Career Highlights & Honors
- 2025 NFCA First Team All-American
- 2025 First Team All-SEC
- 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-American (First Team)
- National Champion (2024)
- 2024 Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team
- 2025 NFCA Midwest All-Region First Team
- 2025 Preseason All-SEC
- 2024 Softball America Freshman All-American
- 2024 NFCA DI Freshman of the Year Top 25 Watchlist
- 2024 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
- 2024 Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament Team
- 2023-24 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team
- Ranked No. 16 in D1Softball's final player rankings of 2025
- Ranked No. 25Ā in Softball American's final player rankings of 2025
- Spring 2025Ā SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025 (Sophomore): Hit .392 with 58 runs, 67 hits, 14 doubles, one triple, 18 home runs, 57 RBIs, 51 walks and a .801 slugging percentage ... paced the team in slugging percentage and on-base percentage ...Ā NFCA First Team All-American ...
Ā NFCA Midwest All-Region First Team ...Ā 2025 First Team All-SEC pick ... CSC Academic All-American Third Team ... played at both corner outfielder positions and spent the latter half of the season at the leadoff position ... tallied a career best 16-game hitting streak between March 15 and April 13Ā ... hit a pair of home runs and drove in six in OU's first game against Cal in the Norman Regional ... homered four times between regional and super regional play ... reached base safely in 15-straight plate appearances beginning in the series finale at Missouri March 23 and running through the series finale against Tennessee March 30 ... went 7-for-8 during her series against Tennessee, including two 3-for-3 performances ... named Softball America Star of the Week March 4 after hitting .467 with 12 RBIs, six walks, six runs and four home runs ... homered and drove in three during an 11-3 win against No. 18/17 Oklahoma State April 9 ... hit a home run on the first pitch OU saw during a6-5 win against No. 15/16 Mississippi State April 20 ... hit a walk-off three-run home run against Bowling Green State Feb. 24 ... hit a pair of three-run home runs in the span of two days, doing so at San Diego State and LMU on the California swing.
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2024 (Freshman): Made an immediate impact as a true freshman, earning an everyday role playing the outfield and anchoring the heart of the Sooner order ⦠Started 64 games and appeared in all 66 contests, slashing .389/.513/.705 for a whopping 1.218 OPS ⦠Ranked third on the club in on-base percentage and fourth in OPS ⦠Drove in 51 runs while scoring 45 times ⦠Blasted 12 home runs, nine doubles and one triple ⦠Collected 58 hits ⦠Drew 42 walks, third-most on the team, and walked in 21.5% of her trips to the plate ⦠Recorded 18 multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs 13 times ⦠Impressed defensively in the outfield, starting 40 games in right field and providing 174.1 errorless innings with 28 putouts and one outfield assist ⦠Fielded a .947 across 125.1 innings and 24 starts in left field, committing just one error in 19 chances ⦠Began her collegiate career with a bang, blasting an opposite-field grand slam in her first collegiate plate appearance vs. Utah Valley (2/8) ⦠Crushed two home runs as part of a career-best 3-for-3 performance vs. Cleveland State (5/17) at the NCAA Norman Regional ⦠Drove in a season-high five runs in her college debut vs. Utah Valley (2/8) ⦠Named to the 2024 WCWS All-Tournament Team after batting .353 with two home runs, a double and three RBIs ⦠Gathered Freshman All-America honors from Softball America and was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman team ⦠Together with Ella Parker became the first OU freshman duo to both record double-digit home runs and 50+ RBIs in their debut campaign.
FUN FACTS:Ā Nickname is Pick ... Favorite food is Tacos ... Favorite professional team growing up is the Houston Astros ... Favorite athlete is Aleshia Ocasio ... Would love to play volleyball if not softball ... Favorite movie is Mr. and Mrs. Smith ... Wanted to be a model when she was growing up ... Biggest fear is being stagnant in life ... Favorite musical artists are SZA and Drake ... Dream vacation spot is Bali ... Loves trying new foods ... Favorite show right now is Night Action ... Dream job is Realtor ... Favorite book is Clifford the Big Red Dog.
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HIGH SCHOOL: A left-handed-hitting outfielder from Atascocita High School in Humble, Texas ⦠Ranked No. 4 prospect in the class of 2022 by Extra Inning Softball ⦠Ranked No. 16 recruit by Softball America ⦠Blasted 14 home runs while hitting .608 with 49 RBIs and 52 runs scored as a junior ... 2021-22 NFCA High School All-American ... 2020-21 & 2021-22 District 21-6A Most Valuable Player.
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CLUB: Played club ball for Hotshots-Nelson (Montgomery, Texas) ... 10-time national champion across PGF, Top Club, Triple Crown and Colorado IDT circuits from 10U-18U ... Enjoyed a terrific 2022 season in which she batted .448 with seven home runs, 41 RBIs, 43 hits and 15 stolen bases.
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PERSONAL: Daughter of Tara and Scott Pickering ⦠Has one sibling (Kirbi) ⦠Business major.