Kelly Maxwell

2020 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 NFCA First Team All-Region
2021 First Team All-Big 12
2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2022 USASoftball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist
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 Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Year
2022 First Team All-Big 12
2022 Big 12 All-Tournament Team
2022 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2022 NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team

 

Maxwell in the OSU Record Book Entering 2022
•  8.80 strikeouts per seven innings over the span of her career is second on OSU’s all-time list
•  8.87 strikeouts per seven innings in 2021 ranks sixth on the OSU season list
•  .724 career winning percentage is ninth on the OSU list
•  Four career saves ties for 11th on the OSU list
•  .750 winning percentage in 2021 ties for 23rd on the OSU season list
•  Threw a five-inning perfect game against Florida A&M in her collegiate debut.
•  Combined with Carrie Eberle to throw a seven-inning perfect game against North Texas on March 24, 2021.
•  In addition to her combined perfect game, she threw an additional two no-hitters in 2021 against Missouri State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

 

2022 (Redshirt Junior): The 2022 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and a Top 10 Finalist for USA Softball’s Collegiate Player of the Year award… All-America candidate who sports a 18-4 record and a 1.22 earned run average with 263 strikeouts in 160.1 innings of work… Turned in complete game shutout wins over Fordham and North Texas at the NCAA Stillwater Regional, allowing four hits, striking out 25 and walking only one in 12.0 innings of work in those two contests… Tossed the fourth no-hitter of her career against Texas Tech on February 25, striking out 16 Red Raiders in that contest…. Struck out 18 against Kansas and 17 against Minnesota… Her 18 strikeouts against Kansas on March 15 set a school record for the most by a Cowgirl in a seven inning game… A four-time Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honoree.

2021 (Redshirt Sophomore): A first team NFCA All-Region and first team All-Big 12 honoree … Played an important role in Oklahoma State advancing to the Women’s College World Series and ranking in the top 15 nationally in team earned run average and shutouts … Demonstrated the ability to be a dominant performer in the circle … Threw a no-hitter and tied her career-high with 10 strikeouts vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Feb. 23 … Combined with Carrie Eberle to throw the first combined perfect game in OSU history against North Texas on March 24 … Continued her perfect stretch in her next start with six perfect innings in the seven-inning win over Kansas … Started the season with 25.2 consecutive scoreless innings and the run that snapped that streak was unearned … She went 36.2 innings to start the season until giving up her first earned run  … Struck out five consecutive Florida State batters during one stretch at the WCWS … On the year, she struck out 147 batters and walked only 34 in 116.0 innings of work and she limited opposing hitters to a .174 batting average …  Entered in relief and struck out four of the five batters she faced to secure the season-opening win against No. 18 Arkansas … Allowed just one hit and struck out a career-high 10 batters vs. Louisiana Tech … Threw a two-hit shutout of No. 11 LSU in Baton Rouge in the 1-0 victory … Came out of the bullpen and picked up her first career save at No. 9 Louisiana in extra innings … Started two games in the OSU/Tulsa Invitational and pitched 11 innings, allowing no earned runs and just six hits while striking out eight in the two starts … Struck out 17 batters in her 9.0 innings during the Mizuno Classic in two victories … Pitched 4.2 innings and struck out five in the 4-1 victory vs. Iowa State on April 2 … Pitched six innings in the second game against Baylor and allowed zero earned runs while striking out seven batters. Pitched 8.2 innings over two games against No. 7 Texas in Austin and gave up just three hits and one earned run while striking out 10 … Pitched 6.1 innings and gave up just one run against Texas to open the Big 12 Tournament … Pitched the opening game of the Stillwater Regional and went 4.2 innings, giving up just two hits vs. Campbell.

 

2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Made eight starts in the circle for the Cowgirls in 11 appearances … Logged 46.1 innings pitched with a 1.51 ERA … Had four complete games on her way to a 6-3 record on the year … Ranked in the top five in the Big 12 in shutouts (two), opponent batting average (.175) and complete games (four) … Played a vital role in the Cowgirl pitching staff leading the Big 12 and ranking third nationally in ERA … Threw a perfect game in her collegiate debut against Florida A&M on February 8 … Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on February 11 … Set a career high with nine strikeouts against Murray State on March 6 … Threw a no-hitter against Missouri State on March 8 in the Mizuno Classic.

 

2019 (Freshman): Redshirted.

 

High School: Attended Clear Springs HS in League City, Texas, where she lettered in softball for four years … Coached by Jennifer Knight … Also played volleyball as a freshman and was named the team’s MVP in 2014 … Named the school’s softball MVP in 2015, 2016 and 2018 … Was also a first-team all-Galveston county selection on three occasions … Tabbed as the District 24 newcomer of the year as a freshman in 2015 … Collected first-team all-state honors as a sophomore and was named an Under Armour All-American … 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 District 24 all-pitcher first team and the NFCA All-region team … Also was named the Galveston county player of the year.

 

Personal: Born April 11, 2000, in Houston … Daughter of Mark and Susan Maxwell … Has one brother, Cole, who is 21 years old … Cole plays golf at St. Thomas University … Volunteers with Special Olympics … Enjoys to shop, swim and fish when not playing softball … Planning to study biochemistry and molecular biology (pre-med) at Oklahoma State.

 

*courtesy of Oklahoma State University Athletics