Big 12 Conference Softball Freshman of the Year

Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding college softball freshman in the Big 12 Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1996
Most recent	Ilove’a Brittingham, BYU

The Big 12 Conference Softball Freshman of the Year is a college softball award given to the Big 12 Conference's most outstanding freshman player. The award has been given annually since 1996.

Key

*	Awarded one of the following College National Player of the Year awards: NFCA National Freshman of the Year Softball America Freshman of the Year

Winners

Season	Player	School	Reference
1996	Jaime Foutch	Oklahoma State	[1]
1997	Jennifer Lizama Jodi Reeves	Nebraska Texas
1998	Lisa Carey	Oklahoma
1999	Jennifer Stewart	Oklahoma
2000	Lindsay Gardner	Texas
2001	Kara Pierce	Kansas
2002	Cat Osterman	Texas
2003	Chez Sievers	Texas
2004	Sharonda McDonald	Texas A&M
2005	Amanda Scarborough	Texas A&M
2006	Brette Reagan	Baylor
2007	Kirsten Shortridge	Baylor
2008	Rhea Taylor	Missouri
2009	Whitney Canion	Baylor
2010	Blaire Luna	Texas
2011	Taylor Thom	Texas	[2]
2012	Lauren Chamberlain	Oklahoma	[3]
2013	Sarah Smith	Baylor	[4]
2014	Tiarra Davis	Texas	[5]
2015	Daniella Chavez Paige Parker	Kansas Oklahoma	[6]
2016	Shay Knighten	Oklahoma	[7]
2017	Nicole Mendes	Oklahoma	[8]
2018	Jocelyn Alo	Oklahoma	[9]
2019	Grace Green	Oklahoma	[10]
2021	Tiare Jennings	Oklahoma	[11]
2022	Jordy Bahl	Oklahoma	[12]
2023	Kailey Wyckoff	Texas Tech	[13]
2024	Teagan Kavan	Texas	[14]
2025	Ilove’a Brittingham	BYU	[15]

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
Oklahoma	10	1998, 1999, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Texas	8	1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2024
Baylor	4	2006, 2007, 2009, 2013
Kansas	2	2001, 2015
Texas A&M	2	2004, 2005
BYU	1	2025
Nebraska	1	1997
Oklahoma State	1	1996
Texas Tech	1	2023
Arizona	0	—
Arizona State	0	—
Houston	0	—
Iowa State	0	—
Missouri	0	—
UCF	0	—
Utah	0	—

References

1. "Big 12 Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). big12sports.com. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
2. "Big 12 Softball Postseason Accolades Announced". big12sports.com. May 17, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
3. "Missouri and Oklahoma Lead Big 12 Softball Postseason Awards". big12sports.com. May 15, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
4. "Oklahoma Leads Big 12 Softball Postseason Awards". big12sports.com. May 14, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
5. "Big 12 Softball Postseason Accolades Announced". big12sports.com. May 13, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
6. "Big 12 Announces All-Conference Softball Honors". big12sports.com. May 13, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
7. "2016 All-Big 12 Softball Awards Announced". big12sports.com. May 17, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
8. "2017 Softball All-Big 12 Awards Unveiled". big12sports.com. May 10, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
9. "2018 Softball All-Big 12 Awards Announced". big12sports.com. May 9, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
10. "2019 All-Big 12 Softball Awards Unveiled". big12sports.com. May 8, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
11. "2021 All-Big 12 Softball Awards Unveiled". big12sports.com. May 12, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
12. "2022 All-Big 12 Softball Awards Announced". big12sports.com. May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
13. "2023 All-Big 12 Softball Awards Announced". big12sports.com. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
14. "2024 All-Big 12 Softball Awards Revealed". big12sports.com. May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
15. "2025 Big 12 Softball Yearly Awards Announced". big12sports.com. May 7, 2025. Retrieved May 7, 2025.