OU Baseball: Oklahoma Players Land All-Big 12 Accolades

By OU Media Relations

Oklahoma's Braden Carmichael was named to the All-Big 12 First Team and Easton Carmichael was named to the All-Freshman Team, leading a total of eight Oklahoma players who garnered all-conference honors, the Big 12 announced Tuesday.

Selections were made by the league’s head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own players.

Sooner infielders Dakota Harris and Anthony Mackenzie, outfielders Bryce Madron, Kendall Pettis and John Spikerman and pitcher James Hitt received honorable mention recognition.

A fifth-year senior pitcher from Prosper, TX, Braden Carmichael is 7-0 with a 3.25 ERA overall this season and was 5-0 with a 2.68 ERA in Big 12 conference games. He has made 16 appearances and nine starts, pitching 69.1 innings overall and totaling 57 strikeouts to just 12 walks. He has won seven straight starts. He pitched a complete-game shutout last weekend – OU’s first in four years – and was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on Monday. This is Carmichael’s first annual all-conference honor.

Carmichael's catcher and little brother, Easton Carmichael, is batting .305 overall and is tied for the team lead with 43 RBIs. He has played in 45 games and made 41 starts (35 at catcher), notching six doubles, four triples and five home runs. In Big 12 play, he batted .267 with four doubles, two homers and 12 RBIs in 18 games. He has also thrown out seven runners on the basepaths and leads the squad with 13 multiple-RBI games. He was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week on March 13.

A junior from Land O’ Lakes, FL, Harris has started all 40 games in which he has played at shortstop. He is batting .335 with 43 RBIs, 11 doubles, seven home runs and 25 runs scored, despite missing 14 games with injury. In conference play, he led the Sooners with a .313 batting average and registered 11 RBIs, three doubles, two homers and 10 walks in 18 games. His 16 multiple-hit games and 12 multiple-RBI games both rank second on the team. He was named Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week on March 20.

Hitt, a redshirt sophomore from Magnolia, TX, is 5-1 with a 4.45 ERA in 14 appearances and 11 starts this season. He has notched 38 strikeouts and allowed just 18 walks in 62.2 innings this season. In conference play, he went 3-1 with a 4.61 ERA in eight games and seven starts, tallying 25 strikeouts in 41.0 innings.

Mackenzie, a junior utility infielder from Houston, is batting .313 with 51 runs scored, eight doubles, six home runs and 36 RBIs, while batting leadoff in 33 of his 54 games. He started 21 games at first base, 18 games at third base and 14 games at shortstop (one as designated hitter). His 21 steals and 13 multiple-hit games are tied for second on the squad. He has reached base in 51 of 54 games this season and carried a 42-game reached base streak from March 4 through May 14.

Madron, a junior outfielder from Blanchard, OK, has started all 54 games in right field and leads Oklahoma with 11 home runs, 14 doubles, 27 extra base hits, 52 runs scored, 54 walks and 43 RBIs (tied), while batting .310. In Big 12 conference play, has hit .293 with 18 RBIs, 19 runs, seven doubles and six homers. He has also notched 15 stolen bases, has three outfield assists and leads OU with 18 multiple-hit games.

A fourth-year junior outfielder from Chicago, Pettis is having a career season at the plate, leading Oklahoma with a .342 batting average. He has played in 48 games and made 47 starts in left field and registered 43 runs, 19 RBIs, six doubles and three triples, despite missing six starts with injury. He has 14 multiple-hit games and is third on the team with 16 stolen bases. In Big 12 play, he hit .303 with 19 runs scored, two doubles, two triples and six steals.

Spikerman, a sophomore from Montgomery, TX, has played in all 54 games and made 53 starts, and is batting .254 with 13 doubles, 36 runs scored, 30 RBIs and 41 walks. He leads the team with 22 stolen bases overall and seven steals in conference play. In Big 12 games, he batted .286 with four doubles, three homers, 15 RBIs and 14 runs scored, while tying for the team lead with 17 walks. His 16 multiple-hit games rank second on the team.

The Sooners (30-24, 11-13 Big 12) open the 2023 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship against Oklahoma State (37-16, 15-9 Big 12) at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX.

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