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2020 Cowgirl Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 28
Kelly Maxwell
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- High School:
- Clear Springs
- Hometown:
- Friendswood, Texas
Bio
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 11, 2020)
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 NFCA First Team All-Region
2021 First Team All-Big 12Â
2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2022 Preseason All-Big 12
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 22, 2022)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 29, 2022)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (April 5, 2022)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (April 19, 2022)
2022 USA Softball Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist
2022 Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Year
2022 First Team All-Big 12Â
2022 Big 12 All-Tournament Team
2022 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2022 NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team
2022 NFCA First Team All-America
2022 CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-America
2022 D1Softball First Team All-America
2022 Softball America First Team All-America
2023 NFCA Second Team All-America
2023 D1Softball Second Team All-America
2023 Softball America Second Team All-America
2023 All-Big 12 First Team
2023 NFCA First Team All-Region
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 14, 2023)
2023 USA Softball Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist
2023 CSC Academic All-America Third Team
2023 CSC Academic All-District
2023 Spring Academic All-Big 12
2023 (Redshirt Senior): Second-team All-America selection by the NFCA, Softball America and D1Softball ... First team All-Big 12 and first team NFCA All-Region honoree ... Top 25 finalist for USA Softball Player of the Year ... CSC Academic All-America selection for the second straight year ... Led the Big 12 and ranked second nationally with 11.2 strikeouts per seven innings ... Led the Big 12 and ranked eighth nationally in fewest hits allowed per seven innings with 3.83 ... Her career total of 10.6 strikeouts per seven innings is an Oklahoma State record ... Top performance came when she threw 6.1 perfect innings before giving up two late hits against Oregon in game two of the NCAA Stillwater Super Regional on May 26 to send OSU to its fourth-consecutive NCAA WCWS ... Opened the season with a 15-strikeout complete game shutout against Oregon on February 10 ... Followed that with a two-hitter against Ole Miss on February 12 ... Voted the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on February 14 for her performance against Oregon and Ole Miss at the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge ... Posted 15 strikeouts in 7.0 scoreless innings against Arizona State on March 17 ... Pitched 6.1 hitless relief innings in an extra-innings battle against then-No. 20/22 Baylor on March 26 ... Opened the NCAA Stillwater Regional with a two-hit, 10-strikeout performance against UMBC on May 19.
2022 (Redshirt Junior): A unanimous first team All-American selection in her first season as the ace of the Oklahoma State pitching staff in which she posted a 21-5 record with 313 strikeouts, 20 complete-game performances and 12 shutouts over 189.2 innings of work ... Named 2022 Co-Big 12 Pitcher of the Year – alongside Oklahoma’s Jordy Bahl – and was an automatic first team All-Big 12 honoree ... Named a top 10 finalist for USA Softball’s Collegiate Player of the Year award ... Voted to the Big 12 All-Tournament team on account of her contributions to the Cowgirls’ first Big 12 Conference championship ... Recognized as a first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree and CoSIDA second team Academic All-American ... Earned Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors on four occasions in 2022, the most by any pitcher in the conference ... Ended the year with top ranks in the Big 12 and at the national level in a number of statistical categories: 1.22 ERA (third in the Big 12, 10th in NCAA DI), 3.51 hits per game allowed (second in the Big 12, fourth in NCAA DI), 11.58 strikeouts per seven innings (led the Big 12, second in NCAA DI), 12 shutouts (led the Big 12, tied-third in NCAA DI) and 313 strikeouts (led the conference, fifth in NCAA DI) ... 313 strikeouts on the year ranks third most in a single season in program history, placing her in the company of Cowgirl Olympians Lauren Bay and Melanie Roche as the only OSU pitchers to eclipse 300 season strikeouts ... Totaled 17 double-digit strikeout games on the year ... Started the season without allowing an earned run for 18 consecutive innings ... Collected a pair of wins over 8.0 innings pitched with 21 strikeouts and only three hits allowed at the Kajikawa Classic ... Pitched a one-hit shutout victory against Michigan on February 18 at the St. Pete Clearwater Elite Invitational ... Struck out 10 over 5.0 innings of work in an extra-inning battle with Washington on February 19 ... Earned her first of four Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors on February 22 after tallying 20 strikeouts and only two earned runs over 12 innings of work ... Recorded 13 strikeouts in back-to-back appearances versus Texas A&M and Tennessee State on February 25 and 27, respectively, at the Reveille Classic in College Station, Texas ... Fanned 17 batters - tied-seventh most in a single