OU Softball: Four Oklahoma Players Selected in Athletes Unlimited Draft
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Four Oklahoma players were selected Tuesday in the Athletes Unlimited professional softball draft.
Shortstop Tiare Jennings (No. 3 overall), center fielder Jayda Coleman (No. 4), catcher Kenzie Hansen (No. 9) and left-handed pitcher Kelly Maxwell (No. 12) were among the 15 players drafted.
OU led all schools with four players picked.
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β Athletes Unlimited (@AUProSports) May 15, 2024
congratulations to the fifteen athletes selected! #AUProSB pic.twitter.com/nHx7ERjsr9
The No. 1 pick was used to select Clemson pitcher Valerie Cagle. UCLA star Maya Brady went No. 2.
Hansen and Jennings were voted co-captains this season. Coleman is a former Gatorade National High School Player of the Year. Maxwell is a transfer from Oklahoma State.Β
Jennings is a senior from San Pedro, CA. Coleman is a senior from The Colony, TX. Hansen is a fifth-year senior from Norco, CA. Maxwell is a sixth-year graduate student from Friendswood, TX.Β
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β Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) May 14, 2024
Back βοΈ Back #Sooners@jaydac00 goes fourth overall in the @AUProSports Softball College Draft!#ChampionshipMindset pic.twitter.com/IHQwaqmkEp
β Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) May 14, 2024
ππ.@kinziehansen has been selected in the @AUProSports Softball College Draft! βοΈ#ChampionshipMindset pic.twitter.com/INAzbGKXls
β Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) May 14, 2024
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β Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) May 14, 2024