Tiare Jennings

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Position:
Infield
Class:
Freshman
Height:
5-8
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
San Pedro, Calif.

Season	AVG	GP	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	OBP	SB	SBA	FLD%
2021	.462	60	60	197	81	91	25	0	27	92	1.000	26	3	17	.517	2	2	.977
2022	.401	62	62	182	83	73	8	1	29	87	.934	39	1	13	.507	8	9	.977
2023	.415	62	61	183	57	76	16	0	17	66	.781	27	0	13	.477	2	3	.992
TOTAL	.427	184	183	562	221	240	49	1	73	245	.907	92	4	43	.501	12	14	.982

Career
2023 NFCA First Team All-American … 2023 WCWS All-Tournament Team … 2023 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist … 2023 NFCA All-Central Region First Team … 2023 All-Big 12 First Team … 2023 Big 12 Softball Championship All-Tournament Team … 2022 USA Softball Women's National Team (Japan All-Star Series) ... 2022 NFCA Unanimous First Team All-American … 2022 WCWS All-Tournament Team … 2022 All-Big 12 First Team … 2022 NFCA All-Central Region First Team … 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team ... 2021 NFCA/Schutt Sports Division I National Freshman of the Year … 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top-10 Finalist … 2021 NFCA Unanimous First Team All-American … 2021 Big 12 Freshman of the Year … 2021 All-Big 12 First Team selection … 2021 Big 12 All-Freshman Team … 2021 NFCA All-Region First Team selection … 2021 Women’s College World Series All-Tournament Team honoree … 2021 Big 12 All-Tournament Team … NFCA National Player of the Week (2/16/21) … Six-time Big 12 Player of the Week (2/15/22, 5/3/22, 2/16/21, 3/9/21, 4/6/21, 4/20/21).

Record Book
WCWS career record holder for RBIs (29) … Set WCWS records for RBIs (15) and home runs (5), joining teammate Alo in hitting five at the 2022 WCWS … Set a WCWS single-game record for most total bases (11 vs. Texas, 6/8/22) … NCAA single-season freshman RBI record (92 in 2021) … 92 RBIs ranks 10^th all-time in NCAA single-season history … 27 home runs in her freshman season was three shy of the program and NCAA freshman record 30 … Single-season program record 52 extra-base hits in 2021 … Single-season program record 25 doubles in 2021 … NCAA Regional single-game program-record three doubles (vs. Morgan State, 5/21/21) … Tied program record for single-game home runs (3 vs. UTEP, 2/11/21).

2023 (Junior)
Started 61 of 62 games in the infield … Paced the team in batting average (.415), hits (76), RBIs (66) and total bases (143) … Tied for the team lead with 17 home runs and second with 16 doubles … Slugged .781 and held a .477 on-base percentage … Was exceptional at second base and the select games she played at shortstop, registering 56 putouts and 71 assists to just one error for a career single-season best .992 fielding percentage … Also helped turn a team-high 14 double plays … Tied her single-game career high with four hits in three different contests (5/21 vs. Cal; 4/30 vs. Kansas; 4/2 vs. Texas) … Brought in single-season high 4 RBIs on six different occasions (MR vs. Cal, 5/21) … Had multi-home run games vs. Cal (5/21) and Clemson (5/27) … Hit the go-ahead home run in the ninth inning of Game 2 of Super Regionals to help send the Sooners to the WCWS (5/27) … Was a force at the WCWS yet again, hitting one home run, one double and bringing in six runs to earn WCWS All-Tournament Team honors … Hit the go-ahead two-run double in the ninth vs. Stanford in the WCWS Semifinals … Set the career WCWS RBI record in Game 1 of the Championship Series vs. Florida State (6/7), registering her 29^th career RBI in OKC.