game in program history – in a career-high 9.2 innings pitched against Minnesota on March 9 ... Pitched a 16-strikeout no-hitter against in the series opener of a three game set against Texas Tech on March 25 ... Honored as the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on March 29 after completing the series sweep of Texas Tech with eight strikeouts and a single earned run on two hits ... Earned her third Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors after a pair of scoreless relief appearances against Tulsa on March 29 and Baylor on April 3 and complete-game shutout victory at Baylor on April 2 ... Tallied a career-high 18 strikeouts in a shutout victory of Kansas on April 15, which ranks fifth-most by a Cowgirl pitcher in a single game and stands alone as the program record for the most strikeouts in a seven-inning contest ... Her school-record performance versus Kansas earned her Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors for the fourth time ... Allowed a single earned run on four hits and totaled 12 strikeouts in 8.1 innings of work at Florida State on February 28 ... Named to the All-Big 12 Tournament team after tallying 10 strikeouts and allowing only one earned run on eight hits in 10.0 innings pitched against Kansas on May 12 and Oklahoma on May 14 ... Struck out 25 opposing batters in 12.0 scoreless innings against Fordham on May 20 and North Texas on May 22 at the 2022 NCAA Stillwater Regional ... Appeared in relief for 1.2 hitless innings with three strikeouts and clinched Oklahoma State its third-straight NCAA Women’s College World Series berth and its first super regional sweep against Clemson on May 27 at the 2022 NCAA Stillwater Super Regional.
2021 (Redshirt Sophomore): A first team NFCA All-Region and first team All-Big 12 honoree ... Her 15-5 record (.750) is tied-25th for the highest win percentage for a Cowgirl pitcher in a single season ... Ended the year with 8.87 strikeouts per seven innings, which ranks seventh on the OSU single-season list ... Threw a no-hitter and totaled 10 strikeouts against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on February 23 ... Teamed up with Carrie Eberle to throw the first combined perfect game in OSU history against North Texas on March 24 ... Started the season with 25.2 consecutive scoreless innings and 36.2 innings without an earned run ... On the year, she struck out 147 batters and walked only 34 in 116.0 innings of work, while limiting opposing hitters to a .174 batting average ... Â Entered in relief and struck out four of the five batters she faced to secure the season-opening win against Arkansas on February 11... Allowed just one hit and struck out 10 batters versus Louisiana Tech on February 12 ... Pitched a two-hit shutout victory against LSU on February 26 ... Came out of the bullpen and picked up her first career save at Louisiana on February 28 ... Started two games in the OSU/Tulsa Invitational and struck out eight batters, allowed zero earned runs and only six hits in 11.0 innings of work ... Struck out 17 batters over a 9.0 inning stretch during the Mizuno Classic, picking up a pair of wins over UTSA and Kansas City ... Pitched 4.2 innings and struck out five in a 4-1 victory over Iowa State on April 2 ... Pitched 6.0 innings in game two of a three game series with Baylor and allowed zero earned runs while striking out seven batters on April 17 ... Pitched 6.1 innings and gave up just one run against Texas on May 14 in the opening round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship ... Started the first game of the 2021 NCAA Stillwater Regional and pitched 4.2 innings, giving up just two hits in a win over Campbell.
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Made 11 appearances in the circle for the Cowgirls – including eight starts ... Tallied 46.1 innings pitched with a 1.51 ERA ... Posted a 6-3 record on the year, including four complete-game performances ... Ranked in the top five in the Big 12 Conference in shutouts (two), opponent batting average (.175) and complete games (four) ...Â
Threw a perfect game in her first career start against Florida A&M on February 8 ... Earned Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on February 11 for her historic collegiate debut ... Threw a no-hitter against Missouri State on March 8 in the Mizuno Classic, becoming the first Oklahoma State freshman or redshirt freshman pitcher to record multiple no-hitters in the same season.
2019 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Attended Clear Springs High school in League City, Texas, where she lettered in softball in each of her four years ... Coached by Jennifer Knight ... Named the Clear Springs’ MVP in 2015, 2016 and 2018 ... Voted to the All-Galveston county first team on three occasions ... Tabbed as the District 24 Newcomer of the Year in 2015 ... Collected first-team All-State honors as a sophomore and was named an Under Armour All-American in 2016 ... Earned NFCA Academic All-America honors in 2016 ... Missed her junior season due to injury ... Bounced back in her senior season and was named to the NFCA High School All-Region team and honored as the 2018 Galveston County Player of the Year.
Personal: Born in Houston, Texas ... Daughter of Mark and Susan Maxwell ... Has one brother, Cole, who plays golf at St. Thomas University ... Graduated from OSU in 2022 with a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology ... Pursuing a master’s degree in health administration.
