University of Oklahoma softball All-American Jocelyn Alo has been named the 2021-22 Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year in the Big 12.

Kansas men’s basketball player Ochai Agbaji was named the male athlete of the year.

Alo, who was a unanimous selection, makes it the third year in a row the Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year has been from OU after Sooner gymnasts Anastasia Webb (2020-21) and Maggie Nichols (2019-20) claimed the award the previous two seasons.

Fifteen Sooners have now been named Big 12 Athlete of the Year in the 26-year history of the league, including an exceptional 11 in the last 10 years.

Alo is the seventh Sooner female to win the award and fifth in the last seven years. She is the fourth OU softball player to win the award, joining Paige Parker (2015-16), Lauren Chamberlain (2014-15) and Keilani Ricketts (2012-13).

OU’s other Big 12 Athletes of the Year were Webb (2020-21; gymnastics), Jalen Hurts (2019-20; football), Nichols (2019-20; gymnastics), Kyler Murray (2018-19; football), Baker Mayfield (2017-18; football), Nichols (2017-18; gymnastics), Buddy Hield (2015-16; men’s basketball), Parker (2015-16; softball), Chamberlain (2014-15; softball), Ricketts (2012-13; softball), Sam Bradford (2008-09; football), Jason White (2003-04; football), Stacey Dales (2001-02; women’s basketball) and Josh Heupel (2000-01; football).

Alo finished her senior season with an NCAA-best 34 home runs, .515 batting average and 1.212 slugging percentage.

The Hauula, Hawaii, product rewrote the record books as a Sooner, closing her collegiate career as a two-time national champion, two-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year and the NCAA career record holder for home runs, slugging percentage and total bases. Alo was also a four-time NFCA All-American after garnering her third nod to the First Team in 2022.

The two-time Big 12 Player of the Year broke the NCAA career record for home runs, finishing with 122, and led the Sooners to the program’s sixth national title and second consecutive in 2022, being named the WCWS Most Outstanding Player. She finished first in NCAA Division I history in home runs, total bases (761) and slugging pct. (.987) and became the first player in history to hit 30 home runs and bat .500 in the same season.