2022 (Sophomore)
Started all 62 games at second base … First in the country with 87 RBIs and second in home runs with 29 … Finished the year with a .401 batting average and 38 extra-base hits, slugging .934 which ranked fifth in the nation … Compiled 171 total bases, ranking fourth in the country … Drew 39 walks and one HBP for a .507 on-base percentage … Stole a career-best eight bases on nine attempts … Held a .977 fielding percentage, making 73 assists and 53 putouts to just three errors … Had six multi-home run games, homering in 23 of OU’s 62 games … Hit .524 in the WCWS with a WCWS-record 15 RBIs and 5 HR, slugging 1.333 and holding a .522 on-base clip … Tied a WCWS record with two home runs in Game One of the WCWS Championship Series, going 4-for-5 with five RBIs vs. Texas (6/8) … Went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs vs. UCLA in the WCWS semifinal (6/6) … Hit a home run in a 3-for-4 performance vs. Texas in the first matchup between the teams at the WCWS (6/4) … Hit a grand slam in the WCWS opener vs. Northwestern, finishing 2-for-2 with four RBI (6/2) … Hit a pair of doubles in the Super Regional Final vs. UCF (5/28) … Homered in OU’s record-setting 20-0 win over Texas A&M in the Norman Regional Final, finishing 2-for-4 with three RBI (5/22) … Hit a home run in OU’s NCAA tournament opener vs. Prairie View A&M (5/20) … Homered and brought in three runs in the series opener vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State (5/5) … Hit a home run in four straight games from 4/29 to 5/5 … Homered twice and registered five RBIs in a midweek win at North Texas (4/20) … Hit homers in all three games of the Texas Tech series, compiling nine RBIs, including a 4-RBI showing in the finale (4/8-10) … Homered in back-to-back games to drive in a combined six runs vs. Wichita State (3/29) and Baylor (3/27) … Hit a walk off home run to beat Baylor and keep the Sooners unbeaten (3/27) … Hit a grand slam in the series opener vs. Baylor (3/25) … Homered in OU’s Rainbow Wahine Classic opener vs. Baylor in Hawaii (3/10) … Hit two home runs including the run-rule walk-off blast vs. No. 8 Arizona at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (2/26) … Homered twice vs. CSU-Fulleron at the MNCC (2/25) … Opened the season with back-to-back two-home run games, driving in a combined seven runs vs. Loyola Marymount (2/11) and UC Santa Barbara (2/10) to collect Big 12 Player of the Week honors.

2021 (Freshman)
Started all 60 games, 57 at second base and the other three starts at third … Second in the country with 27 home runs … .462 season batting average ranked seventh in the nation … Led the NCAA with 25 doubles … Second in the country with a 1.000 SLG % … Held an on-base clip of .517, drawing 26 walks and three HBP … Stole a pair of bases on two attempts … Had 24 multi-hit games and 28 multi-RBI games … Hit .321 in the Women’s College World Series with two home runs, three doubles and eight RBIs … Hit a home run and double in a 2-for-4, two RBI performance vs. James Madison (6/6) … Went 1-for-2 with a double and two RBIs vs. UCLA (6/5) … Went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a home run vs. JMU (6/3) … Exploded for six RBIs in a 2-for-5, three runs scored, one double and one home run game vs. Wichita State in the regional final (5/23) … Went a perfect 4-for-4 with a program-NCAA Regional record three doubles vs. Morgan State (5/21) … Had a 3-for-4, two RBI, one double showing in the Big 12 Tournament Championship vs. Oklahoma State (5/15) … Hit a home run and brought in a pair of runs to help secure the Big 12 regular season title at Oklahoma State (5/9) … Went 3-for-4 with a double and four RBIs at Wichita State (5/4) … Had a perfect 3-for-3 showing at the plate with a home run, double and two RBIs vs. Texas Tech (4/24) … Hit a home run in all three games of the Texas series (4/16-18) to be named Big 12 Player of the Week, finishing a combined 5-for-7 with five RBIs … Went 3-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs vs. Kansas (4/1) … Batted in six runs in a 3-for-5, one grand slam and one double showing at Iowa State (3/28) … Hit a combined five home runs in three games vs. Missouri, Sam Houston and UT Arlington (3/7-10), going a combined 8-for-10 with nine RBIs … Went 4-for-4 with two RBIs and a homer in a ranked matchup vs. Missouri (3/6) … Hit a homer at Arizona State (2/26) in a top-15 matchup, going 1-for-3 with a pair of RBIs … Started the season with a bang, hitting home runs in three consecutive games at UTEP and vs. Abilene Christian (2/11-12) … Tied a program record with three home runs in the season opener at UTEP (2/11), going a perfect 4-for-4 with three homers and six RBIs, also drew a pair of walks and scored four runs … Collected NFCA National Player of the Week honors for her opening weekend performance, finishing a combined 12-for-13 with five home runs, three doubles and 12 RBIs, and no strikeouts.

High School
The 2019-20 Gatorade Softball Player of the Year for the state of California … Batted .710 with six home runs and 19 RBIs in shortened senior season … No. 2-ranked player on Extra Inning Softball’s Elite 100 list and No. 4 on FloSoftball’s Hot 100 … Won 2019 18U USA World Fast Pitch Championship with the OC Batbusters with fellow signee May … CIF Division 6 Player of the Year in 2017 … First Team All-CIF and All-State honors as a freshman … Finished high school career batting .581 to go with 111 hits, 61 RBIs and 16 home runs.

Personal
Daughter of Maria and Ignacio Jennings … Has two siblings, Elai and Fa’atele … Cousins Tiare and Keilani Jennings played collegiate softball at New Mexico State and UC-Santa Barbara … Chose OU over UCLA, Alabama and Arizona.