Big 12 Conference Softball Pitcher of the Year

Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding college softball pitcher in the Big 12 Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	2002
Most recent	NiJaree Canady, Texas Tech

The Big 12 Conference Softball Pitcher of the Year is a college softball award given to the Big 12 Conference's most outstanding pitcher. The award was first given following the 2002 season. Cat Osterman and Paige Parker have won the award a record four times each.

Key

*	Awarded one of the following College National Player of the Year awards: USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Softball America Pitcher of the Year

Winners

Season	Player	School	Reference
2002	Cat Osterman	Texas	[1]
2003	Cat Osterman (2)	Texas
2004	Jessica Kapchinski	Texas A&M
2005	Cat Osterman (3)	Texas
2006	Cat Osterman (4)	Texas
2007	Lauren Eckermann Amanda Scarborough	Oklahoma Texas A&M
2008	Megan Gibson	Texas A&M
2009	Whitney Canion	Baylor
2010	Blaire Luna	Texas
2011	Chelsea Thomas	Missouri	[2]
2012	Chelsea Thomas (2)	Missouri	[3]
2013	Keilani Ricketts	Oklahoma	[4]
2014	Whitney Canion (2)	Baylor	[5]
2015	Paige Parker	Oklahoma	[6]
2016	Paige Parker (2)	Oklahoma	[7]
2017	Paige Parker (3)	Oklahoma	[8]
2018	Paige Parker (4)	Oklahoma	[9]
2019	Giselle Juarez	Oklahoma	[10]
2021	Carrie Eberle	Oklahoma State	[11]
2022	Jordy Bahl Kelly Maxwell	Oklahoma Oklahoma State	[12]
2023	Jordy Bahl (2)	Oklahoma	[13]
2024	Lexi Kilfoyl	Oklahoma State	[14]
2025	NiJaree Canady	Texas Tech	[15]

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
Oklahoma	9	2007, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
Texas	5	2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010
Oklahoma State	3	2021, 2022, 2024
Texas A&M	3	2004, 2007, 2008
Baylor	2	2009, 2014
Missouri	2	2011, 2012
Texas Tech	1	2025
Arizona	0	—
Arizona State	0	—
BYU	0	—
Houston	0	—
Iowa State	0	—
Kansas	0	—
UCF	0	—
Utah	0	—

References

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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.