Find the 2021 Tulsa Elite Summer Invite softball photo gallery. Photos by Rob Ferguson of USA TODAY Sports.

Every year since 2011, the weekend following the NCAA Division I Women’s College World Series marks the pilgrimage of some of the top travel softball teams in the country converging in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma to compete in the Annual Tulsa Elite Summer Invite. That first year, 16 teams took to four fields, and today the event has grown to become one of the nation’s top recruiting events of the year. From Wednesday-Sunday, well over 100 college coaches attend the tournament held at Arrowhead Park, offering a single 12-field complex allowing for maximum exposure.

As February approaches, the countdown clock on the Tracy Beard College Classic website is clicking closer and closer to zero-hour.

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.

2021 Tracy Beard College Classic on FloSoftball featuring Texas, Oklahoma State, Kansas, North Texas, Lamar, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Tarleton, South Dakota State is now canceled.

Aces Fastpitch photos taken at 2020 Top Club National 18U by Alonzo Adams from USA TODAY Sports.

Over the past year, NiJaree Canady came close to winning state championships in both softball and basketball. In both cases, she watched opportunity slip from her grasp due to circumstances completely beyond her control.

Select Fastpitch Jones photos taken at the 2020 Tulsa Elite Summer Invite by Brett Rojo from USA Today Sports/Imagn.

Following the announcement of the Texas Fastpitch League, the Heart of America Elite Fastpitch League (HFL) made a similar announcement that will include club softball teams from 21 states.

Due to the on-going developments related to COVID-19 the Big 12 Conference announces that all organized team activities whether organized or voluntary, including team and individual practices, meetings, and other organized gatherings, have been suspended until March 29 and will be re-evaluated at that time.  In addition, all conference and non-conference competitions are canceled through the end of the academic year, including spring sports that compete beyond the academic year.

From Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, 2021 Top Gun Academy ace Allison Benning has all of the tools to be a fierce Division I pitcher. 

NORMAN — Winner of the last eight regular-season Big 12 championships, the Oklahoma softball team topped the 2020 Big 12 Preseason Coaches' Poll, the league announced Thursday.

One of the best preseason events is back. The Kajikawa Classic will be live-streamed on FloSoftball on Feb. 7-9 from the Tempe Sports Complex.

Shawnee, Kan. – Top Gun Events, the national leader in premier youth fastpitch tournaments, is excited to announce that they have reached an agreement with Easton Diamond Sports to become the title sponsor of the 2020 Top Gun Invitational. As part of the agreement, Easton will provide prize packages worth $5,000 to the champions of the 12U-18U Maverick competition divisions. 

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma State coach Kenny Gajewski was as blunt when talking about the way his team closed out the regular season. In three games against No. 1 Oklahoma, the Pokes scored a total of two runs and were held to six hits.