Texas’ Mary Iakopo was named the Big 12 Softball Player of the Week while Oklahoma State’s Kelly Maxwell repeated as Big 12 Pitcher of the Week. Both players helped their teams sweep Big 12 series over the weekend while remaining atop the league standings.

Iakopo powered the Longhorns’ offense by hitting .545 with four runs, six walks, two homers and seven RBI. The Carson, California native hit safely in all four games last week, reached base safely in 12-of-17 plate appearances, slugged at a 1.091 clip and posted a 1.798 OPS. Included in her week’s efforts was a clutch three-run walk-off home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to finish a 7-5 comeback win over Iowa State. The senior led UT to two more come-from-behind victories over the Cyclones to finish the sweep and earn her first Big 12 weekly honor.

Maxwell struck out 13 batters over the week while maintaining a 0.00 ERA and allowing only four hits in nine innings pitched against Tulsa and Baylor. The junior threw a complete-game shutout in a 2-0 Cowgirl win over Baylor where she struck out nine Bears. The four-time Big 12 Pitcher of the Week is 12-0 on the year.
 

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.
March 29	Miranda Elish, OSU, Sr.	Kelly Maxwell, OSU, Jr. Hailey Dolcini, UT, Sr.*
April 5	Mary Iakopo, UT, Sr.	Kelly Maxwell, OSU, Jr.

^Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player DI Player of the Week
*Wilson/NFCA D1 Pitcher of the Week