OU Baseball: Witherspoon, Carmichael Selected as NCBWA All-Americans

NORMAN – Oklahoma baseball junior right-handed pitcher Kyson Witherspoon and junior catcher Easton Carmichael were named All-Americans by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association as the NCBWA announced its All-America teams Wednesday.

Witherspoon earned his second first team accolade in as many days after being named First Team All-America by Perfect Game on Tuesday. Witherspoon is OU’s first pitcher to earn first team honors since Jon Gray in 2013.

Carmichael collects his second All-America honor of 2025 and third of his career. The junior catcher became the first Sooner to claim All-America honors in consecutive seasons since Casey Bookout in 1998-99.

Witherspoon, the NCBWA District 6 Player of the Year, Golden Spikes Award semifinalist and All-SEC First Team honoree, was dominant on the mound as Oklahoma’s ace in 2025. 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, a First Team All-American by Perfect Game and 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 (1^st; 4), hits (7^th; 80) and total bases (9^th, 149). Behind the plate, Carmichael threw out nine runners stealing and committed just one error on the season. The Prosper, Texas, product stole 14 bases on the year, good for a tie of second on the team.

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.

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