Big 12 Conference Softball Freshman of the Year

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Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year
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Awarded forthe most outstanding college softball freshman in the Big 12 Conference
Country United States
History
First award1996
Most recent Teagan Kavan, Texas

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.

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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

SeasonPlayerSchoolReference
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]

Winners by school

SchoolWinnersYears
Oklahoma 101998, 1999, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Texas 81997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2024
Baylor 42006, 2007, 2009, 2013
Kansas 22001, 2015
Texas A&M 22004, 2005
Nebraska 11997
Oklahoma State 11996
Texas Tech 12023
Arizona 0
Arizona State 0
BYU 0
Houston 0
Iowa State 0
Missouri 0
UCF 0
Utah 0

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