11:33 am | February 26, 2019 | Go to Source | Author:
February 26, 2019
Oklahoma junior pitcher Giselle Juarez was named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Pitcher of the Week, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced Tuesday.
This marks the second time in her collegiate career that Juarez has been recognized by the NFCA with a weekly award; she also earned the accolade in March 2018 as a sophomore at Arizona State. It is her third overall national weekly honor, as she was named the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week last season.
The Glendale, Ariz., product is just the third Sooner in program history to be named NFCA Pitcher of the Week, joining Jill Most (1997) and Paige Parker (2015 and 2018).
Juarez went 2-0 in three appearances (two starts) at last weekend’s tournament. Overall, she led the conference with 29 strikeouts, finishing second with 14.16 strikeouts per seven innings pitched.
The junior struck out 14 batters over 6.0 shutout innings against BYU, good for the most strikeouts by a Big 12 pitcher this season and her first double-digit strikeout performance as a Sooner. Juarez followed that showing up with 11 strikeouts against No. 14 Arizona. In her third appearance, Juarez struck out all four batters she faced over 1.1 innings of work.
Juarez allowed just one run all weekend, coming against the 14th-ranked Wildcats to finish with a 0.49 ERA. She scattered four hits over 14.1 innings to total a .087 opponent batting average that ranked third in the league and first among pitchers with multiple appearances.
Overall, Juarez ranks third in the Big 12 with 44 strikeouts on the year, good for a 9.53 strikeouts per seven innings pitched average.
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