Softball

Oklahoma Sweeps Penultimate Weekly Softball Awards After Clinching Big 12 Title

Oklahoma swept the Big 12’s 2023 penultimate weekly softball honors with Jayda Coleman (Player) and Jordy Bahl (Pitcher) securing awards. Bahl and Coleman helped the Sooners sweep Kansas and clinch their league-record 11th straight Big 12 Softball title and 15th overall under head coach Patty Gasso. This is the second weekly award this season for both players.

Coleman batted .667 (6-for-9) with two home runs, two doubles and six RBIs on the weekend with a 1.556 slugging percentage. The junior centerfielder scored five runs and tallied 14 total bases while drawing one walk and stealing a base. The two-time NFCA First Team All-American’s .443 career batting average ranks second in Big 12 history. 

Bahl threw 6.2 scoreless innings in two appearances during the weekend. The sophomore threw a complete-game shutout in OU’s 8-0 five-inning victory over the Jayhawks while giving up just four hits with no walks and seven strikeouts for her sixth individual shutout of the season. The native of Papillion, Nebraska closed out Sunday’s game three, throwing 1.2 scoreless innings while holding KU to one hit to go with three strikeouts and zero walks. The 2022 NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year’s 1.09 career ERA (min. 150 IP) ranks third all-time among league pitchers. 

A full list of the season’s honors can be found here.