Oklahoma freshman slugger Tiare Jennings and Texas sophomore righty Shea O’Leary  have taken Week 8 Big 12 softball Player and Pitcher of the Week honors.

Jennings wins the player honor for the third time this season after going 6-for-9 at the plate last weekend against Kansas with three extra-base hits and her 16^th home run of the season. The San Pedro, California native had 11 total bases with six RBIs, increasing her season RBI total to 52, ranking second in the NCAA behind teammate Jocelyn Alo. At 28-0, the Sooners are off to the best start in school history. In Big 12 rankings, Jennings is among the top four in average, hits, doubles, home runs, runs, RBIs, total bases, on base percentage and slugging percentage.

O’Leary was dominant in her two starts in the Longhorns’ home sweep of Texas Tech. She was 2-0 with a pair of solo shutouts and 18 strikeouts over 14.0 innings while holding the Red Raiders to a .154 batting average. This is the third weekly honor for O’Leary, who also earned a nod last year and in 2019. In the opener against Tech, O’Leary struck out seven in a three-hitter. On Saturday, in taking the sweep, the right-hander from Castaic, California struck out a career high 11, walking just one and allowing an unearned run. She’s now thrown 19.1 straight innings without an earned run.

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.
Apr. 6	Tiare Jennings, Oklahoma, Fr.	Shea O’Leary, Texas, So.