Oklahoma’s Jocelyn Alo and Baylor’s Gia Rodoni were key in leading their teams to conference-opening sweeps on the road to take Big 12 Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week honors.

Alo, the nation’s leader in home runs, RBIs and batting among players with 40 at bats or more,  was walked seven times in 12 plate appearances and still managed to go 4-for-5 with two home runs, four extra-base hits, and seven RBIs against Iowa State in Ames. The senior from Hauula, Hawaii scored six runs in the Sooners’ three-game sweep of the Cyclones. Alo has homered in 19 of OU’s 25 games and the last nine games straight. She had a 2.400 slugging percentage last week.

Baylor right-hander Rodoni went 3-0 on the road last week with two of those wins coming in the conference opening series against Texas Tech in Lubbock. She threw 21 strikeouts over 18 innings, including the 600^th strikeout of her career, to just two walks, while allowing only three earned runs. Sunday she matched her career high by throwing eight innings before the Bears finally took the game in the extra frame. Midweek on the road against Sam Houston, she threw a one-hitter through 5.1 innings with nine strikeouts.

Big 12 Softball Weekly Awards

Date	Player of the Week	Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 16	Tiare Jennings, Oklahoma, Fr.	Ellie Spelhaug, Iowa State, So.
Feb. 23	Sami Williams, Iowa State, Sr.	Erin Edmoundson, Texas Tech, Sr.
Mar. 3	Sami Williams, Iowa State, Sr.	Carrie Eberle, Oklahoma State, Sr.
Mar.10	Tiare Jennings, Oklahoma, Fr.	Shannon Saile, Oklahoma, Sr. Carrie Eberle, Oklahoma State, Sr.
Mar. 16	Jocelyn Alo, Oklahoma, Sr.	Aliyah Binford, Baylor, So.
Mar. 23	Karli Hamilton, Texas Tech, Sr.	Missy Zoch, Texas Tech, Sr.
Mar. 30	Jocelyn Alo, Oklahoma, Sr.	Gia Rodoni, Baylor, Sr.