NiJaree Canady of the Texas Tech softball team is one of three Big 12 Conference athletes to land NIL deals with Venmo.

NiJaree Canady flies out to center for the third out of the sixth inning. She will now head back to the circle looking for the final three outs of the night to give Texas Tech its first-ever WCWS.

NiJaree Canady stats Canady enters the Women's College World Series with the nation's best ERA (0.89) in 205 innings of work. She's struck out 279 batters and recorded a 30-5 record.

Glasco came through, and Canady did the same. Canady has a 26-5 record with a nation-leading 0.81 ERA and has 263 strikeouts in 181 innings. Canady also has been able to hit — something she didn ...

LUBBOCK, Texas -- Last July, pitcher NiJaree Canady shook college sports when she announced her transfer to Texas Tech and landed the richest softball NIL deal ever. The reigning USA Softball ...

Topeka High junior NiJaree Canady shoots a free throw in the first half of Friday's 6A semifinal game against Dodge City at Koch Arena in Wichita. The Trojans won 54-37.

The Canady effect. In 2024, Texas Tech finished the season with a 29-21 record and an 8-16 conference record.However, this season, Canady, and the other seven top-100 recruits that committed to ...

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.

NiJaree Canady spent two dominant seasons with Stanford. Canady immediately rose to stardom with Stanford as a freshman in 2023. She went 17-3 with a nation-leading 0.57 ERA, and she recorded 218 ...

Editor's note: This story was originally posted on May 16, 2025, before Texas Tech hosted the Lubbock Regional. With Texas Tech moving on in the 2025 WCWS, we have updated it. LUBBOCK, Texas ...