Oklahoma's Lynnsie Elam Gets Big 12 Award

The Sooners' captain was flawless filling in for Kinzie Hansen behind the plate, and had the best week of her college career as a hitter with four home runs and 12 RBIs.

John E. Hoover | Mar 22, 2022

Oklahoma's Lynnsie Elam Gets Big 12 Award /

After a career hit parade last week in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma senior Lynnsie Elam earned this week's Big 12 Player of the Week honors.

Elam, a fifth-year starter and captain from Chickasha, OK, slammed four home runs in the No. 1-ranked Sooners' sweep of the Hall of Fame Classic last week at Hall of Fame Stadium.

It was Elam's second career Big 12 weekly honor and her first since February 18, 2020.

Elam mashed bombs in the Sooners' 20-0 victory over Iowa to tie an OU program record for most home runs in a game, and she collected five extra-base hits and 12 RBIs for a 2.000 slugging percentage while also filling in for injured Kinzie Hansen behind the plate and finished the week with a perfect fielding percentage in five games at catcher.

The No. 1-ranked Sooners (25-0) take on SEC opponent Kentucky tonight in Lexington, scheduled for a 6 p.m. first pitch.

Published Mar 22, 2022

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.