), striking out 10 ... Struck out a career-high 18 batters in a blanking of Kansas (4/15), retiring 21 of 23 faced ... Fanned 13 in 6.0 innings of one-run ball at Iowa State (4/10) ... No-hit Texas Tech (3/25) with 16 strikeouts across her 7.0 innings of work ... Spun 9.2 innings vs. Minnesota (3/9), striking out 17 ... Shut out Tennessee State (2/27) with 13 strikeouts over 7.0 innings of two-hit ball ... Punched out 13 across 7.0 frames of one-hit ball at Texas A&M (2/25) ... Blanked Michigan (2/18) with 10 punchouts over 7.0 frames, allowing one hit and a pair of walks.
2021 (Redshirt Sophomore at Oklahoma State)
Recorded 28 appearances while making 19 starts for the Cowgirls ... Logged a 15-5 record with a 1.81 ERA, striking out 147 over 116.0 innings pitched ... Registered a 0.92 WHIP, a 4.32 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a .174 batting average against ... Fired seven complete games, three shutouts and recorded four saves ... Threw one no-hitter ... Opened the season with 25.2 consecutive scoreless innings and did not allow an earned run in her first 36.2 frames ... Struck out nine and allowed one run over 7.0 innings of two-hit ball at Texas (5/1) ... Tossed 6.0 scoreless vs. Baylor (4/17), striking out seven while working around two hits and a pair of walks ... Matched her career best with 10 strikeouts over 6.2 innings of two-run ball at Kansas (3/27) ... Struck out seven in 4.0 perfect innings vs. North Texas (3/24) ... Threw 7.0 frames and allowed a lone unearned run on four hits vs. New Mexico (3/6), striking out five ... Fired her third career no-hitter with 6.0 scoreless innings vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2/21), striking out 10 ... Punched out a career-high 10 batters vs. Louisiana Tech (2/12) with 5.0 shutout frames of one-hit, one-walk ball.
2020 (Redshirt Freshman at Oklahoma State)
Made 11 appearances with eight starts in the circle ... Went 6-3 with a 1.51 ERA over 46.1 innings pitched ... Struck out 57 and walked just 16 for a 3.56 strikeout-to-walk ratio ... Held opponents to a .175 average while working to a 0.95 WHIP ... Threw four complete games with two shutouts ... Tossed one perfect game and a no-hitter ... Ranked top-five across the Big 12 in shutouts, opponent average and complete games ... No-hit Missouri State (3/8) with 5.0 scoreless, striking out eight and walking two ... Fired a gem vs. Louisville (2/29), earning the win with 8.0 innings of one-run ball on six hits, no walks and a career-high nine strikeouts ... Struck out four across 6.0 innings of one-run ball vs. South Florida (2/13) ... Began her collegiate career by throwing a perfect game vs. Florida A&M (2/8), striking out five while retiring all 15 batters faced.
2019 (Freshman at Oklahoma State)
Redshirted.
High School
Attended Clear Springs High school in League City, Texas, where she lettered in softball in each of her four years ... Coached by Jennifer Knight ... Named the Clear Springs’ MVP in 2015, 2016 and 2018 ... Voted to the All-Galveston county first team on three occasions ... Tabbed as the District 24 Newcomer of the Year in 2015 ... Collected first-team All-State honors as a sophomore and was named an Under Armour All-American in 2016 ... Earned NFCA Academic All-America honors in 2016 ... Missed her junior season due to injury ... Bounced back in her senior season and was named to the NFCA High School All-Region team and honored as the 2018 Galveston County Player of the Year.
Personal
Daughter of Mark and Susan Maxwell ... Has one brother, Cole, who played golf at St. Thomas University (TX).
2023 USA Softball Women’s National Team (WSBC World Cup) ... 2022 USA Softball Women’s National Team (Japan All-Star Series) ... 2023 NFCA Second Team All-American ... 2023 All-Big 12 First Team ... 2023 NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team ... 2023 USA Softball Player of the Year Top-25 Finalist ... 2023 CSC Academic All-America Third Team ... 2022 NFCA Unanimous First Team All-American ... 2022 Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Year ... 2022 All-Big 12 First Team ... 2022 NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team ... 2022 Big 12 All-Tournament Team ... 2022 USA Softball Player of the Year Top-10 Finalist ... 2022 CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-America ... 2021 All-Big 12 First Team ... 2021 NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team ... Six-time Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (2/14/23, 4/19/22, 4/5/22, 3/29/22, 2/22/22, 2/11/20).
2023 (Redshirt Senior at Oklahoma State)
Made 33 appearances with 24 starts for the Cowgirls ... Logged a 16-7 record with a 1.91 ERA across 142.2 innings ... Struck out 229, leading the Big 12 and ranking second nationally in K/7 ... Held opponents to a .157 average and pitched to a 1.06 WHIP ... Recorded nine complete games, four shutouts and a career-high five saves ... Posted 10 double-digit strikeout performances ... Fired 7.0 scoreless innings with eight strikeouts at Oregon (5/26) in the NCAA Super Regionals to send OSU to the WCWS ... Struck out 10 over 5.0 scoreless innings of two-hit ball vs. UMBC (5/19) in the NCAA Regionals ... Punched out nine across 5.0 scoreless frames at Texas Tech (4/29) ... Held Kansas (4/7) to two hits while striking out 11 across 6.0 scoreless innings ... Threw 6.2 hitless innings vs. Baylor (3/24), striking out 10 while not allowing a run ... Fanned 15 in a complete game two-hit shutout of Arizona State (3/17) ... Recorded 13 strikeouts in a complete-game win vs. Missouri (3/3) ... Blanked Texas A&M (2/16) with 12 strikeouts over 6.0 innings of four-hit ball ... Logged 6.0 scoreless vs. Ole Miss (2/12), striking out eight while scattering two hits and a pair of walks ... Opened the season with 15 strikeouts in a two-hit shutout vs. Oregon (2/10).
