Upcoming Event: Softball versus Battle Series - 1 on October 3, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Softball
vs Battle Series - 1
University of Oklahoma Athletics
2024 Softball Roster
Bland, Maya
Jersey Number 12
Maya Bland
- Position:
- Outfield
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- null
- Bats/Throws:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Ladera Ranch, Calif.
Bio
Career Highlights & Honors:
2025 (Sophomore): Hit .250 over seven starts and 32 games, scoring 18 runs while homering three times and driving in 10 ... made her first career start Feb. 6 against CSUN ... hit a game-winning three-run home run at Devon Park in an 11-3 win against No. 18/17 Oklahoma State April 9 ... came on as a pinch hitter and launched a game-winning two-run home run in a 5-1 win at No. 22/23 Alabama April 12 ... hit her first career homer in an 11-0 win against Marshall March 1, doing so as a pinch hitter ... posted her first multi-hit game March 26 at Wichita State, going 3-for-5.
2024 (Freshman): Appeared in 52 games during her debut campaign, serving as OU’s top pinch-runner … Tied for second on the club with eight stolen bases on a 72.7% success rate … Slashed .333/.444/.467 for a .911 OPS across 18 plate appearances … Collected two doubles and four runs batted in while scoring 24 runs off the Sooner bench … Drew walks at an impressive 16.7% clip … Played 18.0 innings in right field, converting her lone chance, and logged an inning in left … Recorded her first collegiate hit with a double vs. Iowa State (3/10) … Scored a season-high two runs and added a season-best two RBIs at Texas Tech (3/15).
FUN FACTS: Favorite foods are cheeseburgers and steaks ... favorite professional sports teams growing up were the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Eagles ... hidden talent is that I can juggle ... would love to play football if not softball ... wanted to be an Air Force Pilot when she was growing up ... biggest fear is spiders ... favorite musical artists are Zach Bryan and Tinika Wyatt ... favorite hobbies are playing Fortnite and reading her Bible.
HIGH SCHOOL: A left-handed-hitting outfielder from Argyle High School in Argyle, Texas … No. 11 player in the class of 2023 by Extra Inning Softball … Batted .528 as a junior with 16 home runs, 61 RBIs and 22 stolen bases ... 2022 Class 4A All-State & All-Region honoree ... 2022 Class 4A Region I finalist.
CLUB: Played club ball for OC Batbusters-Stith (Anaheim, Calif.) ... 2022 Alliance Fastpitch National Champions ... 2022 Top Club National Champions ... 2022 Triple Crown National Champions.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Katina and Martell Bland … Has three siblings (Maxwell, Makayla and Mitchell) … Brother, Mitchell, ran track at Southern Illinois … Father played basketball at St. Mary’s … Business major.
- 2023-24 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team
- 2024 National Champion
- Hit two pinch hit home runs and two game-winning home runs as a Sophomore
- Spring 2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025 (Sophomore): Hit .250 over seven starts and 32 games, scoring 18 runs while homering three times and driving in 10 ... made her first career start Feb. 6 against CSUN ... hit a game-winning three-run home run at Devon Park in an 11-3 win against No. 18/17 Oklahoma State April 9 ... came on as a pinch hitter and launched a game-winning two-run home run in a 5-1 win at No. 22/23 Alabama April 12 ... hit her first career homer in an 11-0 win against Marshall March 1, doing so as a pinch hitter ... posted her first multi-hit game March 26 at Wichita State, going 3-for-5.
2024 (Freshman): Appeared in 52 games during her debut campaign, serving as OU’s top pinch-runner … Tied for second on the club with eight stolen bases on a 72.7% success rate … Slashed .333/.444/.467 for a .911 OPS across 18 plate appearances … Collected two doubles and four runs batted in while scoring 24 runs off the Sooner bench … Drew walks at an impressive 16.7% clip … Played 18.0 innings in right field, converting her lone chance, and logged an inning in left … Recorded her first collegiate hit with a double vs. Iowa State (3/10) … Scored a season-high two runs and added a season-best two RBIs at Texas Tech (3/15).
FUN FACTS: Favorite foods are cheeseburgers and steaks ... favorite professional sports teams growing up were the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Eagles ... hidden talent is that I can juggle ... would love to play football if not softball ... wanted to be an Air Force Pilot when she was growing up ... biggest fear is spiders ... favorite musical artists are Zach Bryan and Tinika Wyatt ... favorite hobbies are playing Fortnite and reading her Bible.
HIGH SCHOOL: A left-handed-hitting outfielder from Argyle High School in Argyle, Texas … No. 11 player in the class of 2023 by Extra Inning Softball … Batted .528 as a junior with 16 home runs, 61 RBIs and 22 stolen bases ... 2022 Class 4A All-State & All-Region honoree ... 2022 Class 4A Region I finalist.
CLUB: Played club ball for OC Batbusters-Stith (Anaheim, Calif.) ... 2022 Alliance Fastpitch National Champions ... 2022 Top Club National Champions ... 2022 Triple Crown National Champions.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Katina and Martell Bland … Has three siblings (Maxwell, Makayla and Mitchell) … Brother, Mitchell, ran track at Southern Illinois … Father played basketball at St. Mary’s … Business major.
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