The Big 12 Conference Softball Freshman of the Year is a college softball award given to the Big 12 Conference's most outstanding freshman player. The award has been given annually since 1996.
Key *Awarded one of the following College National Player of the Year awards: NFCA National Freshman of the Year Softball America Freshman of the Year
Winners SeasonPlayerSchoolReference1996Oklahoma State1997NebraskaTexas1998Oklahoma1999 Oklahoma2000 Texas2001 Kansas2002Texas2003 Texas2004Texas A&M2005 Texas A&M2006 Baylor2007 Baylor2008 Missouri2009 Baylor2010Texas2011Texas 2012Oklahoma 2013 Baylor 2014Texas 2015 KansasOklahoma 2016Oklahoma 2017Oklahoma 2018 Oklahoma 2019Oklahoma 2021 Oklahoma2022Oklahoma 2023Texas Tech 2024Texas2025BYU 2026Kansas
Winners by school School Winners Years Oklahoma 10 1998, 1999, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 Texas 8 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2024 Baylor 4 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013 Kansas 3 2001, 2015, 2026 Texas A&M 2 2004, 2005 BYU 1 2025 Nebraska 1 1997 Oklahoma State 1 1996 Texas Tech 1 2023 Arizona 0 — Arizona State 0 — Houston 0 — Iowa State 0 — Missouri 0 — UCF 0 — Utah 0 —
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