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 NFCA First Team All-Region
2021 First Team All-Big 12Â
2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2022 Preseason All-Big 12
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 22, 2022)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 29, 2022)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (April 5, 2022)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (April 19, 2022)
2022 USA Softball Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist
2022 Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Year
2022 First Team All-Big 12Â
2022 Big 12 All-Tournament Team
2022 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2022 NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team
2022 NFCA First Team All-America
2022 CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-America
2022 D1Softball First Team All-America
2022 Softball America First Team All-America
2023 NFCA Second Team All-America
2023 D1Softball Second Team All-America
2023 Softball America Second Team All-America
2023 All-Big 12 First Team
2023 NFCA First Team All-Region
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 14, 2023)
2023 USA Softball Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist
2023 CSC Academic All-America Third Team
2023 CSC Academic All-District
2023 Spring Academic All-Big 12
2023 (Redshirt Senior): Second-team All-America selection by the NFCA, Softball America and D1Softball ... First team All-Big 12 and first team NFCA All-Region honoree ... Top 25 finalist for USA Softball Player of the Year ... CSC Academic All-America selection for the second straight year ... Led the Big 12 and ranked second nationally with 11.2 strikeouts per seven innings ... Led the Big 12 and ranked eighth nationally in fewest hits allowed per seven innings with 3.83 ... Her career total of 10.6 strikeouts per seven innings is an Oklahoma State record ... Top performance came when she threw 6.1 perfect innings before giving up two late hits against Oregon in game two of the NCAA Stillwater Super Regional on May 26 to send OSU to its fourth-consecutive NCAA WCWS ... Opened the season with a 15-strikeout complete game shutout against Oregon on February 10 ... Followed that with a two-hitter against Ole Miss on February 12 ... Voted the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on February 14 for her performance against Oregon and Ole Miss at the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge ... Posted 15 strikeouts in 7.0 scoreless innings against Arizona State on March 17 ... Pitched 6.1 hitless relief innings in an extra-innings battle against then-No. 20/22 Baylor on March 26 ... Opened the NCAA Stillwater Regional with a two-hit, 10-strikeout performance against UMBC on May 19.
2022 (Redshirt Junior): A unanimous first team All-American selection in her first season as the ace of the Oklahoma State pitching staff in which she posted a 21-5 record with 313 strikeouts, 20 complete-game performances and 12 shutouts over 189.2 innings of work ... Named 2022 Co-Big 12 Pitcher of the Year – alongside Oklahoma’s Jordy Bahl – and was an automatic first team All-Big 12 honoree ... Named a top 10 finalist for USA Softball’s Collegiate Player of the Year award ... Voted to the Big 12 All-Tournament team on account of her contributions to the Cowgirls’ first Big 12 Conference championship ... Recognized as a first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree and CoSIDA second team Academic All-American ... Earned Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors on four occasions in 2022, the most by any pitcher in the conference ... Ended the year with top ranks in the Big 12 and at the national level in a number of statistical categories: 1.22 ERA (third in the Big 12, 10th in NCAA DI), 3.51 hits per game allowed (second in the Big 12, fourth in NCAA DI), 11.58 strikeouts per seven innings (led the Big 12, second in NCAA DI), 12 shutouts (led the Big 12, tied-third in NCAA DI) and 313 strikeouts (led the conference, fifth in NCAA DI) ... 313 strikeouts on the year ranks third most in a single season in program history, placing her in the company of Cowgirl Olympians Lauren Bay and Melanie Roche as the only OSU pitchers to eclipse 300 season strikeouts ... Totaled 17 double-digit strikeout games on the year ... Started the season without allowing an earned run for 18 consecutive innings ... Collected a pair of wins over 8.0 innings pitched with 21 strikeouts and only three hits allowed at the Kajikawa Classic ... Pitched a one-hit shutout victory against Michigan on February 18 at the St. Pete Clearwater Elite Invitational ... Struck out 10 over 5.0 innings of work in an extra-inning battle with Washington on February 19 ... Earned her first of four Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors on February 22 after tallying 20 strikeouts and only two earned runs over 12 innings of work ... Recorded 13 strikeouts in back-to-back appearances versus Texas A&M and Tennessee State on February 25 and 27, respectively, at the Reveille Classic in College Station, Texas ... Fanned 17 batters - tied-seventh most in a single game in program history – in a career-high 9.2 innings pitched against Minnesota on March 9 ... Pitched a 16-strikeout no-hitter against in the series opener of a three game set against Texas Tech on March 25 ... Honored as the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on March 29 after completing the series sweep of Texas Tech with eight strikeouts and a single earned run on two hits ... Earned her third Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors after a pair of scoreless relief appearances against Tulsa on March 29 and Baylor on April 3 and complete-game shutout victory at Baylor on April 2 ... Tallied a career-high 18 strikeouts in a shutout victory of Kansas on April 15, which ranks fifth-most by a Cowgirl pitcher in a single game and stands alone as the program record for the most strikeouts in a seven-inning contest ... Her school-record performance versus Kansas earned her Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors for the fourth time ... Allowed a single earned run on four hits and totaled 12 strikeouts in 8.1 innings of work at Florida State on February 28 ... Named to the All-Big 12 Tournament team after tallying 10 strikeouts and allowing only one earned run on eight hits in 10.0 innings pitched against Kansas on May 12 and Oklahoma on May 14 ... Struck out 25 opposing batters in 12.0 scoreless innings against Fordham on May 20 and North Texas on May 22 at the 2022 NCAA Stillwater Regional ... Appeared in relief for 1.2 hitless innings with three strikeouts and clinched Oklahoma State its third-straight NCAA Women’s College World Series berth and its first super regional sweep against Clemson on May 27 at the 2022 NCAA Stillwater Super Regional.
