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
2025 Softball Roster
Deal, Kierston
Jersey Number 11
Kierston Deal
- Position:
- Left Handed Pitcher
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-9
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
- Hometown:
- Winston Salem, N.C.
Bio
Career Highlights & Honors:
2025 (Junior): Went 10-2 with a 3.42 ERA over 77.2 innings pitched, making 26 appearances and 17 starts ... earned the win against No. 15 Alabama to help clinch the 2025 NCAA Norman Super Regional ... dealt a complete game victory, allowing only two runs, in a 7-2 win against No. 3/2 Texas ... pitched a complete game in a 4-1 win against No. 10 Tennessee March 29, holding the Lady Vols to one run while fanning five in 104 pitches ... held a perfect game heading into the bottom of the seventh inning at Long Beach State Feb. 9 ... helped combine for a staff no-hitter against East Texas A&M March 19.
2024 (Sophomore): Earned a role on Oklahoma’s weekend rotation in her second season, gathering All-Big 12 Second Team honors while going 14-1 with a 1.97 ERA … Appeared in 25 games and made 15 starts, tossing six complete games with four shutouts … Provided 78.1 innings, striking out 68 and walking just 22 … Limited opponents to a .176 batting average and a .562 OPS … Held right-handed hitters to a .155 average while striking them out in 25.8% of their trips … Dominated as a starter, going 12-0 in her 15 starts with a 0.95 ERA, a .131 opponent average, a .416 opponent OPS and a 62:16 K:BB ratio in 66.0 innings of work … Struck out a career-high 10 batters twice vs. Lamar (2/17) and Houston (4/21) … Threw her first collegiate no-hitter vs. Tulsa (4/16), retiring 18 of 19 faced with four strikeouts and a lone hit batsman … Gathered Big 12 All-Tournament honors for her strong start against BYU in the semifinal, taking a no-hitter into the fifth inning.
2023 (Freshman): Made 20 appearances, starting three games in the circle and going 3-0 … Held a 0.77 ERA in 27.1 innings pitched, striking out 30 in her first year as a collegian … Surrendered just three earned runs, 10 walks and three extra-base hits … Combined on 12 shutouts and one no-hitter … Allowed opponents to bat just .158 … Made her WCWS debut, collecting the final out vs. Tennessee (6/3) … Went 1.2 innings and struck out one in Game Two of Super Regionals vs. Clemson (5/27) … Came in clutch with a scoreless 1.1 innings and two strikeouts at Oklahoma State (5/6) … Combined with Nicole May to no-hit Kansas (4/29) … Struck out four in two innings vs. Weber State (3/17) … Went a season-high 4.0 innings vs. Loyola Marymount at Mary Nutter, striking out three (2/25) … Struck out a season high five batters vs. San Jose State on opening weekend (2/12) … Made her collegiate debut vs. Stanford on opening weekend (2/10).
FUN FACTS: Nickname is KD or Deal ... Favorite food is Spaghetti or Chick-fil-A ... Favorite professional team is none ... Favorite athlete is Sydney McLaughlin ... Would love to play volleyball or basketball if not softball ... Favorite movie is The Forge ... Wanted to swim with Shamu at SeaWorld when she was growing up ... Biggest fear is the dark ... Favorite musical artists are Maverick City and Elevation Worship ... Dream vacation spot is the Maldives ... Loves playing Fortnite and hanging out with friends ... Favorite show right now is The Night Agent ... Dream job is a coach ... Favorite book is The Bible.
HIGH SCHOOL: A left-handed pitcher from East Forsyth High School in Kernersville, N.C. … No. 1 player in the class of 2022 by Extra Inning Softball … No. 1 pitcher in the class of 2022 by Extra Inning Softball … Struck out 292 batters in 136.0 innings while pitching to a 0.64 ERA as a junior … Central Piedmont Conference Pitcher of the Year … Extra Inning Softball First Team High School All-American.
CLUB: Played club ball for Mojo-Fisher (Tenn.) … Also coached by longtime pitching coach, Billy "Chief" Gerald … Pitched to a 0.79 ERA and a 0.65 WHIP as a junior, striking out 201 and walking just 17 in 119.2 innings … Led her club to a PGF Nationals runner-up finish while allowing just two earned runs over 62.0 IP (0.22 ERA) and limiting opponents to a .121 average … 2021 Extra Inning Softball All-Summer Team MVP.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Tony Tatum and Michele Deal ... Mother, Michele, played college softball and basketball ... Chose Oklahoma over South Carolina, Arkansas, among others … Health and exercise sciences major.
