Big 12 softball power rankings: Texas Tech ace NiJaree Canady closing in on rare club
Texas Tech ace NiJaree Canady is just 18 strikeouts away from joining the exclusive 1,000-strikeout club in college softball. Here are the Big 12 power rankings:
NiJaree Canady may be “a pioneer in the sport” of college softball, as her business rep puts it , but there’s one frontier the Texas Tech ace has yet to settle. The famed 1,000-strikeout club. There are only about 100 players in major-college history to hit that mark, but Canady is closing the gap.
After a nine-strikeout performance Tuesday night in a 12-0 run-rule win over Tarleton State, Canady is just 18 strikeouts away from the 1K club. Canady improved to 12-2 on the season with 108 strikeouts and a 1. 35 earned-run average in 78 innings this season.
“I think each week we’ve seen her continue to get stronger and better,” Texas Tech coach Gerry Glasco said on March 11 . “Velocity is back. ” Also back, our Big 12 softball power rankings: (Records entering play March 25.
) More: OU softball's Isabela Emerling's offensive renaissance part of Sooners' power surge 1. Texas Tech Record: 31-2 overall, 8-1 Big 12 Here’s a wild stat from the fine folks at Texas Tech: Glasco is 62-0 in conference series dating back to his time as Louisiana coach. 2.