Here are NiJaree Canady's career stats:
2023 (Stanford)
17-3, 0.57 ERA, 218 SO, 135 innings pitched (1.61 SO/inning)
2024 (Stanford)
24-7, 0.73 ERA, 337 SO, 230 2/3 innings pitched (1.46 SO/inning)
2025 (Texas Tech)
34-7, 1.11 ERA, 319 SO, 240 innings pitched (1.33 SO/inning)
2026 so far (Texas Tech)
23-5, 1.42 ERA, 215 SO, 152 1/3 innings pitched (1.41 SO/inning)
She's still getting a lot of strikeouts, but she's surrendering more HRs at Texas Tech. Maybe it's apples-to-oranges and current Big 12 hitters are better than the old Pac-12? I don't follow the Big 12 so I don't know.
2023 (Stanford)
17-3, 0.57 ERA, 218 SO, 135 innings pitched (1.61 SO/inning)
2024 (Stanford)
24-7, 0.73 ERA, 337 SO, 230 2/3 innings pitched (1.46 SO/inning)
2025 (Texas Tech)
34-7, 1.11 ERA, 319 SO, 240 innings pitched (1.33 SO/inning)
2026 so far (Texas Tech)
23-5, 1.42 ERA, 215 SO, 152 1/3 innings pitched (1.41 SO/inning)
She's still getting a lot of strikeouts, but she's surrendering more HRs at Texas Tech. Maybe it's apples-to-oranges and current Big 12 hitters are better than the old Pac-12? I don't follow the Big 12 so I don't know.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)