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Sooners Sweep Weekly Big 12 Softball Awards for First Time in 2024

Oklahoma’s Tiare Jennings (Player) and Kelly Maxwell (Pitcher) claimed weekly awards for the sixth week of the season (March 11-17). The OU duo helped head coach Patty Gasso become the first Big 12 coach regardless of sport to earn 400 Conference victories as the top-ranked Sooners went 5-0 during the week. Maxwell was also named the Wilson/NFCA D1 Pitcher of the Week.

Jennings reached in all five of Oklahoma’s games as the senior went 7-for-13 at the plate while hitting for .538 with a 2.094 OPS. The San Pedro, California native had three doubles, three home runs and 12 RBIs during the week while drawing five walks and not striking out. Jennings tied Oklahoma’s career doubles record on March 16 against Texas Tech, hitting the 58th of her career to tie her for the program lead and second in league history with Sydney Romero. This is Jennings’ eighth career Player of the Week award and her first this season.

Maxwell threw the fifth no-hitter of her career on March 12 against Tarleton State, then struck out a season-high 10 over six shutout innings against the Red Raiders on March 15. The left-hander went 2-0 during the week totaling 17 strikeouts in 11 scoreless innings while allowing just two hits and four walks with an opponent’s batting average of .056. Maxwell has won Pitcher of the Week twice this season and eight times total during her career.

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