Oklahoma State softball coach Kenny Gajewski blasts Big 12 for handling of league award

After ace pitcher Ruby Meylan fired a one-hit shutout in Oklahoma State’s 7-0 win over Utah in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 softball tournament on Thursday at Devon Park, Cowgirl coach Kenny Gajewski provided additional context to a social media post he made in which he called out the league’s handling of its All-Big 12 team. Particularly, Gajewski was bothered by a change he said was made to the team’s Pitcher of the Year award on the team the coaches vote for. Gajewski said the league distributed an email earlier in the week listing the team honors with Meylan named Pitcher of the Year.

But later that night, Gajewski was informed by the team’s sports information director, Serg Thomas, that the conference had changed the list, instead naming Meylan and Texas Tech’s NiJaree Canady as Co-Pitchers of the Year. “Can we make the Coaches’ vote public? ” Gajewski posted on his X account in response to the league’s announcement of the honors.

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https://t. co/0kKgteYYmg — Kenny Gajewski (@OSUcoachG) May 6, 2026 On Thursday, Gajewski went into greater detail, noting that his frustration was in the change that was made to the initial voting, not the fact that his pitcher ultimately had to share the award. “I don’t have any sour grapes about ‘co.