- 2x National Champion (2023, 2024)
- 2024 All-Big 12 Second Team
- 2024 Big 12 All-Tournament Team
- 2x Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (4/23/24, 4/30/24)
- Pitched a no-hitter (4/16/24 vs. Tulsa)
- 2025 SEC Softball Community Service Team
- Spring 2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025 (Junior): Went 10-2 with a 3.42 ERA over 77.2 innings pitched, making 26 appearances and 17 starts ... earned the win against No. 15 Alabama to help clinch the 2025 NCAA Norman Super Regional ... dealt a complete game victory, allowing only two runs, in a 7-2 win against No. 3/2 Texas ... pitched a complete game in a 4-1 win against No. 10 Tennessee March 29, holding the Lady Vols to one run while fanning five in 104 pitches ... held a perfect game heading into the bottom of the seventh inning at Long Beach State Feb. 9 ... helped combine for a staff no-hitter against East Texas A&M March 19.
2024 (Sophomore): Earned a role on Oklahoma’s weekend rotation in her second season, gathering All-Big 12 Second Team honors while going 14-1 with a 1.97 ERA … Appeared in 25 games and made 15 starts, tossing six complete games with four shutouts … Provided 78.1 innings, striking out 68 and walking just 22 … Limited opponents to a .176 batting average and a .562 OPS … Held right-handed hitters to a .155 average while striking them out in 25.8% of their trips … Dominated as a starter, going 12-0 in her 15 starts with a 0.95 ERA, a .131 opponent average, a .416 opponent OPS and a 62:16 K:BB ratio in 66.0 innings of work … Struck out a career-high 10 batters twice vs. Lamar (2/17) and Houston (4/21) … Threw her first collegiate no-hitter vs. Tulsa (4/16), retiring 18 of 19 faced with four strikeouts and a lone hit batsman … Gathered Big 12 All-Tournament honors for her strong start against BYU in the semifinal, taking a no-hitter into the fifth inning.
2023 (Freshman): Made 20 appearances, starting three games in the circle and going 3-0 … Held a 0.77 ERA in 27.1 innings pitched, striking out 30 in her first year as a collegian … Surrendered just three earned runs, 10 walks and three extra-base hits … Combined on 12 shutouts and one no-hitter … Allowed opponents to bat just .158 … Made her WCWS debut, collecting the final out vs. Tennessee (6/3) … Went 1.2 innings and struck out one in Game Two of Super Regionals vs. Clemson (5/27) … Came in clutch with a scoreless 1.1 innings and two strikeouts at Oklahoma State (5/6) … Combined with Nicole May to no-hit Kansas (4/29) … Struck out four in two innings vs. Weber State (3/17) … Went a season-high 4.0 innings vs. Loyola Marymount at Mary Nutter, striking out three (2/25) … Struck out a season high five batters vs. San Jose State on opening weekend (2/12) … Made her collegiate debut vs. Stanford on opening weekend (2/10).
FUN FACTS: Nickname is KD or Deal ... Favorite food is Spaghetti or Chick-fil-A ... Favorite professional team is none ... Favorite athlete is Sydney McLaughlin ... Would love to play volleyball or basketball if not softball ... Favorite movie is The Forge ... Wanted to swim with Shamu at SeaWorld when she was growing up ... Biggest fear is the dark ... Favorite musical artists are Maverick City and Elevation Worship ... Dream vacation spot is the Maldives ... Loves playing Fortnite and hanging out with friends ... Favorite show right now is The Night Agent ... Dream job is a coach ... Favorite book is The Bible.
HIGH SCHOOL: A left-handed pitcher from East Forsyth High School in Kernersville, N.C. … No. 1 player in the class of 2022 by Extra Inning Softball … No. 1 pitcher in the class of 2022 by Extra Inning Softball … Struck out 292 batters in 136.0 innings while pitching to a 0.64 ERA as a junior … Central Piedmont Conference Pitcher of the Year … Extra Inning Softball First Team High School All-American.
CLUB: Played club ball for Mojo-Fisher (Tenn.) … Also coached by longtime pitching coach, Billy "Chief" Gerald … Pitched to a 0.79 ERA and a 0.65 WHIP as a junior, striking out 201 and walking just 17 in 119.2 innings … Led her club to a PGF Nationals runner-up finish while allowing just two earned runs over 62.0 IP (0.22 ERA) and limiting opponents to a .121 average … 2021 Extra Inning Softball All-Summer Team MVP.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Tony Tatum and Michele Deal ... Mother, Michele, played college softball and basketball ... Chose Oklahoma over South Carolina, Arkansas, among others … Health and exercise sciences major.
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