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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Sooners Collect All-America, All-Region Honors
June 10, 2025 | Baseball
NORMAN – Oklahoma Baseball student-athletes collected end-of-season accolades as the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and Perfect Game USA announced All-Region and All-America honors, respectively, Tuesday.
Earning ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region honors was junior right-handed pitcher Kyson Witherspoon, junior catcher Easton Carmichael, senior right-handed pitcher Dylan Crooks and sophomore shortstop Jaxon Willits. Witherspoon was named to the first team, while Carmichael, Crooks and Willits took home second team honors.
Witherspoon (starting pitcher) and Carmichael (catcher) were both named Perfect Game First Team All-Americans. The two became the first pair of Sooners to collect first team All-America honors in the same season since Jon Gray and Matt Oberste were both first team selections in 2013. It marks Carmichael's second All-America nod of his career (2024, NCBWA Third Team) and Witherspoon's first. Carmichael becomes the first Sooner to claim All-America honors in consecutive seasons since Casey Bookout in 1998-99.
The Perfect Game announcement marks the first of numerous All-America honors to be announced over the coming weeks.
Witherspoon, the NCBWA District 6 Player of the Year, Golden Spikes Award semifinalist and All-SEC First Team honoree, was dominant on the mound for Oklahoma this season in his Friday night role. The righty ranked first in the SEC and 23rd nationally in ERA (2.65), tied for first in the league and ninth in the country in victories (10) and fourth and fifth in the conference and nation, respectively, with 124 strikeouts. The OU ace held a 10-4 record in 16 starts with a 124-to-23 strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.39) that ranked second in the SEC and 20th nationally. His 1.01 WHIP was good for second in the conference and 22nd in the NCAA and his 11.75 strikeouts per nine innings were among the league and nation's leaders.
Carmichael, an All-SEC Second Team selection, paced OU at the plate in 2025 with 17 home runs, 62 RBIs and a .329 batting average. The Sooner catcher ranked top 10 in the SEC in numerous categories including triples (1st; 4), hits (7th; 80) and total bases (9th, 149). Behind the plate, Carmichael threw out nine runners stealing and committed just one error on the season. The Prosper, Texas, product showed his versatility his junior campaign with 14 stolen bases, good for a tie of second on the team.
Earning his first all-region selection was Crooks, OU's closer in 2025. A finalist for NCBWA Stopper of the Year, Crooks had an exceptional senior campaign, ranking second in the nation with 16 saves across 26 appearances and 32 innings pitched, finishing with a 2-1 record. Crooks held a 1.69 ERA and struck out 33 batters while surrendering 10 walks and six earned runs. Opposing batters hit just .195 off Crooks, who gave up seven extra-base hits on the year, only one being a home run. The righty finished second in single season saves in program history with 16, a number that ranks good for sixth for a career in school annals.
Also collecting his first all-region accolade was Willits, who started all 60 games for the Sooners at shortstop this season. The sophomore finished second on the team with a .302 average at the plate and 48 RBIs, tied for second in home runs (9) and stolen bases (14), and third in extra-base hits (22). An SEC All-Tournament team honoree, Willits hit .345 with three extra-base hits and seven RBIs in OU's eight postseason games across the SEC Tournament and NCAA regionals.
OU's four all-region honors are the most since the 2022 team also had four. It marks the third time in the last five years that Oklahoma has had numerous selections.
Oklahoma's season ended in the NCAA Chapel Hill regional final as the Sooners fell to the No. 5 national seed and host North Carolina. OU finished the 2025 season with a 38-22 record and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight season and 42nd time in school history. The Sooners won five of 10 series in the program's inaugural season in the SEC and made an NCAA regional final for the third time in the last four years under head coach Skip Johnson.
Season ticket deposits for 2026 are available now via SoonerSports.com/tickets as the team looks to return over 15 Sooners with starting experience.
For updates and more information on Oklahoma Baseball, follow the Sooners on X/Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Baseball) and like Oklahoma Baseball on Facebook.
Earning ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region honors was junior right-handed pitcher Kyson Witherspoon, junior catcher Easton Carmichael, senior right-handed pitcher Dylan Crooks and sophomore shortstop Jaxon Willits. Witherspoon was named to the first team, while Carmichael, Crooks and Willits took home second team honors.
Witherspoon (starting pitcher) and Carmichael (catcher) were both named Perfect Game First Team All-Americans. The two became the first pair of Sooners to collect first team All-America honors in the same season since Jon Gray and Matt Oberste were both first team selections in 2013. It marks Carmichael's second All-America nod of his career (2024, NCBWA Third Team) and Witherspoon's first. Carmichael becomes the first Sooner to claim All-America honors in consecutive seasons since Casey Bookout in 1998-99.
The Perfect Game announcement marks the first of numerous All-America honors to be announced over the coming weeks.
Witherspoon, the NCBWA District 6 Player of the Year, Golden Spikes Award semifinalist and All-SEC First Team honoree, was dominant on the mound for Oklahoma this season in his Friday night role. The righty ranked first in the SEC and 23rd nationally in ERA (2.65), tied for first in the league and ninth in the country in victories (10) and fourth and fifth in the conference and nation, respectively, with 124 strikeouts. The OU ace held a 10-4 record in 16 starts with a 124-to-23 strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.39) that ranked second in the SEC and 20th nationally. His 1.01 WHIP was good for second in the conference and 22nd in the NCAA and his 11.75 strikeouts per nine innings were among the league and nation's leaders.
Carmichael, an All-SEC Second Team selection, paced OU at the plate in 2025 with 17 home runs, 62 RBIs and a .329 batting average. The Sooner catcher ranked top 10 in the SEC in numerous categories including triples (1st; 4), hits (7th; 80) and total bases (9th, 149). Behind the plate, Carmichael threw out nine runners stealing and committed just one error on the season. The Prosper, Texas, product showed his versatility his junior campaign with 14 stolen bases, good for a tie of second on the team.
Earning his first all-region selection was Crooks, OU's closer in 2025. A finalist for NCBWA Stopper of the Year, Crooks had an exceptional senior campaign, ranking second in the nation with 16 saves across 26 appearances and 32 innings pitched, finishing with a 2-1 record. Crooks held a 1.69 ERA and struck out 33 batters while surrendering 10 walks and six earned runs. Opposing batters hit just .195 off Crooks, who gave up seven extra-base hits on the year, only one being a home run. The righty finished second in single season saves in program history with 16, a number that ranks good for sixth for a career in school annals.
Also collecting his first all-region accolade was Willits, who started all 60 games for the Sooners at shortstop this season. The sophomore finished second on the team with a .302 average at the plate and 48 RBIs, tied for second in home runs (9) and stolen bases (14), and third in extra-base hits (22). An SEC All-Tournament team honoree, Willits hit .345 with three extra-base hits and seven RBIs in OU's eight postseason games across the SEC Tournament and NCAA regionals.
OU's four all-region honors are the most since the 2022 team also had four. It marks the third time in the last five years that Oklahoma has had numerous selections.
Oklahoma's season ended in the NCAA Chapel Hill regional final as the Sooners fell to the No. 5 national seed and host North Carolina. OU finished the 2025 season with a 38-22 record and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight season and 42nd time in school history. The Sooners won five of 10 series in the program's inaugural season in the SEC and made an NCAA regional final for the third time in the last four years under head coach Skip Johnson.
Season ticket deposits for 2026 are available now via SoonerSports.com/tickets as the team looks to return over 15 Sooners with starting experience.
For updates and more information on Oklahoma Baseball, follow the Sooners on X/Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Baseball) and like Oklahoma Baseball on Facebook.
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