For the ninth consecutive year, Oklahoma has been chosen as the favorite in the 2021 Big 12 softball preseason poll in a vote by the league’s head coaches. This marks the 12th occurrence in the last 13 years the Sooners have collected the honor.

Texas senior pitcher/outfielder Miranda Elish announced that she will take the field in the 2021 season because of concerns about the ongoing pandemic. This news comes as a shock to many Longhorns fans who expected to see Elish this season.

During a recent staff meeting, Oklahoma State Director of Athletics Mike Holder was discussing the school’s spring season and the uncertainty that’s expected to come with it. At one point, he said something that particularly resonated with head softball coach Kenny Gajewski and his assistant coaches.

Mark Lumley, who helped Baylor softball make 13 NCAA regionals and four trips to the Women's College World Series in 20 years as an assistant coach, died at 1:45 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 27, after his fourth bout with cancer.

LUBBOCK, Texas – Sami Ward, a three-time West Coast Conference Coach of the Year, has been named the eighth head softball coach in Texas Tech history, Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt announced Friday afternoon.

By Jerry Hill, Baylor Bear Insider

Even more than the jokes, the dancing, the Lumisms – “nobody really knows what they mean” – Mark Lumley is respected as one of the greatest softball coaches in the game.