2021 (Redshirt Sophomore): A first team NFCA All-Region and first team All-Big 12 honoree ... Her 15-5 record (.750) is tied-25th for the highest win percentage for a Cowgirl pitcher in a single season ... Ended the year with 8.87 strikeouts per seven innings, which ranks seventh on the OSU single-season list ... Threw a no-hitter and totaled 10 strikeouts against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on February 23 ... Teamed up with Carrie Eberle to throw the first combined perfect game in OSU history against North Texas on March 24 ... Started the season with 25.2 consecutive scoreless innings and 36.2 innings without an earned run ... On the year, she struck out 147 batters and walked only 34 in 116.0 innings of work, while limiting opposing hitters to a .174 batting average ... Â Entered in relief and struck out four of the five batters she faced to secure the season-opening win against Arkansas on February 11... Allowed just one hit and struck out 10 batters versus Louisiana Tech on February 12 ... Pitched a two-hit shutout victory against LSU on February 26 ... Came out of the bullpen and picked up her first career save at Louisiana on February 28 ... Started two games in the OSU/Tulsa Invitational and struck out eight batters, allowed zero earned runs and only six hits in 11.0 innings of work ... Struck out 17 batters over a 9.0 inning stretch during the Mizuno Classic, picking up a pair of wins over UTSA and Kansas City ... Pitched 4.2 innings and struck out five in a 4-1 victory over Iowa State on April 2 ... Pitched 6.0 innings in game two of a three game series with Baylor and allowed zero earned runs while striking out seven batters on April 17 ... Pitched 6.1 innings and gave up just one run against Texas on May 14 in the opening round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship ... Started the first game of the 2021 NCAA Stillwater Regional and pitched 4.2 innings, giving up just two hits in a win over Campbell.
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Made 11 appearances in the circle for the Cowgirls – including eight starts ... Tallied 46.1 innings pitched with a 1.51 ERA ... Posted a 6-3 record on the year, including four complete-game performances ... Ranked in the top five in the Big 12 Conference in shutouts (two), opponent batting average (.175) and complete games (four) ...Â
Threw a perfect game in her first career start against Florida A&M on February 8 ... Earned Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on February 11 for her historic collegiate debut ... Threw a no-hitter against Missouri State on March 8 in the Mizuno Classic, becoming the first Oklahoma State freshman or redshirt freshman pitcher to record multiple no-hitters in the same season.
2019 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Attended Clear Springs High school in League City, Texas, where she lettered in softball in each of her four years ... Coached by Jennifer Knight ... Named the Clear Springs’ MVP in 2015, 2016 and 2018 ... Voted to the All-Galveston county first team on three occasions ... Tabbed as the District 24 Newcomer of the Year in 2015 ... Collected first-team All-State honors as a sophomore and was named an Under Armour All-American in 2016 ... Earned NFCA Academic All-America honors in 2016 ... Missed her junior season due to injury ... Bounced back in her senior season and was named to the NFCA High School All-Region team and honored as the 2018 Galveston County Player of the Year.
Personal: Born in Houston, Texas ... Daughter of Mark and Susan Maxwell ... Has one brother, Cole, who plays golf at St. Thomas University ... Graduated from OSU in 2022 with a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology ... Pursuing a master’s degree in health administration.
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