Oklahoma State University Athletics
2026 Cowgirl Softball Roster
Roster
Lexi McDonald
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Silo
- Hometown:
- Silo, Okla.
2024 Spring Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2025 (Junior): Took the field in 30 games and registered 10 starts ... Batted .216 in 37 at-bats with eight hits, three runs scored and four RBIs ... Drew five walks and was successful on her lone stolen base attempt ... Notched an RBI single against Houston on March 16 ... Clinched a run-rule walk-off victory with a three-run shot against Iowa State on April 12. Â
2024 (Sophomore): Began the season as a fringe player and developed into one of the Cowgirls’ most trusted bats by the end of the season, featuring in 47 games and starting 32 ... Season statistics included a .349 batting average and a .578 slugging percentage to go with seven doubles, four home runs and 18 RBIs ... Had six multi-hit and four multi-RBI games on the year ... Among Cowgirls with at least 40 at-bats, she led the team with a .455 on-base percentage and finished second in batting average ... Launched her first career home run - a three-run blast - against Loyola Chicago on Feb. 24 ... Picked up the first multi-hit game of her career with a 2-for-3 performance against South Dakota State on Feb. 27 ... Exploded for two home runs - including a grand slam - and five RBI in a 3-for-3 day against Houston on April 6 ... Went 2-for-3 with a double against Texas Tech on April 19 ... Hit RBI doubles in back-to-back starts against Texas Tech and Kansas on April 21 and 26 ... Posted a 2-for-3 performance against No. 2 Oklahoma on May 5 ... Recorded an RBI single in the NCAA Stillwater Regional against Northern Colorado ... Blasted a solo shot against Michigan in the NCAA Stillwater Regional Championship ... Tallied three doubles across two games against No. 17 Arizona in the NCAA Stillwater Super Regional ... Picked up base hits in both contests at the Women’s College World Series against No. 5 Florida and No. 8 Stanford.
2023 (Freshman): Saw action in 15 games with one start ... Had three hits on the year ... Went 1-for-1 with a run batted in against Louisiana on February 18 ... Went 1-for-1 against New Mexico State the following week ... In her lone start of the year, she went 1-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base, two RBI and two runs scored against Incarnate Word.
High School: A top in-state talent ranked No. 43 overall and the No. 6 infielder in Extra Innings Softball’s 2022 Extra Elite 100 ... A four-time softball letterwinner at Silo High School in Silo, Oklahoma, where she was coached by Mike Lawless ... Named a Extra Innings first team high school All-American infielder in 2022 ... Honored as 2021 All-District MVP and a All-Texomaland honoree ... Named to the Bryan County All-Conference team each of her four years at Silo ... Honored as the C4 Sports Performance Female Athlete of the Year ... Claimed 2A State Fastpitch Championships with Silo in 2019 and 2021 ... Compiled a career .547 batting average, 201 RBI, a .980 fielding percentage and only eight strikeouts in 532 plate appearances ... Played club softball with Oklahoma Athletics 18U National Madden in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with coaches Brian Madden and Jimmy Cordell ... Won the Tulsa Elite Summer Invitational Tournament Championship and qualified for the Alliance National Tournament with Oklahoma Athletics in 2022.
Personal: Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma ... Daughter of Mike and Kate McDonald ... Has one brother, Cord, who plays baseball at Southwestern Christian University ... Majoring in speech communication.
