Softball - Kansas Jayhawks

I was standing on second base when the sky was starting to open up. It was the softball gold medal match against Japan at the 2000 Olympics. The stadium in Sydney, Australia, was completely sold out—15,000 screaming fans in the stands. It was so loud on the field—my mind, however, was so quiet.

Former Kansas pitcher Brynn Minor has been named director of softball operations for the 2021-22 season, head coach Jennifer McFalls announced on Monday.

The Big 12 Conference announced the 2020-21 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team on Friday, with a total of 520 student-athletes earning the distinction.

Kansas Athletics student-athletes continued to standout in the classroom, collecting a 3.40 department grade-point average for the 2021 spring semester. Each of the 14 teams recorded a 3.00 GPA or better, with five teams establishing new program records.

After finishing with a 13-13 record in 2020 with no Big 12 record to build off, the 2021 Kansas softball program took to the field for the third season under head coach Jennifer McFalls staring down the 15th-toughest ranked schedule in NCAA softball.

Kansas softball players Morgyn Wynne and Brittany Jackson were named to the 2021 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Midwest Region teams, the organization announced Thursday.

Kansas has placed 14 student-athletes on the 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Softball Team as announced by the conference Thursday.

Junior Morgyn Wynne and freshman Kasey Hamilton garnered 2021 All-Big 12 honors as announced by the conference on Wednesday. Wynne was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team, and Hamilton picked up All-Big 12 Freshman accolades.

Registration is now open for Kansas softball summer camps set to be hosted by the Jayhawks in the summer of 2021 with four different dates scheduled.

In the 2021 regular-season finale, the Kansas softball team fell to Iowa State, 12-4, at Arrocha Ballpark on Sunday afternoon.