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Every Oklahoma Sooner to win Big 12 Athlete of the Year

From football to softball, basketball to gymnastics, here are the 15 athletes who have won Big 12 Athlete of the Year.

With Jocelyn Alo taking home the Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year award, that makes 15 Sooners who’ve been recognized as the Big 12’s best.

Football leads the way with six awards, followed by softball with four. women’s gymnastics has recorded three Big 12 Athlete of the Year awards, while men’s and women’s basketball each has won the award once.

Josh Heupel got the ball rolling back in 2000-2001 after helping the Oklahoma Sooners win the 2000 national championship. Jocelyn Alo is the most recent recipient of the athlete of the year award after a dominating season at the plate for Oklahoma.

With Alo bringing home another Athlete of the Year award, let’s take a look at every Sooner to win the Big 12’s award.

Jocelyn Alo adds to her list of accomplishments with Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year award

Jocelyn Alo was named Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year after hitting .511 with 34 HRs and 85 RBIs in 2022 to help OU win the national championship.

The incredible legend of Oklahoma Softball’s [autotag]Jocelyn Alo[/autotag] continues to grow after an incredible season that helped the Oklahoma Sooners win their second consecutive national championship.

In a season where she hit .511, with 34 home runs and 75 RBIs, Alo was named the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year for the second time and won the ESPY for Best Collegiate Athlete, Women’s Sports.

Off on her professional career with the Smash It Vipers and getting set to participate in the Japan Series with the USWNT, Alo was awarded Big 12’s Female Athlete of the Year award for 2021-2022.

Alo is the third Sooner in a row to take home the award, with gymnasts Anastasia Webb and Maggie Nichols taking home the trophy in the two seasons before Alo.

Oklahoma has dominated the award as 15 Oklahoma Sooners have been awarded Big 12 Athlete of the Year in the 26-year history of the conference. Previous winners also include Jalen Hurts, Kyler Murray, Buddy Hield, and Lauren Chamberlain, and Keilani Ricketts.

In Alo’s final season at OU, she set the all-time NCAA home run record with 122 home runs and became the most feared hitter in college softball. She leaves a legacy on the sport and in Norman as one of the greatest athletes Oklahoma has ever had.

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