Breaking News: All-American Pitcher Miranda Elish Committed to Oklahoma State

The heavy pursuit of one of the top transfers in college softball appears to be over.

Miranda Elish, who has had a great college career already pitching first for Oregon and then at Texas–both universities were Mike White has been the head coach–has chosen Oklahoma State based on a social media post released by Fastpitch Network this morning:

BREAKING – Former All-American @elish_miranda commits to play her final year at @CowgirlSB
Elish had previously been named Softball America's player of the year for a 2020 season that was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. @OSUcoachG pic.twitter.com/dAn5Hua7rY

— Fastpitch Network (@FastPitchNet) September 11, 2021

Miranda sat out the 2021 season due to concerns for COVID which she addressed in a statement released by Texas in January:

Statement from Texas' Miranda Elish on the difficult decision to not participate in the 2021 season because of her concerns over the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. pic.twitter.com/i2ozwk3C5n

— Texas Softball (@TexasSoftball) January 15, 2021

In 2020, she recorded a 11-3 record with a 1.25 ERA and 96 strikeouts. One of the highlights of the season was a perfect game she threw in her final appearance of the spring.

As a junior in 2019 for the Longhorns, Miranda went 18-10 with a 1.81 ERA over 37 appearances with 29 starts, 20 complete games, 11 solo shutouts and had 226 strikeouts over a team-high 185.1 innings pitched.

The two prior years, Miranda was at Oregon where she was a 2nd Team All-American in 2018 her sophomore year after going 25-2 with a 1.20 ERA and had 249 K’s in 175.0 innings. As a freshman in 2016, she went 12-0 with a 1.79 ERA and helped the Ducks win 35 games in a row.

Prior to college, Miranda was a three-time Indiana Gatorade State Player of the Year honoree and was named by Extra Inning Softball’s Brentt Eads as the No. 1 player in the Class of 2016.

In her club career she played for the Beverly Bandits and won a 2013 PGF Nationals title at 16U age division.

Here’s an interview done with her right after she won the national championship: