Oklahoma’s Cydney Sanders (Player) and Baylor’s RyLee Crandall (Pitcher) collected Big 12 softball accolades for the fifth week of the season (March 4-10). Sanders was also named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA DI Player of the Week. 

Sanders enjoyed a weekend that saw her hit four home runs in seven at-bats while driving in nine runs. The junior drew five walks during a 4-0 week for Oklahoma that included defeating Texas A&M-Commerce and sweeping Iowa State. Sanders finished with a .714 batting average, a .833 on-base percentage and a 2.571 slugging percentage to earn her first career Big 12 weekly award.

Crandall made three appearances in the circle this week and finished with a 0.64 ERA in 11 innings of work. The spotlight performance for the sophomore was her complete game one-hit shutout of then-No. 4 Oklahoma State in a 2-0 Baylor victory. She took a perfect game into the fifth inning and then retired the last nine batters in a row. The win was Baylor’s first over the Cowgirls since 2019. This is the Business major’s second weekly honor.

A full list of this season’s weekly award winners can be found here.