2022 (Redshirt Junior at Oklahoma State)
Appeared in 35 games and made 28 starts in the circle ... Went 21-5 with a 1.22 ERA over 189.2 innings ... Struck out a Big 12-leading 313 batters and walked just 67 for a 4.67 strikeout-to-walk ratio ... Recorded a 0.85 WHIP while limiting opponents to a .144 average and a .444 OPS ... Posted 20 complete games, 12 shutouts and three saves ... Piled up 17 double-digit strikeout performances ... Led the Big 12 in shutouts and K/7 while ranking third in ERA ... Struck out the fifth-most batters across the NCAA while her 12 shutouts ranked third nationally ... Blanked Florida (6/4) with 7.0 shutout innings at the WCWS, striking out nine while scattering three hits and two walks ... Punched out 14 and earned the win vs. Arizona (6/2) in her first career WCWS start, allowing two runs over 7.0 frames on five hits and two walks ... Stymied Clemson (5/26) in the Super Regionals with 7.0 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and striking out 15 ... Fanned 15 over a 7.0 inning two-hit shutout of North Texas (5/22) in the NCAA Regionals ... Fired a two-hit 5.0-inning shutout vs. Fordham (5/20) in the NCAA Regionals, striking out 10 ... Struck out nine in a complete-game four-hit shutout vs. Kansas (5/12) in the Big 12 Tournament ... Tossed 9.0 innings of two-run ball vs. Texas (4/22), striking out 10 ... Struck out a career-high 18 batters in a blanking of Kansas (4/15), retiring 21 of 23 faced ... Fanned 13 in 6.0 innings of one-run ball at Iowa State (4/10) ... No-hit Texas Tech (3/25) with 16 strikeouts across her 7.0 innings of work ... Spun 9.2 innings vs. Minnesota (3/9), striking out 17 ... Shut out Tennessee State (2/27) with 13 strikeouts over 7.0 innings of two-hit ball ... Punched out 13 across 7.0 frames of one-hit ball at Texas A&M (2/25) ... Blanked Michigan (2/18) with 10 punchouts over 7.0 frames, allowing one hit and a pair of walks.
2021 (Redshirt Sophomore at Oklahoma State)
Recorded 28 appearances while making 19 starts for the Cowgirls ... Logged a 15-5 record with a 1.81 ERA, striking out 147 over 116.0 innings pitched ... Registered a 0.92 WHIP, a 4.32 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a .174 batting average against ... Fired seven complete games, three shutouts and recorded four saves ... Threw one no-hitter ... Opened the season with 25.2 consecutive scoreless innings and did not allow an earned run in her first 36.2 frames ... Struck out nine and allowed one run over 7.0 innings of two-hit ball at Texas (5/1) ... Tossed 6.0 scoreless vs. Baylor (4/17), striking out seven while working around two hits and a pair of walks ... Matched her career best with 10 strikeouts over 6.2 innings of two-run ball at Kansas (3/27) ... Struck out seven in 4.0 perfect innings vs. North Texas (3/24) ... Threw 7.0 frames and allowed a lone unearned run on four hits vs. New Mexico (3/6), striking out five ... Fired her third career no-hitter with 6.0 scoreless innings vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2/21), striking out 10 ... Punched out a career-high 10 batters vs. Louisiana Tech (2/12) with 5.0 shutout frames of one-hit, one-walk ball.
2020 (Redshirt Freshman at Oklahoma State)
Made 11 appearances with eight starts in the circle ... Went 6-3 with a 1.51 ERA over 46.1 innings pitched ... Struck out 57 and walked just 16 for a 3.56 strikeout-to-walk ratio ... Held opponents to a .175 average while working to a 0.95 WHIP ... Threw four complete games with two shutouts ... Tossed one perfect game and a no-hitter ... Ranked top-five across the Big 12 in shutouts, opponent average and complete games ... No-hit Missouri State (3/8) with 5.0 scoreless, striking out eight and walking two ... Fired a gem vs. Louisville (2/29), earning the win with 8.0 innings of one-run ball on six hits, no walks and a career-high nine strikeouts ... Struck out four across 6.0 innings of one-run ball vs. South Florida (2/13) ... Began her collegiate career by throwing a perfect game vs. Florida A&M (2/8), striking out five while retiring all 15 batters faced.
2019 (Freshman at Oklahoma State)
Redshirted.
High School
Attended Clear Springs High school in League City, Texas, where she lettered in softball in each of her four years ... Coached by Jennifer Knight ... Named the Clear Springs’ MVP in 2015, 2016 and 2018 ... Voted to the All-Galveston county first team on three occasions ... Tabbed as the District 24 Newcomer of the Year in 2015 ... Collected first-team All-State honors as a sophomore and was named an Under Armour All-American in 2016 ... Earned NFCA Academic All-America honors in 2016 ... Missed her junior season due to injury ... Bounced back in her senior season and was named to the NFCA High School All-Region team and honored as the 2018 Galveston County Player of the Year.
Personal
Daughter of Mark and Susan Maxwell ... Has one brother, Cole, who played golf at St. Thomas University (TX).
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