Oklahoma Star Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week After Sweep of Texas

Carter Campbell was excellent in relief last week, including three scoreless innings in the Sooners' victory Friday in Austin.

John E. Hoover | Apr 24, 2023

When you sweep Texas, you get noticed.

Oklahoma landed the Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week honor after the Sooners shockingly went into Austin and took three from the No. 14-ranked Longhorns.

Carter Campbell pitched 8 2/3 innings of relief over three games, allowing just five hits and one earned run while picking up a win and a save.

The left-hander from Keller, TX, threw the final three innings in Friday’s win over the 'Horns, giving up just a pair of singles to earn his fifth victory of the season.

A day later, he pitched the final 3 1/3 innings of OU’s 9-6 win, allowing just one hit and striking out three to pick up his first save as a Sooner.

Campbell also threw 2 1/3 innings in a midweek non-conference Bedlam game at Oklahoma State and allowed just two hits and an earned run.

OU is scheduled to play at home against Oral Roberts on Tuesday night.

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Published Apr 24, 2023

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.