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2025 Softball Roster

Nelly McEnroe-Marinas rounding third base after a home run against Texas
Photo by: Morgan Givens/University of Oklahoma
Nelly McEnroe-Marinas rounding first base on a home run
Photo by: Asia Purnell/University of Oklahoma
Nelly McEnroe-Marinas rounding first base at Love's Field
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Nelly McEnroe-Marinas celebrating a double against Arkansas
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Nelly McEnroe-Marinas 2025
Jersey Number 2

Nelly McEnroe-Marinas

  • Position:
    Infield
  • Class:
    Redshirt Freshman
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Weight:
    null
  • Bats/Throws:
    R/R
  • Hometown:
    Waianae, Hawai'i
Career Highlights & Honors
  • 2025 NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 25 List
  • 2025 First Team All-SEC
  • 2025 NFCA Midwest All-Region Second Team pick
  • Homered 15 times and hit .339 in 61 starts as a redshirt-freshman
  • Tied for the SEC lead for home runs in conference play as a freshman (11)
  • Ranked No. 42 in D1Softball's final player rankings of 2025
  • Ranked No. 31Ā in Softball American's final player rankings of 2025
  • Spring 2025Ā SEC Academic Honor Roll

2025 (Redshirt-Freshman): Started all 61 games at third base ... hit .339 with 62 runs, 64 hits, 15 doubles, one triple, 15 home runs and 48 RBIs ... tallied 41 putouts and 90 assists at third base ...Ā 2025 First Team All-SEC honoree ... NFCA Midwest All-Region Second Team pick ... Named to NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 25 List ... homered in OU's 13-2 win against No. 15 Alabama in the Super Regionals ... named SEC Freshman of the Week April 29 ... scored six runs and homered during a sweep of No. 3/2 Texas ... leading the SEC in home runs (10)Ā and RBIs (23) during conference play ... launched two home runs in a 9-6 win against No. 15 Mississippi State April 20 ... homered in three straight games during the series at Missouri ... named Softball America Star of the Week March 11 ... launched two three-run homers in a 10-9 win against South Carolina March 9 ... clubbed her 1st home run against Cal Baptist Feb. 7, tallying a three hit gameĀ ... doubled twice in OU’s 9-1 win against Abilene Christian Feb. 24 ... homered in consecutive games against Kansas Feb. 28 and March 1

2024 (Redshirt): Redshirted her first season at OU after sustaining a season-ending injury in the preseason.

FUN FACTS:Ā Favorite food is steak ... favorite professional team growing up is the Denver Broncos ... favorite athlete is Derek Jeter ... would love to do kickboxing if not softball ... hidden talent is that she can juggle ... favorite movie is Reel Steel ... wanted to be a dolphin trainer when she was growing up ... dream vacation spot is Brazil ... favorite musical artist is Brent Faiyaz ... dream job is to be a private investigator ... favorite book is Green Eggs & Ham by Dr. Suess.
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HIGH SCHOOL: A right-handed-hitting infielder from Maryknoll High School in Honolulu, Hawai’i … Ranked No. 6 player in the class of 2023 by Extra Inning Softball … Ranked No. 19 via Softball America … Batted .571 as a junior with 32 hits, 27 RBIs, six home runs and six stolen bases ... HHSAA DI Softball State Champions ... HHSAA Division 1 Softball State Championship All-Tournament team ... Team Captain.
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CLUB: Played club ball for Firecrackers-Brashear (Ontario, Calif.) … Led her club to a third-place finish at the Alliance Fastpitch National Championship.
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PERSONAL: Daughter of Shanelle Gomes-McEnroe and Brian Marinas ... has one sibling (Brianci I) … Sociology major.
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