FAYETTEVILLE — Former Texas Tech utility player and First-Team All-Big 12 performer Kailey Wyckoff has transferred to Arkansas to join Head Coach Courtney Deifel and the Razorbacks.
Wyckoff was outstanding for the Red Raiders in her two seasons in Lubbock, first earning Big 12 Freshman of the Year and Freshman All-America honors in 2023 before following up this past season by hitting .407 with 12 doubles, seven home runs and a career-high 35 RBI to earn First-Team All-Big 12 accolades. Her .407 batting average paced the Red Raiders and her .662 slugging percentage was second on the squad. She led the team with 15 multi-hit games and recorded a team-best 24-game streak of reaching base. The lefty played all over the field during her sophomore campaign, seeing action at catcher, first base, left field and right field over her 50 games played, including 49 starts.
The Katy, Texas native burst onto the scene as a true freshman in 2023 becoming just the second individual conference award winner in Texas Tech history along with earning Second-Team All-Big 12 recognition. She finished her first season hitting .393 with a .740 slugging percentage thanks to 17 doubles, nine home runs and five triples. She drove in 31 runs and posted 14 multi-hit games with 10 multi-RBI games.
Wyckoff attended Katy High School, where she was part of a 6A Texas State Championship team in 2019. She was named all-state in 2019 and the District 19-6A Most Valuable Player in 2021. As a senior, she hit .491 with 16 doubles, eight triples and six home runs. Her softball team also finished as the 6A Regional Finalist in 2021 and 2022 the same years her volleyball team ended their seasons as the 6A Regional Finalist.