NiJaree Canady of the Texas Tech softball team is one of three Big 12 Conference athletes to land NIL deals with Venmo.

The Texas Longhorns are one win away from their first NCAA softball title. Standing in the Longhorns' way are NiJaree Canady and the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Game 2 of the WCWS finals.

NiJaree Canady leads the nation with a 0.81 ERA. Colin E Braley/AP. CANADY SAID THERE wasn't much culture shock going from Palo Alto to Lubbock. She is from Topeka, after all.

Venmo announced a partnership with the Big 12 Conference and Texas Tech pitcher NiJaree Canady Tuesday morning, which will ...

NiJaree Canady stats Canady enters the Women's College World Series with the nation's best ERA (0.89) in 205 innings of work. She's struck out 279 batters and recorded a 30-5 record.

NiJaree Canady’s million-dollar arm continues the growth of softball Softball continues to soar and with the infusion of NIL funds for superstars like NiJaree Canady, it should only rise from here.

More: NiJaree Canady finishes Super Regional sweep to send Texas Tech softball to Women's College World Series Also in the state of Kansas was Coleman Hawkins, who signed with Kansas State for a ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — NiJaree Canady smiled broadly as she held up a gaudy championship belt with the Big 12 logo in the center. Texas Tech's star pitcher had dominated the conference tournament ...

Texas Tech pitcher NiJaree Canady celebrates during the first game of the NCAA softball Women's College World Series finals against Texas in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

NiJaree Canady has the Red Raiders on the brink of their first national title, and she'll be returning to Lubbock on another seven-figure deal. BetFTW NFL NBA NHL MLB WNBA Newsletter.