Wednesday evening, the West Virginia Mountaineers picked up yet another commitment out of the transfer portal landing former Oklahoma State guard Javon Small (6’3″, 195 lbs).

Small appeared in 31 games this past season for the Cowboys, averaging 15.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and one steal per game while shooting 44% from the field and 37% from three-point land. He led the team in scoring and assists while finishing fourth in the Big 12 in free throw percentage (86.6%) and in the top 10 in defensive rebounds (4.3).

Small is a solid two-way player that can score the ball from all three levels of the floor and plays with intensity on the defensive end. He notched double figures in 24 of his 31 games played, including going over 20 points six times. At season’s end, Small was named to the All-Big 12 honorable mention team.

The South Bend, Indiana native began his career at East Carolina, spending two seasons there. He saw limited action as true freshman – just nine minutes per game – but blossomed into a high-caliber player in year two with the Pirates, averaging 15.8 points and 5.6 assists per game.

He will have one year of eligibility remaining

WVU PORTAL ADDITIONS

G Tucker DeVries (Drake)

G Sencire Harris (Illinois)

G Javon Small (Oklahoma State)

F Amani Hansberry (Illinois)

F Toby Okani (Illinois-Chicago)

C Eduardo Andre (Fresno State)

WVU PORTAL LOSSES

G Jeremiah Bembry

G Noah Farrakhan

G Kobe Johnson

G Kerr Kriisa

G Seth Wilson (Akron)

F Josiah Harris (Akron)

F Pat Suemnick (DePaul)

C Ali Ragab

Five Oklahoma Sooners are in the running for college softball’s top individual honor. 

Tiare Jennings, Jayda Coleman, Alyssa Brito, Kinzie Hansen and Kelly Maxwell all made the cut as top 26 finalists for the 2024 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award, USA Softball announced on Wednesday. 

Oklahoma’s five selections leads all teams, with Tennessee also adding three selections. Duke, Florida and Miami (OH) were the other three schools who also earned multiple selections. 

Jennings is the only OU player to start all 49 games this year, and she paces the Sooners with 18 home runs, 55 RBIs and 12 doubles. She’s batting .386 in 2024, and has drawn 28 walks while striking out just nine times. Jennings made the top 10 a year ago alongside Coleman. 

Coleman, the 2023 Big 12 Player of the Year, is batting .488 entering the final weekend of the regular season with a slugging percentage of .722 and a 1.266 OPS. She driven in 77 runs and hammered 11 long balls to pair with her always show-stopping defense in center field. 

Hansen leads OU with a .441 batting average and has been nothing short of sensational since returning to the lineup. She boasts a .488 on-base percentage, belting eight home runs, six doubles and 27 RBIs. 

Brito was again a steady hand for the Sooners at third base and an explosive bat in the lineup. She’s hit 18 home runs, four triples, three doubles and driven in 50 runs. Brito is batting .417 on the year and has a 1.369 OPS entering Bedlam.

In the circle, Maxwell has dazzled as Oklahoma’s ace. Appearing in 24 games, Maxwell has a 1.66 ERA is 16-1 on the year. She’s thrown seven complete games and four shutouts, striking out 107 batters while allowing 34 walks and holding opposing hitters to a .170 batting average in 2024. 

The list of 26 will be cut down to 10 on May 15, and the top three finalists will be announced on May 20. Finally, the 2024 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be revealed in the build up to the Women’s College World Series. 

A Sooner has taken home the award four times. Jocelyn Alo won the award in both 2021 and 2022, and Keilani Ricketts won in both 2012 and 2013.

Oklahoma is notorious for unpredictable, unseasonable weather. In late March, snowfall surprised the metro, and spring temperatures have ranged from the upper-80s to low-40s.

On average, annual precipitation in the state ranges from about 17 inches in the far western panhandle to about 56 inches in the far southeast, according to the Oklahoma Climatological Survey.

Here’s everything you should know about rainfall in the Sooner State.

Which day has the highest rainfall in Oklahoma?

According to the climatological survey, the greatest annual precipitation recorded in the state was 84.47 inches at Kiamichi Tower in the southeast in 1957.

In a 24-hour period, the greatest official rainfall was 15.68 inches in Enid on October 11, 1973.

When does Oklahoma receive the most rain?

Oklahoma gets most of its precipitation during the nighttime hours, according to the climatological survey, but the greatest rainfall intensities occur during late afternoon.

In the winter, precipitation is widespread and stratiform, meaning they’re continuous and uniform in intensity, and rainfall is the dominant precipitation type for all but the Oklahoma Panhandle, according to the survey.

In the summer, precipitation is mostly convective, occurring when warm, moist air rises in the atmosphere, and produced by individual thunderstorms.

Spring and autumn see convective and stratiform precipitation, according to the survey, and most of the precipitation during these transition seasons is associated with systems of severe thunderstorms.

Oklahoma Mesonet rainfall totals

The Mesonet is a joint project between the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University under the Oklahoma Climatological Survey.

Find daily rainfall totals using this Oklahoma Mesonet rainfall map.