Oklahoma’s Lynnsie Elam and Texas’ McKenzie Parker earned Big 12 Co-Player of the Week honors for the sixth week of the 2022 season. Elam’s teammate Jordy Bahl and Oklahoma State’s Miranda Elish were chosen as Big 12 Co-Pitchers of the Week.
Elam hit four home runs in the Sooners’ sweep of the Hall of Fame Classic in Oklahoma City to collect her second Big 12 weekly honor and first since February 18, 2020. The senior hit three of those homers in the 20-0 victory over Iowa to tie an OU program record for most home runs in a game. She had five extra-base hits and 12 RBIs for a 2.000 slugging clip while holding a perfect fielding percentage in five games started behind the plate.
Parker powered the Longhorns to five victories over ranked teams during the week (No. 23 Louisiana, No. 20 LSU), hitting .500 with eight RBIs and a 1.458 OPS. The Conroe, Texas native hit safely in all five games while registering three multi-RBI efforts to earn her first Big 12 weekly honor. Her biggest hit of the weekend came in the series finale against the Tigers as Parker drove a 3-2, two-out pitch off the wall in left for the walk-off, two-RBI double to help Texas complete its rally back from a 10-4 sixth-inning deficit to an 11-10 victory.
Bahl continued her impressive debut season, collecting two wins in the circle (15-1 Indiana, 20-0 Iowa). The freshman threw her second-career individual no-hitter on Sunday vs. the Hawkeyes while striking out eight and surrendering just two walks. Over the weekend, Bahl struck out 18 batters and allowed just one run on three hits and two walks in three appearances. Opponents batted just .081 against the Sooner righty. This is Bahl’s third Pitcher of the Week nod.
Elish recorded her second no-hitter of the season in a five-inning victory over Wichita State to procure her sixth Big 12 weekly recognition. It marked back-to-back no-hitters for the Crown Point, Indiana native, the fifth no-hitter of her career and the 49
th in program history. In 8.0 innings pitched during the week, the senior kept her ERA at 0.00 while allowing no hits and allowing just two base runners.
Date |
Player of the Week |
Pitcher of the Week |
Feb. 15 |
Tiare Jennings, OU So. |
Jordy Bahl, OU, Fr.* |
Feb. 22 |
Jocelyn Alo, OU, Sr.^ |
Hope Trautwein, OU, Sr.
Kelly Maxwell, OSU, Jr. |
March 1 |
Jana Johns, OU, Sr. |
Jordy Bahl, OU, Fr. |
March 8 |
Katie Cimusz, UT, Fr. |
Kaci West, BU, Fr.
Morgan Day, OSU, Sr. |
March 15 |
Jocelyn Alo, OU, Sr.^ |
Miranda Elish, OSU, Sr.
Kendall Fritz, TTU, Jr. |
March 22 |
Lynnsie Elam, OU, Sr.
McKenzie Parker, UT, Jr. |
Jordy Bahl, OU, Fr.
Miranda Elish, OSU, Sr. |
^Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player DI Player of the Week
*Wilson/NFCA D1 Pitcher of the Week