Giselle Juarez

Position:
Left Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
High School:
Mountain Ridge HS
Hometown:
Glendale, Ariz.

Season	ERA	W-L	APP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AVG	WP	HBP
2019	1.39	28-4	39	32	15	7/7	0	186.1	96	41	37	38	269	.151	10	7
2020	3.15	2-1	5	2	0	0/0	0	6.2	3	4	3	4	9	.125	0	0
2021	2.19	23-1	29	13	8	0/10	0	128.0	81	46	40	24	159	.177	6	7
TOTAL	1.74	53-6	73	60	23	7/17	0	321.0	180	91	80	66	437	.161	16	14

Career
2021 Women’s College World Series Most Outstanding Player … 2021 WCWS All-Tournament Team … 2021 Big 12 All-Tournament Team … 2021 All-Big 12 Second Team … 2021 Big 12 All-Academic First Team … 2018 and 2019 NFCA First-Team All-American … 2019 NFCA First-Team All-Central Region … 2018 NFCA First-Team All-West Region … 2019 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year … 2019 All-Big 12 First Team … 2018 All-Pac 12 First Team and 2017 Honorable Mention … 2019 Top-10 Finalist for USA Softball Player of the Year … Two-time NFCA Pitcher of the Week (3/27/18, 2/26/19) … USA Softball Player of the Week (3/27/18) … Six-time Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (2019: 2/26, 3/19, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7) … Four-time Pac 12 Pitcher of the Week (2018).

Record Book
Finished her career ranked second in OU career history in opponent batting average (.161) and winning percentage (.898), third in strikeouts per seven innings pitched (9.53) and ninth in walks per seven innings pitched (1.44).

2021 (Redshirt senior at Oklahoma)
Started 26 games and appeared in 29 … Finished the year with a 23-1 record and 2.19 ERA … Registered a team-best 159 strikeouts to 24 walks and a .177 opponent batting average … Combined on 10 shutouts on the season, one perfect game (vs. Portland State, 2/28) and one no-hitter (vs. New Mexico, 2/26) … Had five double-digit strikeout games on the year … Came alive in the Women’s College World Series to cap her OU career, claiming WCWS Most Outstanding Player with a 5-0 record (3 CG), one shutout, 38 strikeouts and just four runs allowed (0.89 ERA) … Propelled the Sooners to the title in Game Three of the championship series vs. Florida State (6/10), throwing a two-hit, one-run, complete game, striking out seven and registering the final out on a popup to win the championship … Also threw a complete game in Game Two of the champ series (6/9), allowing just two runs on four hits while striking out six … K’ed 11 in an elimination game vs. James Madison (6/7), allowing just one run on four hits and one walk … Entered in the third inning and collected the win vs. UCLA (6/5), allowing no runs on three hits while striking out four in 5.0 IP … Struck out 10 batters in 5.1 IP, allowing no runs and three hits in a run-rule, elimination game win vs. Georgia (6/5) … Went five innings and got the win vs. Texas Tech (5/14) in the Big 12 Tournament, striking out five and allowing just one earned run … Pitched a complete game at Baylor (4/27), striking out six and allowing one run on five hits and one walk … Collected a pair of wins on Senior Weekend, pitching a combined 8.0 innings, striking out nine and allowing no runs to Texas Tech (4/24-25) … K’ed nine in a win vs. Kansas (4/2), allowing one run on four hits and no walks … Tied a season-best with 11 strikeouts at Iowa State (3/26) … Combined on a perfect game with Brooke Vestal and Nicole May, striking out two in 2.0 IP vs. Portland State (2/28) … Made her return to Tempe, Ariz., to beat Arizona State (2/26), going 6.0 innings and striking out 10, allowing three runs on seven hits … Combined on a no-hitter, pitching an inning and striking out one vs. New Mexico (2/26) … Opened the season with a six-strikeout, no hit or runs allowed performance at UTEP (2/11).

2020 (Senior at Oklahoma)
Battled injury throughout the 2020 season, making five appearances in the circle, pitching a combined 6.2 innings and making two starts … Finished the season with a W-L record of 2-1 to go with nine strikeouts and four walks to three earned runs … Went two innings on opening weekend, recording three strikeouts, no hits and one run on one walk vs. BYU (2/8) … struck out two in 0.2 innings of work vs. UNI (2/14) … Went 2.0 innings, striking out three to two hits and allowed one run to Texas A&M (2/21).

2019 (Junior at Oklahoma)
Made 39 appearances in the circle with 32 starts … Finished the regular season undefeated at 21-0 … Threw the first two perfect games of her career at Loyola Marymount (3/14) and at Iowa State (4/28), becoming just the second player in program history to register multiple perfect games in a season … Also combined on a perfect game in OU’s NCAA Regional opener against UMBC (5/17) before throwing a no-hitter the next day against Wisconsin (5/18) … Tossed seven shutouts while combining on seven more … Finished with 15 complete games … Ranked third nationally in hits allowed per seven innings pitched (3.64), fourth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.08), sixth in strikeouts per seven innings (10.1), 10th in strikeouts (269) and 16th in ERA (1.39) … Registered 13 games with double-digit strikeouts, including in six straight starts from April 12-May 18 … Three postseason performances with double-digit strikeouts, including a season-high 16 in OU’s first NCAA Regional game vs. Wisconsin (5/18) … Threw six complete games in the NCAA Tournament, including three shutouts … Opponent batting average (.151) ranked second in OU single-season history while 0.72 WHIP ranked third, 10.11 strikeouts per seven innings ranked fifth and 2669 strikeouts tied for eighth.

2018 (Sophomore at Arizona State)
NFCA First-Team All-American, First-Team All-West Region and All-Pac 12 First Team … Finished with a 26-6 record and 1.22 ERA … Allowed just 39 runs on 91 hits over 224.1 innings of work … Registered 305 strikeouts, one of just nine NCAA DI pitchers to reach the 300-strikeout threshold … Totaled 13 shutouts, ranking third nationally … Four-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week … Named NFCA and USA Softball Division I National Pitcher of the Week on March 27 … Threw a no-hitter against BYU on March 30.

2017 (Freshman at Arizona State)
All-Pac 12 Honorable Mention selection … Recorded a 2.79 ERA over 90.1 innings … Totaled 81 strikeouts … Walked just 30 batters … Threw a season-high 8.1 innings against Texas A&M (2/24) … Registered a season-best 11 strikeouts against Illinois State (2/17).

High School
Finished her career at Mountain Ridge High School with a 1.78 ERA with 371 strikeouts and a .168 opponent batting average … Led her team to back-to-back state championship appearances in 2014 and 2015, including Mountain Ridge’s first state championship appearance in 2014 … Ranked No. 45 by FloSoftball in the 2016 class.

Travel Ball
Played with the Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier … Helped her team earn consecutive third-place finishes in 2015 and 2016 at the PGF National Championships.

Personal
Daughter of William and Dulcinea Juarez … Has two siblings, Cesar and Zinnia.