2021 Softball Roster
Jackson, MaKayla
Jersey Number 33
MaKayla Jackson
- Position:
- Infield
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Oklahoma City, Okla.
- High School:
- Putnam City HS
Bio
Career: A three-year letterwinner … has a .284 batting average … has totaled 21 hits and 5 RBI on 74 at-bats … had a career-high 3 hits vs. Tennessee State in the 2020 season.
Sophomore (2021): Appeared in 28 games with 10 starts in right field and at designated player … hit .255 with one home run and 4 RBI … turned in a .412 batting average as a pinch hitter … had a .319 slugging percentage with 3 walks … had 7 putouts with a 1.000 fielding percentage.
Sophomore (2020): Appeared in 19 games with 5 starts with a game in right field, left field. center field and at third base ... hit .348 with an RBI on 8 hits ... recorded 2 putouts and 4 assists with a 1.000 fielding percentage ... led the team in batting average and had a .391 slugging percentage.
Freshman (2019): Saw action in four games and hit .250 ... season was cut short by an injury.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Putnam City High School in Oklahoma City, Okla. ... hit .544 with five homers as a senior en route to all-state and all-region honors as well as earning the district’s Offensive Player of the Year award ... second-team Big All-City pick by The Oklahoman and also was named first-team all-conference and the team’s MVP ... hit .533 as a junior with three homers and was a first-team all-district selection after hitting five homers as a sophomore.
Personal: Born in June of 2000 in Oklahoma City, Okla. ... nursing major ... started playing softball at the age of 5 ... chose TU because of the environment around the program and university ... favorite professional athlete is New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton ... chose to wear No. 33 because it was her mother’s birthday (March 3).
Sophomore (2021): Appeared in 28 games with 10 starts in right field and at designated player … hit .255 with one home run and 4 RBI … turned in a .412 batting average as a pinch hitter … had a .319 slugging percentage with 3 walks … had 7 putouts with a 1.000 fielding percentage.
Sophomore (2020): Appeared in 19 games with 5 starts with a game in right field, left field. center field and at third base ... hit .348 with an RBI on 8 hits ... recorded 2 putouts and 4 assists with a 1.000 fielding percentage ... led the team in batting average and had a .391 slugging percentage.
Freshman (2019): Saw action in four games and hit .250 ... season was cut short by an injury.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Putnam City High School in Oklahoma City, Okla. ... hit .544 with five homers as a senior en route to all-state and all-region honors as well as earning the district’s Offensive Player of the Year award ... second-team Big All-City pick by The Oklahoman and also was named first-team all-conference and the team’s MVP ... hit .533 as a junior with three homers and was a first-team all-district selection after hitting five homers as a sophomore.
Personal: Born in June of 2000 in Oklahoma City, Okla. ... nursing major ... started playing softball at the age of 5 ... chose TU because of the environment around the program and university ... favorite professional athlete is New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton ... chose to wear No. 33 because it was her mother’s birthday (March 3).
Softball | Tulsa vs Drake
Friday, February 28
Softball | Tulsa vs UMKC
Friday, February 28
SB | South Dakota State Postgame
Tuesday, February 25
Softball | Tulsa vs South Dakota State
Tuesday, February 25
