Lynnsie Elam

Photo by: Ty Russell

Position:
Catcher
Height:
5-9
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Chickasha HS
Hometown:
Chickasha, Okla.

Season	AVG	GP	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	OBP	SB	SBA	FLD%
2018	.267	16	1	15	2	4	1	0	0	0	.333	1	0	2	.313	0	0	1.000
2019	.270	61	61	122	15	33	7	1	5	27	.467	10	1	22	.326	1	1	1.000
2020	.293	24	24	75	19	22	1	0	9	22	.667	5	0	14	.338	2	2	.973
2021	.346	56	41	127	39	44	4	1	12	44	.677	8	5	11	.399	2	2	.985
2022	.288	58	37	118	25	34	6	0	14	44	.695	6	3	17	.336	0	0	1.000
TOTAL	.300	215	164	457	100	137	19	2	40	137	.613	30	9	66	.351	5	5	.993

Career
2022 NFCA All-Central Region First Team … 2022 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team … 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team … Big 12 Player of the Week (3/22/22) … 2021 Big 12 All-Tournament Team selection … 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2022 (Redshirt Senior)
Played in 58 games, making 37 starts primarily at catcher or designated player … Batted .288 with 14 home runs, 44 RBIs and six doubles … Held a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 230 putouts and 10 assists to zero errors … Went 1-for-3 with an RBI double in the regional final vs. Texas A&M (5/22) … Brought in a pair of runs in a 1-for-2 showing vs. Prairie View A&M in the NCAA Norman Regional opener (5/20) … hit a grand slam in the Big 12 Championship opener vs. Iowa State (5/13) … had an exceptional series at Kansas, going a combined 4-for-9 with one home run and five RBIs in three games (4/29-5/1) … Homered once and brought in a trio of runs in two games vs. Iowa State (4/22-23) … hit a solo home run vs. UAB (4/2) … Brought in three runs on a 2-for-3, one double performance vs. Baylor (3/26) … Went on a streak of home runs in five straight at-bats in games vs. Iowa (3/20) and at No. 8 Kentucky (3/22) … hit a pair of homers vs. Kentucky, bringing in four runs on a 2-for-4 night … Set career highs with three home runs and 8 RBIs vs. Iowa, going 3-for-3 with four runs scored … Hit a three-run home run and drew a pair of walks vs. Indiana in the Hall of Fame Classic (3/18) … Hit homers in back-to-back games vs. Hawaii at the Rainbow Wahine Classic, bringing in a combined three runs (3/11-12) … hit her first home run of the season at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic vs. CSU-Fullerton, finishing 1-for-2 with a pair of RBIs (2/25).

2021 (Senior)
Played in 56 games, starting 41 primarily behind the plate or at DP … Batted a career-best .346 with 12 home runs, 44 RBIs and four doubles … Slugged .677 with an on-base clip of .399, stealing two bases on two attempts … Held a .985 fielding percentage with 195 putouts and seven assists to just three errors … Allowed just four runners to steal on her on the season … Went 1-for-1 with a double and RBI vs. Washington in the Super Regional final (5/29) … Had an exceptional regional weekend (5/21-23), going 6-for-9 (.667) with three home runs, six RBIs and a double including a two-HR game vs. Wichita State (5/22) … Hit two home runs in a 2-for-4, three RBI game vs. Texas Tech in the Big 12 Tournament (5/14) … Went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs at Oklahoma State (5/8) … Hit a go-ahead grand slam at Georgia (4/20) … Had a 3-for-3, one home run, two runs scored performance vs. Texas (4/17) … Hit two home runs and batted in five runs vs. Kansas (4/1) … Went 2-for-2 with two RBIs and a stolen base vs. ULM (3/6) … Opened the season with a 2-for-3, one RBI, one triple showing vs. UTEP (2/11).

2020 (Junior)
Started all 24 games of the shortened season, making 22 starts at catcher, one at first base and one as designated player … Finished the year with a team-leading nine home runs to go with 22 RBIs and 19 runs and two stolen bases … Finished with a slash line of .293/.667/.338 … Had 7 multi-hit games and six multiple RBI contests … Reached base for a career best 10 consecutive games ... Registered a team-high 161 putouts with 17 assists and a .973 fielding percentage, committing five errors … Caught four runners stealing on nine attempts … Went 2-for-3 with a home run and 3 RBIs vs. Northern Iowa (2/14) … Hit a solo HR and registered a game-saving putout at home plate in OU’s extra-inning win over No. 4 Arizona (2/15) … Hit one home run, going 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs vs. UNI (2/16) … Went 2-for-3 with one home run and 3 RBIs vs. Northwestern (2/28) … Went 2-for-4 with a solo blast in OU’s comeback victory over Wichita State (3/4) … Finished 2-for-4 with one home run and 2 RBIs vs. Mercer (3/6) … Hit a walk-off single in the eighth inning vs. Missouri State (3/7) in the Sooners’ final game of the season.

2019 (Sophomore)
Started 61 games at catcher … One of two players in program history to finish a single season with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage (minimum 150 chances), committing no errors with 505 putouts and 34 assists … Caught nine runners stealing on 17 attempts … Did not allow an opponent to steal a base after March 9 (vs. Drake), a streak of 43 consecutive games … Six games with multiple hits and four games with multiple RBIs … Opened the season with a 2-for-3 performance and three RBIs vs. Syracuse (2/8) … Hit her first career homer against Northwestern (3/10) … Went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, a double and a homer at Iowa State (4/26, game two) … Recorded a hit in each of OU’s Championship Series games against UCLA.

2018 (Freshman)
Appeared in 16 games, including one start at catcher (vs. Abilene Christian, 3/4) … Registered a hit in her first collegiate appearance against Montana (2/10) … First career double came against Illinois State (3/11).

High School
Earned four letters in softball ... led her team to four district championships, three regional titles and a pair of state championships ... as a senior, hit .491 with five home runs, 44 runs scored, 50 runs batted in and 23 stolen bases en route to earning named all-district, all-region and all-state honors ... named All-District Catcher of the Year as a freshman and All-District Offensive Player of the Year during her sophomore season.

Travel Ball
Spent the past two summers playing for the Corona Angels under Marty Tyson in Corona, Calif.

Personal
Parents are Rusty and Carla Elam … has two brothers, Austin and Cael … mother, Carla, played softball at Cameron University … brother, Austin, is a wrestler at Otero Junior College … cousin, Dillon Hargrove, played baseball at Cameron University … chose OU over Florida and Tennessee.