NiJaree Canady of Texas Tech rolled a grounder to third base that turned into a 5-2-3 double play, and Alexa Langeliers hit a half-swing grounder back to Texas pitcher Teagen Cavan to end the inning.

Canady will also get the chance to reunite with former travel ball teammate Jackie Lis, who comes to Texas Tech after being one of the best players in the Missouri Valley Conference at Southern ...

Until allowing five Texas softball runs on five hits in the first inning of a 10-4 trampling, Texas Tech's NiJaree Canady didn’t know limits.

Canady tied the program record for wins with a 34-7 record and finished second in Texas Tech history for single-season ERA (1.11) and strikeouts (319). At the plate, Canady hit 11 home runs and ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — NiJaree Canady scattered six hits and pitched her way out of a seventh-inning jam, and Texas Tech forced a decisive third game in the Women’s College World Series with a 4-3 ...

Texas Tech's financial commitment to softball is significant, but the first-year coach also credits transparency for a trip ...

Canady signed a one-year, $1,050,024 NIL contract with Texas Tech's NIL collective, The Matador Club, last July when she transferred to the Red Raiders from Stanford for the 2025 softball season.

Texas Tech pitcher NiJaree Canady throws during the first game of the NCAA softball Women's College World Series finals against Texas in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

Texas Tech's NiJaree Canady leads The Associated Press' list of college softball players to watch this season. Last year's USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year sent shockwaves through the ...

Softball fans across the country can only hope so. Canady stunned the softball world in the offseason when she transferred from Stanford to No. 11 Texas Tech (5-1) for a reported $1 million NIL deal.

NiJaree Canady clearly isn't 100% right now, but the Texas Tech softball ace did what she does best in helping the Red Raiders sweep Oklahoma State on Friday.

Longhorns Softball Texas softball: Texas Tech sits NiJaree Canady as UT rolls to win in Bevo Classic finale By Thomas Jones, Austin American-Statesman Updated Feb 18, 2025 2:31 p.m.